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2022-05-05 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 4th, 2022
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[Korrespondent] 23:18 The Donetsk diocese of the UOC reported the shelling of the Svyatogorsk Lavra, two refugees were injured. At the moment, 300 refugees live in the Lavra, 50 of them are children.

23:13 The head of the Kirovograd OVA, Andrey Raikovich, announced a missile strike "on an infrastructure facility outside the regional center."

23:10 Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Russia is "trying to hit what we assess as critical infrastructure in the west" in Ukraine, including "electricity, transport hubs, etc." Despite these strikes, the US is still able to send military aid to the region, including "weapon systems" and other materials, Kirby said.

23:07 In Ukraine, cameras for fixing traffic violations will resume operation in the coming days to reduce the number of accidents, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said. According to him, this decision was made after a terrible accident in the Rivne region, in which 26 people died.

22:51 In the Kharkiv region, as a result of Russian shelling, an 11-year-old boy was wounded today in the Lozovsky district, one person died in the Balakleya region, the OVA reported.

22:48 Ukrzaliznytsia reports a large number of trains that are delayed due to damage to the railway by rocket attacks. Some trains are already over 11 hours behind schedule.

22:44 The media published the draft of the sixth package of EU sanctions .

22:43 Zelensky held a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General António Guterres and called on him to facilitate another evacuation mission from Mariupol.

22:38 Estonia expelled the organizer of the Immortal Regiment Alexei Esakov. Over the years, Esakov has publicly incited ethnic hatred, distributed Kremlin propaganda, collaborated with Kremlin propaganda channels, justified Russian aggression in Ukraine, and participated in smuggling in eastern Ukraine, the Security Police said. Yesakov has Russian citizenship.

22:36 Mayor Brovary announced the fall of debris from a downed rocket in the village of Trebukhov. The houses were not damaged and there were no casualties.

22:30 The commander of the Azov regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Denis Prokopenko, recorded a video message in which he said that it was already the second day since the enemy broke into the territory of Azovstal. There are heavy bloody battles, but the Ukrainian defenders continue to hold the line.

22:28 The invaders launched two missile strikes on the Dnieper, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Valentin Reznichenko. One missile was shot down by Ukrainian air defense, the second hit the railway infrastructure, there were no casualties.

22:25 Great Britain will help Finland in the event of a Russian attack, regardless of whether the country is a member of NATO, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said during a visit to Helsinki.

22:23 Anton Gerashchenko said that Ukrainian air defense forces shot down at least two cruise missiles today - one in the Dnieper, on approach to the bridge, the second - in the Brovarsky district of the Kiev region.

22:21 Ukrainian journalist Alexander Makhov died near Izyum in Kharkiv region. He fought in the Donbass in 2014 and was a war correspondent.

21:57 Hungary will agree to impose sanctions against Russian oil only if the embargo does not concern the import of crude energy through the pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

21:54 In the occupied Kakhovka district, local "authorities" demand that entrepreneurs go through "registration" before May 15 and obtain a "permit for economic activity," People's Deputy of Ukraine Serhiy Khlan said.

21:51 Russian media report with reference to the military of the Russian Federation that on May 5, 6 and 7 from 8:00 to 18:00 a humanitarian corridor will be opened for the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal. At this time, the militants of the Russian Federation and the "DPR" allegedly unilaterally "stop any hostilities, the units will be taken to a safe distance."

21:49 The European Union has prepared a new package of sanctions against the Russian Federation. The plans are to deprive the Russian economy of opportunities for modernization and diversification. A key element of the sanctions is the oil embargo, but there have been problems with its imposition. Read more in the material New package of sanctions against the Russian Federation .

21:48 The Ministry of Defense of Finland said that a Russian helicopter violated the country's airspace. So, the Mi-17 helicopter flew from 4 to 4.5 km through the Kesälahti and Parikkala regions in eastern Finland.

21:46 Anton Gerashchenko told how the invaders entered Azovstal: "Russian scum found a traitor from among the employees of the plant, some kind of electrician, who showed the tunnels that lead underground to the territory of the plant. And yesterday the Russians began to storm these tunnels, using the information received from a traitor."

21:32 Klitschko announced forest fires in the Kiev region. In particular, about one hectare of forest is burning in the Ivankovsky district near the village of Rozvazhev, and a forest is also burning near the village of Dityatki in the Chernobyl zone. Rescuers and pyrotechnicians are working, Kiev residents are asked not to panic and close windows if there is smoke in the city.

21:27 The representative of the US Department of Defense said that the first group of Ukrainian military, trained in the use of American artillery systems and UAVs, returned to Ukraine. Now a new group of 60 people is being prepared.

21:25 "DPR" began to return the names captured after February 24 to settlements that were canceled as part of decommunization in Ukraine. So, today in the village of Nikolskoye, Donetsk region, signs with the current name were replaced with the former one - Volodarskoye, local publics report. The replacement took place on the "decree" of the leader of the "DPR" Pushilin. In the coming days, signs with the names of districts, streets and squares are planned to be changed in Mariupol.

