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2022-05-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 3rd, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:45 The Zaporizhzhia District Military District reported, as of 22:00, that the school was damaged by rocket fire and two people were killed. In addition, 12 houses were damaged.
23:41 OK Pivden reported that the enemy re-attacked the Odessa region, hitting infrastructure with two missiles. There were no casualties.
23:36 Zelensky on the evacuation from Azovstal: "Finally, we got the result, the first result of our evacuation operation from Azovstal in Mariupol, which we organized for a very long time. It required many efforts, long negotiations and various mediations."
23:24 In an accident in the Rivne region, where a minibus, a fuel truck and a passenger bus collided, police investigators found 27 remains of the dead. Of the 38 passengers on the bus, 12 survived. He survived, but the fuel truck driver is in serious condition, Anton Gerashchenko said.
23:17 German Eurofighters, armed with air-to-air missiles, intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft after it crossed international airspace and headed for the German island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. According to Bild, citing its sources in military circles, "it was done on purpose, the Russians usually don't come that close."
23:13 Zelensky, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, said that he would consider the ousting of Russian troops to the borders as of February 24 a victory for Ukraine:
"We understand that it will be difficult to restore territorial integrity on the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. Still, I believe that we can then, having shown our strength, switch to the diplomatic path. Because any war ends with diplomacy, and I believe that we need endure.<...> In any case, this will end in one format or another of negotiations... I don't know how long it will last, but I am confident in our people, I am confident in the Armed Forces, I am confident that we will win. We know we don't back down."
According to Zelensky, a new stage of the war has now begun, when Ukraine is gaining strength and putting pressure on the Russian invaders. The president also noted that Ukrainian defenders are moving forward in some territories: "Therefore, not a step back."
23:09 The UK will transfer Malloy T150 drones to Ukraine, capable of delivering heavy equipment to troops on the front line, Sky News reports.
23:05 In the Odessa region, a missile attack was carried out on Artsyz, Mayor Sergei Parpulansky said.
23:03 In Transcarpathia, a rocket hit one of the railway substations in Volovets near the station, the OVA reported. Windows were shattered within a radius of 500 meters, cars were damaged. Information about the victims is being clarified.
22:44 Podolyak continues to insist on the recognition of the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism: “First, Moscow’s anti-Semitic statements, now massive missile attacks on Ukrainian cities. Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad region, Transcarpathia. Russia should be recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism. ISIS is becoming less of a difference even on a verbal level."
22:41 Two missile strikes were inflicted on the Kamensky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, the railway infrastructure was badly damaged, Governor Valentin Reznichenko said.
22:38 Biden called the war in Ukraine a turning point in history, which happens every 6-8 generations.
22:35 Biden, during a visit to the Lockheed Martin plant in Alabama, said that thanks to the supply of Javelin anti-tank systems in Ukraine, new names for newborns appeared - Javelin and Javelina. "This is not a joke," the American president stressed.
22:33 Mobile operator Vodafone resumed 71% of mobile coverage in the Kherson region. According to the State Service for Special Communications, there is no access to mobile Internet yet, but you can already make phone calls.
22:30 The Russians attacked six railway stations in the center and west of Ukraine. Among the railway workers and passengers, according to operational information, there were no casualties. 14 passenger trains were detained. The first of them have already left, the rest will leave within two hours, said Alexander Kamyshin, head of Ukrzaliznytsia.
22:22 Foreign Ministry Speaker Oleg Nikolenko thanked the Pope for keeping Ukraine in the center of his attention, and carefully reminded who is the cause of the war: "We are grateful for the efforts of the Pope to establish a just peace and stop the war, which was in no way provoked by Ukraine , NATO or any other third party. Both for the Pontiff and for the whole world, it has now become quite obvious that neither Russia nor Putin personally is determined to stop the bloodshed on Ukrainian soil.<...> Ukraine reaffirms its commitment to dialogue and once again once again renews the invitation to the Holy Father to pay a visit to Kiev. We believe that good will definitely overcome evil."
22:15 Russians hit the railway infrastructure of the Kirovograd region with two missiles fired from the Caspian direction, the Operational Command Pivden reports. There are dead and wounded.
22:04 Near Rivne, an accident occurred near the village of Sytnoye, Dubno district, along the Kiev-Chop highway. According to preliminary information, a bus carrying passengers traveling abroad collided with a fuel tanker. As a result of the accident, according to police, 16 people have already died, six more were injured.
21:52 In Lviv, problems with water began: due to the de-energization of substations after the missile attack, pumps stopped working, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said.
21:50 There are more than 40 seriously wounded soldiers at Azovstal, Vereshchuk said: “There are now more than 40 seriously wounded, lying, and they need to be rescued. conventions should be handed over to Ukraine, because they are seriously injured and need such assistance."
