08 May 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News |
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Combat Operations
- Ukrainian Cities Quiet In Early Hours Of Kremlin-Backed Cease-Fire RFE/RL 08 May 2025 -- Ukrainian cities were quiet early on May 8 after a three-day cease-fire declared by Russia came into effect, with no reports of long-range drones or missile launches after successive nights of bombardment.
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- Defence and technological cooperation between Ukraine and the EU discussed by Prime Minister and EU Commissioner for Defence and Space Ukraine Government 08 May 2025 -- On 8 May, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with EU Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius to discuss defence and technological cooperation between Ukraine and the EU.
- Prime Minister and Chargé d'Affaires of the United States to Ukraine discussed strategic partnership development Ukraine Government 08 May 2025 -- The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal held his first meeting with the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Ukraine Julie Davis.
- Verkhovna Rada ratified the Agreement on the Establishment of the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund Ukraine Government 08 May 2025 -- The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has ratified an Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States of America on the Establishment of the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund.
- Ukraine received EUR 1 billion from the EU - the fourth tranche of Macro-Financial Assistance funded by russian assets Ukraine Government 08 May 2025 -- Today, the State Budget of Ukraine received the fourth tranche of EUR 1 billion from the EU under the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine (ERA) initiative.
- A Ceasefire, Lasting and Reliable, Will Be a Real Indicator of Movement Toward Peace; America Can Help with This - Address by the President President of Ukraine 08 May 2025
- President of Ukraine Held a Phone Call with U.S. President Donald Trump President of Ukraine 08 May 2025
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy Holds a Phone Conversation with Friedrich Merz President of Ukraine 08 May 2025
- Further Cooperation Between Ukraine and Eurojust: Meeting at the Office of the President with the Head of the EU Agency President of Ukraine 08 May 2025
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy Submits Draft Law on Military Ombudsman to Parliament President of Ukraine 08 May 2025
- Justice Is the Foundation of Peace, Not an Abstract Concept - Iryna Mudra at the United for Justice. United for Survivors Conference President of Ukraine 08 May 2025
- Address by the President on the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II, 1939-1945 President of Ukraine 08 May 2025
- Andriy Yermak Holds a Series of Online Meetings With Representatives of the United States and European Partners on the Ceasefire President of Ukraine 08 May 2025
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United States
- Trump Calls For 30-Day Cease-Fire After Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Breaking Its Own Truce RFE/RL 08 May 2025 -- US President Donald Trump called for a 30-day unconditional cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine and threatened more sanctions imposed by the United States and its partners if the cease-fire is not respected.
NATO
- Address by NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska at the Kyiv Security Forum NATO 08 May 2025
United Nations
- Update 290 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 08 May 2025 -- Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has once again lost the connection to its only remaining back-up power line, underlining the continued fragility of the electrical grid during the military conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.
Foreign Reactions
- EU Disburses Another $1.1Bln for Ukraine as Part of G7 Loan Secured by Russian Assets Sputnik 08 May 2025 -- The European Commission on Thursday disbursed the fourth tranche of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine worth 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) as part of the G7 loan meant to be repaid with proceeds from frozen Russian assets.
- Budrys in Warsaw: Ukraine's future is Europe's future Lithuania MFA 08 May 2025 -- On 7-8 May in Warsaw, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, attends the informal meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich).
- Budrys: Ukraine's EU membership will be a major geopolitical achievement Lithuania MFA 08 May 2025 -- On 8 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, met with the EU's Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos on the margins of an informal meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Ministers in Warsaw.
- President Putin's transparently cynical pauses do not create the conditions for talks on a lasting peace: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 08 May 2025 -- Ambassador Holland urges Russia to respond substantively to the Moscow Mechanism recommendations and prove they are serious about peace by agreeing to a full and unconditional ceasefire.
- Gymnich: press remarks by High Representative Kaja Kallas after the meeting European External Action Service (EEAS) 08 May 2025
- Baiba Braže at the EU foreign ministers' meeting: the EU must achieve full energy independence from the aggressor state of Russia Latvia MFA 08 May 2025 -- Further support for Ukraine and economic pressure on Russia and its supporters, including the 17th package of EU sanctions against Russia and the EU's plan for full energy independence from Russia, strengthening Europe's security and defence capabilities, dialogue with the United States on its presence in Ukraine and security guarantees - those were key issues discussed at the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers, or Gymnich.
- Foreign Minister Tsahkna in Warsaw: Europe holds the lever of power and Putin has no aces Estonia MFA 08 May 2025 -- On 7 and 8 May, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna participated in the informal meeting of European Union foreign ministers (Gymnich) in Warsaw, where the Russian aggression against Ukraine and relations between the European Union and the United States were discussed.
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