21:24 Mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich reported explosions in the city.

21:23 The mayor of Brovary, Igor Sapozhko, reported with reference to local residents about the explosions in the village of Trebukhov, the information is being verified.

21:19 Sberbank of Russia announced that it is sending information to Rosfinmonitoring about transfers, the possible purpose of which is to donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

21:17 Today, the Russians killed two civilians of Donbass - in Shandrigolovo. Another 11 people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

21:13 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, at least 631 rockets have been launched at Ukraine from the territory of Belarus, the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun reported. Rocket launches began on February 24, 2022 at 6:20 am, the last one was on May 3 at 11:35 am.

21:11 Russia tried to sell grain stolen in Ukraine to Egypt. The ship Matros Pozinich loaded 27,000 tons of Ukrainian grain and was heading to the port of Alexandria. According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko, Ukrainian diplomats prevented the grain from being delivered to its destination.

21:09 The Netherlands is considering the supply of heavier weapons to Ukraine together with Belgium, Germany and the UK, said Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

21:06 Russia plans to hold fictitious referendums on its membership in the occupied territories, the US Permanent Representative to the OSCE said. According to Ukrainian intelligence, the decision on this has not been finally made. It is assumed that Putin may announce such a "victory" on May 9, the most sacred date of his regime. Details about the plans of the aggressor - in the material Annexation of the southeast .

21:01 About 2,000 Russian troops, or the equivalent of two battalion-tactical groups, remain in Mariupol, a spokesman for the US Department of Defense said, CNN reports. According to the Pentagon, ten Russian BTGs that were assigned to the city are now trying to move north and have stopped "either to create better defensive positions or to regroup" south of Velikaya Novoselka.

The remaining forces in Mariupol and its environs may include, among other things, the Kadyrovites. The official also noted that Russian military progress in Ukraine "remains slow and uneven" in the country's north. He added that while the Russians are moving their operations south, they are facing more resistance from the Ukrainians.

20:59 In the Dnieper, a missile attack was carried out on the railway infrastructure, said Alexander Kamyshin, general director of Ukrzaliznytsia. According to him, there were no casualties among the railroad workers.

20:58 In Kharkiv, Russians fired at the Kiev region today, residential buildings, outbuildings and private cars caught fire, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

20:51 Moldova will help Ukraine to clear the liberated territories from mines, Igor Grosu, speaker of the country's parliament, said.

20:25 The Israeli edition of Ynet reported that Bank Naopalim blocked the account of David Davidovich, one of the close partners of billionaire Roman Abramovich, included in the US and EU sanctions lists.

20:23 Air defense works in Cherkassy, ​​the regional administration reported.

20:19 Filatov announced a missile attack on the center of the Dnieper. The network also reports on rocket attacks on Zaporozhye and Cherkassy.

20:13 The United States is ready to impose new sanctions against Russia after the EU adopts the sixth package of restrictions, Biden said. The US is "always open to additional sanctions," he said. The president said he was going to talk to G7 members this week "about what we're going to do or not do."

20:10 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that "the return of Crimea to Russia, the independence of the DPR and LPR are established territorial realities that Kiev and other countries need to recognize."

20:08 Communication with the defenders of Mariupol at Azovstal has been resumed, Russian troops are already on the territory of the plant , Arakhamia said, citing the words of the commander of the Azov regiment, Radio Liberty reports.

20:06 Yermak, in an interview with The Times of Israel, said that Russia poses an existential threat not only to Ukraine, and the anti-Semitic statements of the Russian Foreign Ministry are not just Holocaust denial and blaming its victims, this is revisionism in history, which Moscow is allegedly fighting.

"The denial of the right to exist of the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people, the extreme brutality with which Russian troops torture and execute our civilians, the systematic destruction of our cultural heritage - too much in these actions is reminiscent of the views and practices of the Nazis. Russia is trying to shift its crimes onto those , against whom he commits them. Even if for this you have to go against the historical truth, "said the head of the OP.

He stressed that "there was only one Holocaust in history," and neither the misanthropic worldview, nor the scornful rhetoric, nor the brutal methods of its organizers and perpetrators are a thing of the past. "Pages have now been added to the rich common history of Jews and Ukrainians," Yermak noted and called on Israel to "react harshly and resolutely to the dismissive and criminal Russian policy," to take the side of Ukraine.

19:58 The US Department of Defense says that 90% of the American howitzers promised to Ukraine have already been delivered to the addressee, CNN reports. Also in Ukraine are almost 90,000 of the 144,000 howitzer shells. The Pentagon assured that Washington does not track where all the artillery goes after the transfer of equipment to the Ukrainians.

