Julia Shramko
A 12-year-old boy was wounded in Kharkiv, and doctors are providing him with medical care, in addition to two other wounded children aged 13 and 15, as reported earlier.
The head of Kirovohrad RSA, Andriy Raykovych, said that specialists are inspecting the damage caused by enemy rocket fire in the Oleksandriya district, power engineers will repair the damaged lines, and calls for economical electricity consumption due to the difficult situation in the Ukrainian power grid.
Two children, aged 13 and 15, were wounded during a Russian attack on the territory of a school in Kharkiv, one child is in serious condition.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported enemy tactical aircraft activity and the threat of air strikes in the southeast of the country, urging residents of Dnipro to take cover.
Russian strikes hit residential areas in Kharkiv, Ukraine, injuring at least 3 children.
Explosions have occurred in a residential area of Kharkiv, Ukraine, which, according to preliminary reports from the city's mayor, injured children.
Rescuers extinguished a fire caused by enemy shelling at a critical infrastructure facility in Ivano-Frankivsk region, involving 105 rescuers and 36 pieces of equipment, with no casualties or injuries.
Tinder's paying customer base fell 9% year-on-year to less than 10 million in the latest quarter, falling short of analysts' estimates, as Match Group struggles to retain users amid price changes and declining consumer spending.
The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament has signed a decree allowing journalists to cover the activities of the parliament directly in its premises during martial law.
According to the IMF's Geeta Gopinath, the US dollar remains the dominant currency, accounting for more than 80% of trade transactions and almost 60% of foreign exchange reserves, despite rising geopolitical risks and gradual diversification into other currencies.
Due to the massive attack of Russian missiles and drones on energy facilities in several regions, power outages are possible across the country from 18:00 to 23:00.
Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, warned that Russian occupants are striking at Kharkiv and Kharkiv district, calling for caution.
On May 7, passenger and vehicle traffic on Ukraine's western border increased compared to the previous day: 66,000 people and 15,000 vehicles crossed the borders with the EU and Moldova, with 38,000 people leaving Ukraine and 28,000 entering.
After the missile hit, a fire broke out at a critical infrastructure facility in Chervonohrad district, requiring 35 firefighters and 7 pieces of special equipment to extinguish the blaze over an area of 100 square meters without causing casualties.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite says she is ready to send Lithuanian troops to Ukraine for a training mission.
Russian missile strikes targeted critical infrastructure, civilian areas and a fire station in Zaporizhzhia, causing damage but no casualties. 32 rescuers were engaged to eliminate the consequences.
Russian troops massively attacked the energy infrastructure in 6 regions, damaging the power grid and gas infrastructure, there are restrictions for more than 200,000 subscribers in Kharkiv region, and evening restrictions for consumers are possible.
A Russian drone is shot down over the Cherkasy region during a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine, damaging a house but causing no casualties.
Geeta Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, said that many countries are closely following discussions about the potential use of Russian state assets, including the Bank of Russia's reserves, to support Ukraine, emphasizing the need for a legal basis and the preservation of the international monetary system.
Russian shelling damaged critical infrastructure in Kherson, partially leaving the city without electricity, and hit residential areas, killing one person and injuring three others.
Russian troops launch a missile attack on an energy infrastructure facility in Ivano-Frankivsk region, causing a fire that was quickly extinguished without casualties.
A massive flood caused by heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has killed at least 85 people, forced about 150,000 people to evacuate their homes and left hundreds of towns underwater.
On the night of May 8, 2024, Russian troops launched a combined attack on Ukraine using 76 air targets - 55 missiles and 21 attack drones, of which 59 were successfully intercepted by Ukrainian air defense systems.
Russian forces attacked several settlements in the Kharkiv region with artillery, mortars, and drones, damaging residential areas, but no casualties were reported.
One person was wounded as a result of an enemy air strike on Zaporizhzhia district, and the occupants conducted 299 attacks in the region, hitting 11 settlements with missiles, UAVs, MLRS and artillery, causing the destruction of residential buildings.
President Zelenskyy held phone conversations with the prime ministers of Spain and Belgium, who confirmed their participation in the inaugural Peace Summit in Switzerland on June 15-16, and discussed defense cooperation and Ukraine's integration into the EU.
Ukraine's international reserves decreased by 3. 1% to $42.4 billion in April due to the NBU's foreign exchange interventions and foreign currency debt repayments, partially offset by inflows from international partners.
The EU aims to reach an agreement on the first payment of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine by the summer of this year.
Two people were killed and 21 injured in a man's knife attack on a hospital in Yunnan province, China.
Paris accused Moscow's diplomatic service of manipulating information after Russia's summoning the French ambassador.