It’s a good day to remember that the Soviet Union was allied with Nazi Germany 1939-1941. It attacked and grabbed territory from Poland, Finland, the Baltic states & Romania in those years
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My attempt to embed video didn't work, but click through and watch. It's pictures of German emissaries, one supposes military from the uniform, at the May Day parade. Fascinating.
I think those are armored cars in the parade and not Daleks, but I'm not sure.
You did nothing wrong, Snowy Thing. Sometimes it just needs a moderator to open and then close the post without making any changes — as proved to be in this case.So I did, and now it works. :-) Thank goodness Fred and badanov understand Rantburg’s code, as to me it is entirely a black box.
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"A commission set up by the West German government found that 3,060,000 German military personnel were taken prisoner by the USSR and that 1,094,250 died in captivity (549,360 from 1941 to April 1945; 542,911 from May 1945 to June 1950 and 1,979 from July 1950 to 1955).[4] According to German historian Rüdiger Overmans ca. 3,000,000 POWs were taken by the USSR; he put the "maximum" number of German POW deaths in Soviet hands at 1.0 million.[5] Based on his research, Overmans believes that the deaths of 363,000 POWs in Soviet captivity can be confirmed by the files of Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt), and additionally maintains that "It seems entirely plausible, while not provable, that 700,000 German military personnel listed as missing actually died in Soviet custody."[6][5]
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondence] 22.57 Russia "supports" the idea of a 30-day truce between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, but it is allegedly necessary to "take into account certain nuances in order to reach an agreement." This was stated by Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov, according to the Russian propaganda news agency RIA Novosti.
22.25 The United States Embassy in Kiev reported on Friday, May 9, "specific information" about a possible serious air attack on Ukraine in the near future. This is stated in a statement on the website of the US Embassy in Ukraine.
21.59 US President Donald Trump hopes that the Russian Federation and Ukraine will agree to a 30-day ceasefire. This was stated by White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt at a briefing.
21.48 Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on the phone. The main topic of discussion was the ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. Yermak reported this on his Telegram channel.
18:43 Journalist from Zhitomir, officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Bohdan Lysenko died in the Zaporizhzhya direction of the front. This was reported by the Institute of Mass Information with reference to the journalist's son Anton Lysenko.
18:33 Another nine children have been returned to government-controlled territory of Ukraine, said Daria Zarovna, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office.
Zarovna said that among those who were brought back was 14-year-old Dmitry, whose house was next to a Russian firing position and whose family lived under the constant sounds of gunfire.
"At school, the young man was forced to sing war songs and throw grenades, and some of his classmates were sent to military camps where they were trained by Wagnerites," she added.
They also returned Ekaterina, whose mother was forced to obtain a Russian passport, otherwise she would have been denied medical care during a difficult birth.
Another boy, 9-year-old Stas, despite threats and persecution from teachers and the FSB, refused to sing the Russian anthem and participate in militarized events.
18.21 A meeting of the leaders of the "coalition of the determined" countries will take place in Ukraine. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky. French President Emmanuel Macron also confirmed that a meeting of the "coalition of the determined" will take place, which will be held partly virtually and partly in person.
18.00 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz believes that a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine is possible in the next two days. This was reported by Bild.
17.27 The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv sent two citizens suspected of working for Hungarian intelligence to pretrial detention. This was reported by Suspilne.
17:00 The Security Service and the National Police have eliminated six new schemes for evading mobilization in different regions of Ukraine. Thirteen dealers who sold fake medical certificates to evaders or helped them escape abroad have been detained. The cost of such "services" was 20 thousand dollars.
16.33 Mass events are banned in Chernihiv on May 9, 10 and 11. This was reported by the head of the city military administration, Dmitry Brizhinsky. He also called on residents not to ignore air raid sirens and avoid mass gatherings.
16.10 EU countries have already committed to providing Ukraine with at least 1.35 million artillery shells by the end of 2025. This was announced by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha following a meeting in Lviv. According to him, work to increase this quantity is ongoing.