19:56 The mayor of Lvov, Andriy Sadovy, proposed to nationalize the buildings located on the territory of the Lviv bus plant LAZ, which has been owned by Russians since the 1990s. According to him, on the basis of the plant, it is possible to build a municipal industrial park - this is a huge area close to the city center, which can become a base location for the production of electric vehicles. There are already Western investors who are ready to launch the production of electric motors.

In total, according to the mayor, about 80 enterprises are registered in Lviv, which are fully or partially owned by Russians.

19:50 The enemy is holding units from the 90th Tank Division of the Central Military District near the Ukrainian-Russian border near the village of Kozino, Kursk region, in order to prevent the transfer of reserves of Ukrainian troops to key areas, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. In this regard, the General Staff allows the intensification of shelling from the Kozino region on the territory of the Sumy region.

19:43 The second stage of the Russian-Ukrainian war has begun, Zelensky said at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit session. According to him, the main task at this stage is to push the Russian troops out of Ukrainian territory as much as possible, since the advance of the enemy army has already been stopped.

19:39 Russia does not pursue any goals of a nuclear war on the territory of Ukraine, said the head of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security and arms control Konstantin Gavrilov.

19:28 In the Kiev region, three people were blown up by mines in a day, the National Police reported. So, near the village of Gogolev, a tractor driver was wounded due to a collision with an anti-tank mine, and rescuers were wounded in the Exclusion Zone.

19:06 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that blocking and attempts to destroy Ukrainian units continue in the Azovstal area. In some areas, with the support of aviation, the enemy resumed the offensive in order to take control of the territory of the plant, but was not successful.

19:00 Arestovich believes that the occupiers are arranging a protracted war, which they want to deplete Ukraine and discredit in the eyes of Western partners: “Everyone expected that the offensive in Donbas would be sudden and large, but this did not happen. stupidity from a military point of view. For what? They want to exhaust our forces. They don't want us to have time to stockpile enough Western weapons to enable us to go on the offensive. They are constantly attacking and we are wasting Western aid."

18:56 In the port of Nikolaev on Tuesday, May 3, a Singapore tanker came under fire from Russian invaders. The vessel was likely fired on with cluster munitions, according to the USM. The ship arrived at the port of Nikolaev even before the start of the war, in Ukraine it was supposed to be loaded with oil. However, the tanker was never able to leave the port.

18:40 Not a single tram survived in Kharkiv, the City Council reported. The substations that ensured their work were also destroyed, the depot was destroyed. As for the subway, it will not work for a long time.

18:37 If Belarus nevertheless joins Russia in the war unleashed by it, Ukraine is ready for such a development of events, said the representative of the State Border Service Andrei Demchenko: "We do not exclude that the Russian Federation may at some point use the territory of Belarus, the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus against Ukraine. Therefore, we are ready."

18:19 Mayor of Konotop Artem Semenikhin said that he had banned the activities of the UOC-MP on the territory of the Konotop urban community: “There is no difference between the enemy and his agent. agent network of the FSB.

17:55 Ombudsman Lyudmina Denisova, in an interview with Blick, said that Putin personally gave orders to rape Ukrainian women. She emphasized that violent actions against Ukrainians are a direct weapon of the enemy against the civilian population of Ukraine: "The bottom line is that they want to deprive women of the opportunity or desire to have children again. This is a clear genocide. Soldiers rely on Putin's orders to destroy the entire country."

17:52 Austrian Minister for EU Affairs and Constitutional Affairs Caroline Edtstadler said that Ukraine's accession to the EU cannot be achieved "in the next five to ten years."

17:50 In Ukraine, the lowest indicator of nostalgia for the USSR has been recorded in history - only 11% of Ukrainians miss the Soviet Union, the results of the Rating poll show.

17:47 On May 8 and 9, Ukraine will celebrate the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation and the Day of Victory over Nazism in World War II. The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance presented a new slogan - We defeated Nazism - we will also defeat rashism!

17:42 Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar demanded a public apology from Lavrov for his words about anti-Semitic Jews, writes the Jewish Telegraphic Association.

17:27 New UK sanctions against the Russian Federation include a ban on Russian legal entities and individuals from using British services in the field of management consulting, accounting and PR. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the ban would cut off the export of services "critical to the Russian economy." The ban will help Putin fail in Ukraine, she said.

17:21 The Security Service of Ukraine has published a video of the interrogation of a captured Russian soldier who shot Ukrainian civilians.

17:17 The European Union plans to complete work on the sixth package of sanctions against Russia no later than May 9, Bloomberg reports citing diplomats.

17:16 The Parliament of Bulgaria, after five hours of discussions, voted in favor of providing assistance to Ukraine, including the repair of Ukrainian military equipment.

