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1535th day. There is no truce

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Today at midnight Moscow time, a two-day “truce” began to take effect, which was previously unilaterally announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense. The department, in an ultimatum form, demanded that Ukraine join the ceasefire, threatening otherwise to strike Kyiv. The Ukrainian Armed Forces ignored this demand.

The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that since midnight, “outside the zone of a special military operation,” 390 Ukrainian drones and six Neptune long-range guided missiles have been shot down.

In Perm, the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez oil refinery came under attack for the third time in two weeks. In Yaroslavl, drones attacked the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery. Fires started at both plants, but no injuries were reported.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin published several messages throughout the night about the destruction of drones flying into the city. In total, according to his data, 27 drones were shot down.

The most serious consequences occurred due to the drone strike on Rostov-on-Don. One of the drones hit the building of a branch of the Air Navigation of the South of Russia, which disrupted the work of dispatchers at the Rostov air hub. The Federal Air Transport Agency has issued a warning banning flights over southern Russia.

13 airports in the region - including the airports of Sochi, Krasnodar and Volgograd - completely stopped operations for several hours. Dozens of flights were delayed or cancelled, and thousands of passengers were stranded at airports.

After 15:00 Moscow time, the flight ban was lifted, and closed airports gradually began to return to work. By the end of the day, it is planned to operate 59 flights from Moscow and 158 flights from the regions to airports in the south of the Russian Federation.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, in turn, said that during the night the Russian army continued to strike Ukrainian positions. According to him, more than 140 shellings and 10 assault actions were recorded near the front line, as well as launches of 850 drones by the Russian army.

“Like the results of the last day, based on the results of today, Ukraine will act in a mirror way. We will defend our positions and people's lives. Russia must end its war, and everyone will really notice this when the movement towards peace begins,” Zelensky said.

The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in its morning report reported that from 18:00 on May 7 to 8:00 on May 8, 67 attack drones were launched. The agency did not note exactly how many of them were launched after midnight, but subsequently reported at least several more drones flying in the direction of the Sumy region, Dnepropetrovsk region, Zaropozhye and Kharkov.

War in photographs. Fire in the Chernobyl exclusion zone

A strong fire broke out in the Chernobyl exclusion zone today, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported . The radiation situation remains normal.

The area of ​​the fire has already exceeded 1,100 hectares, the fire is spreading quickly in conditions of strong winds and dry weather. There was no information about the connection between the fire and the fighting.

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Sergey (Russia) . In 2022, I left the Russian Federation, lived abroad for a year and returned in 2023. Returned for family reasons. I am 45 years old, I have a family and a child. Old parents. It was not possible to settle in Europe; the advertised information that there is a shortage of IT specialists in Germany turned out to be not entirely true. Middle positions require German everywhere, and after taxes, the end result is less than what I have in Russia.

At the same time, you don’t get anything other than the actual fact of life in Germany. The problem with doctors, bureaucracy (waiting for a residence permit for more than six months), the inability to switch to another type of visa, despite the high salary - and hence the problem in obtaining a visa for my wife and child. The difficulty is getting from Germany to Russia, on the one hand, and on the other, the hostile attitude of refugees from Ukraine (not all, but many). And in general, understanding the futility of such a life for a child puts an end to moving.

After the trip, the attitude towards the war changed to indifference. And after the recent drone strikes in the Urals - out of anger. Unexpectedly, many acquaintances expressed their approval of the return, and I also learned that many people from my social circle had encountered Ukrainian scammers.

Now I work quietly, regularly donate to ribbon fees and help as much as I can to refugees from border areas, to those who have lost their homes. I understand that the situation is unwinnable for us, but there is no way out.

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