The only tank the Russians brought to their „victory day“ parade today was a WWII Ukraine-developed (Kharkiv) T-34. pic.twitter.com/KGx7HcgToaInevitably, the embarrassing absence of tanks at this year’s Victory Day parade has been widely interpreted as further evidence of Russia’s catastrophic losses in Ukraine. Ukraine is planning a “very important” counteroffensive against Russian forces that must “demonstrate success”, the country’s prime minister has said. Russian forces conducted another large-scale series of missile strikes against Ukraine on the night of May 8 to 9. [41] A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces repelled a small group of Ukrainian forces from landing on an unspecified island in Kherson Oblast.

Source: The Guardian May 10, 2023 16:47 UTC