17:13 At the beginning of the war, Russia disrupted the supply of weapons to Ukraine several times, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said in an interview with NV: “From the first days of the war, the Russians have already disrupted several deliveries of weapons to us. They are experienced KGB agents, they have their own agents everywhere and work they are quite subtle, at the level of Western mid-level officials, political parties loyal to them in the parliaments of different countries.

17:10 Russia is trying to increase the pace of the offensive operation, Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said: "The command of the Russian troops is trying to increase the pace of the offensive operation in eastern Ukraine in order to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Also develop an offensive in certain directions of the Zaporozhye and Kryvyi Rih directions. To this end, the enemy is regrouping and strengthening its troops, building up the system of fire damage and logistical support."

17:06 Steinmeier, during a visit to Romania, announced his readiness to talk with Zelensky. The federal president said he would like to personally express his support and exchange views with Zelensky "if possible."

16:59 The Ministry of Defense expects provocations or intensification of shelling from Russia on May 9, speaker Alexander Motuzyanik said: "We understand that there is not much time left before this date. This forces us to be more vigilant in all directions, where there are not only military actions, but also a relative lull. That is, we fully expect some specific provocations or intensification of shelling by the Russian army."

16:54 On the border of the Nikolaev and Kherson regions, fighting is going on around the clock - not like in the east of Ukraine, but also "very tightly", said the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim.

16:42 The sixth package of EU sanctions may include a ban on the purchase of European real estate by Russians, reports Bloomberg.

16:33 Russia changed tactics in the war compared to the beginning of the invasion, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said in an interview with NV: "When they initially planned to capture Kiev quickly, they threw their elite military units here, which were destroyed by our Armed Forces. That's when they had "a certain plan and strategy was developed in advance. Now they are already acting according to the situation, studying and analyzing our tactics, looking for weaknesses."

According to her, the Russians have become more cautious, they have begun to plan steps, and not just take them in quantity, they are “building a chessboard”: “Therefore, the war is now a little different than it was in the early days. Now it has moved into the format of some kind of exchange of moves.”

16:18 As a result of an air strike by Russian troops in the Mariupol Drama Theater and near it, at least 600 people could have died , according to an Associated Press investigation.

16:05 EU ambassadors failed to agree on an embargo on Russian oil imports , negotiations will continue on Thursday, May 5, Reuters reports. In addition to Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria expressed their claims to the ban on Russian oil.

15:44 In the Kiev region, the bodies of four more civilians who died at the hands of Russian invaders were found, among them a ten-year-old child, the National Police reported.

15:37 Most employees of the Russian government, the presidential administration of the Russian Federation and State Duma deputies did not know about Putin's plans to start a war against Ukraine. The officials did not have a plan of action for this case, according to the opposition Russian publication Project.

15:22 May 9 Victory Day will be celebrated in Ukraine, Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said: "Of course, this is a public holiday. Victory Day over Nazism in World War II, and it will be celebrated in the state."

At the same time, he added that the holiday will be celebrated in the conditions that now exist in Ukraine.

15:20 The Minister of Economy of Slovakia said that his country supports a ban on the import of Russian oil, but asks for a transitional period of three years, Reuters reports.

15:16 Great Britain introduces new sanctions against Russians and Russian structures, the country's Foreign Ministry said. In particular, Russian state media and a number of journalists will be included in the sanctions lists. Britain also decided to ban Russia's access to services in the field of management consulting, accounting and PR.

15:12 The mayor of Mariupol, Vadim Boychenko, said that the military, who are on the territory of Azovstal, did not get in touch with him today. Yesterday they were talking, the invaders stormed the plant.

15:00 Shoigu again stated that Mariupol "is under the control of the Russian army," and the Ukrainian military, who hold resistance at Azovstal, are blocked around the perimeter of the plant. At a meeting with Putin on April 21, Shoigu already reported that Mariupol had been taken under control. Then Putin gave the order to cancel the assault on Azovstal.

14:46 The Parliament of Belarus approved the introduction of the death penalty for attempted terrorist attacks.

14:44 The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, during his visit to Moldova, said that Europe will give a signal about the possible enlargement of the EU in the next two months.

14:43 Hidden mobilization continues in Russia, currently the focus of agitators is on the recruitment of "volunteers" from among the Russian "Cossacks" of the Rostov Region and the Krasnodar Territory. Also in the focus of attention are citizens who have lost their jobs as a result of international sanctions, and former military personnel living in other post-Soviet countries, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

Also, in the military commissariats of Primorsky Krai, they are actively looking for those who want to take part in hostilities. "Volunteers" are promised a salary of 200 thousand rubles. Similar events are taking place in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions. Military registration and enlistment offices offer the conclusion of short-term contracts for three months with training at the training grounds. The possibility of declaring partial mobilization in the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions is allowed in the event of a sharp deterioration in the situation on the Ukrainian front.

14:31 Beer giant AB InBev will present Ukrainian beer Chernihivske on the Belgian market in May. All proceeds from the sale of the drink will go to charity. Businesses in Ukraine are currently closed due to the Russian invasion, so the company will move production to the city of Leuven, Flanders, according to The Brussels Times.

