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The prominent nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin is an ardent supporter of the Russia's invasion of Ukraine.A prominent pro-Kremlin novelist was wounded in a car bombing that killed his driver on Saturday, Russian officials said, as investigators said a detained suspect admitted acting on behalf of Ukraine.

HOUR BY HOUR Issued on: 05/05/2023 - 10:42 A Ukrainian service member from a 28th separate mechanised brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fires an anti-tank grenade launcher at a front line near Bakhmut on May 3, 2023.Sofiia Gatilova , Reuters Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russian paramilitary group Wagner, on Friday threatened to pull his fighters from the front line in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine on May 10, saying ammunition shortages meant they faced "senseless death".

Russia threatened to escalate attacks in Ukraine after the British government announced it would provide a type of munition to Ukraine that Moscow falsely claims has nuclear components.The British defense ministry on Monday confirmed it would provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium.

Participants burn flares in front of a banner with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a patriotic flash mob marking the ninth anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea on March 17, 2023.ALEXEY PAVLISHAK (REUTERS) Russian fighter pilots involved in an incident with a U.S. drone that resulted in its crash will be given state awards, the Defense Ministry announced Friday.

China's Ukraine envoy appealed Friday to other governments to stop sending weapons to the battlefield and hold peace talks but gave no indication that his trip to the region made any progress toward a settlement.Li Hui's appeal came as Washington and its European allies are ramping up supplies of missiles, tanks and other weapons to Ukrainian forces that are trying to take back Russian-occupied territory.

Hour by Hour Soldiers stand on a tank at a training site, where Ukrainian soldiers undergo maintenance training on Leopard 1A5 tanks, at the German army Bundeswehr base, part of the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) in Klietz, Germany, May 5, 2023.Nadja Wohlleben, Reuters Russian drones and ballistic missiles attacked Ukraine's capital early Tuesday in what the defence forces called an exceptionally complex strike, a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would return from a European tour with a restocked weapons arsenal.

Russia's ally signals a desire to broker peace, but few are convinced of Beijing's power or motivations in Kyiv.Kyiv, Ukraine Volodymyr, a gaunt 44-year-old, recently returned from the front lines of eastern Ukraine and now needs psychological help for his post-traumatic stress disorder.A contusion makes him slightly stutter.

Smoke rises from a fuel storage facility targeted by Russian forces on the outskirts of Kyiv early in the Ukraine war.(Rodrigo Abd/AP)NATO nations are locked in negotiations to determine next steps in Ukraine's path toward joining the Western alliance, as member states scramble to bridge divisions over how quickly Kyiv should be brought under the transatlantic security shield at a time of acute hostility with Russia.

Pro-Kremlin commentators are sure the drone attack was an attempt on Putin's life.Liberals are less convinced.An apparent drone attack on the Kremlin this week has sparked fears of an escalation in Russia's brutal war in Ukraine.On Wednesday night, two remotely-operated devices flew towards the domed roof of the Kremlin before being shot down by Russian air defences, exploding but harming no one.

So, who fired two drones at the Kremlin in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, and what does the act say about the course of the war in Ukraine?The whole business is a mystery, and may remain so forever, except to those who did the deed.The two questions are, of course, related; the intended impact on the war depends on who launched the weapons.