[Korrespondent] 22:12 The flight of two drones over the Kremlin, which Russia calls Ukraine's attack on Putin, is being discussed around the world. Russian politicians staged an agony of threats, in Ukraine they deny everything, and the West calls not to trust the messages from the Kremlin. Read more in the material Reaction to a strike on the Kremlin .
21:51 The Russian military placed military equipment, weapons and explosives in the turbine section of power unit No. 4 of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, the State Nuclear Regulatory Agency reported, citing representatives of the IAEA.
21:47 Zelensky said that he held bilateral meetings in Helsinki today with the prime ministers of Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, and discussed support for Ukraine.
21:38 In the Kherson region, the number of deaths per day increased to 21 people, 48 were injured , Zelensky said.
21:36 Vladimir Rogov, a member of the "regional administration" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, said that Ukrainian forces allegedly went on the offensive south of Orekhov. Russian "military correspondents" also massively write about the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the front line in the Zaporozhye region in the Orekhov region.
21:34 The United States announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $300 million. According to the Pentagon, the new package will include, in particular, additional ammunition for HIMARS; 155 mm howitzers; 155 mm artillery shells; 120 mm, 81 mm and 60 mm mortar shells; optical-tracking wire-guided (TOW) missiles; anti-tank weapons systems AT-4 and Carl Gustaf; Hydra-70 aircraft missiles, etc.
21:26 US Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. said that Zelensky could have avoided a war with Russia if he had publicly stated before the invasion that he had no intentions to join NATO. At the same time, he believes that pressure from the White House and radical officials in the Ukrainian government did not allow Zelensky to take such a step.
20:51 The first batch of mine-clearing equipment purchased by Canada worth more than $16 million has arrived in Ukraine, the Canadian embassy reported.
20:33 The European Union will provide Ukraine with ammunition worth 2 billion euros, Shmyhal said. He clarified that the EU member states will now send ammunition from their warehouses for 1 billion euros, another 1 billion euros will be allocated for their joint further purchases for Ukraine. In addition, Europe is increasing its ammunition production capacity, and 1 billion euros will also be mobilized for this.
20:27 Zelensky said at a press conference in Helsinki that the UAV attack on the Kremlin could have been organized by Russia to "motivate society" and accuse Ukraine of some crimes: "He [Putin] needs to do something drastic: that" assassination attempts ", then drones, then some kind of" geese that bombed them. "They will come up with certain steps every day. And everything is solved easier: no need to intimidate anyone, no need to use weapons, you need to get out of our territory."
20:18 Medvedev said that after today's "terrorist attack" there were "no options left except for the physical elimination of Zelensky and his clique."
20:15 The Russians fired at Nikopol twice in the Dnipropetrovsk region in a day: one person was injured, 13 private houses, two medical institutions, power lines were damaged, the OVA reported.
20:13 Russian strikes on Kherson continue: as of now, 18 dead and 46 wounded are known , the President's Office reported.
19:52 The head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, believes that the attack on the Kremlin was carried out on the collective order of Russian oligarchs who were sanctioned because of the Putin regime. He clarified that this is his "personal opinion based on a series of insiders." People's Deputy added that this is the first collective game of the "offended club".
19:48 The leaders of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Ukraine, Finland and Sweden, following the summit in Helsinki, issued a joint statement in which they supported the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine.
19:17 The "authorities" of the occupied Crimea said that the air defense forces shot down two attack drones in the southeast of the peninsula, there were no injuries or casualties.
19:14 Danish Prime Minister Matte Frederiksen said that the allies are continuing discussions about the possibility of transferring F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. "We have not closed this issue yet," she stressed.
19:11 Zelensky said at a press conference in Finland that Ukraine did not attack either Putin or Russia. He stressed that Ukraine only defends its territories, and even for this it does not have enough weapons, so Kyiv would not waste it on attacks on Moscow. "We did not attack Putin, we will leave this to the tribunal," Zelensky added.
18:36 EU ambassadors, after lengthy disputes, agreed on a scheme for the joint purchase of ammunition for Ukraine , the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union announced: "The EU ambassadors approved the decision to provide assistance under the European Peace Fund to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the amount of 1 billion euros for the joint purchase of ammunition and rockets.
18:34 Washington leaves it up to Kiev how to defend its territory in a conflict with Russia, Blinken said in an interview with The Washington Post, commenting on the "attack" of drones on the Kremlin. He also said that he expressed regret in a conversation with Kuleba about the massive leak of US secret documents.
