The main thing at the moment

  • Russia has blocked 70 merchant ships in the Ukrainian ports of the Black and Azov Seas.

  • The Ukrainian army counterattacked north of Kharkiv.

  • Russian troops broke into the territory of "Azovstal", there are heavy fighting.

  • The Azov Regiment, which is defending itself at the Azovstal site in Mariupol in an unequal battle with the Russians, has called on the world and Ukraine's leadership to help evacuate the wounded soldiers.

  • On May 6, the third operation to evacuate civilians from the territory of Azovstal began.

  • UNICEF said that every sixth school in Ukraine was destroyed.

  • At least 633 children have been injured since the start of the war in Ukraine: 223 children have been killed and 410 injured, as of May 7.

Independent verification of information about hostilities provided by officials of various parties is not yet possible.

What happens on May 7th

In the occupied Kherson region announced its intention to join Russia

The appointed head of the occupation administration of the Kherson region Kirill Stremavusov told the Russian agency "RIA Novosti" about the intention to include the region in Russia.

“We intend to live in the Russian Federation and will remind of the pace of development of something close to the Crimea.

The region will seek to become a subject of Russia.

Nobody will force anything, but from the very beginning Russian lands must return to their historical course of culture and values, ”Stremausau told the agency.

Now the Kherson region of Ukraine is under Russian occupation.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, at least 633 children have been affected

Since the beginning of Russia's war against Ukraine, 223 children have died and about 410 children have been injured, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine on May 7.

The agency clarifies that these figures are not final, information from the places of active hostilities, temporarily occupied and liberated territories arrives late.

The National Museum of the Philosopher Ryhor Skavarada was destroyed by a missile strike in Kharkiv region

This was reported by "Public Kharkiv" with reference to the head of the Zalochev community Victor Kovalenko.

As a result of the shelling, the 35-year-old son of the director of the museum was wounded and remained guarding the premises that night.

The man was pulled out from under the rubble, doctors diagnosed him with a leg injury and sent him to hospital.

The Museum of the Ukrainian philosopher Grigory Skavarad is located in the village of Skavaradinovka (Kharkiv region).

It was an estate of the XVIII century, where he worked in the last years of his life and near which was buried Gregory Skavarad.

In the Kharkiv region, Russian troops blew up 3 bridges

Three road bridges were blown up by Russian troops in the Kharkiv region in order to slow down the counter-offensive operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian General Staff.

The assault on Azovstal continues

The blockade of the Armed Forces near the Azovstal plant continues in Mariupol.

In some areas, with the support of aircraft, the Russians resumed the assault, trying to take control of the plant, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report on May 6.

On the evening of May 5, the Azov Regiment reported that the Russian army was using aircraft, artillery, and infantry for the assault, and published a video of the assault:

According to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, a "pair of battalion tactical groups" of Russia now remain in Mariupol and its environs.

"In general, according to our estimates, most of the Russian troops - ground troops that were sent to Mariupol, withdrew and moved north," - said Kirby.

Russia blocks 70 merchant ships in Ukrainian ports of the Black and Azov Seas

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Yuri Vaskov said that due to Russia's military action in Ukraine, about 70 merchant ships were blocked.

The crews of some of them managed to evacuate.

According to him, now Ukraine sends and receives its cargo through the single Danube port.

The port of Mariupol is almost completely destroyed.

At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Defense accuses Ukraine of blocking 75 foreign ships from 17 states in seven ports (Kherson, Mykolaiv, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa, Yuzhny and Mariupol).

The Russian military accuses the Ukrainian authorities of threatening shelling and crossing Ukraine's internal and territorial waters.

British intelligence: storming Azovstal costs Russia heavy losses and thwarts plans in southern Donbass

The UK Department of Defense has released a daily report based on intelligence.

This time it is dedicated to the situation at Azovstal, where, according to the Ukrainian side, the assault has been going on for two days, although in Russia they only talk about "blocking" the plant.

According to British intelligence, attempts to seize Azovstal and complete the capture of Mariupol are probably related to the upcoming May 9 and Putin's desire to achieve symbolic success.

But so far these efforts are accompanied only by losses of personnel, equipment and ammunition.

Ukrainian resistance only leads to an increase in these losses and disrupts Russia's operational plans in the south of Donbass, according to intelligence.

