Air Force confirms downing of Kinzhal missile by air defense units
Ukrainian air defense units shot down a Russian Kinzhal missile.
06 May 2023
Ukrainian air defense units shot down a Russian Kinzhal missile.
Russian troops shelled the populated settlements in four districts of Kharkiv region over the past day.
On the evening of May 5, Russian invaders attacked Hlukhiv town, Sumy region, with guided aerial bombs launched from an Su-35 aircraft. Five people were injured.
Russian army launched 71 strikes on Kherson region over the past day, injuring two civilians.
Last night, the aggressor launched drones targeting Dnipropetrovsk region. They were shot down by the Ukrainian air defense forces.
From February 24, 2022 to May 6, 2023, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 193,770 Russian military personnel, including 560 soldiers over the past day.
The Ukrainian Air Force 10 times struck the enemy manpower and equipment clusters over the past day.
Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov of Ukraine noted that the Russians "are learning very well" as the war against Ukraine keeps raging.
Deputy Minister of Defense, Hanna Maliar, sees no change in Russia’s tactics in view of the peculiarities of the recent strikes across of the territory of Ukraine: the Russian Federation acts according to their capabilities while the Ukrainian military considers such attacks as reconnaissance efforts.
Germany and Denmark intend to transfer 80 Leopard I battle tanks to Ukraine as early as this month.
After a video by journalist Yanina Sokolova about the terrible conditions of the soldiers' rehabilitation in the Cherkasy region, the dilapidated building was urgently cleaned of mountains of household waste.
According to the World Bank, the needs for demining the territories of Ukraine for the current year amount to more than $397 million. First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Pavliuk said this in an interview with Ukrinform.
Petro Kotin, president of Energoatom, Oleksiy Lych, chairman of the company's primary trade union organization, and Pavlo Kovtonyuk, general director of Rivne NPP, handed over eight SUVs to the National Guard, which protects nuclear facilities, and representatives of the Armed Forces.
Russian officials are fleeing the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region, including the "Minister of Health '' who arrived from Russia and his deputy who resigned.
Ukraine plans to train 500 humanitarian demining specialists a year at the joint training center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and Tetra Tech, which operates on behalf of the US Department of State.
05 May 2023
Russian troops shell Bakhmut with phosphorus munitions.
More than 14,000 Ukrainian soldiers (including 21 women) have already undergone training in Great Britain, and more than 2,000 are trained now.
About 300 houses and 24 educational institutions were damaged in a Russian missile attack on Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, on the night of May 1.
The Russian army fired S-300 missiles at the industrial enterprises of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk in Donetsk region, damaging them.
In Great Britain, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal visited the training site for another group of Ukrainian soldiers.
The European Council today adopted an assistance measure worth €1 billion under the European Peace Facility (EPF) for the procurement of ammunition and missiles for Ukraine.
Russian forces are focusing main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions, Ukrainian defenders have repelled more than 30 enemy attacks over the past day.
This week, more than 5,000 meters of anti-tank ditches have been dug in the Northern operational zone, and works on laying mines in districts close to the border are ongoing.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region, the invaders are encouraging residents to "evacuate" to occupied Berdiansk, and they want to take children by force.
The Russian army is trying its best to take control of Bakhmut by May 9.
The statement about Wagner's withdrawal from Bakhmut may be a military trick because the Russians should not be believed.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed surprise that the Qatari foreign ministry reacted to the drone attack on the Kremlin and "did not notice" the Russian missile strikes on Kherson.
Leopard 1A5 tanks are not new but effective and will help Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.
The Russian Federation keeps five of its ships on combat duty in the Black Sea, including one Kalibr cruise missile carrier with a total volley of up to eight missiles.
Ukrainians trust the Armed Forces of Ukraine most among all institutions.