18:23 In Russia, they continue to cancel the parade on May 9 - this time such a decision was made in Lipetsk and Yelets because of "possible provocations." According to the regional governor Igor Artamonov, small festive events will be held in parks and squares, which will prevent crowds.
17:41 Zelensky may cancel his visit to Germany due to the leak of information in the media, writes the German edition t-online, citing "sources close to the government of Ukraine." According to them, the Ukrainian side is "irritated and disappointed" that "very sensitive security information" was deliberately published by German sources.
17:36 As a result of a massive attack by the Russian Federation in the Kherson region on May 3, at least 16 people were killed , including 12 in Kherson, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. Another 22 people, according to preliminary information, were injured.
17:33 Blinken said the US has seen reports of a "attack" of drones on the Kremlin, but cannot yet confirm them.
17:07 Stories about "Kyiv in two days" have been replaced by the real season of "bavovna" in Russia itself. In recent days, something has been constantly exploding on the territory of the Russian Federation and the regions temporarily occupied by it. It even reached the Kremlin itself. Read more in the material A series of explosions in Russia .
16:56 Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin, after the "attack" of supposedly Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin, said that there could be no negotiations with the "Zelensky regime".
16:51 Zelensky said that he had met with the Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Petteri Orpo and Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Stere and discussed support for Ukraine.
16:33 Prigozhin believes that the Ukrainian offensive has already begun: "I believe that everything has already begun. When will this move into an active phase? I think that in the near future."
16:19 Podolyak said that Russia is clearly preparing a large-scale terrorist act, so first it detains a large group of alleged saboteurs in Crimea, and then demonstrates "drones over the Kremlin." The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office emphasized that Ukraine is waging an exclusively defensive war and does not attack objects on the territory of the Russian Federation, since this does not solve any military problem, but gives Russia grounds to justify its attacks on civilians.
"Secondly, we are watching with interest the growth of incidents and excesses taking place in different parts of the Russian Federation. The appearance of unknown unmanned aerial vehicles at energy facilities or the territory of the Kremlin can only indicate the underground work of local resistance forces. As you know, drones can be bought at any military store ... Because the loss of power control over the country by the Putin clan is obvious, but, on the other hand, Russia constantly talked about its total control over the air ... In a word, something is happening in the Russian Federation, but definitely without Ukraine's drones over Kremlin," Podolyak said.
15:55 Zelensky's press secretary Serhiy Nikiforov said in a commentary to BBC Ukraine that the President's Office has no information about the so-called night attacks on the Kremlin. According to him, this is "forcing the situation before May 9." "As President Zelensky has repeatedly stated, Ukraine directs all available forces and means to the liberation of its own territories, and not the attack of others," Nikiforov stressed.
15:18 Media publish the moment of the drone explosion over the Kremlin:
15:14 Zelensky is confident that Ukraine will receive aircraft after a successful counter-offensive: "Why do I believe that we will have aircraft? Because soon we will have offensive operations. And after them, I'm sure they will give us aircraft."
15:10 UN Secretary General António Guterres said that he had made a proposal to improve the grain deal to Moscow, Kiev and Ankara, he is counting on a response from Russia.
15:08 Peskov said that plans to hold a parade on Red Square on May 9 remain despite today's drone attack. He also said that Putin was not in the Kremlin at the time of the attack, and today he works in his residence near Moscow in Novo-Ogaryovo.
15:06 Zelensky announced that he began his visit to Finland with a meeting with President Sauli Niiniste. "Strengthening the capabilities of our soldiers on the battlefield and security capabilities for Ukraine is the main task of today's visit," he said.
15:04 Ukrzaliznytsia reported that a Russian shell hit a passenger car at the Kherson station, the conductor was wounded. By the time of the shelling, the landing had not been started, the passengers were in shelter.
15:01 The Ministry of Defense stated that not a single HIMARS installation has been destroyed by the Russians since the beginning of the war. The department assures that the installations are stored in places that are not afraid of even nuclear strikes.
14:56 The European Commission has officially confirmed that it has allocated 500 million euros for the urgent strengthening of the European defense industry, which will also strengthen military support for Ukraine.
14:43 The Kremlin has accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Putin . The Kremlin said that tonight the "Kyiv regime" allegedly attempted to strike with two drones on the Kremlin residence of the President of the Russian Federation. The drones were put out of action, as a result of their fall and the scattering of fragments there were no victims and material damage, Putin was not injured.
The Russian side reserves the right "to take retaliatory measures where and when it sees fit," the Kremlin noted. The Kremlin called the actions of the "Kyiv regime" a "planned terrorist act, an attempt on the life of the President of Russia."
