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Air defence activated during air-raid warning in Kyiv, explosions heard

Pravda Ukraine On the evening of 4 May 2023, an air-raid warning was issued in the capital of Ukraine and Kyiv Oblast. Source: an air-raid warning map; Kyiv City Military Administration Details: At 19:41, an air-raid warning was issued in Kyiv Oblast and at 20:00, in the city of Kyiv itself. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/4/7400728/

Use of nuclear weapons by Russia is unlikely – US Intelligence Chief

Pravda Ukraine According to the US assessment, Russia is unlikely to launch a nuclear strike, despite the Kremlin’s recent sabre-rattling and heavy casualties during the invasion of Ukraine. Source: Avril Haynes, the Director of National Intelligence of the USA, as European Pravda reports, referring to Reuters agency Quote: “It’s very unlikely, is our current assessment,”…

More explosions in Crimea’s Sevastopol: Russian occupiers say drone seen at Sevastopol airfield

Pravda Ukraine Two explosions rocked the city of Sevastopol, in Crimea, around 19:00 (Kyiv time). The city’s Russian-appointed governor claimed that a drone had been shot down over the city. Source: Krym.Realii (Crimea. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/4/7400722/

Ukrainian delegates tried to disrupt Russian delegation’s speech at PABSEC summit and fought over the flag on sidelines

Pravda Ukraine Members of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) at the summit of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) in Ankara tried to disrupt the speech of the Russian delegation. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/4/7400720/

Special Forces of Ukraine’s Security Service attack Russian invaders near Kherson

Pravda Ukraine The Security Service (SSU) of Ukraine has posted a video showing its special forces bombarding the Russian invaders on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast. Source: Press service of the Security Service of Ukraine Quote: “The left bank of the city is under the constant control of Ukrainian defenders,…

Russian forces suffer significant losses but continue attempts to advance and improve positions – General Staff report

Pravda Ukraine Russia carried out another hybrid attack on a number of Ukrainian oblasts on the 435th day of the war. Meanwhile, Russian forces also attempted to advance towards Bohdanivka and Markove on the Bakhmut front and to improve their tactical positions on the Marinka front. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/4/7400714/

Netherlands, Belgium, and Ukraine agreed on joint actions on security and progress towards NATO membership

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/4/7161005/

Can Israel’s missile alert system save Ukraine’s air defenses? -analysis

Jerusalem Post If the Ukrainian military knows Russian missiles won’t hit their target, they can save their ammunition. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-742117

Russian media says bomb found buried in the ground in Belgorod Oblast

Pravda Ukraine A 500 kg air-dropped bomb has been found buried in the ground in the village of Golovchino in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. The bomb is said to have been dropped around a week ago. Source: Mash, a Russian online newspaper Quote from Mash: “The third FAB-500 bomb has been found in the village of…

Russia holds over 20,000 civilians hostage, number to increase after liberation

Pravda Ukraine Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner, has suggested that after the liberation of the occupied territories, it will turn out that Russia is holding significantly more than 20,000 Ukrainian civilians hostage. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/4/7400707/