14:26 There are about a thousand schools in the uncontrolled territory of Ukraine. In most of them, the directors have resigned and are not cooperating with the occupiers, Minister of Education and Science Sergei Shkarlet said. According to him, about 10-11 thousand teachers remain in the occupied territories.

The minister also said that almost 12.7 thousand schools out of 13.8 thousand in the country currently operate in Ukraine.

14:22 In Popasna and Rubizhne, people have enough food and water, access to the cities is complicated, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.

14:18 In occupied Berdyansk, not a single head of a budgetary institution or utility company has gone over to the side of the Russians. According to the Zaporozhye OVA, the new fake "authority" consists of "janitors, storekeepers, cleaners, locksmiths and other generalists." Meanwhile, City Council deputies are working as volunteers.

14:15 The invaders broke through to the Azovstal plant, which had been bombed and fired upon before, now there are heavy battles. There is no connection with the Ukrainian fighters, the UP reports, citing its sources.

14:13 Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic Józef Sikela said about the problems in the proposal of the European Commission on the oil embargo. According to him, the plan lacks a mechanism for distributing oil in case of a shortage in the European market.

14:11 Traffic between Kiev and Zhytomyr has been fully restored, the Warsaw highway is open, said Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov.

14:08 In an interview with ZDF, Scholz called the refusal of the Ukrainian authorities to receive President Steinmeier a visit "problematic". According to the chancellor, Zelensky's reluctance to see Steinmeier is a notable development. Scholz believes that the Ukrainian authorities are doing the wrong thing. He also recalled how much economic and military assistance Ukraine receives from Berlin.

13:45 Avdiyivka coking plant will be mothballed, and the staff will be reduced, Metinvest said. According to the company, everyone who can do their work remotely was transferred to a remote mode in early March, however, specialists who ensure the storage of industrial facilities during the hostilities continue to work. Most of them ended up under enemy fire on May 3 after a work shift.

Recall that on the evening of May 3, the Russians attacked a bus stop where employees of the Avdiivka coke plant were waiting for the bus after a work shift. Ten people died and at least 15 were injured.

13:37 A US Stryker battalion and an F-35 detachment have been brought into Romania to defend NATO, said President Klaus Iohannis.

13:33 The Swedish Embassy announced that it was resuming work in Kiev.

13:32 Peskov called "nonsense" and "untrue" reports that on May 9 Russia will announce mobilization.

13:31 The Russians are artificially escalating the situation in Transnistria in order to use it as a psychological attack against Ukraine, and are looking for ways to disperse the forces of the Ukrainian army, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

According to experts, the number of really combat-ready and motivated personnel of the Russian troops in Transnistria does not exceed 300 people, whose task is to protect the ammunition depots in the village. Sausage. In addition, more than half of these munitions have expired and cannot be transported. Only 7-8 thousand tons are serviceable and can be used. Also, about two thirds of all military equipment on the territory of Pridnestrovie is completely or partially not combat-ready, there are no capacities for its repair and restoration.

Potentially, Transnistria can be used as a springboard for establishing supply lines and ensuring the deployment of the Russian group on the territory of Moldova, but this will become possible only if a land corridor with Russia is created through the southern regions of Ukraine.

13:17 Hungarian government speaker Zoltan Kovacs called the EU's plan to ban Russian oil "unsatisfactory" because it threatens Hungary's energy security. Even though Hungary and Slovakia will be given until the end of 2023 to implement the sanctions - a year longer than other member states - Budapest's "concerns" remain unresolved, he stressed.

13:10 Spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said on Sputnik radio that "mercenaries from Israel" are fighting "shoulder to shoulder" together with units of the Azov battalion in Ukraine: "The very Israeli politicians who have inflated the current time for this information campaign. But maybe it will be of interest to them. In Ukraine, mercenaries from Israel are fighting alongside the Azov militants."

13:04 The EU may impose sanctions against a number of Belarusian companies: the world's second fertilizer producer Belaruskali and its export division, as well as the oil refinery Naftan.

12:58 Podolyak: "Russia is at war only with Ukraine. There is no war with the USA, NATO, the West, which the Russian Federation constantly hysterically declares, justifying its mediocrity, frequent defeats, the size of the invasion army and the number of irretrievable losses. Russia has been trying to kill for 69 days Ukraine, and totally gets it in the teeth."

12:55 In the Ivano-Frankivsk region will build 100 thousand square meters. m of housing for families who lost their homes due to the war. According to Svetlana Onischuk, head of the OVA, the apartments will be provided with repairs and minimal equipment with appliances and furniture. The possibility of buying out finished apartments is also being considered.

Onischuk said that all apartments will be state-owned. And after the settlers return to their restored homes in their native cities, these apartments will be provided to military personnel and those who were on the waiting list for housing.