21:45 The Russians launched a missile attack on the mountainous region of Transcarpathia. Services are working on the spot, information about damage and possible victims is being clarified, said the head of the Transcarpathian OVA Viktor Mikita.
21:23 In the Donetsk region, 21 civilians died today, Governor Pavel Kirilenko said. Shelling killed ten people in Avdiivka, five in Liman, four in Vugledar, one each in Velyka Novoselka and Shandrigolovoe.
21:22 As a result of a missile strike in Lviv, two electrical substations were damaged, Sadovy said.
21:17 Russian missiles hit objects in the Dolinskaya community of the Kirovograd region, its head Yevgeny Zvizdovsky said.
21:13 Ukrzaliznytsia reported train delays due to explosions this evening. In particular, trains cannot enter Lviv, where powerful explosions were reported.
21:09 Director General of Azovstal Enver Tskitishvili said in an interview with the BBC that five bomb shelters on the territory of the enterprise are capable of withstanding a direct hit by a nuclear warhead. According to him, the restoration of bomb shelters that remained from the times of the USSR began in 2014. There are 36 of them in total, and at the same time 12 thousand people can be in them.
Tskitishvili said that on the eve of the Russian invasion, plant employees created very large supplies of drinking water and food in bunkers, which allows long-term living in them. In addition, he said that there are still about 300 civilians in the plant's underground bomb shelters, including 30-40 children. Most of them are seriously injured and need qualified medical assistance.
21:01 The UN Security Council on Thursday, May 5, will hold a meeting on Ukraine. According to the organization, the United States will chair.
20:59 The head of the Odesa OVA Maxim Marchenko said that in the region they began to remove private satellite dishes from houses. This is done so that their owners cannot watch Russian TV channels. The authorities are doing it. In addition, Ukraine is now negotiating with countries whose satellites are rented by Russian TV, so that they stop broadcasting a signal to the territory of Ukraine.
20:55 From Mariupol, the invaders deported 149 people to Russia today, including 22 children, Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko said. According to him, on the one hand, there is a tendency to reduce the number of deportees per day, on the other hand, the reason for the slowdown in the rate of deportation is primarily due to the strengthening of the filtration procedure.
20:48 Gerashchenko writes that another cruise missile was shot down on approach to Kiev in the area of the Odessa highway.
20:45 There was a powerful explosion in Lviv, Mayor Andriy Sadovyy said that electricity was lost in part of the city.
20:44 APU shot down two cruise missiles of the invaders over Vinnitsa, said Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
20:43 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the command post of the RF Armed Forces on the administrative border of the Nikolaev and Kherson regions, the Operational Command Pivden reported. Three warehouses with ammunition and several points of concentration of manpower and equipment were destroyed.
20:32 Vladimir Solovyov arrived in Mariupol. The Russian propagandist published his photo at the entrance of the Ilyich plant with Denis Pushilin, the head of the militants of the so-called "DNR", and promised to tell "all the details" tomorrow, May 4.
20:22 Explosives specialists plan to complete a survey of the Kiev region by the end of May. Currently, about 8,000 hectares have been checked, said Alexander Pavlyuk, head of the Kyiv OVA.
19:59 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol published a video of today's attempts to storm Azovstal:
19:55 Johnson, in his speech to the Verkhovna Rada, expressed faith in Ukraine's victory over Russia and announced a new package of military support. Read more in What Johnson Said .
19:54 Zelensky addressed the Albanian Parliament: "Decades ago, Ukraine and Albania chose the path of democracy and European integration. We have not deviated from this path. Together we strive to develop freedom and a united Europe. And I believe that when the time comes to decide on Ukraine's accession to the European Union, your voice will be able to sound in our support."
19:44 Civilians remain on the territory of Azovstal, their exact number is unknown, said the UN coordinator in Ukraine Osnat Lubrani.
19:39 The Center for IDPs from Mariupol has started working in Dnipro, said Mariupol mayor Vadim Boychenko. According to him, Mariupol residents can get psychological, medical, social and legal support here. Soon a similar center should open in Zaporozhye.
19:36 In Russia, military pensioners began to receive summons to the military registration and enlistment offices and receive job offers in the occupation administrations in Ukraine. The journalists of the publication Important Stories have already learned about several facts of serving subpoenas to military pensioners and reserve officers aged 40 to 60 years. Some are offered to sign contracts for service in the administration in the occupied Ukrainian territory. For this offer a salary in the range of 90-100 thousand rubles.
19:34 Lithuania has exhausted its stocks of weapons to help Ukraine, so it is switching to a new scheme: it is starting to purchase equipment and ammunition, said the commander of the Lithuanian army, Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupshis.
19:31 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the situation in the Transnistrian region remains difficult, units of the operational group of Russian troops continue to be in full combat readiness. The armed formations of the Transnistrian region are serving in an enhanced regime, and preparations are also being made for the evacuation of the families of officers of the operational group of troops of the Russian Federation.
