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Soldiers march in St Petersburg during rehearsal for Victory Day celebrations. Dmitri Lovetsky / AP 

  

Russia tightens security ahead of Victory Day celebrations  

 

Russia has tightened security in Moscow ahead of the Victory Day celebrations next week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to AFP.  

 

- Naturally, everything will be tightened.  

 

During the night of Thursday, Russia attacked several Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv and Odesa. Assessors consider it likely that the attacks will escalate further ahead of the symbolic holiday.  

 

- There is a concern that Russia is increasing the intensity of the attacks, and Kyiv and Odessa are an example of that, says SR's Russia correspondent Maria Persson Löfgren to Ekot.  

 

Victory Day is celebrated on May 9 to commemorate Germany's capitulation in World War II, known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia. 

 

Red Square, image from the explosion TT / Telegram 

 

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Flight Businessman to DI: The drone entered my competition  

 

The drone that is said to have been shot down near the Kremlin on Wednesday night took part in a competition announced by the Ukrainian businessman Volodymyr Yatsenko, he himself tells Dagens Industri.  

 

- The drone would fly to Red Square and circulate there until the fuel ran out, Yatsenko told the newspaper.  

 

The businessman says he promised the equivalent of 5.6 million kroner to whoever lands a drone on the square in Moscow during the Victory Day celebration on May 9.  

 

Russia has said it views the alleged incident as an attempt to assassinate President Vladimir Putin.  

 

Image of ballistic robot from the Russian Ministry of Defense, Avril Haines. TT 

 

USA: "Not likely that Russia will resort to nuclear weapons"  

 

It is not likely that Russia will use its nuclear weapons, according to US National Security Director Avril Haines. 

 

- It is very unlikely, that is our current assessment, she said before a Senate committee on Thursday, according to Reuters. 

 

In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the country was freezing its participation in the New Start Agreement, the last active agreement between the United States and Russia that regulates the amount of strategic nuclear weapons.

 

Ryska invasionenMystiska drönarflygningen

Affärsman till DI: Drönaren deltog i min tävling

Den drönare som ska ha skjutits ned vid Kreml natten till onsdagen deltog i en tävling utlyst av den ukrainske affärsmannen Volodymyr Yatsenko, det uppger han själv för Dagens Industri.

– Drönaren skulle flyga till Röda torget och där cirkulera tills bränslet tog slut, säger Yatsenko till tidningen.

Affärsmannen säger att han lovat motsvarande 5,6 miljoner kronor till den som landar en drönare på torget i Moskva under firandet av segerdagen den 9 maj.

Ryssland har sagt att man betraktar den påstådda händelsen som ett försök att mörda president Vladimir Putin.