12:51 Over the past 24 hours, 20 more bodies of civilians were found in the Kiev region, who were killed by Russian invaders, said the head of the regional police Andrei Nebitov. In total, as of May 4, the police of the Kyiv region had already discovered and examined 1,235 bodies of civilians. The 282 dead have not yet been identified.

It is also known that the invaders forcibly took many citizens out of Ukraine, communication with them was lost.

12:50 Lviv's power supply has been fully restored after yesterday's rocket attacks, Deputy Mayor of the city Serhiy Kiral said in a comment to CNN. According to him, there were also problems with the operation of pumping stations, but the water supply to the city did not stop.

12:46 Tap water in Nikolaev can appear by May 15, the government allocated financing for this, the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim said. There has been no water in the city since April 12.

12:44 Chairman of the Chaplinsky village council (the occupied part of the Kherson region) Alexei Faustov resigned "for health reasons." He stressed that he remains in the village and, if necessary, people can turn to him for help.

12:31 Shoigu again stated that "any NATO transport that arrived on the territory of Ukraine with weapons or means for the Ukrainian troops is considered as a legitimate target for destruction."

12:27 In the Kherson region, as of the morning of May 4, all mobile operators resumed the supply of communications, said Yuriy Shchigol, chairman of the State Service for Special Communications of Ukraine. According to him, the reason for the disappearance of communication in the Kherson and part of the Zaporozhye region was the damage to the fiber-optic network, which the Russians interrupted during the shelling, and the disconnection of the switching station in Kherson from the power supply.

12:25 The EU will provide additional military equipment to Moldova, as well as help counter disinformation and cyber attacks, said European Council President Charles Michel.

12:23 There are almost no people who want to leave Lisichansk and Severodonetsk - again only 29 people managed to be evacuated, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai: "24 Lisichansk and five Severodonetsk residents are already heading to a safe place. For about two weeks, the evacuation bus leaves the regional center almost empty every day ... 10% of the townspeople are still in Severodonetsk. Shelling and the lack of communications do not seem to frighten people."

The situation is reversed in Rubizhne and Popasna: "There are hundreds of people who want to leave, but because of the density of shelling, evacuation from there is impossible." Gaidai also said that about 50,000 residents remain in the Luhansk region.

12:21 The European Commission will offer a large-scale assistance package for the restoration of Ukraine and victory in the war with Russia. According to the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the package should bring huge investments.

12:20 The issue of supplying howitzers to Ukraine is still being studied, there is no concrete solution, said German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht.

12:13 The Kremlin has drastically reduced the use of the term "denazification" because the Russians do not understand what it means, journalists-researchers of the Project report, citing sources in the Kremlin.

12:11 Ukraine will not agree to a frozen conflict with Russia, Zelensky said during a speech at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit session. According to him, Ukraine will no longer go into such a "diplomatic swamp" as the Minsk agreements.

12:09 Mine danger remains in the vicinity of Kiev, where hostilities were fought, the city military administration warns.

12:06 The war in Ukraine will be long-lasting, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said in an interview with ISLND TV. In his opinion, Ukraine has been in a war for 30 years and Russia has never had the desire to leave us alone: ​​"Even Yeltsin already encroached on the Crimea and said that it was not entirely our territory."

Danilov does not believe in the imminent end of the hot phase of the war: "If we talk about this part of the hot phase of the war, then I am not an optimist that it will end in May. It will be a long war, and it will still continue on our territory."

12:04 The holiday season in the Odessa region is under threat due to mines in the sea and on the shore, said the representative of the OVA Sergey Bratchuk. According to him, one of the mines was neutralized yesterday in the waters of Odessa. How many of them are still in the sea, it is not known.

11:55 The Russians have destroyed another 30,000 tons of grain in Rubizhne, which increases the total volume of destroyed grain to 100,000 tons in the Lugansk region alone, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. "This is more than the two-year need of the Lugansk region. There is no bread now, and so far it is not foreseen in the future," he wrote.

11:54 The whereabouts of 300 Mariupol residents who were deported to Vladivostok have been found. According to the mayor's adviser Pyotr Andryushchenko, people were settled in the village of Wrangel in a kind of hostel. They don't get paid, they don't have any contact with them. Three meals a day, but they don’t give any things, people don’t have documents. After "registration" they will be offered a low-paid job.

11:49 Petr Andryushchenko showed how Mariupol is being prepared for the "parade":

11:36 SBU launches two new chatbots to identify traitors and marauders.

You can send information about traitors and collaborators to the @Traitor_Search_bot chatbot, as well as about Internet agents who "leak" important information to the enemy or distribute content in social networks in support of the invaders.
The @stop_marauder_ua_bot chatbot is designed to collect information about marauders stealing other people's property during the war. This data will be verified and posted on the website created by the SBU stopmarauder.com.ua

11:34 Russians are preparing a "parade" in the destroyed Mariupol. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the first deputy head of the presidential administration of Russia, responsible for domestic policy of the Russian Federation, Sergey Kiriyenko, arrived in the city. It was he who recently became the new Kremlin curator of issues on ORDLO.