15.30 In Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, emergency rescue and search operations have been completed at the site of a partially destroyed nine-story building damaged as a result of a Russian airstrike on May 7.
402 tons of destroyed structures were dismantled. Emergency workers removed a woman's body from under the rubble.
14:50 A meeting of the EU foreign ministers on the creation of a special tribunal for the Russian Federation for crimes against Ukraine was held in Lviv. The coalition gave political approval to the creation of a special tribunal, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported .
14.22 President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to representatives of partner countries to create a tribunal for the crime of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. Vladimir Putin started a full-scale war against Ukraine because he escaped punishment for previous wars. This can no longer be allowed, the president noted.
14.15 In Belgorod, a strike drone hit the regional government building. Deputy Governor of the Belgorod Region Alexander Lorenz, who was near the epicenter at the time of the explosion, was injured. He was diagnosed with a concussion and acubar trauma. A Rosgvardia employee was also injured in the attack.
13.52 Russian troops dropped guided aerial bombs on Sumy Oblast, killing a woman. This was reported by the Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office. It is noted that on the evening of May 8, the enemy dropped, according to preliminary data, 8 guided aerial bombs on the Rechkovskaya community of Sumy District. Only in the morning of May 9, the body of a 63-year-old woman with no signs of life was found on the territory of one of the households. A criminal case has been opened.
13.13 A 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine will be a test for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's readiness to negotiate a lasting peace. This was stated by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. If the Russians do not agree to a 30-day truce, then Western allies will not hesitate to increase sanctions pressure, he warned.
12.22 Delegations from 35 countries and the Council of Europe arrived in Lviv on Friday. This was reported by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. A meeting of EU foreign ministers and a meeting of the Core Group on the creation of a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine will take place.
11.16 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that his country is introducing the largest package of sanctions against Russia ever.
10.24 Russia is producing munitions at an extraordinary rate – more than 1,400 Iskander ballistic missiles a year, as well as 500 Kh-101 cruise missiles a year, The Economist reports, citing Ukraine’s assessment and a report by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.
9:50 For the first time in the history of Ukraine, the Security Service has exposed a network of agents of the Hungarian military intelligence, which carried out espionage activities to the detriment of our state.
The organization's task was to collect information on the military security of the Zakarpattia region, search for vulnerabilities in the land and air defense of the region, and study the socio-political views of local residents: in particular, scenarios of their behavior if Hungarian troops enter the region.
As a result of complex measures in Zakarpattia, the SBU detained two agents from the network of the Hungarian special service. The curator of both defendants was a career employee of the Hungarian military intelligence, whose identity has already been identified.
8.52 Over the past 24 hours, 193 combat clashes have been recorded at the front, with the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelling most of the Russian assaults in the Pokrovsk direction. This was reported on May 9 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is noted that aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 16 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment of the Russian invaders, two command posts, five artillery weapons, a military supply warehouse and four other important Russian facilities.
8.22 Troops attacked the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery. As a result of the shelling, one person was injured, a fire started and residential buildings were damaged. This was reported by the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. According to him, the invaders fired at the district center, Pokrovsk, Krasnogrigorevsk, Mirovsk and Marganets communities. An 83-year-old man was injured. He is undergoing outpatient treatment. A garage and an outbuilding caught fire. Rescuers tamed the fire.
7.51 Ukrainian military destroyed 1,300 Russian invaders in one day, as well as 4 tanks, 36 artillery systems, MLRS and air defense systems of the enemy. This was reported on May 9 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.22 Fighters of the border unit of unmanned aerial systems Phoenix, using drones, destroyed military equipment of the Russians in the eastern direction. This was reported by the operational-strategic group of forces Khortytsia, which published a video filmed by border guards. We are talking about a tank, an MSTA-B cannon and a dozen trucks of the occupiers.