19:25 In the Izyum direction, the enemy is conducting offensive operations in the direction of Izyum - Barvenkovo, incurring losses, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. The occupiers moved from the territory of the Belgorod region to the Izyum region a battery of heavy self-propelled mortars Tyulpan with a caliber of 240 mm and a unit armed with Smerch multiple launch rocket systems.
19:19 Macron, in a conversation with Putin, announced the extremely dire consequences of the war in Ukraine, the Elysee Palace reported. Thus, the French President expressed deep concern about the situation in Mariupol and Donbass, called on Russia to continue the evacuation from Azovstal and said that he was ready to work with international organizations to lift the "Russian blockade" on Ukrainian food exports through the Black Sea.
19:11 Croatian President Zoran Milanovic announced that he would veto the invitation of Sweden and Finland to the NATO summit if this issue was raised at the presidential level.
19:08 The International Committee of the Red Cross reported that civilians left the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol as part of a five-day operation to safely exit. Families and individuals in private cars joined the convoy of buses and ambulances, escorted by ICRC and UN teams.
On Tuesday, May 3, more than 100 people, including the wounded, reached Zaporozhye. The rest left the territory of the plant in other directions, the ICRC did not organize or accompany such movements of civilians, the organization said in an official statement.
19:06 The head of Germany's leading opposition party, the CDU, Friedrich Merz, said that he was already on his way to Kiev.
19:04 Greece and Bulgaria said a new liquefied natural gas plant to be built off the northern Greek port of Alexandroupoli would help create a new gas route to Europe, cutting dependence on Russian gas at a crucial moment, Reuters writes.
19:03 Investors the day before the deadline received dollar payments to Russia, thus the country again avoided a default that could have occurred on May 29, writes Bloomberg.
19:01 Russians are taking away phones from residents of the occupied Kremennaya Luhansk region, they are also running out of food, there is no electricity and gas, local authorities report.
18:54 Since the beginning of the war, Russian occupiers have stolen a total of 400,000 tons of grain from four temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine - a third of the available reserves, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky said. According to him, this can deprive Ukrainians of food in the occupied regions and creates a threat of starvation for them.
18:47 As a result of the shelling by the Russian occupiers of the Avdeevka coke plant, at least ten people were killed, 15 were injured , said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. He stressed that the information will still be refined and the number of victims is likely to increase.
According to Kirilenko, the Russians knew exactly where they were aiming: the workers had just finished their shift and were waiting at the bus stop for a bus that was supposed to take them home.
18:29 In Kherson, mobile communications have been restored, the regional administration said. With the work of the Internet, according to the Regional State Administration, the situation is more complicated, since the damaged equipment is in the combat zone, they will try to restore it from the territory of the Nikolaev region.
18:22 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and a dialogue between Kiev and Moscow. He stated this during his large European tour: “At the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, we immediately called for a ceasefire and emphasized that dialogue is the only way to resolve the conflict. We believe that neither side can emerge victorious in this war , everyone will suffer losses, and that is why we are for peace."
18:10 Israeli officials said that the country can send "many items" to Kiev with a more defensive purpose, but air defense systems, modern weapons and strike systems will not be sent, writes The Jerusalem Post.
18:09 Johnson: "This is Ukraine's finest hour, an epic chapter in your national history. Your children and grandchildren will say that Ukrainians have taught the world that the brute force of an aggressor is worth nothing against the moral strength of a people who have decided to be free."
18:03 The EU is working on a sixth package of sanctions, which aims to cut off more Russian banks from SWIFT, list the subjects of disinformation and fight oil imports. These measures will be submitted to the EU Council for approval, Borrell said.
18:01 Slovakia will repair and modernize Ukrainian military equipment. The State Joint Stock Company Construction - Defense has already signed a contract. The first order is about dozens of BRDM-2 armored vehicles, said Martina Kova Kakaschikova, spokeswoman for the Slovak Defense Ministry.
17:55 Yermak and Fedorov held a video meeting with Kimbal Musk, an American entrepreneur, brother of Elon Musk, a member of the board of directors of Tesla and SpaceX. We discussed projects and areas of cooperation in which Kimbal Mask's company and American business as a whole could be involved for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.
17:46 Cyprus resumed the work of the embassy in Kiev.
17:44 Employees of the Territorial Department of the State Bureau of Investigation of Khmelnytsky at 14 railway stations of the Zhytomyr region found 191 empty wagons belonging to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The State Bureau of Investigation initiated the nationalization of these wagons, the department's press service said.
17:42 The UK will give Ukraine 13 units of armored vehicles to evacuate civilians from the occupied areas, Foreign Minister Liz Truss said.