Pentagon: there are no signs that Belarus plans to take active part in war in Ukraine

To the question - "Does the Pentagon record any signs that the Belarusian exercises are of concern and Belarus is ready for more active participation in the war?"

- Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said no at a briefing on May 5.

“There are no signs that Belarus intends to take an active part in the war in Ukraine.

Let them talk to themselves about their teachings.

But we are not seeing any signs that they are planning or intending to be directly involved in the war in Ukraine, ”Kirby said.

Swiss lawyers help Russians hide assets - Helsinki Commission

The Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) has said that Switzerland is helping Russian oligarchs hide their assets that exploit loopholes in the law.

"Putin and his oligarchs are using Swiss banking secrecy laws to hide and protect the proceeds of their crimes," the commission said.

According to the Swiss anti-corruption expert Mark Pitt, who testified to the commission, there is a whole intermediary sector in Switzerland.

Such structures do not allow banks and the government to identify beneficial owners of assets.

Zelensky: Russia has released more than 2,000 missiles in Ukraine, destroyed or damaged nearly 400 medical facilities

“In total, during this war, the Russian army used 2014 missiles against Ukraine.

2682 appearances of Russian warplanes in our sky have been recorded.

Each of these "arrivals" is the death of our people, the destruction of our infrastructure.

If you take only the medical infrastructure, today the Russian troops have destroyed or damaged almost 400 health care facilities, "- said Vladimir Zelensky in an evening address.

According to him, in the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine in the east and south of the catastrophic situation with access to medical services and medicines.

In particular, Zelensky noted that in these areas there is virtually no treatment for cancer patients, difficult or complete lack of access to insulin for patients with diabetes, it is impossible to perform surgery.

The hotline of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine received more than 12,000 calls from native Russian soldiers

The hotline of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has already received more than 20,000 unofficial appeals and about 12,000 calls from Russian soldiers looking for their loved ones, said Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Viktor Andrusov on the All-Ukrainian Information Marathon.

Also, according to him, there are official requests from the Russian ombudsman.

Russian troops have destroyed more than 20 TV and radio infrastructure facilities since the beginning of the war

The Russian occupiers are deliberately destroying Ukraine's TV and radio infrastructure to deprive Ukrainians of accurate information about the war and the situation in Ukraine, Yuri Shchygal, head of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, said at a May 5 briefing.

“Since the beginning of the hostilities, more than 20 facilities of the Concern of Radio Broadcasting, Radio Communications and Television have been damaged.

As a result of the shelling on May 3 in Lviv, two transformer substations that supplied the KRRT broadcasting facility in Lviv were destroyed, ”he said.

A curfew has been imposed in Zaporizhia from May 8-10, in Ivano-Frankivsk they are asked not to leave the house on May 7-9.

In Zaporozhye introduced a long curfew: it will last from 19.00 on May 8 to 5.00 on May 10.

You need to stay home at this time.

It is possible to leave only in shelter in case of air alarm.

Residents of Ivano-Frankivsk are asked to stay at home or leave the city on May 7-9 due to the threat of missile strikes from Russia.

During these dates, all mass events in the city were canceled.

There are no surviving gas stations in Luhansk region

In the Luhansk region due to the actions of the Russian military there are no surviving gas stations, there is a deadly threat of fuel transportation, said the head of the Luhansk regional council Sergei Gaidai.

At the same time, there are already agreements with new suppliers.

Gaidai urged drivers to be more careful about fuel consumption, to refrain from unnecessary trips.

Since the beginning of the war, 324 prisoners have been returned to Ukraine

The SBU reported that since the beginning of Russia's war against Ukraine, 324 prisoners have returned to Ukraine.

Russia does not name the number of returned prisoners.

In Ukraine, created a map of Russian War Criminals

The anti-corruption headquarters together with the independent investigative journalism agency Slidstvo.Info have created an online map of Russian War Criminals, where anyone can find Russian servicemen, including those involved in the war in Ukraine.

The aim of the project is to identify all Russian servicemen who are directly involved in or involved in Russia's war against Ukraine, for further use of this information in Ukrainian courts and the International Criminal Court.

“We already have data on 138 thousand Russian servicemen, 20 thousand 100% involved in the war in Ukraine, 485 prisoners and 1996 servicemen killed in the war in Ukraine.

This is confirmed by evidence obtained from open sources, ”the statement reads.

