Crimea

Crimean bridge is blocked, sirens sound.

Satellite imagery shows that Russian air defense equipment, likely S-300/S-400 systems, was destroyed on April 30 during a night attack on a Russian military airfield in Dzhankoy.

Ukrainian guerrillas discovered and handed over the coordinates of a missile depot of the Russian air defense unit in occupied Sevastopol, making it a priority target for neutralizing Russian air defense assets.

The Russian occupation administration is forcibly evicting residents of Hola Prystan, Kokhaniv and Hladkivka in Kherson region, taking them by bus to temporary accommodation in overcrowded premises in the south of Kherson region and in Crimea, prohibiting them from taking large items with them to free up housing for Russian occupiers and employees.

Estonia has returned 274 illegally exported archaeological artifacts to Ukraine, including ancient Scythian, Sarmatian and medieval jewelry, coins and horse harness, demonstrating support for Ukraine's cultural heritage during the ongoing war.

The UN Human Rights Committee has recognized that Russia's imposition of Russian citizenship on residents of occupied Crimea constitutes ethnic discrimination and a violation of human rights, including arbitrary detention of Ukrainians, their illegal transfer to Russia to serve their sentences, and the forced imposition of Russian citizenship.

High net worth individuals realize that Crimea is a risky investment because of the ongoing conflict and the potential destruction of the Crimean bridge.

Ukrainian partisans from the ATES underground movement have successfully reconnoitered one of russia's largest oil depots in the heavily guarded occupied Crimea and provided detailed information and coordinates of the facility.

The former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania joked about the future destruction of the Crimean Bridge, while Moscow began to threaten the diplomat.

Italy, along with the United Kingdom and France, has provided Ukraine with Storm Shadow cruise missiles, an important weapon that could have a significant impact, British Defense Minister Grant Shapps said.

A powerful explosion occurred at night in Dzhankoy, a city in Russian-occupied Crimea.

During a nighttime attack by Russia, the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed four Iranian-made Shahed drones and one unidentified drone.

Cuban mercenaries fighting on the side of Russia in the Pokrovsk sector killed their Russian commander because of constant humiliation, beatings, and delayed wages.

Ukrainian drones attacked a military airfield in Kushchevskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, damaging aircraft and oil refineries in the region.

During a massive Russian air defense attack over the Kuban and Crimea, 68 drones were shot down, with no casualties, but damage was done to the Slaviansk oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai.

Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 21 of 34 Russian missiles launched overnight in a combined attack, including cruise missiles from strategic bombers, guided missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, and Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea.

After a long break, the Russian occupiers put two submarines on combat duty in the Black Sea, firing up to 8 Kalibr missiles in total.

Doctors and medical staff of civilian hospitals on the Crimean peninsula are being forced to sign contracts with the occupying Russian army, but they categorically refuse, despite being offered large sums of money.

Ukrainian guerrillas recorded the movement of several BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles in the direction of Simferopol in Crimea, probably for repairs.

Ukraine received long-range ATACMS missiles from the United States to increase pressure on Russian forces in occupied Crimea and eastern Ukraine.

Russia is using mobile platforms and drones for reconnaissance and missile strikes from Crimea to compensate for the absence of missile carriers at sea after Ukraine successfully destroyed Russian strategic bombers.

Ukraine should prepare for possible massive attacks from Russia when weapons from international partners arrive, said Air Force spokesman Ilya Yevlash.

In March, the United States secretly provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles as part of a $300 million military aid package, which were allegedly used by Ukraine to strike a Russian airfield in Crimea on April 17.

Russia will sell gas to China at a price almost 30% cheaper than to Europe at least until 2027, according to the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted as a basis the government's draft Law "On Citizens' Appeals" aimed at improving the legislation on citizens' appeals and bringing it in line with the Law "On Administrative Procedure".

In the occupied Crimea, libraries have been instructed to remove books that mention the Holodomor, the Ukrainian liberation struggle, the activities of Crimean Tatars, and literature with Ukrainian symbols such as the trident, as the Russian authorities consider them "Nazi.

In 2023, only 197 children in annexed Crimea had access to education in the Ukrainian language, a sharp decline caused by the Russian occupation.

The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people initiated a project to create a monument to the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people in memory of the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars.

The Russian authorities are planning to increase security measures and surveillance complexes on the Kerch bridge connecting Crimea to Russia as the May holidays and summer tourist season approach, with possible traffic restrictions in case of a missile attack.

Five militants who stormed Ukrainian positions in Maryinka and Vuhledar have been served suspicion notices by the Security Service of Ukraine and face life imprisonment.