6:50 | China to Russia: vote on political solution | China will continue to “facilitate peace talks and is ready to maintain communication and coordination with Russia to make a concrete contribution to a political solution to the crisis” in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Qin Gang said this to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov at a meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the SCO foreign ministers meeting in Goa, India. Lavrov replied in the Xinhua report that Moscow attaches importance to China’s position paper on the political solution to the Ukraine crisis, agrees on the basic principles and is ready to maintain close communication. |
05-05-2023 07:25:00 | Wagner, Prigozhin shows dead soldiers and accuses the Kremlin | Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Kremlin-backed private Russian mercenary group Wagner, posted a video on his Telegram channel showing dozens of dead Russian soldiers and beating the Russian military for failing to supply its forces with ammunition. With a volley of expletives, Prigozhin blamed Russian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for a “70 percent shortage of ammunition” on the battlefield in Ukraine and for the deaths of soldiers. According to Prigozhin, on May 4, the soldiers were killed in Ukraine. |
7:51 | Zaporizhia, the site threatened by flooding | The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant risks flooding with safety consequences if the Kakhovka dam, whose reservoir has overfilled, gives way: the adviser to the CEO of Rosenergoatom, Renat Karchaa, sounded the alarm in Tass. “The failure of this dam poses a threat to both Energodar and the Zaporozhzhia nuclear power plant. Power lines leading to cooling ponds and pumping stations could be flooded. This will create problems for the use of the station and risks for nuclear safety,” he said. |
8:53 | Kiev: 60 attacks repelled in a few hours | In just a few hours, the Ukrainian military repelled more than 60 Russian attacks focused on three areas: Lyman, Bakhmut and Marinka, with fierce fighting still raging in Bakhmut and Marinka. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its morning update on the situation on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. The Ukrainian defenders activated anti-aircraft guns and destroyed four Lancet drones. Ukrainian artillery and missile units also hit a command post, eight Russian garrisons, two ammunition depots and an electronics factory on May 4. Yesterday – the General Staff adds – the Russians launched 10 rocket attacks on the cities of Kramatorsk and Zaporizhia, as well as 75 airstrikes and 65 MLRS attacks on Ukrainian troop positions and settlements, with civilian casualties and damage to private residential buildings, institutions, schools, kindergartens and other civilians infrastructures. Russia – the note continues – also shot down numerous drones against Ukraine yesterday, using Iranian-made Shahed attack UAVs. Ukraine’s defenses destroyed 18 out of 24. “The likelihood of further missile and air strikes on all of Ukraine remains high,” warns the General Staff. Meanwhile, fighting in Bakhmut continues while the Russian army is said to be on the defensive in Zaporizhia and Kherson Oblasts. |
05-05-2023 09:47:00 | Borrell: “This is not the time for diplomacy, we need weapons” | “More than diplomacy, and we do, unfortunately, Ukraine is not the time for diplomatic talks about peace. It’s time to give military support to the war.” This was stated by the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell, who attended the State of the Union address in Florence. “I feel like a diplomat, but also a kind of Secretary of Defense because I spend a lot of my time talking about guns and ammunition. I never thought I would spend so much time talking about how many artillery shells we can supply to the Ukrainians,” he added. “For Putin, the only one The message is to end this war, stop bombing and invading Ukraine. I know he won’t. Don’t tell us to stop supporting Ukraine.” |
10:13 | Dorni in the Kremlin, Lavrov: “We will respond with concrete actions” | Moscow will respond to the drone attack on the Kremlin “with concrete steps,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, as Interfax reported. Then he added that “the problems in Ukraine cannot be solved by ‘freezing’ the contact line in Donbass; it’s a geopolitical question. |
1:00 pm | Kiev launches hypersonic ballistic missile with US patriots | Ukraine used the US Patriot missile system for the first time and shot down the Russian Kynzhal hypersonic ballistic missile: writes the Ukrainian site Defense Express, which received the photo of the wreckage. According to the Ukrainian media, on the night of May 4, in addition to enemy Shahed Kamikaze drones, there were “probably ballistic” missiles in the sky over Kiev. According to a photo of debris falling on Capital Stadium, the missile suffered penetration damage, suggesting the interception pretty effectively destroyed the warhead while it was still airborne. |
2:32 p.m | Kyiv Air Force: “No ballistic missile shot down” | Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, denied reports of the alleged downing of a ballistic missile on Kiev on the night of May 4th. “There was a possibility of deployment, but no ballistic missiles were registered,” said the spokesman in Suspilne. The denial comes after the Defense Express portal reported today about the possible launch of a Kh-47 Kinzhal hypersonic missile over Kiev that night. |
| 4:48 p.m | Kiev: Wagner ammunition depots in Bakhmut destroyed | The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed Wagner’s ammunition depots near Bakhmut. This was announced by Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar via telegram, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda. “Our fighters destroyed ammunition dumps Wagner. We are also pulling all forces together to neutralize the enemy,” he announces. |
| 5:26 p.m | Kiev: “Wagner ammunition depots in Bakhmut destroyed” | The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Wagner ammunition depots near Bakhmut. This was announced by Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar via telegram, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda. “Our fighters destroyed the Wagner ammunition depots. We are also pulling all forces together to neutralize the enemy,” he announces. |
| 17:30 | Moscow evacuates Energodar | Among the places that the Russian authorities are evacuating in the Zaporizhia region of southeastern Ukraine is the town of Energodar, home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant: Yevgeny Balitsky, governor of the federally occupied part of the region since March 2022 Yevgeny Balitsky in view of the Ukrainian counter-offensive . Last fall, Russian occupation authorities announced similar evacuations in the southern Kherson region, just ahead of an offensive that allowed the Ukrainian army to retake the capital of the Russian-held region. |
| 5:39 p.m | Nikopol and Energodar authorities: “Stay at home for the weekend” | The head of the military administration of the Nikopol district, Yevhen Yevtushenko, called on residents of the Nikopol district and the occupied territory of Energodar – a city on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River where the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is located – not to leave their homes during this period the weekend. “This weekend I am asking you to stay at home and not go out unless absolutely necessary … This applies not only to the Nikopol district, but also to the occupied territory on the banks of the Energodar,” he wrote on Telegram and also asked not to ignore airborne alerts and not to approach administrative buildings. |
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