The US military attacked the Iranian port on the island of Qeshm and the city of Bandar Abbas , Fox News journalist Jennifer Griffin reported, citing a source. Axios correspondent Barak Ravid also reported about US strikes “on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz.” The journalists' interlocutors, American officials, noted that the United States does not consider these attacks on Iran to be a resumption of war between the countries.

The truce that Russia unilaterally declared in the war with Ukraine began at midnight on May 8. As the Russian Ministry of Defense previously stated, the ceasefire will last until May 10. The Russian department claimed that with the beginning of the truce, Russian troops would stop fighting on the front line, as well as strikes deep in the territory of Ukraine. Moscow called on Kyiv to follow the “declared truce.” Ukraine did not respond to this call in any way.

EU leaders are preparing for possible talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a senior European official told the Financial Times. EU countries “have the potential” to negotiate with Putin and the bloc has the support of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for such talks, European Council President António Costa said.

The United States will raise duties on European goods after July 4 if the European Union does not fulfill its obligations under the trade agreement and to eliminate duties on American products, United States President Donald Trump said. “I am patiently waiting for the EU to fulfill its part of the historic trade agreement. <…> The EU promised to fulfill its obligations and reduce duties to zero.

Armenian Ambassador Gurgen Arsenyan was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry because of the speech of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, according to a message from the Russian Ministry. Arsenyan met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin.

Roskomnadzor did not include the YaPlakal website in a special register of prohibited information, the agency’s press service reported to TASS. The day before it became known that on April 23, the Chertanovsky Court of Moscow decided to recognize the information posted on the websites “YaPlakal”, anekdotovstreet.com and anekdoto.net as prohibited for distribution in Russia. The prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit.

In the new Telegram update, it became possible to add a bot to the user’s profile, which will independently respond to messages. To connect a bot to your profile, you need to select the “Chat Automation” section in the settings. When connecting a bot, users will be able to select chats to which it will have access. These can be chats with all users except contacts, or only new conversations.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky recommended that representatives of foreign countries refuse to participate in festive events in Moscow on the occasion of May 9. “We have received requests from some states close to Russia that their representatives are going to be in Moscow. A strange desire... these days. We do not recommend,” Zelensky said in an address on May 7.

A column by a former Russian government official was published under this title in The Economist. Meduza publishes its full translation Ramil Sitdikov / EPA / Scanpix / LETA The British magazine The Economist published an anonymous column entitled “Vladimir Putin is losing control of Russia.” Its author is a former high-ranking official of the Russian government.

The Bank of Russia recorded that Russians' demand for cash increased in March-April, according to a summary of the key rate discussion presented on May 7. “This could be due, among other things, to adaptation to tax changes, as well as temporary interruptions in the Internet and the desire of the population to have a supply of means of payment that does not depend on the operation of the digital infrastructure,” the Central Bank of the Russian Federation said.

Russia sees no point in a new round of trilateral negotiations to end the war until Ukraine withdraws its troops from Donbass. This was stated by Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov.

There are two days left until May 9th. Petersburg without the Internet. Moscow - get ready Maxim Spiridonov / Anadolu / Getty Images Theatrical reconstruction in St. Petersburg for Victory Day, May 7, 2026 On Thursday, St. Petersburg was left without communications. In the Leningrad region, on the night of May 7, mobile Internet was turned off due to Ukrainian drones, but the Internet in St. Petersburg stopped working even before the air raid.

A political prisoner, 41-year-old artist from Krasnodar Vladimir Yarotsky died in colony No. 9 in the Krasnodar Territory on the night of May 7, the Politzek-Info project and Sotavision reported. According to the official version, he committed suicide. Yarotsky complained about pressure from the colony administration, said another political prisoner, Alexander Nozdrinov, who is serving a sentence in the same colony.

EU countries do not intend to evacuate their diplomats from Kyiv amid Russia’s threats to launch a massive attack on the capital of Ukraine. This was stated by the Speaker of the European Commission, Anoir El-Anouni. El-Anouni noted that Russia is “again outrageously trying to blame Ukraine for its own war of conquest.” Russian attacks are, unfortunately, a daily reality in Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine […].

There will be rulers of only three UN member states The Victory Parade in Moscow in 2026 will be attended by the heads of only three UN member states, as well as the presidents of partially recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia. According to the Kremlin, they will all come on their own initiative.