17:34 As a result of enemy shelling of Kharkov, several fires broke out in the city center this afternoon, the State Emergency Service reports. Garages, trade objects, as well as wooden structures of children's attractions on the territory of the city recreation park were on fire. The fires were extinguished, according to preliminary data, one woman received shrapnel wounds.
17:25 The situation at the front will begin to change in two weeks, the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai believes: "Decisions made by the West are being implemented within two weeks. And in two weeks we will see changes."
17:20 The Hungarian Embassy in Ukraine is outraged by the statements of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov that Budapest was allegedly warned about an attack on Ukraine and planned to annex part of Ukrainian territory: "We strongly reject and condemn the false slander that is being spread against Hungary, as well as the intentions behind them. We also call on Mr. Danilov to withdraw his statements."
The embassy is also "awaiting explanations from the competent leaders of Ukraine, how they imagine the formation of our bilateral and good-neighbourly relations in the future in the light of what has been said."
17:18 The Times of Israel writes that Israel is leaning towards sending defensive military aid to Ukraine.
17:11 UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Osnat Lubrani confirmed that 156 civilians evacuated on May 1 from Azovstal in Mariupol arrived in Zaporozhye.
17:09 In the morning, the media reported that the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, called Scholz "an offended liver sausage" because he did not want to go to Kiev. DW clarified that Melnik used the stable German expression beleidigte Leberwurst spielen, which is correctly translated into Russian as "to play offended."
17:03 A mine that floated to the surface of the water was defused in the Odessa Bay. According to OK Pivden, the explosion of the mine is controlled, there is no danger. However, residents are urged to stop walking along the coast in close proximity to the water.
16:54 More than 150 people have been evacuated from Azovstal, including almost 20 children - they are heading to Zaporozhye, Vereshchuk said. According to her, several hundred people still remain at Azovstal.
16:53 Vereshchuk said that the Russians today disrupted the evacuation from Tokmak and Vasylivka, Zaporozhye region.
16:50 Putin, in a conversation with Macron, said that Moscow is "open to dialogue" with Kiev, the Kremlin said. Putin also said that problems with global food security "are caused primarily by Western sanctions."
16:47 The "DPR" reported that another 149 people were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoe today, including 22 children.
16:45 The Rada today did not adopt a bill to postpone the celebration of Victory Day to May 8. The previous information was wrong.
16:43 Russian occupiers have captured the village head of Chernobaevka Igor Dudar , Irina Vereshchuk reported.
16:38 The Office of the Prosecutor General reported that out of 290 bodies of civilians in Irpin, exhumed for examination and reburial, 105 remain unidentified.
16:30 The assault on Azovstal continues, the invaders are trying to break into the territory of the plant, using all possible means, there was an attempt to land troops from boats, said the deputy commander of the Azov regiment, captain Svyatoslav Palamar. According to him, as a result of the night bombardment, two civilian women were killed, and about ten more civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity. The defenders urge to organize the evacuation of civilians remaining at Azovstal.
16:22 Israel will increase humanitarian and military assistance to Ukraine in the war with Russia. One of the reasons for this decision was Lavrov's recent offensive statement, writes the local newspaper Haaretz.
16:11 In Pridnestrovie, a new sabotage at the Mayak TV and radio center was prevented. According to local TV channel TCB, the attempted attack was carried out at night using a cargo drone loaded with explosives. Attackers tried to blow up the building where the cooling system for transformers is located. This would completely disable the radio and television center, journalists say.
16:00 The occupiers created a telegram bot @mariupolnowbot, which was announced as the official bot of the Mariupol channel now . The main goal of the bot is to hack accounts, the Mariupol City Council warns. The Mariupol channel itself is now the only local public that is administered by patriots, all the rest are controlled by Russians.
15:53 Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadim Prystaiko said that now is not the time for negotiations with Russia: "We have already passed the stage when it was possible to negotiate and look for common ground. Now these negotiations have stalled. After the events in Bucha, many Ukrainians cannot even think to sit down at the negotiating table with these people."
He also acknowledged that the Russian Federation has military achievements, "especially in the south, where they got this channel to Crimea", but "our troops are there and they are fighting with all their might, we believe that something can be done militarily ".
15:48 Macron secretly received Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace before talking with Putin, writes Le Figaro. According to the publication's sources, the meeting participants wished to keep the contents of the conversation secret.
15:43 The FSB wants to return to Russia those who left - employees of defense enterprises, students, opponents of the "special operation". They are trying to lure them back through relatives. According to lawyer Yevgeny Smirnov, five such cases are already known. FSB officers interview relatives, mostly elderly, find out phone numbers, ways of communicating with those who have left, and their whereabouts. Relatives are promised that nothing threatens their departed relatives and they need to "just come and talk."