02.58 Georgian volunteer Tarbey (Tabo) Arkania died in the battles near Pokrovsk. He is a refugee from Abkhazia. He lived in Ukraine, was a national and European champion in taekwondo. He is survived by his wife and two small children.
01.11 The 10% decrease in the number of mobilized in December-January is explained by the Christmas and New Year holidays. After that, the mobilization figures returned "to a certain level." This was stated by the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Oleksandr Zavitnevich.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Russian invaders are conducting active offensive actions in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlovsk directions. There are currently 16 battles going on there.
Since the beginning of the day, 80 combat clashes have already been recorded on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Friday, May 9.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, our defenders are repelling two attacks by the aggressor in the area of Volchansk. The clashes are currently continuing.
In the Liman direction, the invader's army attacked nine times near Lipovoye and in the direction of Grekovka, Novy Mir, Zelenaya Dolina. One combat clash continues.
In the Kramatorsk direction, three attempts by the occupiers to advance forward in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Belaya Gora and Kurdyumovka have been repelled, and four more clashes are ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked 10 times in the areas of Dachnoye, Dilievka, Shcherbinovka and Toretsk. Five battles are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians carried out 18 assaults from positions occupied in the areas of the settlements of Aleksandropol, Novotoretskoye, Promin, Elizavetovka, Dachenskoye, Zverevo, Udachnoye, Kotlyarovka and in the direction of Novonikolayevka and Troitskoye. The defense forces repelled 13 attacks. Five clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attacked 18 times near the settlements of Bagatyr, Konstantinopol, Otradnoye, Rovnopol, Novosyolka, Volnoye Pole, Privolnoye and in the direction of Novopol, Zelenoe Pole. At present, 11 combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Orekhov direction, our defenders repelled two assaults in the areas of Malye Shcherbaki and Shcherbaki.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy made four attempts to advance. Fighting continues in three locations.
In the Kursk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled three Russian attacks. Four more clashes are ongoing.
Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on May 8, Russia lost 1,300 fighters killed and wounded. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1 million people.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 05/09/2025 to 00:00 05/10/2025.
A total of 19 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There were reports of three civilians being injured, including a teenager born in 2009.
No damage to residential buildings or civil infrastructure facilities was recorded.
17 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
One armed attack in the Donetsk direction,
One armed attack in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
A total of 58 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:38 VFU again tried to attack the territory of the Republic with long-range missile weapons. Air defense forces repelled the attack.
As a result of the fall of fragments of a downed missile in the village of Krinichnaya in the urban district of Makeyevka, a teenager born in 2009 was injured.
In addition, in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, a man born in 1960 was injured when a PFM “Lepestok” mine exploded.
In the city of Selidovo in the Krasnoarmeysky municipal district, a man born in 1973 was seriously injured as a result of the enemy using barrel artillery.
All victims are receiving the necessary medical assistance.
20:10 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the village of Zvannoye in the Glushkovsky district, a strike came in handy at a residential building. As a result of the shelling, a 65-year-old man died.
19:55 Paratroopers in Chasovy Yar sent Ukrainian servicemen received a drone with the Victory and Airborne Forces Banners.
17:55 Before the ceasefire, Russian assault units pushed through enemy in Zverevo and the landings to the west.
The advanced assault groups have consolidated their positions in Pershe Travnya (Leontovichi).
16:30 From Berezniki in the direction of Belgorod region todaycame forwardassault unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of the complex fire strike, most of the occupiers were destroyed, the rest were left to die, bleeding, and several militants were able to escape deep into the Khar'kov region.
15:40 Fighters of the 34th Mountain Rifle Brigade are destroying the occupiers and their shelters in Maryino, Sumy Oblast, –video.
14:15 During the strike of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the government building in the Belgorod region, there were casualtiestwohuman.
A Rosgvardia officer received a blind shrapnel wound to the thigh, and Deputy Governor Alexander Alexandrovich Lorenz received a concussion and acubar trauma.
