Ukraine Update 9 May 2025

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has expressed support for Russia, described Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin as an ally in building a new world order and confirmed their joint position on the war against Ukraine during his visit to Moscow on 8 May. Chinese military personnel will take part in the parade on Red Square in Moscow on Victory Day.

Per the Ukrainian MoD: Russian losses as of 8 May 2025: 963,270 personnel, plus 1,300 troops in the last 24 hours; 372 aircraft; 335 helicopters; 10,790 tanks.

At this rate of loss, Russia could reach the horrendous one million casualty mark in late 2025 or early 2026. Dotard Trumpf remarked at a 11 Feb 2025 press conference: "[Russia] lost millions of people. They've lost, in terms of soldiers, probably 1.5 million soldiers in a short period of time."

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-09 06:35 AM | Reply

Update: North Korean supremo Kim Jong-un was not reported to have attended the May Day celebration in Moscow and Dotard Trumpf gets his big parade next month.

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania threw in some logistical complications for international parade-goers, shutting their airspaces to diplomatic planes traveling to Moscow and forcing several of the pro-Kremlin leaders to reroute their journeys to Moscow.

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You wonder who these two are talking about.

Source:

www.cnn.com

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-09 04:03 PM | Reply

Ukraine war briefing: Trump calls for ideally a 30-day ceasefire' backed with sanctions
www.theguardian.com

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Donald Trump after a phone call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for "ideally, a 30-day unconditional ceasefire". "If the ceasefire is not respected, the US and its partners will impose further sanctions," Trump posted. Zelenskyy said after the call on Thursday that he told Trump that Ukraine was ready for talks on the war with Russia "in any format" but first "Russia must show that it is serious about ending the war, starting with a full and unconditional ceasefire".

The call between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday went "very well", said a senior Ukrainian official. The conversation lasted about 20 minutes and focused on diplomacy and the genuine ceasefire that the US and Ukraine are trying to establish, while the presidents also discussed the Ukraine-US minerals deal, ratified on Thursday by the Ukrainian parliament.
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#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-10 12:18 AM | Reply