15:32 Statements by Russian officials that Israel supports the "neo-Nazi regime" in Kiev, as well as the use of analogies with the Nazis, insult the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The Israeli side fundamentally condemns the Russian invasion, Israeli Ambassador Michael Brodsky said in a commentary to RBC-Ukraine.
15:22 In the coming weeks, the UK will provide Ukraine with Brimstone anti-ship missiles and armored vehicles to evacuate civilians from occupied territories, Johnson said.
15:19 The authorities of the Chernivtsi region have obliged all men of military age to constantly carry a number of documents. In addition to identity documents, you must carry a certificate of registration to the recruiting station, a military ID or a temporary certificate of a person liable for military service.
15:10 Utilities are completing the restoration of the vital supply of Irpen with water, electricity and gas, it will soon be possible to return, Mayor Alexander Markushin said.
15:09 The Rada allowed the territorial defense to carry out tasks in areas of warfare outside its community.
15:08 Two residential complexes with an area of 50,000 square meters will be built in Irpin and Borodianka for people who have lost their homes due to the war, the Kiev Regional Police Department reported.
15:05 Since the beginning of the Russian aggression in Kiev, 319 members of the DRG have been detained, some of whom were part of 18 groups. The defense forces continue to work in an enhanced mode, the Kyiv City State Administration reports and asks to remain attentive, not to communicate with strangers and, in case of any suspicion, call 102.
15:02 The United States sent to Ukraine a fifth of the promised strike drones, designed specifically for the Ukrainian military. The military is currently undergoing training. Details about the new weapon - in the material, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received the Phoenix Ghost .
15:01 Zelensky published a video from today's Rada meeting:
14:55 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that the Azov Regiment and the Armed Forces of Ukraine “took advantage of the silence on Azovstal and went to firing positions,” now units of the Russian army and the “DPR” are starting to destroy these firing positions using artillery and aircraft.
Russian media write that artillery fire is now heard at Azovstal, columns of smoke are visible over the territory of the plant.
14:54 The Rada voted for a draft resolution on the inadmissibility of the Russian Federation appropriating victory over Nazism.
14:48 So far, only three of the 14 buses with evacuated residents of Mariupol have reached the territory controlled by Ukraine, Mayor Vadym Boychenko said. He said that the Russian side promised to provide 90 buses, three locations were identified. But only 14 buses arrived in two locations, and only three reached Ukraine.
"We understand that 11 buses disappeared somewhere, which were supposed to move towards Zaporozhye to the controlled part of our state, but they got lost somewhere. They get lost in these filtration centers, unfortunately, they [the invaders] take and kidnap our residents, and today this is happening in our Ukrainian Mariupol," Boychenko said.
14:46 Rada banned the activities of pro-Russian parties. This decision was supported by 330 deputies, including 17 from the former faction of the Opposition Platform for Life.
14:44 After yesterday's air raids on the Azovstal plant by Russian invaders, it became known about the death of two civilian women , the Azov regiment said.
14:38 Mayor of Brussels Philip Kloz, at the invitation of Klitschko, arrived in Kiev and handed over two ambulances and three tons of critical medicines and supplies to the Ukrainian capital. According to the Kyiv City State Administration, a total of 57 trucks with humanitarian aid arrived from Brussels to Ukraine during the war.
14:36 Johnson, in an address to the Ukrainian parliament, admitted that the West made a mistake by not imposing sanctions against Russia in time: "We collectively failed (we collectively failed)."
14:30 The RF Armed Forces are losing civilian personnel due to lack of financial support. This is stated in a letter from the trade union organization of civilian personnel of the RF Armed Forces in the Siberian region to the head of government Mishustin. Employees complain about the extremely low wages and claim that "the process of reducing the staffing of military units and institutions with civilian personnel is sustainable." Therefore, there is a mass dismissal of qualified employees, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
14:21 Italy may completely refuse Russian gas supplies in mid-2024, said the country's Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani.
14:18 The Russian invaders began the assault on Azovstal , said the deputy commander of the Azov regiment Svyatoslav Palamar. According to him, right now the invaders are trying to break into the territory of the plant. Before the assault, Russian aircraft bombed the plant.
14:16 Vladimir Gundyaev, aka Patriarch Kirill, said that Russia "never attacked anyone" and does not want to fight at all: "We don't want to fight with anyone, Russia has never attacked anyone. It's amazing when a great and powerful country did not attack anyone, it only defended its borders."
14:15 Kazakhstan will not send its military to Ukraine even within the framework of the CSTO agreement, said Deputy Defense Minister Sultan Kamaletdinov.
14:04 In Dnipro, public utilities dismantled more than ten memorial signs installed in the Soviet era. In particular, as the city council reported, a brick wall with Stalin's order was removed from Globa Park.
