Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:20 Over the past two weeks, the damage to the Ukrainian energy system as a result of Russian attacks has exceeded $1 billion, said Energy Minister German Galushchenko. According to him, thermal generation, hydrogeneration, and substations for electricity transmission suffered especially significant damage. Gas storage facilities were also attacked. The minister noted that blackouts are now being avoided thanks to renewable energy sources.
Galushchenko said that the objects attacked recently have not changed, but the emphasis has shifted to generation: “If in 2022-23 the main blow fell on main substations, while generation was also attacked, then today more emphasis is placed on generation, although attacks on substations have not stopped."
21:18 During the day, Russian troops used eight missiles of various types and about 70 guided bombs against Ukrainian border communities and positions at the front, Zelensky said in an evening video message. The president also said that today he heard a detailed report from Syrsky on the situation at the front, as well as a report from Budanov. In addition, Zelensky said that the Defense Forces today shot down a Russian Su-25 in the Donetsk region.
20:19 The Russian Army fired a missile at Druzhkovka, Donetsk region, one person was killed, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin. Two more people were injured in the town of Chasov Yar.
20:03 The Russians struck Kharkov again - a large-scale fire started at a civilian enterprise, six people were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
19:47 The number of victims as a result of the Russian strike on the Industrial District of Kharkov has increased to six, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. The enemy also hit the village. Slobozhanskoye, Kharkov district, one person died.
18:54 This afternoon the Russian Armed Forces launched missile attacks on the civilian infrastructure of the Odessa region, wounding three people, the prosecutor’s office reported.
17:30 The Russians hit civilian infrastructure in the Industrial district of Kharkov, four people were wounded, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. According to him, the enemy fired a missile at the territory of a civilian enterprise. In addition, the Russian army today launched KAB attacks on the village. Cherkasy Tishki, Kharkov region, one person was injured.
17:26 Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said that Italian soldiers under no circumstances can be involved in the war in Ukraine: “I do not undertake to judge the president of such a friendly country as France, but I do not understand the purpose and usefulness of these declarations, which objectively increase tension."
16:19 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation put Zelensky on the wanted list “under an article of the Criminal Code.” Poroshenko is also wanted.
15:37 In 2024, the maintenance of one Ukrainian serviceman costs Ukraine 1.2 million hryvnia per year, Deputy Defense Minister Yuriy Dzhigir said in an interview with Bloomberg. He clarified that this is an approximate amount that does not include the cost of weapons.
12:13 Spokesman of the Southern Defense Forces Dmitry Pletenchuk explained why Russia began to use ballistic missiles more often against Ukraine, primarily Iskander-M: “This platform is mobile, mobile, and accordingly, its deployment time is short, it’s minutes, and it takes minutes to fold it down. even less. That’s why they chose to use ballistics now - the speed is different, and there’s less time to react.”
10:40 At night, the enemy attacked the energy infrastructure of the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Ministry of Energy reported. As a result of the attack, the substation was de-energized, and along with it, two mines (no people were brought to the surface), a water utility, and industrial and household consumers. The consumers and the substation were healed.
08:58 As a result of yesterday's Russian shelling of the city of Chuguev, Kharkov region, three people were wounded, said the head of the OBA Oleg Sinegubov.
08:36 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 4:
- personnel - about 473,400 (+1260) people,
- tanks - 7366 (+12),
- armored combat vehicles - 14,156 (+27),
- artillery systems - 12,148 (+46),
- MLRS - 1055 (+2),
- air defense systems - 788 (+2),
- aircraft - 348 (+0),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 9611 (+31),
- cruise missiles - 2127 (+1),
- ships/boats - 26 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 16,337 (+71),
- special equipment - 2001 (+8).
08:23 Over the past 24 hours, 119 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, in the Avdeevsky direction, 34 attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Arkhangelskoye, Novoaleksandrovka, Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, Umanskoye, Netaylovo and west of Semenovka, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - 27 attacks in the Belogorivka districts of the Luhansk region and Novy, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region. Another 16 attacks were repulsed in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Paraskoveevka and Vodyanoye of the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine attacks in the areas of Petropavlovka, Kislovka, Kharkov region and Andreevka, Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region; on Limansky - seven attacks in the areas of Makeevka, Nevsky and Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk region and Ternov and Torsky in the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - five attacks in the area of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - 11 attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.
08:01 Elimination of the consequences of a massive attack by attack drones continues in Kharkov. According to the State Emergency Service, three fires occurred in the city at different addresses. The largest is in warehouses with a total area of about 3000 sq. m. m.
07:39 In the Pavlograd district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of a night attack, a critical infrastructure facility and three private houses were damaged, two people were wounded, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. In addition, in the Nikopol region, as a result of shelling, critical infrastructure facilities, a utility company, a lyceum, two high-rise buildings, a bank, and a power line were damaged.
07:12 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Russian air defense systems allegedly shot down four ATACMS missiles over Crimea.
06:57 Air defense at night destroyed all 13 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/13 type, which Russia attacked from the Belgorod region, the Air Force reported. Drones were destroyed in the Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk regions. In addition, the enemy attacked with four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles.
02:35 The Russians carried out drone strikes on Kharkov, there is damage and fires to civilian infrastructure, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In particular, a fire broke out in a two-story office building in the Osnovyansky district of the city. Four victims are known, including a 13-year-old child.
00:24 The United States has initiated the allocation of a new package of financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to $50 billion. This issue is now being discussed with the G7 countries, Bloomberg writes. According to the publication, a significant part of the funds should be allocated from excess income from frozen Russian assets, most of which are located in Europe. The initiative involves sending funds by a coalition of countries, which the United States intends to lead. The American side wants to sign a corresponding agreement in Italy at the G7 summit in June. However, the agency's interlocutors do not rule out that negotiations on this issue may drag on for several months.