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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday information technology was unrealistic that Ukraine would presently bring together the European Wedlock, and proposed the creation of a new political organisation that could join countries on the continent that share European values. Follow FRANCE 24's live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+two).

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xi:00pm:Ukraine EU bid could take 'decades', warns Macron

France's President Emmanuel Macron on Mon said it would take "decades" for a candidate similar Ukraine to bring together the EU, and suggested edifice a broader political social club beyond the bloc that could also include Great britain.

The idea immediately found favour with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who described it as a "very interesting suggestion" that he was "very pleased" to discuss with the French leader.

Ukraine, which is contesting Russia's invasion, is seeking European union membership, and the European Commission has said it will respond to the request next month -- a key step before the issue is taken up by fellow member states.

Only Macron buried whatsoever hopes of swift membership for Ukraine, suggesting rather that it may be more efficient to consider building a wider gild beyond the European union.

"I am proverb this in all honesty -- honesty that nosotros owe to the Ukrainians," Macron said.

"Nosotros can take an accelerated process... to accept candidate status for Ukraine just we know that given our standards and the criteria, it would probably have decades for Ukraine to really join the European Matrimony."

9:43pm: EU main von der Leyen meets Hungary's Orban

Eu chief Ursula von der Leyen met on Monday with Hungarian Prime Government minister Viktor Orban, who is holding up Brussels' plans for an embargo on Russian oil.

Landlocked Hungary relies on Russian oil from a unmarried pipeline and Orban has warned he cannot corroborate the European Commission's proposed sixth package of EU sanctions confronting Moscow. Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook that the country cannot accept the proposed new circular of Eu sanctions on Russia until its concerns are addressed.

Von der Leyen called the coming together "helpful". "This evening's discussion with PM Viktor Orban was helpful to analyze problems related to sanctions and energy security," she tweeted.

"We made progress, but farther work is needed," she added, pledging to organise a video conference phone call "with regional players to strengthen regional cooperation on oil infrastructure".

Orban'due south spokesman Zoltan Kovacs, citing Szijjarto, said the sanctions packet would be similar an "diminutive flop" for Hungary's economy.

"Hungary will not vote for the EU Commission's initiative on sanctions confronting Russia because it poses a problem for Republic of hungary and does not comprise a proposal for a solution," he tweeted.

"The proposal is like an diminutive flop for the Hungary economy and would destroy our stable energy supply."

European diplomats in Brussels are locked in negotiations on the next serial of sanctions designed to punish Russian federation for its invasion of Ukraine.

The proposed bundle would run across nigh EU members halting oil imports from Russia by the end of the year.

Technical talks keep, and negotiators insist there is united European union support behind the need for tougher sanctions, but Hungary and its neighbours say they need more than support to ensure alternative sources of fuel.

nine:31pm: Ukrainians being taken 'against their will' into Russia says Pentagon

The Pentagon has seen indications that Ukrainians caught up in Russia's invasion are being forcibly removed from their homeland and sent to Russian federation, a senior US defense official said Monday.

"I tin can't speak to how many camps or what they await similar," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters. "But nosotros practice have indications that Ukrainians are being taken against their will into Russian federation."

5:30pm: Russia continues its offensive in eastern Donbas region

The Kremlin has focused on Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland known as the Donbas, where Moscow-backed rebels accept been fighting Ukrainian government forces since 2014.

"Main supply routes and roads in the region are becoming impracticable because the Russian forces are advancing slowly in these areas," says French republic 24's senior reporter Catherine Norris Trent. "But information technology is a long and ho-hum state of war of attrition," she says.

four:59pm: UN Homo Rights Council to hold session on Ukraine

The United nations Human being Rights Council announced it volition convene a special session on Thursday to accost alleged Russian human rights violations during its state of war in Ukraine.

More than than l countries on Mon backed a request from Kyiv and demanded an boggling meeting of the UN'due south superlative rights torso to examine "the deteriorating human rights state of affairs in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression".

Yevheniia Filipenko, Ukraine's ambassador to the Un in Geneva, said it would send a strong indicate to Russian President Vladimir Putin nearly Moscow's international isolation.

"Together, we are sending some other stiff message to Putin and his clique of war criminals: you lot are isolated equally never before," she said in a video message on Twitter.

"We want to see the UN have practical steps to address Russia's violation of human being rights in Ukraine and the war crimes which it commits daily against our people.