14:00 Kharkiv OVA reports shelling of the city, one of the local parks was damaged. Residents of the districts of Pavlovo Pole and Alekseevka are asked to urgently go down to shelters and not leave them unnecessarily.
13:55 The Rada supported the appeal to the US Congress on the recognition of Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.
13:54 200 residents of Mariupol and the Zaporozhye region arrived in Zaporozhye, evacuated by private vehicles, reports Suspіlne. The column with people evacuated from Azovstal is delayed.
13:49 Ukraine has not abandoned its intention to join NATO, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna said in an interview with El País. According to her, Kyiv "did not refuse and did not postpone" the intention to join the alliance. "NATO's reports on Ukraine were a bit disappointing, and of course we expected more," Stefanyshina said, adding that Zelensky has "a full right to criticize."
13:45 Johnson addressed the Verkhovna Rada, answered him and for the first time since the beginning of the war, Zelensky addressed the parliament. The British prime minister announced a new military aid package that includes missiles, counter-battery radars, and so on.
13:42 Due to the shelling in the Donetsk region, at least nine people were killed today, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
13:37 The number of Ukrainian refugees registered in Germany has exceeded 400 thousand people, the German authorities said.
13:33 Putin signed a decree on retaliatory measures against the actions of the United States and "foreign states and international organizations that have joined them," Russian media report. Authorities of the Russian Federation, organizations and individuals were banned from making transactions with companies and citizens that fell under Russian sanctions.
13:25 Since the beginning of the invasion, Russia has killed more than 20 journalists in Ukraine and destroyed more than 100 regional media outlets, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reports.
13:18 Slovakia will seek an exception to the ban on Russian oil imports if it is agreed by the European Union, Reuters reported.
13:10 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi criticized the Italian TV channel Rete4 for the scandalous broadcast with Lavrov. He stated that the program was advertised as an interview, but in reality it was a "political agitation session".
12:57 Podolyak: "Torn off nails. Tied hands. Another burial of two civilians was found in the village of Kalinovka, Kiev region. How many such crimes are being committed right now in the occupied territories? Russia has chosen the path of terror of the civilian population and should be recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism."
12:44 The 79th separate airborne assault brigade of Nikolaev DShV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the unit of the occupiers, the General Staff reports. Among the personal belongings of the liquidated Russian servicemen are a new uniform, chevrons with the letter Z and a ticket for the Ufa-Chebarkul train dated April 22.
12:35 The Kremlin may use 500 Ukrainian prisoners of war during its May 9 parade - they will be forced to walk through Red Square on cameras, the Russian human rights project Gulagu.net reported, citing its sources.
12:13 In the Kiev region, almost every day, the police record explosions due to hitting mines, said Maxim Ocheretyany, deputy head of the Main Directorate of the National Police.
12:04 In Mariupol, the occupiers have begun registering private housing. Formally - to determine the amount of compensation, in fact - to inventory and legalize the appropriation of property by the occupiers, said the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko.
Sources say that in order to create an illusion of legality, the invaders will apply the procedure for recognizing property as ownerless or escheated, which was successfully tested in Donetsk. As for state and communal property, it is already considered the property of the occupiers by a separate paper signed by the leader Pushilin.
12:02 Russian troops fired on the village of Zheleznodorozhnoye, Gulyaipol district, killing two people. A school was damaged by rocket fire, the Zaporizhzhia District Police Department said.
11:58 The Zaporizhzhya Regional Military District reported that fighting is underway on the outskirts of Gulyaipole and to the east of it, the enemy is suffering losses. In the occupied territories of the Zaporozhye region in cities and villages, a resistance movement is actively developing.
11:55 Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said he wants to receive an apology from the Russian side for Lavrov's words about Hitler's Jewish roots. In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the Israeli authorities support the "neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv."
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that "history, unfortunately, knows tragic examples of cooperation between Jews and the Nazis." In addition, Zelensky was again accused in it of “covering himself behind his origin and covering with it natural neo-Nazis, spiritual and blood heirs of the executioners of his people.”
11:42 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that in the Odessa region, Onyx missiles hit a logistics center at a military airfield, "through which foreign weapons were delivered."
11:40 The head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said that the occupiers intend to arrange a famine - in Rubizhne they destroyed a modern elevator complex that could store 30 thousand tons of grain.
11:38 In Vuhledar, Donetsk region, a shell killed three people who came for drinking water. The Russians shelled the city today at about 6:30 am, the Suspіlny correspondent reports.
11:35 American Time magazine is voting in the new ranking of the TOP 100 most influential people in the world. As of May 3, Zelensky is the leader in the rating, with 83% of the votes cast for him. The voting results will be announced on May 23.
11:11 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of May 3. The enemy suffered the greatest losses over the past day in the Izyum direction.
