Russian forces are escalating attacks on the heavily fortified city of Kostiantynivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, with Ukrainian army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reporting persistent attempts by Russian troops to gain a foothold using infiltration tactics. Meanwhile, Russian drone strikes on Odesa injured at least 20 people and damaged civilian infrastructure. Russia announced a temporary ceasefire around Victory Day on 9 May, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed as insufficient. Elsewhere, Russian troops captured the village of Myropillia in Ukraine's Sumy region, and a Russian drone attack on a minibus in Kherson killed two people and wounded seven. The US plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, a move Germany's defense minister called "foreseeable."