"This includes an investigation by the Commission of Inquiry into Russia's crimes committed in Bucha and other liberated areas.

"This is likewise an opportunity for the international community to focus on the situation in Mariupol, likewise as forced transfers of our population, and other violations and abuses against innocent Ukrainian civilians.

"We volition non residual until we ensure that those who commit these crimes are held to business relationship."

The coming together will convene at 0800 GMT and be webcast live in the vi official UN languages.

4:52pm: The states treasury issues fresh Russian federation-related sanctions

The US treasury issued new sanctions on individuals, including senior executives of Russia's largest banking concern Sberbank, according to a May 8 press release published on its website.

2:32pm: European union's Michel forced to have cover during strike on surprise Odesa trip

European Council President Charles Michel, who made a surprise visit to Odesa on Monday, was forced to break off a coming together and take cover when missiles again struck the southern Ukrainian port city, an EU official said.

The strike took identify as he held talks with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal. "During the meeting with the PM, the participants needed to interrupt the meeting to accept shelter as missiles struck again the region of Odesa," the official said.

The EU chief said people in Ukraine are being "tortured, raped and executed in cold blood" adding that Ukrainians are "resisting with courage".

Michel said Russia would fail to undermine Ukraine's "freedom". "The Kremlin wants to execute your spirit of freedom and democracy," Michel said in a video on Twitter.

"I am totally convinced they will never succeed," he added, promising that the EU will assistance Ukraine "build a modern, democratic country".

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who joined the talks past video conference, thanked Michel for visiting Ukraine on Victory Twenty-four hours, the anniversary of Europe'due south defeat of Nazi Germany in World State of war II.

i:30pm: Russian ambassador to Poland covered with red pigment

The Russian ambassador to Poland was covered with cherry-red paint by pro-Ukrainian protesters equally he attempted to lay flowers at the cemetery of Soviet soldiers, says the Washington Post's Mary Ilyushina.

12:10pm: Putin'southward low-primal, 'wait-and-see' speech

In his Victory Day voice communication, the Russian president "chose expressly not to mention whatever victory", notes FRANCE 24'due south Daniel Hawkins reporting from Moscow.

He added: "This speech is a wait-and-encounter from Vladimir Putin regarding three things: what'due south going to happen on the armed forces forepart, what's going to happen with peace talks, and with regard to economic sanctions furnishings."

11:35am: Ukrainian refugees brave threat of war to render home

A growing number of Ukrainian refugees have decided to return to their country every bit the war focuses on the eastern Donbas region, Reuters reports.

More than than 5.5 million Ukrainians accept fled to neighbouring Poland, Moldova, Romania and beyond since Russia invaded on February 24, according to the United Nations, which has called information technology Europe'due south fastest-growing refugee crisis since Earth War Ii.

Only Ukrainian officials said last month more than 1 1000000 citizens had returned to the country since the start of the invasion.

Statistics from Ukraine's State Edge Guard Service show there have been days when more Ukrainians returned than left.

On Apr 22, for example, more than xxx,000 people left the country via Ukraine's western borders with the European Union and Moldova, while 35,000 Ukrainians entered.

11:15am: 'Reality on the footing couldn't exist more unlike'

Putin'southward comparison betwixt the Soviet-era fight against fascism and Russia's current invasion of Ukraine jars dramatically with the reality on the footing, where Russian forces stand accused of committing atrocities against civilians as they struggle to overcome Ukraine's indomitable defence force, says FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih, reporting from Kyiv.

10:55am: Ukraine war 'dishonours' Russian army, says Great britain defence chief

Putin and his generals are mirroring the fascism Russia once fought against and dishonouring its military past, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.

"Through the invasion of Ukraine, Putin and his inner circle of generals are at present mirroring the fascism and tyranny of 77 years ago, repeating the errors of the last century's totalitarian regime," Wallace said.

Britain has been one of the almost vocal supporters of Ukrainian efforts to resist Russia's invasion.

Referring to Russian generals, Wallace said: "For them and for Putin at that place tin can be no victory day, but dishonour and surely defeat in Ukraine."

10:45am: Putin blames 'menacing' Westward for war in Ukraine

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "precisely the reason why" countries like Finland and Sweden at present want to bring together NATO, says FRANCE 24's international affairs editor Douglas Herbert, noting that the alliance'south expansion "plays into [Putin's] narrative of a menacing Due west that wants to humiliate Russia".

ten:15am: REPLAY – Putin'southward full Victory Solar day address

Putin claimed Russian forces in Ukraine were defending the Motherland from an "absolutely unacceptable threat" as he addressed troops in Moscow's Red Square.

