Zaporizhzhia
Oleksandr Peleshenko, a two-time European weightlifting champion and Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine, died at the front on May 5, defending Ukraine from a full-scale Russian invasion.
In the occupied Crimea, in particular in Sevastopol, the Russian occupiers are intensifying illegal mobilization activities, deploying mobile recruitment brigades in public places, such as near shopping centers, to agitate men to sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense.
A 53-year-old resident of the Kherson region was suspected of collaborating with the Russian occupiers, as she voluntarily took the position of "chief accountant" in the occupation administration and exercised financial control over institutions subordinated to the Russian occupiers.
Over the past day, russia conducted 2 missile attacks, 120 air strikes and 89 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on Ukrainian positions and localities in different regions.
Over the past day, russia carried out 5 missile attacks, 69 air strikes and 74 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on Ukrainian positions and settlements in different regions.
Guided aerial bombs were launched in Kherson region.
32 Ukrainian journalists are being held captive in Russia, and negotiations are underway for their immediate release, the acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy said.
On May 5, it will be mostly sunny and dry in most regions of Ukraine, with only 1-6° C in Dnipropetrovska, Zaporizka and Khersonska oblasts, and 0-3. s below zero on the soil surface
Ukrainian air defense forces destroy a Russian reconnaissance drone in Zaporizhzhia region.
The occupants are constantly trying to restore the situation in southern Ukraine through unsuccessful assault operations: 11 attacks took place yesterday and 3 more today at the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, but Ukrainian troops repel these attempts.
Russia has plans to capture Kharkiv or Sumy, but Ukraine is not sure about the seriousness of these plans and Russia's ability to implement them with its current forces.
Former commander of the Sevastopol Berkut, accused of encroaching on the territorial integrity of Ukraine and aiding Russia's annexation of Crimea.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Ministry of Education and Science, with the support of international partners, has provided 218,188 devices to Ukrainian students and teachers, most of them in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro regions.
Russian troops fired eleven times at the border of Chernihiv region with various types of weapons, recording 109 explosions.
The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police neutralized a criminal group that was selling sniper rifles, machine guns and grenades in different regions of Ukraine, detaining the organizers red-handed and seizing a large batch of illegal weapons.
An official of the Central United District Territorial Center for Manning and Social Support in Zaporizhzhia is suspected of unreasonably seizing cars worth UAH 11 million from the company. He will stand trial for abuse of power under martial law.
In Kharkiv, the SBU detained a collaborator who was collecting materials and preparing “information references” glorifying the Russian occupiers and denying their war crimes for Kremlin propagandists' talk shows on Russian TV channels.
The flash in the sky was seen by residents of Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, and Zaporizhzhia regions. The network speculates that it was a meteor, as it was last year.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has opened the first recruitment center for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kyiv, offering both combat and logistics specialties. This facility became the 18th in a network of recruitment centers across Ukraine.
Elon Musk believes that Russia may seize Odesa as part of its policy to establish control over regions included in the Russian constitution, according to his cynical statement about the ongoing war against Ukraine.
During the 26 months of the full-scale war, russians damaged 1,588 and completely destroyed 210 medical facilities in Ukraine, with Kharkiv, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Dnipro, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions suffering the most.
A law enforcement officer in Zaporizhzhia demanded and received a bribe of UAH 100,000 from a serviceman for not bringing him to criminal responsibility for an alleged road accident.
Russian troops shelled residential areas in Kherson region, hitting an educational institution, a kindergarten, and a critical infrastructure facility, but there were no casualties.
Russian troops fired 346 times at settlements in Zaporizhzhia region, including a rocket attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia, which resulted in one person being injured.
On April 28, the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted two air strikes on the positions of the Russian occupiers in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, hitting their targets, as confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Russian troops shelled Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovs'k region with heavy artillery, damaging 5 private houses and 3 outbuildings, but there were no casualties.
Another explosion occurred in Zaporizhzhia. An air raid alert was declared in the region.
Russians attacked an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia, with no casualties.
An accident occurred in the Zaporizhzhia circus: acrobats fell from a 5-meter height, resulting in a girl suffering a concussion and a boy breaking his leg.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is facing a critical shortage of experienced personnel due to the Russian occupation, which seriously jeopardizes its ability to operate safely and respond to emergencies.