[Korrespondent] 23.43 Ukrainian military denied the statements of the Russian Defense Ministry about the alleged capture of the village of Myropylya in Sumy region. The corresponding information was published by the Kursk Group of Forces.
22.58 The Russians are throwing large forces on the approaches to Kupyansk and already partially control the village north of the city. Two factors are helping them in this, said Viktor Tregubov, spokesman for the Joint Forces Group, on the air of United News.
He emphasized that there are two factors that help the enemy: green vegetation with the onset of heat - and also bad weather in April.
21:47 Air defense is working in Kyiv. Drone attacks are being recorded over the city, flying from the north. This is reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Monitors had previously recorded a large number of drones heading towards the capital.
20.57 Ukrainian air defenses repelled a massive strike on Monday, shooting down and suppressing 220 of the more than two hundred drones flying towards Ukraine. The attack is still ongoing. The Ukrainian Armed Forces Air Force reported this on Telegram.
20:39 Russian war criminals hit a supermarket in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson with a drone. Four people were injured. This was reported by the Kherson OVA.
17.08 Ukrainian air defense destroyed more than 57 thousand air targets - from ballistic missiles to attack drones - in April 2026. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Telegram.
16.18 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that "specific" activity by Belarusians was noticed on the border of Ukraine and Belarus. He emphasized that the state is monitoring everything and is ready to react if necessary. This was reported in the president's video address on social networks.
15.54 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has added another item of losses of Russian occupiers to the daily statistics. It is called "ground robotic complexes" and will begin to be published daily from May 3. The General Staff reported this on Telegram.
15:30 Russian war criminals attacked gas stations in different districts of Kharkiv with drones. There are victims as a result of these attacks. Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported this on Telegram.
14.14 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi made a working trip to the Kostyantynivka direction. He reported this on Telegram. According to the general, a counter-sabotage regime is currently underway in Kostyantynivka. Active measures are being taken in the city to identify and destroy the enemy.
12.21 Russian aggressors attacked a minibus in Kherson with a drone for the second time this morning, injuring the driver. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
11.45 Part of the Sumy region was left without electricity due to shelling. This was reported by the Sumy OVA. Currently, Sumioblenergo repair teams are working to restore electricity distribution.
11.22 This week, Russia has launched about 1,600 strike drones, almost 1,100 guided aerial bombs (GABs) and three missiles into Ukraine. A daily human safari continues, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Facebook.
10.35 In Ternopil, rescuers extinguished a fire at an industrial facility that broke out as a result of a Russian drone attack on May 1. The State Emergency Service reported this.
09.23 Six people, including a child, were injured in a massive Russian drone attack in the Kharkiv region, the State Emergency Service reported on Saturday morning.
Two private houses and a garage were on fire in the village of Vasyshcheve. Explosions damaged neighboring houses and outbuildings.
09.02 Over the past 24 hours, 138 combat clashes between the Ukrainian army and the Russian occupiers were recorded at the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its morning briefing.
08.39 On Saturday morning, Russian aggressors hit a minibus with a drone in the Dnipro district of Kherson. At least two people died, the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, reported on Telegram.
Seven people were injured - six men and one woman. Among them, four were municipal workers.
08.21 On Saturday night, Russian aggressors launched 163 drones of various types over Ukraine. Air defense units intercepted most of the enemy targets, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
08.00 Explosives disposal technicians have neutralized two warheads of a Russian missile in the Kirovohrad region. The regional department of the National Police reported this the day before.
07.39 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupation army has lost 1,240 servicemen killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational briefing. The Ukrainian military has destroyed more than 2,650 units of Russian equipment, including 73 guns and six MLRS.
06.28 On the night of Saturday, May 2, the Russian air defense forces announced the shooting down of two unmanned aerial vehicles, which, according to official information, were heading towards the Russian capital. As reported by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, emergency services are working at the sites of the debris. At the same time, no injuries or significant damage were recorded as a result of the incident. The Russian Defense Ministry also confirmed the shooting down of the drones, stating that they were moving towards Moscow.
05.00 In the temporarily occupied parts of the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine, large-scale power outages occurred on the night of Saturday, May 2. The occupation administration does not disclose the reasons for such power outages. In his Telegram channel, Gauleiter Balytsky previously wrote about the alleged "high activity of enemy drones," which could have caused problems with power supply.
03.01 More than 5,000 foreign citizens recruited into the Russian army died during assaults in Ukraine. This information was released by the Secretary of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War and representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Dmytro Usov
00.27 In the drones that Russia uses to attack Ukraine, despite the current sanctions against the Russian Federation, Western parts manufactured in 2025 have again been recorded. This indicates circumvention of restrictions and the need to increase sanctions pressure. As reported by the Presidential Commissioner for Sanctions Policy of Ukraine Vladyslav Vlasyuk, the manufacturers include Germany, Japan, Switzerland, the USA, Taiwan and the UK.