9:55am: Ukraine won't allow Russia to 'appropriate' World State of war 2 victory, says Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelensky has released a video argument saying Ukraine will not allow Russia to appropriate victory in World War Ii.

"Today we celebrate Victory Day over Nazism. We are proud of our ancestors who together with other nations in the anti-Hitler coalition defeated Nazism. And we will not allow anyone to annex this victory. We volition not allow it to be appropriated," the Ukrainian leader said.

Zelensky listed several Ukrainian towns and cities currently under control of invading Russian forces, saying that Ukrainians during Earth War II had ousted Nazi Germany's forces from these regions.

"The names of these cities inspire us today. They requite us faith that we volition bulldoze the occupiers from our land," Zelensky said in the video address, list Mariupol, Kherson, and the Crimean peninsula by name.

"We won then. We will win now," the Ukrainian president added.

9:40am: 'Every soldier's expiry is painful for u.s.a.', says Putin

Putin says Russian troops and volunteers deployed in Ukraine'due south Donbas are fighting for their Motherland.

"You are fighting for your Motherland, its future," he says in his Victory 24-hour interval speech communication in Moscow.

"The decease of every soldier and officeholder is painful for us," he says. "The state will practise everything to take care of these families."

He finishes his spoken communication with a rallying cry to the assembled soldiers: "For Russian federation, For Victory, Hurrah!"

ix:30am: NATO 'an obvious threat' to Russia, says Putin

Putin claims the Wests was preparing a castigating operation in Donbas, in eastern Ukraine, where Russia'southward military operations are at present focused.

He says Russia "urged Europe to find a off-white compromise, but they didn't want to hear usa".

"In Kyiv they were saying they might go nuclear weapons and NATO started exploring the lands close to u.s.a. and that became an obvious threat to our state and to our borders," Putin adds. "Everything was telling u.s.a. that there is a need to fight."

nine:20am: Russian forces defending 'Motherland' in Ukraine, says Putin

The Russian president has begun his speech past telling Russian troops they are defending their country in Ukraine.

The West was "preparing for the invasion of our country, including Crimea," he says.

ix:10am: Victory Day parade gets underway in Moscow

The Victory Day parade has begun in Moscow's Red Square.

Soldiers in full dress uniform are carrying Russian and Soviet flags by veterans and dignitaries including President Vladimir Putin, who is about to address the crowd.

Click on the role player above to watch Putin's address live.

9:05am: 'Opposing views of history' come to fore equally Moscow celebrates Victory Mean solar day

Victory Day has get "like a religion today", says Oleg Kobtzeff, professor of international politics at the American University of Paris.

"What's wiped out from memory is that among the 20 million killed [during World War II], it's pretty much Belarussian and Ukrainian civilians that paid a loftier price," he says.

8:45am: What to expect out for at this year's Victory Day parade

The annual show in Cherry Foursquare commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany has get then ritualized that one year'southward parade is barely distinguishable from others. But this twelvemonth'south observance of Russia's most important patriotic holiday carries exceptional weight.

As Russian troops fight gruelling battles in Ukraine and unleash torrents of missiles and bombs, both Russian and foreign observers will sentinel it for signs of what could come adjacent in the conflict.

Daniel Hawkins has the latest from Moscow.

viii:35am: 'We will win,' says Ukraine's Zelensky

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has issued a statement moments earlier Russia marks its Victory Day ceremony in Moscow. He says his country is fighting for a new victory, this fourth dimension over Russian invaders.

"On the Twenty-four hours of Victory over Nazism, we are fighting for a new victory. The road to information technology is difficult, merely nosotros take no incertitude that nosotros will win," he said in a written accost.

Zelensky said Ukrainians were a free people who had fought to defend their land many times in history and had their "own path".

"Today we are waging war on this path and we will not give anyone a single piece of our land (...) and nosotros volition not requite anyone a unmarried piece of our history," he said.

"We are proud of our ancestors who, together with other nations in the anti-Hitler coalition, defeated Nazism. And nosotros will not permit anyone to annex this victory, we will not allow it to be appropriated."

7:50am: What are Putin's options?