13:21 Ukrainian units are deployed along the entire line of combat contact committed 1,455 attacks from cannon artillery, tanks and mortars, 23 – using MLRS. Also, 3,502 UAV strikes were recorded, a total of 5,026 ceasefire violations.
11:55 In Belgorod, a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a building of the Belgorod region government.
10:30 The night before the great holiday passed relatively calm. The Russian Armed Forces did not use long-range weapons against the enemy's rear in honor of the ceasefire declared by the Supreme Commander. The official reports of our regional authorities and headquarters also did not contain data on the enemy's UAV raid. At the same time, the enemy brought several dozen MBEKs out to sea. Apparently, he put them on standby, as he had already done more than once.
In the Kursk region, high-intensity fighting continued near Tetkino. The enemy tried to advance through the village, but was met with drone and FAB strikes, as well as fierce resistance from our units, who were not the most prepared to counterattack.
In the evening, an enemy drone attacked the village of Budki in the Glushkovsky district, wounding a 58-year-old woman. During the day, a civilian car hit a mine on the highway in the village of Markovo in the Glushkovsky district, killing the driver. As a result of the shelling, a 61-year-old resident of the village of Glushkovo died
In the Bryansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the village of Demyanki in the Starodubsky municipal district with kamikaze drones. As a result of a targeted strike on a civilian car, a civilian was wounded. In the village of Kamensky Khutor, Klimovsky district.
Unfortunately, a civilian received shrapnel wounds.
In the Belgorod region, Shebekino, Murom, Shamino, Gruzskoye, Urazovo, Kukuyevka, and Grayvoron are under attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Kherson region, enemy activity was noted near the Antonovsky Bridge on our bank, to inflict massive fire damage on the enemy. The Kinburn Spit was under enemy attack.
Regarding the ceasefire declared by the Supreme Commander, the Russian Defense Ministry noted by lunchtime yesterday that along the entire line of combat contact, Ukrainian units carried out 173 attacks from barrel artillery, tanks and mortars on positions of our troops, as well as four using multiple launch rocket systems. In addition, 300 strikes and drops of ammunition from unmanned aerial vehicles were carried out. A total of 488 violations of the ceasefire were recorded.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Soviet Union won freedom and peace for all mankind at the cost of millions of lives. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking to participants of the Victory Parade on Red Square.
“Today, we are all united by a feeling of joy and sorrow, pride and gratitude, admiration for the generation that crushed Nazism and, at the cost of millions of lives, won freedom and peace for all of humanity,” the Russian leader noted.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, during his speech the head of state also stated that it was the Soviet troops who determined the outcome of the entire Second World War, and Russia will not allow the true victors of Nazism to be slandered.
According to Putin, millions of citizens of the USSR determined the outcome of the entire Second World War with unconditional victories in the major battles near Moscow and Stalingrad, on the Kursk Bulge and the Dnieper, as well as many others.
Putin has repeatedly noted the importance of combating the falsification of history and the glorification of Nazism. The Russian leader emphasized that for this purpose, there are a number of movements and actions in Russia designed to familiarize citizens, including young people, with history and places of military glory.
It was the Soviet troops who determined the outcome of the entire Second World War, and Russia will not allow the true victors of Nazism to be slandered. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking to participants in the Victory Parade on Red Square.
"The Soviet Union took upon itself the most ferocious, merciless blows of the enemy. Millions of people who knew only peaceful labor took up arms and stood to the death on all heights, bridgeheads and borders. They determined the outcome of the entire Second World War by unconditional victories in the major battles near Moscow and Stalingrad, on the Kursk Bulge and the Dnieper, by the courage of the defenders of Belarus, who were the first to meet the enemy, by the steadfastness of the participants in the defense of the Brest Fortress and Mogilev, Odessa and Sevastopol, Murmansk, Tula, Smolensk," the Russian leader noted.
