Kramatorsk

Fierce fighting continues on a large part of the border strip in Kharkiv region as Russian occupiers try to gain a foothold in some occupied villages for further advancement, while Ukrainian troops hold their positions and inflict losses on the enemy, President Zelenskyy's report says.

Russian attempts to break through the Ukrainian defense have been halted, but fierce fighting continues in the Kharkiv region along the border with Russia.

Over the past day, 155 combat engagements took place, with russia launching 13 missile attacks, 118 air strikes and 120 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.

President Zelenskiy said that defensive operations are underway in Kharkiv region, while the situation in Donetsk region remains tense, with more than 30 military clashes daily, as Ukraine thwarts Russian offensive plans.

According to Yuriy Fedorenko, commander of the Achilles UAV battalion of the 92nd Separate Special Forces Brigade, the Defense Forces are preventing the russian army from capturing or encircling Chasiv Yar, despite heavy pressure and intense fighting.

Ukraine's Armed Forces have made progress in the Lyman sector, improving the tactical situation in the area of Serebryany forestry, said a spokesman for the Khortytsia Regional Military Command.

As a result of Russian shelling of a residential area in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, a man born in 1977 was killed and a house was destroyed.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops conducted more than 2,100 attacks in the Donetsk region, shelling 13 settlements and damaging 21 civilian objects, including residential buildings, businesses, cars, railroad tracks and power lines, resulting in casualties and destruction.

In Donetsk region, Russian troops shelled 1967 times, including 10 localities, killing 4 civilians, wounding 8 and damaging 61 civilian objects, including residential buildings, garages, cars and power lines.

The informant of the Russian Wagner military group was detained by the SBU in Donetsk region.

Three traitors, including two snipers and the commander of an assault group of the occupation groups of the southern military district of the Russian Federation, were sentenced to 15 years in prison for shelling Ukrainian soldiers.

Fierce fighting continues in eastern Ukraine: the enemy has deployed up to four brigades in the Pokrovske and Kurakhove directions, trying to advance west of Avdiivka and Maryinka in the direction of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove.

Three people were wounded in Donetsk region as a result of Russian shelling, and there were 16 cases of shelling of localities.

Metropolitan Arseniy, the abbot of the Sviatohirsk Lavra, was served a notice of suspicion by the SBU for disclosing to the Russian occupiers the location of Ukrainian Armed Forces checkpoints in Donetsk region during the liturgy.

Russian troops are intensively shelling Chasovyi Yar, using the same aerial bombardment tactics as during the offensive on Avdiivka, dropping 20-30 rounds of ammunition per day from aircraft with the aim of capturing the town by May 9.

Politico asked a Ukrainian army spokesperson about the threat if the occupiers manage to capture Chasiv Yar.

In the Donetsk region, Russian occupants shelled more than 20 buildings in 24 hours, and one person was killed in Verkhnekamianske.

Another 49 residents, including 15 children and 5 people with disabilities, were evacuated from 6 settlements in Donetsk region due to the ongoing shelling.

Russian troops aim to capture Chasiv Yar by May 9, while Ukraine is reinforcing its brigades in the area with ammunition, drones, and electronic warfare to disrupt the enemy's plans.

In 2024, the SBU opened 352 criminal cases for high treason, 807 for collaboration, 108 for assisting the aggressor state, and 66 for passing information about the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the enemy, with numerous convictions in each category.

At least 3 people were injured in a Russian missile attack on a residential building in Konstantinovka, Donetsk region.

This afternoon, the outskirts of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, came under russian fire. Three people were wounded in the attack.

As a result of an enemy air strike on the residential area of Kostyantynivka, 1 person was killed and 3 were wounded. Two people may still be under the rubble, including a child.

Ukraine continues to build and strengthen its defense capabilities along the entire length of its border. At the same time, the regions bordering russia are subject to significant shelling.

A 50-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison by the court of appeal in Kharkiv region. In 2017, he stabbed a woman about 10 times, and the victim died.

The expert assessed the possibility of an enemy attack on Kharkiv.

Over the past day, Russians killed 5 civilians and wounded 2 more in Donetsk region, shelling several settlements and damaging buildings.

Ukraine has strong defense lines protecting Kharkiv and the city is not in danger, despite russia's plans to seize it and the entire east of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

In several cities in Donetsk region, water supply has been cut due to emergency repairs to the main water supply system.

A resident of Kramatorsk was sentenced to life in prison for high treason after he provided russian troops with information that led to a missile attack on a restaurant that killed 13 people, including 4 children.