Fears of an increase in Russian air strikes are growing in Ukraine ahead of the upcoming Victory Day on May 9.
President Volodymyr Zelensky called for caution and discipline. “I ask all our citizens – especially these days – not to ignore the air alert,” he said in his evening video on Friday. “Please, this is your life, the life of your children.”
A curfew will be imposed for two days in cities close to the front, such as Odessa. There will be no curfew in the capital Kyiv.
“In the coming days, there is a high probability of rocket fire in all regions of Ukraine,” said Mayor Vitali Klitschko. celebrates the victory of the Soviet Union over Hitler’s Germany in World War II.
President Vladimir Putin will deliver a speech during the traditional big military parade in Moscow. He is expected to give further direction to the two-and-a-half-month-long war against Ukraine.
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