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Ukraine Invasion

• Women and Children Evacuated from Mariupol Plant VOA 07 May 2022 -- All women, children and the elderly have been evacuated from the Mariupol steel works plant besieged by Russian forces, according to Anna Chernikova, a VOA reporter in Kyiv.
• Ukrainian, Russian Officials Say Evacuation Of Women, Children, Elderly From Steel Plant Completed RFE/RL 07 May 2022 -- Ukrainian and Russian officials say that all women, children, and elderly people have been evacuated from the Mariupol steel plant that has been besieged for weeks by Moscow's forces amid the ruins of the port city.
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on May 7, 2022 Ukraine MOD 07 May 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 07.05 Ukraine MOD 07 May 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00 on May 7, 2022 Ukraine MOD 07 May 2022
• Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: 50 more civilians evacuated from Azovstal People's Daily 07 May 2022 -- More civilians were evacuated from the Azovstal plant in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol as Ukraine and Russia on Friday conducted another prisoner exchange. The following are the latest developments regarding the conflict between Russia and Ukraine:
• Ukraine: All women, children, elderly evacuated from Azovstal steel plant Press TV 07 May 2022 -- Ukraine says all women, children and the elderly have been evacuated from the blockaded Azovstal steel plant in the southern port of Mariupol, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces.
• Day 73: Russia says it destroyed US, Europe military stockpile in Kharkiv Press TV 07 May 2022 -- Russia's defense ministry says it has destroyed a large stockpile of military equipment from the United States and European countries near the Bohodukhiv railway station in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.
• Ukraine Says Drone Destroyed Another Russian Warship in Black Sea VOA 07 May 2022 -- Ukraine's armed forces Saturday released footage said to show a Russian landing ship being destroyed near Snake Island, a small isle under Russian control in the Black Sea.
• Ukrainian Military Says Drone Destroys Russian Landing Craft Near Snake Island In Black Sea RFE/RL 07 May 2022 -- The Ukrainian military says it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea near Snake Island, declaring that a missile launched from a Bayraktar drone struck a Russian landing craft.
• Evacuation of Civilians From Mariupol Steel Plant Underway VOA 07 May 2022 -- More civilians have been rescued from the tunnels under a besieged steel plant in Mariupol, a Ukrainian official said Friday, even as fighters holed up at the sprawling complex made their last stand to prevent Moscow's complete takeover of the strategic port city.
• Ukraine, Russia conduct new prisoner swap People's Daily 07 May 2022 -- Ukraine and Russia on Friday conducted another prisoner exchange since the start of the conflict, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
• Russian Blockade of Ukrainian Sea Ports Sends Food Prices Soaring VOA 07 May 2022 -- The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says global food prices stabilized last month at a very high level but were slightly lower than in March, which saw the highest ever jump in food prices.
• Moscow criticizes West for prolonging Russia-Ukraine conflict People's Daily 07 May 2022 -- While Western countries are calling for an early cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, "they are doing everything to prevent this" with their actions, a Russian diplomat said Friday.
• Russia accuses US of direct involvement in Ukraine war Press TV 07 May 2022 -- Russia has accused the United States of coordinating military operations in Ukraine, saying the move amounts to Washington's direct involvement in military action against Moscow.
• Russian Space Chief Says US Unlikely to Be Able to 'Gloss Over' Direct Assistance to Kiev Sputnik 07 May 2022 -- Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, says that it will be impossible for Washington to "gloss over" the direct involvement of the US in the transfer of intelligence to Kiev, which has facilitated the killing of Russian military personnel.
• Russia Downs Two Ukrainian Warplanes, Three Helicopters & Two Drones Near Zmeiniy Island, MoD Says Sputnik 07 May 2022 -- Moscow launched the special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February, setting out its goals as demilitarisation and "de-Nazification" of the neighbouring country. President Vladimir Putin said that Russia was forced to start the operation to end the suffering that people of Donbass had been subjected to for eight years.
• Russian MoD: Large Amount of US, European Military Equipment Destroyed in Kharkov Region Sputnik 07 May 2022 -- Last month, Moscow warned that the supplies of weapons provided by the US and its allies to Kiev are exacerbating the Ukraine conflict and could result in unpredictable consequences.

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• We cannot allow Putin's vanity to prolong this senseless war UK FCDO 07 May 2022 -- An article by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss ahead of Victory Day.

News Reports

• Former U.K. Labour Leader Corbyn: Ukraine War Is 'Disgraceful' And Russia's 'Wrong At Every Level' RFE/RL 07 May 2022 -- Jeremy Corbyn, the former British opposition leader, says the UN and the West should have been tougher on Russian President Vladimir Putin early on, and expanding alliances like NATO isn't "the best way forward."
• How Russia Tries to Counter Moldova Separatist Region's Westward Drift VOA 07 May 2022 -- Russia's desire to create a land corridor to Moldova's separatist region of Transnistria is drawing attention to Moscow's efforts to prevent the pro-Russian enclave from deepening ties to the West and undermining the decadeslong Russian grip over part of Moldova, some analysts say.
• Transnistria Says Drone Has Dropped Explosive Devices Causing Blast Near Ukrainian Border Sputnik 07 May 2022 -- Previously, the self-proclaimed republic imposed a red terrorist threat level after several blasts rocked the capital city of Tiraspol and vast arms depots near the settlement of Cobasna. According to local authorities, Transnistrian territory has been shelled from Ukraine several times.