Victory Day truce 'a farce', say allies & Ukraine proposes 30km demilitarized zone for peace

Day 1,170.


Today, as the end of the Second World War in Europe is marked in
most European countries, we report how Vladimir Putin’s three-day
‘goodwill ceasefire’ designed to protect his own commemoration
tomorrow appears to have been broken already, we examine three
very strong and uncharacteristically critical comments by the
United States administration about Russia, and we ask whether
Friedrich Merz has hit the ground running, or fallen at the first
hurdle.


Contributors:


Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence).
@DomNicholls on X.


James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.


Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Chemical Weapons Expert and Former Tank
Commander). @HamishDBG on X.


Content Referenced:


'Putin’s top 3 lies: from Ukraine to the Second World War' (Video
by Francis):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mdvqJy-zVk


Putin welcomes Xi Jinping at Kremlin (The Telegraph Live Blog):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/08/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-xi-jinping-moscow/ 


JD Vance: Russia is asking for too much from Ukraine (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/05/07/jd-vance-russia-asking-too-much-from-ukraine/ 


Former British Army soldier “Swampy” killed in Ukraine (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/07/former-british-soldier-killed-in-ukraine/ 


Putin’s Victory Day display is a charade, not a parade (Hamish’s
article):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/08/putins-victory-day-display-is-a-charade-not-a-parade/ 


Russia has damaged, destroyed over 2,300 medical infrastructure
facilities since beginning of full-scale invasion, health
ministry says (Kyiv Independent):


https://kyivindependent.com/russia-has-damaged-destroyed-over-2-300-medical-infrastructure-facilities-since-beginning-of-full-scale-invasion-health-ministry-says/


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