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04 May 2023
Russian occupation forces attacked the positions of the defenders of the Tavria direction 24 times over the previous day. In turn, the Defense Forces completed 872 fire missions, with enemy losses in killed and wounded amounting to almost two companies.
Ukraine's defense forces on Thursday repelled about 50 enemy attacks in the Lyman, Bakhmut and Marinka sectors.
Ukrainian defenders killed 133 invaders and injured 176 others near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, in the past 24 hours.
Over the past week, Russia has been focusing its efforts, in particular, on strengthening its propaganda influence on its troops to stop the panic that is spreading there in anticipation of a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Ukraine does not want to agree to any hybrid tribunals for Russia and will work towards creating a separate international tribunal.
Compared to the previous day, a tendency to escalation is observed in Avdiyivka and Maryinka directions. In particular, 24 attempts to assault the positions of Ukrainian troops in these sections were recorded over the past day.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands Vera Bergkamp and President of the Senate Jan Anthonie Bruijn in The Hague.
On May 3, units of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated six Russian soldiers and destroyed an enemy artillery system and a mortar.
From February 24, 2022 to May 4, 2023, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 192,590 Russian military personnel, including 650 soldiers over the past day.
Over the past day, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched 13 strikes on the concentration areas of Russian troops, as well as four strikes on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.
Ukraine’s Air Force launches 13 strikes on enemy positions
The first batch of demining equipment purchased by Canada worth over $16 million has arrived in Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that as long as the war unleashed by Russia continues, Ukraine will not be able to join NATO, but is waiting for an invitation to join the Alliance and security guarantees.
Crises, wars, and the continued spread of authoritarianism meant that last year, the situation with press freedom was more volatile than it had been in a long time.
03 May 2023
Representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that the Russian occupiers had placed military equipment, weapons, and explosives in the premises of the turbine section of power unit No. 4 at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant they captured more than a year ago.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine says he does not see Russia's interest in extending the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
The Baltic Platform project, featured in the investigation of Germany’s WDR, NDR, and Süddeutsche Zeitung, is just one of the many instruments of Russian intelligence operations aimed at achieving the strategic goal of weakening NATO, including in the Baltic region.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have repelled about 30 Russian attacks in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions.
In the east of Ukraine, artillerymen and territorial defense destroyed a Russian mortar squad.
In the Lyman-Kupiansk direction, the enemy launched 565 attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian defenders. Ukraine’s Defense Forces, in turn, eliminated 36 Russian invaders and wounded 108 more.
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö explained that Finland cannot give Ukraine Hornet fighter jets until it receives new aircraft.
The situation in the Bakhmut sector remains one of the most difficult on the frontline. The enemy fired 399 times at the positions of Ukrainian defenders over the last day. Ukrainian defense forces killed 105 occupants and wounded 104 others.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine calls on the international community to condemn the forced deportation of Ukrainian children by the Russian Federation.
The Russian army has attacked 11 regions of Ukraine over the past 24 hours, causing deaths and injuries.
Over the past day, units of Ukraine’s artillery forces hit an enemy control post, 12 manpower and equipment clusters, four ammunition depots, and an air defense system.
Ukraine's SBU State Security Service, as part of counter-subversive measures held in the front-line areas of the Donetsk region, has detained a Russian informant who helped the enemy air missiles at Sloviansk.
02 May 2023
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with Azali Assoumani, President of the Comoros, the development of cooperation between Ukraine and Africa, including in the context of food security, and invited him to join the implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula.
Soldiers of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade compare the battles for Soledar and Bakhmut to zombie movies
Russian troops continue offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions. Units of the Defense Forces in the indicated sectors of the front repelled more than 20 attacks throughout the day.
In Bakhmut, Donetsk region, soldiers of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine prevented the Russian invaders from changing their tactical position and repelled another enemy assault on a stronghold.