Enemy with air support unable to take control of Azovstal
In Mariupol, Russian troops resumed the offensive with air support in some areas to take control of the Azovstal plant territory. At the moment, they do not succeed.
04 May 2022
In Mariupol, Russian troops resumed the offensive with air support in some areas to take control of the Azovstal plant territory. At the moment, they do not succeed.
The artillery unit of the 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian armored personnel carrier and its crew.
The enemy used operational-tactical and strategic aircraft to launch air strikes on facilities in Ukraine.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says that 3,238 civilians have been killed and 3,397 injured in Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion started on February 24.
About 600 civilians were killed in a Russian airstrike on the Mariupol drama theater on March 16.
Russian invaders used Grad multiple launch rocket systems to shell the Velykomykhailivka community in the Synelnykove district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging several dozen private houses in two villages.
Russian troops are trying to increase the pace of their offensive in eastern Ukraine.
Contact with Ukrainian defenders at the Azovstal steel plant has been lost, and it is not clear at this time what is happening there.
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has said in a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba that his country is ready to help rebuild Ukraine after the war.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has named three stages of the war with Russia.
The Russian invaders are trying to gain access to personal data and Ukraine’s public registers through private computers and mobile phones.
In Ukraine’s sountern Kherson region, Russian invaders abducted the head of the Chornobaivka Territorial Community and his deputy.
Russian invaders shelled the village of Mykhailivka near Rubizhne, killing a priest in the strike.
As a result of the missile strikes that the Russians launched on targets in Lviv region on the evening of May 3, some 85,000 households, or nearly 250,000 people, were left without electricity.
Ukrainian border guards are not observing any accumulation of military forces and equipment convoys on the border of the unrecognized "Transnistrian Moldavian Republic" with Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military destroyed Russia’s counter-battery radar system Zoopark during battles in Chernihiv Region.
In the evening of May 3, 2022, the Russian military launched missile strikes on different regions of Ukraine, having caused destructions and casualties.
A total of 220 children have been killed and over 407 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started.
It is impossible to conduct a military operation to unblock the city of Mariupol right now, as Ukraine does not have enough heavy weapons and armored vehicles.
Russia has already lost about 24,500 troops in Ukraine (+300 over the past day).
Russia’s war against Ukraine will be long, and the duration of the war depends on many factors.
Over the past day, the Ukrainian military have destroyed 15 enemy air targets.
On May 3, Russians launched 34 missile and bomb strikes on the towns of Luhansk region. Two people were killed and two more were injured.
Aiming to destroy Ukraine’s transport infrastructure, the enemy fired missiles at facilities in Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Zakarpattia, Odesa, and Donetsk regions.
The UN Secretary-General's annual report will focus on the crimes of sexual violence following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Russian aggressors’ attempt to storm the Azovstal plant in Mariupol was captured on camera.
On May 3, the Russian aggressors fired 18 cruise missiles on Ukraine, eight of which were shot down by the air defense units.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the Ukrainian authorities are working every day on the issue of evacuating people from the besieged city of Mariupol, including from the Azovstal steel plant.
With missile strikes, Russia is trying to stop military aid coming to Ukraine from Western partners, but it will not be able to do so.
03 May 2022
Russian forces launched missile strikes on the Kirovohrad and Odesa regions on May 3, with casualties reported in the Kirovohrad region.