The annual military parade in Moscow's Cherry Square marks the country's victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. It'south a chance to recollect the sacrifices of Globe War Two, when an estimated 27 million Soviet citizens died, by far the greatest loss of whatever country.

Under Vladimir Putin, Victory Day has also become a show of forcefulness of troops and military hardware. Simply afterwards months of war against its neighbour Ukraine, Russian federation is devoid of whatsoever real class of military victory that it can celebrate.

Frank Ledwige, a former war machine intelligence officer, looks at the various options on Putin'south table equally he prepares to marker the anniversary.

7:30am: Russia has 'cypher to gloat', says Washington

Eleven weeks into a devastating and costly war in Ukraine, Russian federation's Vladimir Putin has nothing to offering his people equally he prepares to celebrate the country's national Victory Day parade, says the US administrator to the United nations.

"They have nothing to celebrate," Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador, said of the Russians, speaking on CNN.

"They accept not succeeded in defeating the Ukrainians. They have non succeeded in dividing the earth or dividing NATO. And they have only succeeded in isolating themselves internationally and becoming a pariah land around the globe."

7:20am: 'Kramatorsk volition survive': French republic 24 reports from frontline city

The metropolis of Kramatorsk became the capital of Ukraine's Donetsk province after separatists took control of Donetsk itself during the 2014 war. Now shut to the front end lines, it has suffered regular attacks including a mortiferous missile strike on its train station – pushing many people to abscond. However, a significant number of residents accept stayed behind, determined to stick information technology out. Our correspondents Luke Shrago and Tarek Kai sent this report.

6:50am: Eu should seize Russian reserves to rebuild Ukraine, says foreign policy primary

The European Spousal relationship should consider seizing frozen Russian strange exchange reserves to aid pay for the price of rebuilding Ukraine later on the war, its foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has said in an interview with the Fiscal Times.

The EU and its western allies have put curbs on the Russian primal depository financial institution'southward international reserves since the state began its invasion of Ukraine.

Borrell told the newspaper it would be logical for the Eu to practice what the US did with Afghan key bank avails later on the Taliban took over there.

"We have the coin in our pockets, and someone has to explain to me why it is adept for the Afghan coin and not skillful for the Russian money," Borrell said.

Washington froze the Afghan funds after the military machine takeover by the Taliban and plans to use some to help the Afghan people while holding the remainder to possibly satisfy terrorism-related lawsuits against the Islamist militants.

v:05am: Russia readies Victory Day parade as fight for e Ukraine rages

Russian federation will gloat its 1945 victory over Nazi Germany Monday with a prove of military might every bit its army battles Kyiv'south forces in the east of Ukraine, where 60 people were killed in an air strike on a school sheltering civilians.

President Vladimir Putin is set to flaunt Russia'southward power in celebration of Victory Day, in an effect that has taken on cracking prominence as he seeks to justify a state of war that has gone on far longer -- and at far higher price -- than expected.

Only as huge missiles are towed through Moscow'southward Red Square and a planned flyover will feature fighter jets showing back up for the war, Ukraine will be desperately battling to end a hoped-for armed services breakthrough.

And civilians keep to bear the burden of the bloodshed, with President Volodymyr Zelensky confirming that sixty were killed in a Russian air strike on a school in the eastern village of Bilogorivka -- i of the highest one-twenty-four hour period tolls since Moscow'southward forces invaded on February 24.

Ukrainian refugee Alisa, 4, from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine May 8, 2022.

Ukrainian refugee Alisa, 4, from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine May 8, 2022. © Gleb Garanich, Reuters

11:40pm: UK slaps fresh sanctions on Russia, Belarus

The UK on Sunday said it was slapping fresh sanctions on Russia and Republic of belarus over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, including import tariffs on precious metals and export bans.

The import tariffs, including on platinum and palladium, target merchandise worth £1.four billion ($1.7 billion or ane.6 billion euros), while export bans worth £250 million target Russia'southward manufacturing and heavy industry, said a statement from the Section for International Trade.

"This far-reaching package of sanctions will inflict further impairment on the Russian military," said Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan.

"It is part of a wider coordinated effort past the many countries around the globe who are horrified past Russia's acquit and determined to bring to bear our economic might to persuade (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to change form."

The U.k.'s new sanctions bring the full value of products subjected to total or partial import and export sanctions to more than £iv billion.

11:30pm: Russia has 'forgotten' all that mattered to WWII victors, says Zelensky

Russia has forgotten everything that mattered to the victors of World War II, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday, a day earlier Moscow commemorates the Soviet Union'due south defeat of Nazi Germany.

