Russia intensifies air strikes and drone attacks in Ukraine

Russia launched a large-scale wave of strikes on Kyiv and across Ukraine sowing destruction and injuries, officials said early on Monday, as Moscow prepares for its Victory Day holiday. Meanwhile, the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said they were beginning to receive ammunition and heavy fighting was underway in Bakhmut. Dozens of Ukrainian track and field athletes and officials preparing for their world championships can get funding for training camps, World Athletics said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he expected Moscow's forces to be vanquished in a similar manner to Nazi Germany.