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the capital of the Russian Federation has banned the launch of drones from today.
14:36 ​​The Russians hit the Kherson railway station: according to preliminary information, one person was killed, three more were injured. The ambulance was also damaged - the doctors were not injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
According to him, because of the morning shelling of the Epicenter hypermarket in Kherson, three people were killed and four were injured. Also today, three power engineers who were performing emergency and restoration work near the village of Stepanovka were killed by shelling. One person was killed in Tokarevka, another was wounded in Ivanovka.
14:25 The statement of the FSB of the Russian Federation about the alleged exposure of Ukrainian agents in Crimea who planned terrorist attacks and assassination attempts on the "leadership" of the occupied peninsula is a Russian IPSO, and there is no point in commenting on it, representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Andrei Yusov told Hromadsky. At the same time, he called it obvious that the Russian regime is afraid of Ukraine and the Ukrainian special services, in particular the GUR. "And they are doing the right thing, because there will definitely be retribution for all war crimes. The safest way for them is to voluntarily surrender to Ukrainian justice," Yusov added.
13:56 The work of the grain corridor may be suspended if positive results are not achieved at the talks in Istanbul this week, Turkish Presidential Speaker Ibrahim Kalin said.
13:37 Zelensky will arrive in Berlin on May 13 at the invitation of Scholz, the German newspaper Tagesspiegel reported. The chancellor is expected to meet the Ukrainian president, after which negotiations will be held with President Steinmeier. Then Zelensky will fly to Aachen for the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize.
13:18 The Rada adopted bill No. 8009, according to which it is allowed to retire from military service for those whose close relatives died or went missing during the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense.
12:55 The Russian Foreign Ministry reported that a new round of consultations on the grain deal will be held on May 5 in Moscow with UN representatives. At the same time, Peskov said that "the reasons for optimism on the grain deal are still very modest, if not to say the opposite." Russia, he said, is interested in observing the terms of the agreements, but will not do anything that is contrary to its interests.
12:29 In Crimea, the Ukrainian resistance movement is strengthening its capabilities. His activity, along with strikes on Crimean military facilities, makes a depressing impression on the Russians, Vadim Skibitsky, deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the MOU, said in an interview with Kyiv TV channel. According to him, Russians are afraid of everything on the peninsula: drones, partisans, and missiles.
Skibitsky noted that the enemy moved most of the warships from Sevastopol to the territory of the Russian Federation, including Novorossiysk, in order to avoid their destruction. According to Skibitsky, the liberation of Crimea will depend on a number of factors: “Everything will depend on how our operation to liberate Crimea is planned. "gesture of goodwill. But it will not be very easy, because they consider Crimea the last fortress and will try to defend the peninsula to the end."
12:13 Zelensky arrived on an unannounced visit to Finland , local public broadcaster Yle reported. The Office of the Finnish President specified that Zelensky would meet with the heads of government of the Nordic countries today.
11:51 The division of the German IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile systems has destroyed more than 60 air targets since October 2022, said Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He recalled that at the end of April, the second division of IRIS-T had already taken up combat duty in Ukraine.
11:25 Russians today around 11:00 attacked the only working Kherson hypermarket: three people were killed, five were injured , Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said.
11:08 In Kherson, from 20:00 Friday, May 5 to 6:00 Monday, May 8, a curfew will last, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. During these 58 hours, it is forbidden to move and be on the streets. The city will also be closed to entry and exit. "Such temporary restrictions are necessary so that law enforcement officers can do their job and not put you in danger," Prokudin explained.
10:44 The cause of the fire in the tank at the oil depot in the Krasnodar Territory, according to preliminary data, was the fall of a drone, Russian media reported. The fire area on the territory of the Kuban oil depot reached 1200 square meters. m, five fire trains were involved in extinguishing.
10:27 Russians hit Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, with kamikaze drones at night. Also during the day, the enemy fired on the city with artillery - one person was injured, two infrastructure facilities, multi-storey and private houses were damaged, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
10:05 Russians hit Tokarevka in the Daryev community of the Kherson region - residential buildings were damaged, according to preliminary information, one person died, the OVA reported.
09:52 The FSB announced that it had allegedly uncovered agents of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry who were planning a series of terrorist attacks in Crimea. According to the Russian department, among the targets allegedly were the "head" of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov, the "speaker of parliament" Vladimir Konstantinov, the "mayor" of Yalta Yanina Pavlenko, and the transport infrastructure of the peninsula. Roman Mashovets, deputy head of the Office of the Ukrainian President, was named as the direct organizer of the terrorist attacks.
