US President Donald Trump announced a three-day ceasefire in the Russian-Ukrainian war. He published a corresponding post on the Truth social network. According to Trump, the truce will last from May 9 to May 11 inclusive. He stated that this was his own proposal and thanked Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky for approving it. “This ceasefire will include a suspension of all hostilities, as well as the exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each country,” Trump also wrote.

Tokio Hotel frontman Bill Kaulitz obtained a court ban on Alternative for Germany politician Julian Adrat from publishing about himself on social media after he made several offensive posts on social media about the musician. NTV writes about this. Adrat first wrote about Kaulitz when he took part in an advertisement for a hair care product.

The Pentagon has begun releasing files related to unidentified anomalous phenomena. “The American people have demanded greater transparency on these issues, and President Trump is delivering on that demand,” the Pentagon stressed. The first series of documents is publicly available on a special website . The military department said that new ones would be added “as needed.” Now 162 files have been published from the archives of the Pentagon itself, the FBI, NASA and the US State Department.

The reason why the International Olympic Committee did not recommend a full return of the Russian Federation to world sports was doping, and not the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. The Guardian writes about this with reference to sources. On May 7, the IOC officially recommended that athletes from Belarus be allowed to participate in international competitions under the state flag, but no such decision was made regarding Russia.

The Russian Ministry of Justice declared philosopher and philologist Mikhail Epstein a “foreign agent.” Epstein, 76, the author of more than 50 books and more than a thousand articles and essays, lives in the United States. As Radio Liberty notes , he condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

(Spoiler: parliamentary elections are coming soon) Alexander Patrin / TASS / ZUMA Press / Scanpix / LETA French President Emmanuel Macron and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Gyumri, May 5, 2026 At the beginning of May, two summits were held in Armenia: first, the summit of the European Political Community , and immediately after, the first ever Armenia-EU summit.

Here are some photos Alexey Danichev / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia The exhibition “Russian Imperative” opened at the Manege museum and exhibition complex in St. Petersburg. It shows paintings by Vasnetsov, Vereshchagin, Repin, Petrov-Vodkin and Kandinsky - as well as works by contemporary artists who, as the city’s vice-governor Boris Piotrovsky said, “reflect a special military operation” in their work.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky delivered an address on the occasion of Remembrance Day and the victory over Nazism in World War II.

1535th day. There is no truce Pierre Crom / Getty Images A Soviet army veteran at the monument to the Unknown Sailor in Odessa. May 8, 2026 Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us your thoughts about the war. What feelings are you experiencing? How does war affect your life and your attitude towards the world?

In Russia, the availability of the world's largest platform for IT development, GitHub, has decreased. This was recorded by the Internet censorship tracking service OONI, Nesting noted. The availability of the service began to decline on May 5: the number of unsuccessful connections to the site on that day reached 10%. On May 6 and 7 it rose to 16%. In previous weeks, the average anomaly value did not exceed 4%. Roskomnadzor officially announced that it does not block access to GitHub services.

Most of the heroes - from icon restorers to equestrian experts - are unknown to the public. But this encyclopedia corrects the mistake The publishing house SamTamBooks published a book by director Alexei Fedorchenko and film expert Lida Kanashova, “The Head of Fairy Tales.” This is a collection of biographies of repressed scientists, arranged in an original way: terrible biographical information is replaced by phantasmagoric parables, reminiscent of Fedorchenko’s work on the screen.

The Moscow City Court overturned the decision to ban the dissemination in Russia of information posted on the YaPlakal website, reports the press service of the Moscow courts. “The Judicial Collegium for Administrative Cases of the Moscow City Court overturned the decision of the court of first instance and adopted a new decision, which denied the Chertanovsky Interdistrict Prosecutor’s claims,” the press service reported.

Russian authorities have revoked accreditations for the Victory Parade from journalists of all foreign media, the German publication Der Spiegel reported on the evening of May 7. Der Spiegel's accreditation was revoked over the phone. A Kremlin spokesman said that “due to the current situation, the format for covering the parade has been changed,” so only representatives of Russian media will be allowed to attend.

Basic rules to help protect yourself In 2026, the “eternal” conscription began to operate in Russia - this means that they can now be summoned to the draft commission at any time. In parallel, the authorities massively send out electronic summonses through a single register and immediately impose restrictions on conscripts: for example, on leaving the country, real estate transactions, and others.

In the southern part of Russia, 13 airports stopped operating after a drone hit the administrative building of a branch of the Aeronavigation of the South of Russia company, the Ministry of Transport reported. Takeoffs and landings were stopped in Sochi, Volgograd, Krasnodar, Grozny, Astrakhan, Vladikavkaz, Gelendzhik, Makhachkala, Magas, Mineralnye Vody, Nalchik, Stavropol and Elista.