- personnel - about 24,200 (+400) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1062 (+14),
- armored combat vehicles - 2567 (+48),
- artillery systems - 475 (+16),
- MLRS - 162 (+10),
- air defense systems - 80 (+0),
- aircraft - 194 (+0),
- helicopters - 155 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 1843 (+19),
- ships/boats - 10 (+2),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 291 (+20),
- special equipment - 38 (+0),
- cruise missiles - 84 (+0).
11:04 Occupants disrupt the evacuation from Mariupol. Near Berdyansk, about two thousand Mariupol residents are waiting for evacuation, said the mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko. He also said that more than 200 civilians remain at Azovstal.
11:02 According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, information is being disseminated among the military of the Russian army that the term of the so-called "special military operation" is set until September 2022.
11:00 Russia is considering the possibility of including the occupied territories of southern Ukraine into Crimea and their subsequent integration into the Russian economic space. Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the so-called “head” of Crimea on information policy, announced on May 1 that the development of an appropriate plan with a period of at least until 2030 was announced.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, a number of private enterprises in the Rostov region received an order for the production of seals and stamps for the occupation administrations of Mariupol. The ordered stamps and seals contain the inscription: "Russia, the Republic of Donbass, Mariupol, military-civilian administration." In June similar stamps and seals will be produced for Kherson.
10:53 Pope Francis spoke in an interview with Corriere della Sera about his conversation with Orban, in which he allegedly announced the plans of the Russians to end the war in Ukraine before May 9: "Orban, when I met him, told me that the Russians have plan that everything will end on May 9. I hope this is so... Because now it's not just Donbass, it's Crimea, it's Odessa, it takes the Black Sea port from Ukraine, that's all.I'm pessimistic, but we must do our best to stop the war."
10:51 Over the past two days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have eliminated almost 20 enemy UAVs worth about $2 million, Zaluzhny said.
10:36 The European Union plans to expand cooperation with Nigeria, Senegal and Angola to reduce dependence on Russian gas by two-thirds by the end of the year, writes Bloomberg.
10:33 Pope Francis said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that back in March he sent a proposal to Putin to meet in Moscow to discuss the war in Ukraine: "We have not yet received an answer and we still insist, although I am afraid that Putin cannot and doesn't want to have that meeting right now."
10:29 The organization Doctors Without Borders assesses the situation in Mariupol as a "complete disaster." According to Anya Volts, coordinator of the organization for emergency situations in Ukraine, the true scale of human suffering in the besieged city will only fully manifest itself in the future: “I don’t think we have an idea of what we will see there. Bucha, Irpen and Gostomel - this is just the tip of the iceberg."
10:24 Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk, in an interview with Der Spiegel, called Scholz "an offended liverwurst" because of the unwillingness of the chancellor to go to Kiev after Zelensky refused to accept Steinmeier: "Playing an offended liverwurst is not very state-of-the-art. We are talking about the most brutal war of annihilation since the Nazi attack on Ukraine, this is not a kindergarten."
10:21 Hungary cannot guarantee the smooth functioning of the economy without Russian oil, said Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Peter Sziyarto. He stressed that Budepachet's stance against the embargo is not a political decision and complained of "unfair reproaches" from the EU.
10:14 In the Donetsk region, Russians shelled ten settlements in a day, there are dead and wounded. At least 33 civilian objects were damaged - residential buildings, children's health facilities, a school, life support facilities, police said.
Over the past day, Russian troops have attacked the following settlements: Mariupol, Liman, Avdeevka, Pokrovsk, Seversk, Svyatogorsk, Yarovaya, Novonikolaevka, Ocheretino, Shevchenko. The enemy fired at the civilian population from aviation, Gradov, tanks, heavy artillery, as well as cruise missiles.
10:11 Greece has begun construction of a floating LNG terminal that will allow the country to abandon Russian gas. A new floating terminal in the north of the country with a capacity of 5.5 billion cubic meters per year should start operating at the end of 2023. The project operator Gastrade SA reported that the gas could be distributed to the markets of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and North Macedonia, Moldova and Ukraine.
09:46 Pope Francis said that he is not planning to visit Kiev now, because first he needs to meet with Putin. He also said that he talked with the Russian Patriarch Kirill for 40 minutes via Zoom: “For the first 20 minutes, with a map in his hands, he read me all the justifications for the war. I listened and told him: I don’t understand anything about this. Brother, we are not statesmen, we cannot use the language of politics, we have the language of Jesus."
09:44 A ban on the sale of alcohol is returning to Chernihiv, Governor Vyacheslav Chaus said. According to him, this decision is associated with an increase in crime.
09:42 British intelligence notes that Russia's defense budget roughly doubled between 2005 and 2018 through investment in several high-end air, land and sea forces and assets. Since 2008, this has underpinned New Look's extensive military modernization program.
