Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 7 May 2023

  • The Russians hit a car park in Balaklia with a rocket, 5 injured
  • The occupiers attacked the Mykolaiv district with 5 rockets, the enterprise building was damaged
  • The occupiers attacked Nikopol region twice at night: a woman died
  • The occupiers are taking the residents of Energodar to Berdyansk and Primorsk
  • An enemy reconnaissance drone was destroyed over Kyiv at night
  • 10 drones attacked Crimea at night
  • 6 May 2023

  • The Russians lost 18 artillery systems and 660 soldiers per day
  • Defense forces repelled 50 enemy attacks during the day
  • IAEA: The situation around the ZNPP is becoming potentially dangerous
  • Shelling of Sumy Oblast: Russians shelled the border 11 times in a day
  • Warehouses with gunpowder are burning near Yekaterinburg in Russia
  • Several hundred people gathered in Prague for the "exit from the EU and NATO" campaign
  • The largest national military exercise Anakonda-23 began in Poland
  • Russian drones were activated along the entire front line: 5 were shot down in a day
  • The Russians launched 6 missile strikes on Ukraine during the day
  • President of the Czech Republic: The West is entering an era of strategic competition with Russia and China
  • Russians hit Nikopol: 5 injured, enterprise damaged
  • The Turkish opposition, in case of victory in the elections, promised to quickly ratify Sweden's accession to NATO
  • European gas prices fell to their lowest level since summer 2021
  • 45 Ukrainians were returned from Russian captivity
  • Zaluzhny informed Milli about the future steps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
  • In London, they discussed the restoration of Ukraine and problems with exports
  • The coronation of Charles III took place in London
  • In Russia, a car with a famous propagandist was blown up
  • Defenders shot down eight attack drones from Russia in the eastern direction overnight
  • The Ukrainian Air Defense Forces shot down a Kinjal missile for the first time using the Patriot air defense system
  • The Russians shelled the territory of the factory in Kherson
  • Explosions in Crimea, the occupiers declare the work of air defense
  • The Russian Air Force hit the Sumy Oblast with guided bombs, there are casualties
  • At night over Dnipropetrovsk region, airmen shot down 4 Russian "Shakhed" UAVs
  • 5 May 2023

  • Dozens of Russian military equipment and more than half a thousand soldiers were destroyed in Ukraine
  • In Starobilsk, Ukrainians without Russian passports are evicted and sent for "filtration"
  • Defense forces hit 24 targets and shot down 10 enemy UAVs
  • In the Kherson region, Russian soldiers seize the homes of deported Ukrainians
  • Von der Leyen discussed the restoration of Ukraine with Shmyhal
  • ISW: The Russians changed the priority of capturing Bakhmut to preparing for a counteroffensive
  • Shelling of Sumy region: the Russians launched rockets from a helicopter and dropped mines
  • The Berlin court allowed Ukrainian flags on May 8 and 9, while Russian flags were banned
  • Poland receives eight Apache attack helicopters from the US
  • EU experts called to hold Russia accountable for ecocide
  • President of Moldova: We are safe only thanks to Ukraine, Russia wants to revive the USSR
  • Bakhmut is on fire: the enemy has used incendiary shells en masse
  • Negotiations on the "grain agreement" did not bring progress
  • Zelenskyi and Yermak met with US congressmen
  • The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia - Stoltenberg: Ukraine should receive a "road map" for joining NATO
  • The Russian Federation hit the evacuation convoy traveling from Bakhmut
  • Ukraine terminated two agreements with Belarus
  • The Russians are forcing Ukrainians in the occupied Kherson region to take Russian passports
  • Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto accused the US Embassy of "war propaganda"
  • During the day, the defenders repelled more than 30 enemy attacks
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