4 May 2023 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• The Vatican is surprised that Kyiv and Moscow deny the peace mission of the Pope
• In Kyiv, they began testing the Israeli missile threat warning system
• The Russians are preparing for a circular defense of Mariupol
• In the Kuban, an oil refinery caught fire due to a drone strike
• Air defense forces shot down all the drones and missiles that attacked Kyiv at night
• Defenders destroyed 12 Shahed UAVs over Odesa
• Ukrainian defenders shot down 18 attack drones at night
• Occupiers continue forced passporting in Kherson region
• A drone attacked an oil plant in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation
• Night drone attack on Kyiv: damaged cars and roads
• Zelensky began a visit to the Netherlands, and is also visiting the International Criminal Court
• Bulgaria cancels the ban on Ukrainian agricultural imports
• The Prime Minister of Belgium arrived in The Hague for a meeting with Zelenskyi
• Due to Russian attacks, energy workers in Kherson Oblast were killed, regional energy companies in seven regions were damaged
• Zelensky: We all want to see Putin in The Hague
• India and the Russian Federation have suspended negotiations on trade in rupees
• The director of the CIA held a closed briefing after the drone attack on the Kremlin
• In The Hague, Zelensky criticized the idea of ​​a "hybrid" special tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression
• In the Stavropol region of the Russian Federation, a large-scale fire near the plant
• Orban: There would be no war in Ukraine under Trump's presidency
• Ukraine added the Hungarian OTP Bank to the list of war sponsors
• Zelensky: We understand that we will not join NATO during the war, but we want a clear signal
• Blinken: There is no evidence that Russia is ready for serious diplomacy to end the war
• Over 30 explosions rang out in Sumy Oblast and Chernihiv Oblast in three hours of the morning
• The Netherlands, Belgium and Ukraine have agreed on joint actions regarding security and advancement towards NATO membership
• Russia reduced gas production by 10% in the first quarter
• Demand for natural gas fell by 13% in the EU
• US intelligence: Russia is unlikely to launch a "significant offensive" in Ukraine this year
• Another aerial bomb buried in the ground was found in Belgorod region
• The Russian army has heavy losses, but is trying to advance and improve its positions
• The US has no information to assess the drone attack on the Kremlin
• Kazakhstan stops transporting oil products to the port of the Russian Federation, where the oil depot was on fire
• New explosions thundered in Sevastopol: the occupiers reported a drone at the airfield
• US intelligence chief: Russia's use of nuclear weapons unlikely
• Zelenskyi and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands supported the establishment of a special tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression in The Hague
• As part of the "Drone Army" project, 10,000 UAV operators were trained in Ukraine
• The occupiers are afraid of the risk of a dam breach on the Dnieper and the flooding of the ZNPP
• The Russian Federation attacked Sumy Oblast: about 90 explosions, a local resident was injured
• Russia does not provide any data on children taken out of Ukraine
• White House: The US is focused on transferring air defense equipment to Ukraine
• Defense forces of Ukraine repelled about 60 enemy attacks during the day
• The Ukrainians destroyed 620 invaders and 16 artillery systems in a day