At least two residents of Donetsk Oblast were killed in Russian attacks on Saturday 3 May.
Source: Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
Quote: “At least two people have been killed and one person injured as a res…
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has pushed back against remarks made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who recently criticised Budapest’s stance in blocking Ukraine’s European Union accession.
Source: European Pravda, citing Peter …
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who is currently in hospital and had been due to attend Putin’s Victory Day parade in Moscow on 9 May, is unlikely to be able to perform his duties fully in the coming days, cardiologist Dragan Dinčić has said.
Sourc…
Russian troops attacked the centre of Kherson using a drone at around 18:30 on Saturday 3 May, killing one person and injuring two others, early reports indicate.
Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration, on Facebook
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Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will not attend the 9 May Victory Day parade in Moscow. Instead, Deputy Defence Minister Sanjay Seth is expected to represent India.
Source: The Hindu newspaper, citing Indian official sources.
Details: The decisio…
Russian forces dropped explosives from a drone on the heart of the city of Kherson on the afternoon of Saturday 3 May, injuring two civilian women aged 55 and 83.
Source: Kherson Oblast State Administration; Kherson Oblast Prosecutor’s Office
Quote: “T…
The European Union has condemned the launch of direct flights between Russia and Abkhazia, an unrecognised, Moscow-backed breakaway region on Georgia’s territory.
Source: Anouar El Anouni, EU Spokesman for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, as report…
Russian forces have launched 50 attempts to breach Ukrainian defences on the Novopavlivka front since the start of the day, with 28 combat engagements still in progress.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as o…
Russian forces attacked the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast three times on Saturday 3 May, leaving one civilian injured.
Source: Serhii Horbunov, Head of Kostiantynivka City Military Administration, on Facebook
The aftermath of the Russian st…
Ján Richter, an MP from the Smer ruling party in Slovakia, has stated that Prime Minister Robert Fico is still planning to travel to the Russian capital, Moscow, for the 9 May Victory Day parade. [Victory Day is a Russian holiday commemorating the Sovi…