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[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.
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[Korrespondent] A key role in the Russian onslaught is played by Golubivka, a settlement near the city, a spokesman for the Joint Forces Group explained.
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.
"They were accumulating personnel, and, in fact, the potential for offensive actions. And from February to March, when the intensity was reduced, they were licking their wounds," Tregubov said.
He emphasized that there are two factors that help the enemy: green vegetation with the onset of heat - and also bad weather in April.
A key role in the pressure on Kupyansk is played by Golubivka, a settlement north of the city. It is from there that the Russians are trying to infiltrate.
Tregubov explained: while the enemy holds certain positions there, it is more difficult to destroy his units on the approaches to the city than before.
"We need to destroy the Russians trying to enter the city from the north, and it's a little more difficult than when Golubivka was more controlled. Here we are aware of the problem, here we are aware of how to deal with it, the only problem is that there are a lot of Russians," Tregubov explained.
The situation has also become more complicated in the east: on the eastern bank of the Oskil River, the enemy is actively moving towards Kupyansk-Vuzlovye from three sides at once.
As a reminder, on April 13, it was reported that Russian troops resumed active assault operations on the outskirts of Kupyansk, trying to displace the Armed Forces of Ukraine and advance towards the city.
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[NewsFront] 21:23 Artillerymen of the 7th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Sever group fired from 122mm D-30 howitzers covered strongholds with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Khar'kov region. The targets were identified by the Prince Prophetic Oleg UAV crew.
Drone operators from the Vostok group discovered an enemy stronghold in the Zaporizhzhia region and transmitted the coordinates to artillery. Gvozdika crews successfully destroyed the target.
20:18 In specialized laboratories, servicemen of the artillery brigade of the 58th Guards Combined Arms ArmycollectUAVs for combat missions in the Orekhov area in the Zaporizhzhia region.
16:54 Servicemen of the Center group sharpen skills in conducting assaults at training grounds in the rear area of the North Military District.
Under the guidance of experienced instructors, fighters practice various combat scenarios in an environment as close as possible to real combat conditions.
15:48 Drone crews of the Vostok group destroyed self-propelled artillery units and ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
UAV operators from the separate Varyag Unmanned Systems Brigade struck Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, equipment, and temporary deployment points.
14:29 From 8:00 to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 123 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vologda, Kaluga, Kursk, Novgorod, Oryol, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Krasnodar Territory.
14:06 Operators of the Kurier NRTK of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the West group provided Molniya-2 UAV crews with ammunition and components at positions in the Khar'kov region.
13:46 Ukrainian "Baba Yaga" and an enemy UAV launcher were destroyed in the Khar'kov region, video.
13:17 During the assault on Miropolye in the Sumy region, Russian motorized infantry, together with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems crews of the North group of forces knocked out Ukrainian militants were driven out of the village. Approaching enemy reserves were destroyed in advance by artillery.
12:19 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of May 2, 2026.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation
As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the North group of forces, control was established over the village of Miropolye in the Sumy region.
The formations of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Druzhba, Velyka Berezka and Kondratovka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar kov region, manpower and equipment of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kolodezne and Lyutovka in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost up to 250 military personnel, 16 vehicles, a field artillery gun and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the mechanized and assault brigades, the unmanned aerial systems regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the National Guard brigade near the settlements of Gorokhovatka, Druzhelyubovka, and Novosergiyevka in the Khar'kov region, and Mayaki and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles, 15 automobiles, three field artillery pieces, and five electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Roskoshnoye, Nikolaevka, Artema, Krivaya Luka, and Rai-Aleksandrivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 120 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 16 cars, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Kamenka, Novohryhorivka, Novonikolaevka, Maryevka, Dobropolye, Matyashevo, and Kucherov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Veseloe and Novopidgorodnoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 275 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, seven cars, a field artillery gun, and three electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airborne assault brigade, and four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Prosyanaya, Dobropasovo, and Pokrovskoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Vasynivka, Barvinivka, Lyubitske, Lesnoye, Omelnik, and Vozdvizhevka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost over 310 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, three cars and an artillery piece.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Schastlivoe, Yurkovka and Zaporozhets in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 40 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 11 vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groupings damaged Ukrainian military industry enterprises, military airfields, port infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, storage and launch sites for unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 152 districts.
09:28 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on May 1 to 8:00 Moscow time on May 2, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 215 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Novgorod, Oryol, Pskov, Rostov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
07:33 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Pokalyanoye was liberated
07:32 To the servicemen of the 1435th Motorized Rifle (Assault) Regiment of the Center group handed overstate awards in the SVO zone.
06:05 TOS-1A "Solntsepek" crew of the 35th Guards Regiment of the 35th Combined Arms Army of the "Vostok" group burned out long-term shelters for Ukrainian Armed Forces formations (near Charivne, Zaporizhia Oblast).
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[Regnum] Since the start of the special operation, the Russian Army has destroyed more than 140,000 drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Ukrainian Armed Forces). The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on May 2.
"In total, since the start of the special military operation, 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, and 140,399 unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed," the department clarified.
In addition, during the entire special operation, the Russian army destroyed 658 anti-aircraft missile systems, 29,127 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, as well as 1,712 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles, 34,710 field artillery pieces and mortars.
In April 2026, Russian air defense forces destroyed 9,372 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones over the country''s regions. The largest number of targets (693) were destroyed on April 6. On April 30, air defense crews intercepted 571 drones.
The payload limit of a **Shahed drone** varies by specific model, ranging from **120 kg** for the Mobin loitering munition to **400–500 kg** for larger combat UAVs.
* **Shahed-136 (Kamikaze/Loitering Munition):** Typically carries a **30–50 kg** high-explosive warhead, with some upgraded Russian variants (Geran-2) carrying up to **90 kg**.
* **Shahed-131:** A smaller variant with a payload capacity of approximately **20–40 kg**.
* **Shahed-191 (Saeqeh):** Can carry a combined payload of up to **100 kg** (e.g., two Sadid-1 missiles).
* **Shahed-129 (UCAV):** Designed for heavier loads with a maximum payload of **400 kg**.
* **Shahed-149 Gaza:** The largest in the family, capable of carrying **500 kg** of ordnance or electronic equipment.
* **Mobin (Loitering Munition):** Has a specified payload limit of **120 kg**.
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