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On the evening of Tuesday, 5 May, Russia may have lost an Mi-8 helicopter, according to a Russian propaganda page.
The Russian capital is no longer considered a safe place – fear of Ukrainian drones is growing within the Kremlin. Despite this, Putin has decided to hold a parade in Red Square on 9 May. According to opposition media reports, mobile internet will be completely shut down in Moscow and St Petersburg to prevent it from being used to guide drones.
A further 15 children have been returned from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine as part of the Ukrainian President’s ‘Bring Kids Back UA’ initiative.
In Ukraine, entrepreneurs who are registered as sole traders can open accounts with the state-owned PrivatBank. This service is available both online and at the bank’s branches. ThePublic explains how to do this.
The Donald Trump administration had informed Iran in advance of its intention to conduct an operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Washington urged Tehran not to interfere.
Opening a sole trader account with Monobank is one of the easiest ways to start a business in Ukraine. Registration takes just a few minutes, you can manage your funds via your smartphone, and all transactions are kept as simple as possible.
The National Bank has imposed sanctions on NovaPay LLC for breaching legislation governing payment services and consumer protection. The total amount of the fines exceeds 7.9 million hryvnias.
The sanctioned vessel Asomatos unloaded 26,900 tonnes of stolen Ukrainian wheat in Abu Qir, Egypt.
The UK has introduced a new package of sanctions against Russia. The restrictions target 35 individuals and companies that supplied components for drones and helped recruit foreign fighters for the war.
Since the start of 2026, Ukraine has carried out more than 20 strikes on Russian oil infrastructure – refineries, export terminals and pipelines have been targeted. Russia’s total losses have already exceeded $7 billion.
Natalia Alyushina, Head of Ukraine’s National Agency for Civil Service, said that some civil servants are already actively using artificial intelligence in their work. She described it as ‘normal’ that AI would take over the work of officials ‘who deal with routine tasks’.
A resident of Lviv contacted the city’s hotline to request that a tree be pruned. He was sent a photograph of the work already carried out, but it turned out to have been generated by artificial intelligence.
