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Ukraine's Air Force has said it shot down its own drone that lost control over Kyiv on the evening of Thursday, May 4. Ukraine's Air Force Command said this in a post on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. "On May 4, around 20:00 in the Kyiv region, a Bayraktar TB2 UAV lost control during a planned flight," the post said. Read also: Falling drone debris causes fire in Pecherskyi district in Kyiv The uncontrolled presence of drones in the sky of the Ukrainian capital could lead to undesirable consequences, so the decision was made to shoot down the UAV. "The target…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Dutch Minister of Defense Kajsa Ollongren have visited a Royal Netherlands Air Force base. According to an Ukrinform correspondent, samples of the military equipment that has already been transferred to Ukraine were demonstrated during the visit. In addition to the equipment, the Dutch team that prepared the equipment for delivery to Ukraine was introduced. "I thank everyone in the Netherlands who helps us. Military equipment goes from here to Ukraine, directly to the battlefield," Zelensky said. He also thanked the Netherlands for training Ukrainian military personnel and treating wounded Ukrainian…

Russian occupation forces attacked the positions of the defenders of the Tavria direction 24 times over the previous day. In turn, the Defense Forces completed 872 fire missions, with enemy losses in killed and wounded amounting to almost two companies. The Commander of the Tavria Operational and Strategic Group of Troops, General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Avdiivka and Maryinka directions. Over the past day, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian troops in the Tavria direction 24 times. They were unsuccessful and…

Ukrainian defenders killed 133 invaders and injured 176 others near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, in the past 24 hours. Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for the Eastern Grouping of Troops of Ukraine's Armed Forces, said this on national television, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "Today Bakhmut is the main target of the enemy, the focus of all their attacking efforts. In the past 24 hours, they attacked our positions in this area 19 times and fired at our positions 229 times, using various systems and calibers of gun and rocket artillery. They also carried out two air attacks. On the other hand, repelling…

During the night attack on Odesa, the Russian army launched drones in an unusual way - through the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region. The Head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine Natalia Humeniuk said this during a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine Odesa, Ukrinform reports. "15 Shahed 131 and Shahed 136 drones were launched from the direction of the Azov Sea. Using the landscape features, they tried to launch them in an unusual way through the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region. This is a workaround," Humeniuk said. Read also: Twelve…

The Netherlands, together with its partners, is working out options for the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, there are no taboos in this matter. Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte said this during a joint press conference with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander de Croo in The Hague, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. In particular, according to Rutte, there is no taboo on the provision of F-16 jets to Ukraine. "We are working intensively with our partners – Belgium, Great Britain, Denmark, and others – to somehow bring this discussion to a…

Twenty-six Crimean political prisoners are currently in critical health condition. The Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Tamila Tasheva told this in an interview with Ukrinform. "According to the Crimean Solidarity, 26 Crimean political prisoners are currently in critical condition. Amet Suleymanov has serious health problems. He has a bad heart, and he was even left under house arrest while the trial was going on. The illegal verdict of the Russian-controlled 'court' against Amet - staying in a strict regime colony - means that the political prisoner may not survive," Tasheva said. According…

Compared to the previous day, a tendency to escalation is observed in Avdiyivka and Maryinka directions. In particular, 24 attempts to assault the positions of Ukrainian troops in these sections were recorded over the past day. "The tactics of the Russian Federation remain unchanged, they conduct ‘meat’ assaults. Sometimes assault groups advance without the support of artillery or heavy equipment at all," Colonel Serhiy Teliatytskyi, head of the joint press center of the Defense Forces of Tavria direction, said during the national news telethon. As noted, the enemy suffered significant losses in Tavria direction: "About two companies of occupiers’ personnel…

As of 12:00 on May 4, Russian forces shelled border districts of Chernihiv and Sumy regions six times. The Operational Command North wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. From 09:50 to 10:00, three hits, presumably from a 120mm mortar, were recorded in the area of Khrinivka. From 10:20 to 11:00, 15 hits, presumably from an 82mm mortar, were recorded in the area of Rivne. Around 10:08, three strikes, presumably missiles were fired from a helicopter, were recorded in the area of Buchky. From 10:55 to 11:10, six hits, presumably from a 120mm mortar, were recorded between the settlement of Kliusy…

On May 3, units of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated six Russian soldiers and destroyed an enemy artillery system and a mortar. The Ukrainian Naval Forces announced this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Last day, the personnel of the Marine Corps units and other units of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 6 invaders, one artillery system, one unit of automobile equipment, one attack drone and one mortar," the report says. Read also: War update: Ukraine’s Air Force launches 13 strikes on enemy positions The enemy’s final losses are being verified. As…