The official's main task is to prepare "ceremonial events" for May 9. The occupiers decided to refuse to hold a holiday in Donetsk, so Mariupol should become the center of "celebrations". The city is carrying out urgent cleaning of the central streets from rubble, bodies of dead and unexploded ordnance.

A large-scale propaganda campaign continues, during which the Russians will be shown stories about the "joy" of local residents from meeting with the occupiers. To do this, Mariupol was visited by propagandist Vladimir Solovyov and the head of the occupation administration of Donetsk Denis Pushilin.

11:26 In the Lviv region, as a result of yesterday's rocket attacks, about 250 thousand people were left without electricity, the OVA reported. Two people were injured.

11:20 The operators of Kherson, Skadovsk and Nova Kakhovka are connected to the Russian Internet after the Ukrainian communication channels are turned off there, Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the "head" of Crimea on information policy, said.

11:06 Russia plans to create a "Tavricheskaya province" on the territory of Kherson, as evidenced by intelligence data and indirect facts, Tamila Tasheva, the president's permanent representative in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, said: "For example, the Krym 24 TV channel began broadcasting from Kherson - that's what they called it: Krym 24 Kherson. And a campaign has begun on the peninsula, which wants to show how people live in the newly occupied territories, what is there in terms of the economy and social processes."

10:46 A new embankment on the Stugna River has been opened in Vasilkov, Kyiv region, it will be named after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Mayor Natalya Balasinovich said.

10:39 In the Kherson region, Russian invaders are shelling settlements that the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to return under their control, said the head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog Alexander Vilkul.

10:36 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that six traction power substations near the railway stations of Podbortsy, Lvov, Volovets, Timkovo and Pyatikhatki were destroyed by long-range air and sea-based weapons.

10:33 In Finland, near the Gulf of Bothnia - on the opposite side from Russia, closer to the Swedish border, there are large international exercises Arrow 22, the Finnish military said. About 3.4 thousand soldiers from Finland, Britain, Latvia, the USA and Estonia and about 150 armored vehicles take part in the maneuvers. The exercises will last until May 13. British Minister of Defense Ben Wallace will arrive in Finland today to get acquainted with the course of the exercises.

10:17 Russian invaders continue to shell the Sumy region in the morning, infrastructure facilities are suffering, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. According to him, between 06:00 and 07:00 there was shelling from Gradov along the border near Yunakovka, and several shots from a helicopter were fired at the territory near Mogritsy.

10:02 Several microdistricts of Slavyansk came under fire, said the mayor of the city Vadim Lyakh. An apartment building and a school were destroyed, there were no casualties.

10:00 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the sixth package of sanctions against Russia will be presented on Wednesday, May 4. She confirmed that Sberbank will fall under the new sanctions, and the sixth package will also include a ban on broadcasting a number of Russian TV channels. The European Commission will propose to ban all imports of Russian oil to the EU.

The European Commission will propose sanctions against the Russian military, including those who "led the operation in Mariupol," von der Leyen said. The media also report that sanctions will be proposed against the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

09:55 The problem of fuel shortage in Ukraine will be resolved in the coming days, but prices for it will rise, Deputy Head of BP Oleksandr Korniyenko said:

09:54 The Moldovan authorities do not see a serious risk of Pridnestrovie's involvement in the conflict in Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of the country Oleg Serebrian said.

09:51 The Principality of Liechtenstein has joined the fifth package of European sanctions against Russian trusts and other types of trust property, the country's government said in a statement.

09:48 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of May 4. The enemy suffered the greatest losses over the past day in the Izyum and Novopavlovsk directions.

  • personnel - about 24,500 (+300) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1077 (+15),

  • armored combat vehicles - 2610 (+43),

  • artillery systems - 491 (+16),

  • MLRS - 163 (+1),

  • air defense systems - 81 (+1),

  • aircraft - 194 (+0),

  • helicopters - 155 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 1867 (+24),

  • ships/boats - 10 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 303 (+12),

  • special equipment - 38 (+0),

  • cruise missiles - 87 (+3).

09:43 In Makiivka, after the shelling, an oil depot is on fire, according to the "authorities", there are dead and wounded.

09:41 Due to yesterday's rocket attacks on the railway infrastructure, dozens of trains are still delayed. The biggest deviation from the schedule is for the Truskavets-Kharkiv train, which is nine hours late.

09:29 Putin wants to send a warning signal to the West about the possible use of nuclear weapons, writes The Daily Mail. This may be evidenced by the fact that the so-called "doomsday aircraft" Il-80 was seen in recent days over Moscow. This plane will allow Putin to continue to rule the country during a nuclear war.