Members of the "Ukrainian intelligence group", citizens of Russia and Ukraine, Viktor Podvalny, Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei Krivoshein, Konstantin Yevmenenko, Igor Zorin and Sergei Voinarovsky, were detained in connection with the preparation of terrorist attacks in Crimea, the FSB reported. Petranov, a citizen of Ukraine and Bulgaria, was also detained, allegedly involved in the delivery of weapons to Russia.
In addition, a channel allegedly organized by the Ukrainian special services for smuggling explosives from Bulgaria, passing through Turkey and Georgia, was opened. The bombs were camouflaged as electric stoves, the FSB said.
09:23 At night, the Russians launched two strikes on civilian infrastructure in Zaporozhye, said the head of the UVA, Yuri Malashko.
09:18 On Friday, May 5, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey will meet on a grain deal, the Turkish Defense Ministry said.
09:16 Russian publics write that Ukrainian drones allegedly attacked a military airfield in the Bryansk region on the night of May 3. According to preliminary data, five UAVs participated in the attack - two of them were destroyed, two more exploded on the territory of the airfield, and the fifth drone was not found. As a result of the attack, the An-124, which was not in operation, was allegedly slightly damaged, but there were no casualties.
09:10 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four people were killed, seven were injured, one of them was a child. Three people were wounded in the Donetsk region, and one person was wounded in the Kharkiv region, according to the IVA.
08:48 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 3.
- personnel - about 191,940 (+520) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3702 (+1),
- armored combat vehicles - 7199 (+6),
- artillery systems - 2946 (+16),
- MLRS - 544 (+0),
- air defense systems - 300 (+2),
- aircraft - 308 (+0),
- helicopters - 294 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2505 (+28),
- cruise missiles - 947 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5865 (+14),
- special equipment - 363 (+3).
08:35 In Kirovograd at night, three enemy drones attacked an oil depot at once, said the head of the OVA Andrey Raikovich. There are no casualties, information about damage is being specified.
08:21 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - it has launched more than 30 attacks. Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, Ukrainian defenders are holding the line, the General Staff said in a morning report .
In the Kherson region, forced passportization of the population continues: in order to speed up the process, the occupiers conduct demonstrative raids and intimidate local residents with deportation and alienation of property. The meaning of the events is that a column of empty buses arrives in the settlement, accompanied by representatives of the FSB, who, referring to the recently signed decree by Putin on the deportation of persons without Russian citizenship from the occupied territories, put people on a radical condition: either the refusal of a Ukrainian passport in favor of a Russian , or immediate eviction with confiscation of property.
08:06 One of the enemy drones of the Shahed-131/136 type fell into a private household in the territory of the settlement of the Kutsurub community of the Nikolaev region. A fire started, which was promptly extinguished by a subdivision of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service, no one was injured. The second kamikaze drone sent to Mykolaiv region was destroyed by the Defense Forces, the OVA reported.
07:54 Over the Dnipropetrovsk region, seven enemy drones were destroyed at night, and one hit the administrative building in the Dnieper. The fire has already been extinguished, people were not injured, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
07:42 On the night of May 3, the Russians attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made kamikaze drones from the north (Bryansk region) and from the south (east coast of the Sea of ​​Azov), the Air Force command reported. In total, the enemy used 26 Shahed-136/131 drones, of which 21 strike UAVs were destroyed.
06:18 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev for the third time in the last six days - this time exclusively with drones, said Sergey Popko, head of the KGVA. According to preliminary information, these were Iranian Shahed UAVs, all of them were found and shot down, there were no casualties or damage.
04:59 In the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, an oil depot broke out in the port, Russian media report. The explosion on the territory of Tamanneftegaz had previously occurred at half past three in the night. The fire was given the highest difficulty rating. The Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Veniamin Kondratiev, said that, according to preliminary data, there were no dead and injured, as well as no threat to the settlement.
02:26 Ukraine has received all the weapons it asked for and is ready for attack and defense, but it is unlikely that it will be possible to liberate all the territories this year, Mark Milley, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, believes.
00:01 Not only the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also Russian propagandists are preparing for the counteroffensive. They will again have to explain to the Russians the defeat of what they once called "the second army of the world." In a fresh manual prepared by the presidential administration for Russian propagandists, state and pro-government media, among other things, are told how to cover the impending Ukrainian counteroffensive. More details in the material New training manuals .