Putin also stated that Russia will never agree with attempts to justify the executioners and slander the real victors.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Ukrainian formations, despite the ceasefire declared by Russia, which came into effect on May 8, have not ceased hostilities in the special operation zone. To date, 5,026 ceasefire violations have been recorded by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), the Russian Defense Ministry reported on May 9.
"Along the entire line of combat contact, Ukrainian units carried out 1,455 attacks from barrel artillery, tanks and mortars on positions of our troops, as well as 23 using multiple launch rocket systems. In addition, 3,502 strikes and drops of ammunition from unmanned aerial vehicles were carried out. A total of 5,026 ceasefire violations were recorded," the defense department said in a statement on its Telegram channel.
In addition, Ukrainian formations made four attempts to break through the Russian state border in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, as well as 15 attacks, one reconnaissance in force in the areas of Novoegorovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Lipovoe, Redkodub, Dzerzhinsk, Romanovka, Novoolenovka, Mirolyubovka, Ulyanovka, Elizavetovka, Troitskoye, Alekseyevka, Novoaleksandrovka and Vesyoloye in the DPR.
During the May ceasefire, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) made four attempts to break through the Russian state border. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.
"Despite the announcement of a ceasefire, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not ceased combat operations against Russian troops. They have made four attempts to break through the Russian state border in the Kursk and Belgorod regions," the statement said.
In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces made 15 attempted attacks and one reconnaissance in force in the areas of the settlements of Novoegorovka LPR, Lipovoe, Redkodub, Dzerzhinsk, Romanovka, Novoolenovka, Mirolyubovka, Ulyanovka, Elizavetovka, Troitskoye, Alekseyevka, Novoaleksandrovka and Vesyoloye DPR.
[TelexHungary] "The fifth Orbán government has decided to build a truly effective, combat-ready Hungarian army. This means that we are putting an end to our previous efforts towards peace," Minister of Defense, Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said in the one-minute audio recording released by Péter Magyar on Thursday morning. According to Magyar, the recording was made in April 2023, just over a year after the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
In the recording, the defense minister stated that in accordance with the Hungarian government's decision, we are breaking with our previous mentality of peace and are entering "phase zero of the path to war”.
According to him, this change was also served by the army's recent rejuvenation program. The defense minister had assigned Lieutenant General Gábor Böröndi, who was appointed chief of staff of the Hungarian Armed Forces in May 2023, to carry out the transition. “I am honored that he has accepted this task, and I expect him to thoroughly carry out this process”, Szalay-Bobrovniczky said on the occasion.
We have sent questions to the Ministry of Defense about the audio recording released on Thursday morning. Shortly afterwards, the minister commented on the recording in a social media post, saying: "I am building an army that is prepared and capable of defending Hungary! Because peace requires strength".
"Viktor Orbán's government is a government of lies and war. It's over, they must go. Orbán and his people have been deceiving Hungarians about standing for peace, but it has now become clear that they would drag our wonderful country into war," Péter Magyar said, commenting on the recording. According to him, the Minister of Defense admits, and even proudly proclaims, that “what they have been preaching for years is nothing but a bunch of lies.”
In the opinion of the president of the Tisza Party, it has become clear that “while the Orbán government has for years been talking about protecting the Hungarian people, they are precisely the ones who are willing to sacrifice the safety of their own compatriots in exchange for money and power. This is no political mistake. It's a sin. A sin for which there is and never will be forgiveness.”
Gábor Böröndi was appointed head of the Hungarian Armed Forces in May 2023, replacing Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, who now works as an expert for the Tisza Party. "You have to have the right person in the right place," Szalay-Bobrovniczky said at the time, justifying the decision before the parliament's Defense and Law Enforcement Committee. The defense minister said that Ruszin-Szendi had primarily performed combat duties, whereas the protracted Russian-Ukrainian war required operational-level knowledge and expertise. As he put it: the task of the Hungarian armed forces under Böröndi's leadership is to adapt to the protracted state of war (in Ukraine – TN) and to develop a more combat-oriented, well-equipped, serious military with a new culture.
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