Officials in Moscow say the aircraft will be shown at a low-fly in the annual May 9 parade on Red Square, and it is participating in a rehearsal ahead of the display. However, the publication notes that the “flying Kremlin” has not participated in parades since 2010.

09:08 Zelensky will speak at an emergency NATO meeting on Thursday, May 5, presidential press secretary Sergei Nikiforov confirmed, writes The Wall Street Journal. The head of state also plans to hold talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

09:06 Rocket-bomb strikes were inflicted on Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Lisichansk and Zolote-4, two people were killed in a day, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. In addition, the invaders carried out assault operations in the Popasna area, where the fighting continues.

09:02 Vereshchuk said that the Mariupol humanitarian operation continues: if the security situation allows, on Wednesday, May 4, it is planned to evacuate to Zaporozhye from Mariupol, Lunacharsky ring (near Berdyansk), Tokmak, Vasylivka.

08:58 Ukrainian artillery burned a Russian supply convoy with ammunition 20 km from Izyum. The destruction of the enemy took place on the territory that the enemy considered his rear, said the speaker of the Odessa Regional State Administration Sergey Bratchuk.

08:53 The American Institute for the Study of War noted that on April 30, Russia used Onyx anti-ship missiles during an attack on the Odessa airport. That is, the invaders used Onyx for ground targets, for which these missiles are not intended. Analysts believe that this may indicate a shortage of other types of long-range precision missiles.

08:45 More than 100 bodies of Russian servicemen who died on the territory of the Zaporozhye region were delivered to the Gorlovka morgue, and a group of Russians was captured in the Zaporozhye direction, the OVA reported.

08:42 Russia will boycott today's meeting of the UN Security Council with the participation of the EU Committee on Political Affairs and Security, AP reports, citing diplomatic sources. This is the first boycott of Russia at the UN since the start of full-scale aggression on February 24, the newspaper notes.

08:40 Biden appointed General Christopher Cavoli commander of NATO forces in Europe. Cavoli has an MA in Russian and East European Studies from Yale University and speaks Russian. He will replace Tod Walters, who served as Commander-in-Chief of NATO's Joint Armed Forces in Europe for three years.

08:32 British intelligence reports that Russia has deployed 22 battalion tactical groups near Izyum, trying to advance towards the northern Donbass. The Russian Federation plans to capture the cities of Kramatorsk and Severodonetsk, despite the stubborn resistance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The capture of these places will strengthen Russian military control over the northeastern Donbass and become a springboard for their efforts to cut off Ukrainian forces in the region.

08:23 The European Commission handed over to the EU member states a draft of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia , reports APA. The project provides for a gradual ban on the import of Russian oil for six to eight months. Exceptions should be made for Hungary and Slovakia, and they should be allowed to extend imports until the end of 2023.

The oil embargo is the main component of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia. For adoption, a unanimous decision of all 27 EU countries is required.

07:37 Russian troops do not stop the offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone, and also carry out air attacks on transport infrastructure facilities throughout Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report .

07:19 A sudden check of the reaction forces has begun in the Armed Forces of Belarus, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus reported. As part of the check, "the units will operate in unfamiliar areas of the terrain in a rapidly changing environment." Minsk assured that the sudden check of the reaction forces "does not pose any threat either to the European community as a whole, or to neighboring countries in particular."

07:04 In Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, the Russian military began to massively sew the uniform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and change into it, the Pivden operational command reported.

06:20 Australia has included 75 deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, as well as a number of key "ministers" of the "DNR" and "LNR" in the sanctions list.

02:32 Financial Times writes that private refineries in China are buying oil from Russia - secretly, so as not to fall under US sanctions.

01:10 The command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that the forces of the Russian Federation fired 18 missiles on the evening of May 3 that hit the infrastructure facilities of the Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Lvov, Vinnitsa, Kiev and Transcarpathian regions. The strikes were carried out by Russian Tu-95 or Tu-160 strategic bombers from the Caspian region. From other means, rockets were fired at the Odessa and Donetsk regions. Ukrainian air defense shot down at least eight cruise missiles.

00:54 Governor of the Lviv region Maxim Kozitsky said that six missiles were fired at the region, two of them were shot down. Shot presumably from the Caspian Sea. Three hit the power substations of the Lviv region, another one - in the Transcarpathian region. The damage is significant, two people were injured by shrapnel.

00:33 Russia must pay reparations to Ukraine, Zelensky said, speaking at a CEO meeting organized by The Wall Street Journal. According to the president, the Ukrainian government "receives appropriate signals from Western countries." Zelensky also believes that both Russia and European countries should take part in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.

00:20 Zelensky believes that Russia's numerous missile strikes on Ukrainian cities testify to its impotence: "Obviously, the Russian military today reacted extremely nervously to our successes."
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