Denouncing Russia'southward heavy shelling in the east of the country including one strike on a school that he says killed 60 people, he added: "Russian federation has forgotten everything that was important to the victors of World War Ii."

While normal people associated the ceremony with peace and the slogan "Never once again!", Russian federation was continuing its attacks, said Zelensky in his nightly accost.

Russia will on Mon mark the 77th ceremony since victory in what Russia calls the Bully Patriotic State of war.

x:16pm: Evacuees from Azovstal constitute reach Zaporizhzhia

A convoy of buses carrying evacuees from southeastern Ukraine, including some 40 civilians who had been holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in besieged Mariupol, arrived on Sunday in the Ukrainian-controlled metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, a Un official said.

Osnat Lubrani, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, said eight buses had arrived in the city. About 40 of the 174 evacuees on board had been rescued from the steel plant. Lubrani said in a argument that the evacuations brought to more than than 600 the number of people evacuated from the area in the past x days.

"Our piece of work, however, is non even so done," she said in the statement. "The Un is aware that scores of people who wanted to join the evacuation convoys over the final days were unable to practise and then. Nosotros will go on our appointment with both parties to the conflict to make certain that those who want to leave have the guarantees to do so safely and in the management of their choice."

8:21pm: 'Putin is responsible for heinous war crimes', says Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

Canadian Prime number Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was responsible for "war crimes," during a visit to Ukraine where he met with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"It is clear that Vladimir Putin is responsible for heinous war crimes," Trudeau said at a news briefing with the Ukrainian leader, adding that "there must be accountability" and that he had "witnessed beginning-manus the brutality of Russia'south illegal war".

half dozen:58 pm Putin's actions in Ukraine 'bring shame on Russia': G7

Russian President Vladimir Putin's "unprovoked war of aggression" in Ukraine has brought "shame on Russia and the historic sacrifices of its people," the G7 group of wealthy nations said Sun in a argument.

"Russian federation has violated the international rules-based order, particularly the UN Lease, conceived subsequently the Second Globe State of war to spare successive generations from the scourge of war," said the statement, made as the G7 met past videoconference and commemorated the end of World State of war Two in Europe.

"We remain united in our resolve that President Putin must not win his state of war against Ukraine," information technology said.

6:27pm: The states sanctions target Russian media

The United states of america will sanction three major Russian television stations, and deny all Russian companies admission to consulting and accounting services offered by US firms, co-ordinate to a statement released Sunday by the White House.

The moves against Joint Stock Company Channel One Russia, Television Station Russia-1, and Joint Stock Company NTV Broadcasting Company prohibit any US company from financing them through advertising or selling them equipment.

half dozen:13pm:G7 countries commit to stop importing Russian oil

The entire G7 club of rich nations is "committed to phasing out or banning the import of Russian oil," the White House said Sunday, escalating pressure on Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine.

"This will hit difficult at the primary artery of Putin's economy and deny him the revenue he needs to fund his war," the Biden administration said in a statement, without specifying exactly what commitments the G7 members -- France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Nihon, Great britain and the US -- take fabricated.

The United States, which was non a major consumer of Russian hydrocarbons, has already banned their import.

4:34pm:Canadian PM Justin Trudeau visits Ukrainian town of Irpin

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made on Sunday an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian boondocks of Irpin, which had been temporary held by Russian troops, the town's mayor said on Telegram.

"I've just had an honor to meet with the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, who came to Irpin to meet with his ain eyes all the horror which Russian occupiers take acquired to our boondocks," Oleksandr Markushyn said on his Telegram channel.

4:15pm:US first lady makes unannounced visit to Ukraine

United states of america kickoff lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine on Sunday, property a surprise Female parent'south Day coming together with the nation's first lady, Olena Zelenska, as Russia presses its punishing war in the eastern regions.

Biden traveled under the cloak of secrecy, condign the latest high-profile American to enter Ukraine during its ten-week-old disharmonize with Russia. "I wanted to come on Female parent's 24-hour interval," Biden told Zelenska. "I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to cease and this state of war has been brutal and that the people of the Us stand up with the people of Ukraine."

The first lady traveled by vehicle to the town of Uzhhorod, near a 10-minute drive from a Slovakian hamlet that borders Ukraine. She spent near two hours in Ukraine.

(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP and REUTERS)

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