At the same time, the modernization of physical equipment did not allow Russia to dominate Ukraine. Failures in both strategic planning and operational execution robbed her of the ability to turn her numbers into a decisive advantage.
The Russian army is now significantly weaker - both materially and conceptually - as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. The recovery process will be complicated by sanctions. This will have a long-term impact on Russia's ability to deploy military forces.
09:39 A mined scooter exploded in occupied Melitopol, local media report. Windows were blown out in the apartments, and the facade of the store was also damaged.
09:36 Borrell expects an oil embargo against Russia as part of the upcoming round of sanctions. The European diplomat hopes that the EU will be able to significantly limit energy imports from Russia, but so far there is no agreement among all members. The EU Commission will submit proposals for the sixth round of sanctions on Wednesday, May 4.
09:34 Inflation in Ukraine in April rose to 15.9%, and by the end of the year it may exceed 20% - this forecast was announced by the head of the National Bank Kirill Shevchenko in a column for NV.Business. According to him, in a war it is impossible to avoid rising prices.
09:32 In the Kharkiv region, the Russians attacked a factory that was not working because of the war. A fire broke out and one worker died, the OVA said.
09:31 On the evening of May 2, the Russian military again fired at the Ship district of Nikolaev. As a result of the shelling, three metal household trailers caught fire, there were no victims or injured. The head of the Nikolaev area Vitaly Kim reported that in the morning "still arrived in one area outside the city."
09:16 Mayor of Chernihiv Vladislav Atroshenko said that public transport in the city will be launched in the second half of May. According to the mayor, the city now lacks both drivers and fuel, so the fare will rise to 10-12 hryvnias.
08:50 The mayor of Skadovsk, Alexander Yakovlev, said that mobile communications appeared in the city, so far without the Internet. Also, the connection began to appear in the Shumensky and Tavriysky microdistricts of Kherson and Stepanovka, Suspilne reports.
08:48 The US Department of Defense assessed the progress of the Russian army in the Donbass as "minimal at best." The Russian army, according to the Pentagon, suffers from poor command, low morale and poor logistics.
08:46 Romania will repair the railway tracks for the transport of goods from Ukraine. According to Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu, his department has announced a tender for the repair of the railway line between the village of Giurgiulesti (Moldova) and the port of Galati for the transportation of goods from Ukraine.
08:44 The command of the joint forces of NATO in Naples announced the creation of a new battle group in Romania.
08:43 The US Department of Defense has not yet observed signs that third countries, including China, are supplying weapons to Russia, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
08:42 The European Union hopes to approve the sixth package of sanctions against Russia at the next meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on May 10, Borrell said.
08:40 Lavrov's statements about Jews and Zelensky are a manifestation of "the lowest form of racism, propaganda and lies," said US State Department spokesman Ned Price.
08:38 Zaporizhzhya Regional Military District announced today the evacuation from the occupied Tokmak and Vasylivka.
08:36 Russia disconnected the Kherson region from the Ukrainian Internet. The British IT company NetBlocks recorded that on April 30, the Internet in the occupied region was completely disconnected from Ukrainian providers. The connection was restored a few hours later, but the metrics showed that traffic was now going through Russia.
08:33 Biden today at 22:00 Kyiv time will speak at the plant where Javelins are produced. The President of the United States is going to thank the employees of the Lockheed Martin plant in Alabama for helping the Ukrainians win the "battle for Kyiv." The White House notes that more than 5,500 Javelins were transferred to Ukraine, and in total the enterprise can produce 2,000 such complexes annually.
08:20 In Japan, for the first time in almost a decade, they are preparing to raise prices for buckwheat soba noodles, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to an increase in the cost of raw materials, writes Reuters. Previously, Japan bought buckwheat groats for making traditional noodles from Ukraine. Chinese raw materials are considered to be of lower quality and worse in taste, so the Japanese preferred Ukrainian buckwheat.
07:42 The Russians are trying to make up for significant losses of equipment in the units, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning summary . So, in the city of Boguchar, Voronezh region, from April 27 to May 2, 17 tanks and 60 BMP-1s were removed from storage and sent to the occupied territory of Ukraine.
07:03 Borrell announced the disconnection of even more Russian banks from SWIFT.
06:47 Britain will provide Ukraine with another 300 million pounds of military assistance, including the supply of electronic warfare and counter-battery radar systems, writes Reuters.
04:52 Putin may officially declare war on Ukraine on May 9, according to US officials interviewed by CNN. This will make it possible to announce mobilization in order to send an army to conquer eastern and southern Ukraine.
02:18 The Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed back the invaders 40 km east of Kharkiv, Jack Detch, a reporter for the Pentagon's Foreign Policy and National Security Department, said.
01:11 Against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Germans were advised to stock up on food and medicine at home in case of emergency based on the consumption of one person for ten days, Interior Minister Nancy Feather said. 
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