Russian literature will be confiscated from Ukrainian libraries in favor of Ukrainian

On May 5, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy announced the confiscation of Russian propaganda literature from Ukrainian libraries.

It is planned that instead of Russian books, library shelves will be filled with Ukrainian-language literature and books by Ukrainian publishers.

CIT: There are no serious signs of preparations for mobilization in Russia

Despite the fact that Russia is announcing the receipt of summons with a proposal to sign short-term contracts, no serious signs of mobilization of the population have been observed so far, the analytical group Conflict Intelligence Team said on May 5.

Analysts note that the preparation for mobilization could be judged on the following grounds:

  • transportation of equipment from mobilization warehouses to repair companies for its decommissioning (now on a small scale);

  • withdrawal of some officers from the combat zone to train the mobilized (this is not the case);

  • preparation of landfills for exercises (this is not observed);

  • preparation of military enlistments in the Russian Federation for the influx of people (this is also not the case).

Reuters: Rosguard fighters and Chechen troops are involved in the Bucha killings

The Reuters news agency conducted a large-scale investigation into the massacres in Bucha and found out which Russian military units were in the city during the occupation.

In particular, the war crimes in the Kiev region, according to a survey of local residents and documents found, involving the Rosguard unit "Knight", the 76th Parachute Division from Pskov and the military from Chechnya.

Refugees from the war

More than 5.563 million people have fled Russia since Ukraine's invasion, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

According to the Office, more than 3 million people left for Poland, almost 826,000 people went to Romania, and more than 530,000 went to Hungary.

According to the UN, more than 681,000 people were deported to Russia.

Ukrainian authorities claim that the occupiers are forcibly removing Ukrainian citizens.

About 5 million Ukrainians are now internally displaced.

The population of Ukraine (including Russian-controlled territory) is about 44 million people.

What is happening in Russia

Explosions in the Belgorod region of Russia again

The governor of the Belgorod region

Vyachaslau Hladkou

confirmed that two strong "slaps" could be heard in the region.

He told Telegram.

“I woke up from two strong breaks.

According to the operational headquarters, there is no damage or destruction.

There are no victims.

Footage of the flash in the sky has already appeared on social networks.

The most important thing is that without casualties and destruction.

The rest of the information will be clarified in the morning. "

Putin apologizes to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for Lavrov's words about Jews

Vladimir Putin has apologized to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for Lavrov's words about Jews and anti-Semitism, Bennett's office said.

The Kremlin's website did not say so in a statement about the conversation with Bennett.

On May 1, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov compared Zelensky to Hitler, saying Hitler had Jewish blood and the most ardent anti-Semites were Jews themselves.

Belarus' participation in the war

Belarus has allowed Russia to use its territory to attack Ukraine from the north;

Russians use Belarusian airfields for flights and Belarusian sites for rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities.

At the same time, Belarusians are fighting on the side of Ukraine in various formations.

A battalion named after Kastus Kalinouski has been created.

Kyiv: there are no signs of a new offensive from Belarus

"In the Volyn, Polesie and Seversk directions, the Russian enemy did not take active action, no signs of the formation of offensive groups were found," - said in a summary of the Ukrainian military command at 6 am on May 3.

On April 30, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that they did not rule out provocations by Russia on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

It was also noted that "there is a threat of enemy missile strikes on military and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine."

How the world reacts

Google will spend $ 10 million to fight fakes about the war in Ukraine

Google has allocated $ 10 million to counter the spread of false information about the war in Ukraine, said the head of Google's Europe, Middle East and Africa division at the Donors' Conference to help Ukraine in Warsaw, Ukrinform reports.

According to him, the company has already provided $ 55 million in aid to Ukraine.

Of this, $ 35 million went to humanitarian needs, another $ 10 million went to Polish organizations working with temporarily displaced persons.

"Yesterday we announced a 1.5 million grant to the International Rescue Committee to expand access to important information for war victims," ​​he said.

According to him, Google will add another 10 million dollars to the aid already provided for the humanitarian needs of the people in Ukraine and another 10 million - to counter the spread of false information about the war in Ukraine.

Shell oil and gas company sells its refueling business in Russia

The agreement has not been signed yet, the parties are in the process of negotiations, the Forbes interlocutor said.

Among the potential buyers - "Lukoil".

Earlier, the company stopped all its operations in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.

