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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

Victory Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech during the Victory Day military parade marking the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II in Red square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2022. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 9, 2023, 2:56 pm
Marking WWII victory over Nazis, Putin says West has ‘unleashed war’ on Russia
In a sign of Ukraine invasion’s toll on armed forces, Red Square parade smallest in years with no military flyover; 24 Russian cities cancel May 9 events altogether
By AP
This photograph taken on May 8, 2023, shows a high-rise residential building damaged by remains of a shot down Russian drone in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
May 8, 2023, 3:30 pm
Ukraine says it shot down 35 Iranian-made drones over Kyiv as attacks kill 4
5 people injured in Ukrainian capital, 3 civilians killed elsewhere; 21 Russian cities cancel military parades for Victory Day citing ‘security concerns’ or ‘current situation’
By susie blann
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during the Victory Day military parade marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 11, 2022, 12:10 pm
‘Very bad options’: Putin’s muted Victory Day rally shows he has little to celebrate
As Mariupol holds out and Ukraine prepares for a counterattack, signs of Russia’s problems are difficult to ignore
By Lazar Berman
Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov gives a statement to the media at the Russian Consulate in Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)
May 10, 2022, 9:36 pm
Russian envoy leaves Knesset V-Day event after MKs voice Ukraine war criticism
Embassy asserts Anatoly Viktorov walked out of the ceremony due to scheduling; incident comes amid rising tensions between Jerusalem and Moscow
By ToI Staff
Ukrainian servicemen walk past the sandbagged monument to World War II hero Air Marshal of Soviet Army Ivan Kozhedub, in Kyiv on May 9, 2022, during Victory Day, the 77th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany by the forces of the Soviet Union. (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
May 9, 2022, 11:02 pm
Kyiv marks victory over Nazis under shadow of Russian invasion
Ukrainians whose ancestors fought in World War II shrug off effort by Putin to link invasion to war by casting authorities in Kyiv as neo-Nazis
By David Stout
Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev is covered with red paint in Warsaw, Poland, May 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Maciek Luczniewski)
May 9, 2022, 3:04 pm
Anti-war activists throw red paint at Russian ambassador to Poland
During Victory Day at Soviet Soldiers Cemetery in Warsaw, protesters prevent envoy and others from laying flowers on graves
By AP
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
May 9, 2022, 2:11 pm
Zelensky says Ukraine won’t allow Russia to ‘appropriate’ WWII victory over Nazism
Ukrainian president, who has come under fire from Israel for comparing Russian invasion to Holocaust, says, ‘We will drive the occupiers from our land’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu leave Red Square after the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022 (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
May 9, 2022, 12:41 pm
‘No place for hangmen, executioners or Nazis’: Putin ties Ukraine invasion to WWII
In Victory Day speech, Russian president claims Ukraine, allies were preparing ‘an invasion of our historical lands’; despite reports, no announcement of escalation, mobilization
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Russian military linemen march during a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2022. The parade will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 77 years of the victory in WWII. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
May 9, 2022, 6:34 am
Russia readies massive Victory Day parade, seeking to legitimize war with Ukraine
Putin vows to ‘prevent the rebirth of Nazism,’ again trying to equate Ukraine to Nazis; Zelensky also compares current battle for survival to WWII fight against German invaders
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while addresseing a meeting of the Council of Legislators under the Russian Federal Assembly at the Tauride Palace, in St. Petersburg, Russia on April 27, 2022. (Alexander Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 8, 2022, 3:45 pm
Putin vows that ‘as in 1945,’ Ukraine will be liberated from ‘Nazi filth’
Ahead of Victory Day, Russian leader continues to insist Kyiv is in fascism’s grip, saying it is a ‘sacred duty’ to ‘take revenge on successors of those who were defeated’
By AFP
Police commissioner Kobi Shabtai speaks to officers near the central city of Elad on May 8, 2022, shortly after two Palestinian terror suspects were arrested. (Israel Police)
May 8, 2022, 2:03 pm
Daily Briefing May 8: Elad terrorists found; Israel’s marking of Victory Day
ToI editor David Horovitz and military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discuss the Elad terror attack and the Hamas reaction, and Victory Day machinations
By ToI Staff
Jewish World War II veterans and their relatives take part in a ceremony for 'Victory Day' in Jerusalem, on May 9, 2021. The ceremony marks the day Germany officially surrendered to Alied forces. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 8, 2022, 12:39 am
Bennett said to refuse Ukraine request to cancel ‘Victory Day’ ceremonies in Israel
According to Channel 12, Kyiv envoy and Zelensky asked PM to hold events on May 8, with other countries, or scrap them altogether so as not to appear to align with Russia
By ToI Staff
People clear a residential area after a Russian airstrike in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
May 7, 2022, 10:09 pm
Russia ramps up offensive in eastern Ukraine ahead of Victory Day parades
Kyiv says all women, children and elderly evacuated from besieged Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol; Biden announces another military aid package worth $150 million
By Joshua MELVIN and David Stout
Russian servicemen march during a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
May 7, 2022, 6:33 pm
Amid war on Ukraine, Russia holds ‘Victory Day’ rehearsal
500 Ukrainian prisoners of war may be paraded through Red Square on May 9; Kremlin says no foreign leaders invited to attend ceremony
By AFP and ToI Staff
Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern in Mariupol, Ukraine, May 5, 2022. (AP Photo)
May 6, 2022, 9:52 am
Mariupol steel plant defenders vow no surrender as Russian forces press assault
Wife of commander says Ukrainian troops holed up at Azovstal pledged to ‘stand till the end’; speculation grows that Putin seeking to conquer besieged city by V-Day
By Jon Gambrell and Cara Anna
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