The Warsaw Donors' Conference raised about $ 6.5 billion for Ukraine

An international donors' conference on fundraising for Ukraine was held in Warsaw on Thursday, raising about $ 6.5 billion, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.

Japan has imposed new sanctions against Russia

Under the new sanctions imposed on May 5, 140 individuals and legal entities associated with the military-industrial complex were set on fire.

The list also includes some Russian banks.

TeamViewer, a popular remote desktop developer, has announced its departure from Russia and Belarus

Contracts with customers who are not subject to sanctions will be fulfilled in full, but will not be extended.

"In addition, TeamViewer has blocked all unlicensed connections in and out of Russia and Belarus to avoid further use of our software," the company said in a statement on its official website on May 5.

The United States and Germany have said they will not recognize Russia's attempts to legitimize the seizure

On the evening of May 5, US President Biden had a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The parties said that neither the United States nor Germany "will recognize any steps that are contrary to the territorial sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine, and will consider them illegitimate."

Bloomberg: The EU is considering sanctions against Alina Kabayeva

Bloomberg sources claim that the European Union is considering the possibility of imposing sanctions on Alina Kabayeva.

According to unconfirmed reports, Putin and former gymnast Kabayeva have children in common.

In April, sources in The Wall Street Journal said the United States was considering imposing sanctions on Kabayeva, but "at the last minute" abandoned the idea so as not to anger Putin.

Britain has imposed new sanctions against Russia

On May 4, British Foreign Secretary Liz Trass announced sanctions against 63 individuals and companies, many of whom affect employees of major Russian media companies, freeze assets and ban them from traveling to the country.

У санкцыйны сьпіс трапілі шэраг супрацоўнікаў расейскага «Первого канала», сярод іх — ваенныя карэспандэнты Яўген Паддубны (ВГТРК), Аляксандар Коц («Комсомольская правда»), Дзьмітры Сьцешын («Комсомольская правда»). Сярод іншых «стратэгічных прапагандысцкіх арганізацый», якія трапілі пад санкцыі, названыя Ўсерасейскае дзяржаўнае тэлебачаньне і радыёвяшчаньне, найбуйнейшая дзяржаўная вяшчальная кампанія (ВГТРК), агенцтва «ИнфоРос», SouthFront, Фонд стратэгічнай культуры.

Таксама санкцыі закранулі вядоўцу праграмы «Однако» на «Первом канале», віцэ-прэзыдэнта «Раснафты» Міхаіла Лявонцьева, вядучай і аўтара праграм на ВГТРК Наілі Аскер-задэ, былога міністра фінансаў, старшыню праўленьня банку «Адкрыцьцё» Міхаіла Задорнава, дырэктара Цэнтральнага музэю ВАВ Аляксандра Школьніка. Акрамя таго, санкцыі ўведзеныя супраць вытворцы грузавых аўтамабіляў КАМАЗ.

Вялікая Брытанія накіруе ва Ўкраіну 13 адзінак бранятэхнікі для эвакуацыі людзей з усходу

Таксама машыны будуць выкарыстоўвацца для перавозкі чыноўнікаў з украінскіх міністэрстваў на часовыя камандныя пункты. Яны вытрымліваюць хуткасныя кулі, супрацьпяхотныя міны і самаробныя выбуховыя прыстасаваньні. Гэтая апошняя перадача бранятэхнікі дапаможа абараніць мірных жыхароў, якія спрабуюць уцячы ад расейскіх абстрэлаў, і падтрымае ўкраінскіх чыноўнікаў у іх жыцьцёва важнай працы, заявіла 3 траўня міністар замежных спраў Вялікай Брытаніі Ліз Трас.

NATO дапаможа Ўкраіне перайсьці ад зброі савецкіх часоў да сучаснай

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance is ready to support Ukraine in the war against Russia, even if the war drags on for years.

According to him, NATO will help Kiev to modernize Soviet-era weapons to the level of Western military equipment.

The United States, NATO's largest member, has already handed over $ 3 billion in weapons to Ukraine since Russia's large-scale invasion.

The US military is training Ukrainians in Germany

The training is being conducted by the Florida National Guard, which was part of the Joint Multinational Study Group in western Ukraine and was forced to leave the country due to the growing threat of a Russian invasion in February.

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Russia's war against Ukraine

  • А 5-й гадзіне раніцы 24 лютага кіраўнік Расеі Ўладзімір Пуцін заявіў пра пачатак ваеннай апэрацыі супраць Украіны на Данбасе па просьбе груповак «ДНР» і «ЛНР». 21 лютага падчас тэлезвароту да расейцаў Пуцін назваў так званыя «ДНР» і «ЛНР» незалежнымі дзяржавамі ў межах абласьцей. 22 лютага Савет Фэдэрацыі ратыфікаваў гэтае рашэньне.
  • Усе дні вайны ідуць абстрэлы ўкраінскіх гарадоў ракетамі, налятае авіяцыя. Расейскія войскі атакуюць у тым ліку з тэрыторыі Беларусі, выкарыстоўваючы лётнішчы, базы і дарогі. Прадстаўнікі рэжыму Лукашэнкі апраўдваюць вайну, апазыцыя лічыць тэрыторыю Беларусі акупаванай і заклікае да супраціву расейскім захопнікам.
  • 27 лютага ва Ўкраіне стварылі Інтэрнацыянальны легіён Тэрытарыяльнай абароны, далучацца да якога заклікалі замежных добраахвотнікаў. Туды ўвайшлі і беларусы. За два месяцы вайны на фронце загінулі чацьвёра беларускіх добраахвотнікаў і жаўнераў УСУ: 31-гадовы Аляксей Скобля, пазыўны «Тур», 27-гадовы Ільля «Літвін» зь беларускай роты тэрытарыяльнай абароны батальёну «Азоў», Зьміцер Апанасовіч (пазыўны «Тэрор») і Зьміцер Рубашэўскі «Ганс».
  • 30 сакавіка ААН зацьвердзіла склад незалежнай камісіі, якая зоймецца расьсьледаваньнем расейскіх ваенных злачынстваў ва Ўкраіне. У яе ўвайшлі людзі, якія працавалі ў разборы канфліктаў у Руандзе і Босьніі і Герцагавіне.
  • Насуперак заявам Пуціна пра атакі выключна на вайсковыя аб'екты, расейцы бамбяць школы, дзіцячыя садкі і жылыя кварталы ўкраінскіх гарадоў. Расейцы выкарыстоўваюць забароненую зброю, у тым ліку касэтныя бомбы супраць мірнага насельніцтва.
  • Колькасьць уцекачоў з Украіны перавысіла 5 млн чалавек. Найбольш уцекачоў з Украіны прыняла Польшча — амаль 3 мільёны, Румынія — каля 800 тысяч. Расея пазначана на трэцім радку з паказьнікам звыш паўмільёна чалавек, аднак ва Ўкраіне на падставе размоваў з насельніцтвам дэакупаваных гарадоў сьцьвярджаюць, што туды людзей вязуць прымусова, фактычна выкрадаючы і часта падзяляючы сем’і, забіраючы дзяцей.
  • 1 красавіка Літва стала першай краінай Эўразьвязу, якая цалкам адмовілася ад расейскага газу. За яе прыкладам рушылі Латвія і Эстонія. Нямеччына да канца 2022 году паабяцала цалкам прыпыніць выкарыстаньне расейскай нафты.
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  • На пачатку красавіка Ўкраіна і краіны Захаду ацанілі страты Расеі ў вайне ў 15–20 тысяч забітымі. У Крамлі кажуць, што гэтая лічба ў дзесяць разоў меншая, хоць прэс-сакратар Пуціна прызнаў, што страты былі «значныя». У сакавіку Ўкраіна заявіла пра 1300 сваіх загінулых абаронцаў. Прэзыдэнт Зяленскі заявіў, што суадносіны страт Украіны і Расеі ў гэтай вайне «адзін да дзесяці».
  • Ацалелыя расейскія часткі на пачатку красавіка адышлі з Кіеўскай, Чарнігаўскай і Сумскай абласьцей, пасьля таго як не змаглі захапіць там ніводнага значнага гораду.
  • У красавіку ракетных атак на Ўкраіну і авіяўдараў з тэрыторыі Беларусі стала меней, расейскія войскі пакідаюць Беларусь.
  • Since the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 23 Ukrainian and foreign journalists have been killed.

  • In Mariupol, after the evacuation, about 200 civilians still remain on Azovstal.

    On May 3, Russia launched a new assault on the plant.

    The night before, two bombs were dropped, killing two women.

  • Independent verification of information about hostilities provided by officials of various parties is not yet possible.