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MK is broadcasting events around Ukraine online. Day 435 is coming. The day before, it was reported about the attack of two drones on the Kremlin, no one was injured in the incident. In Taman, after the attack of drones, a fire broke out at an oil depot. It was also reported about the prevention of assassination attempts on a number of Crimean officials.
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Odessa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov was taken into custody by decision of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court. We are talking about the case of embezzling more than 92 million hryvnias when buying the administrative building of the bankrupt Krayan plant.
Note that earlier Trukhanov advocated negotiations with Russia.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a press conference in the Netherlands that Kiev understands that it cannot join NATO during the conflict, but wants to receive a «clear signal» that the country will be accepted into the alliance after its completion.
Kiev plans to evacuate the entire civilian population from Avdiivka in the near future, Sergey Telyatitsky, head of the joint center of Ukrainian troops in the Tauride direction, said on Thursday.
The Russian Ministry of Defense published a summary for Thursday, May 4:
< p>— In the LPR and the Kherson region, the command and observation posts of the units of two brigades and the center of special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit;
— The RF Armed Forces destroyed the fuel storage of the Ukrainian group of troops in the Kirovograd region;
— The Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction destroyed up to 255 Ukrainian soldiers in a day;
— Russian troops destroyed up to 70 soldiers and one tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansk direction in a day;
— The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 54th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Belogorovka;
— The Russian Armed Forces struck units of three brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Krasnoe, on the southwestern outskirts of Artemovsk and Grigorovka;
— The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 30 people in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
— Russian air defense intercepted 9 MLRS HIMARS, "Hurricane" and «Smerch», destroyed 14 UAVs;
— The actions of six Ukrainian DRGs were stopped in the Kupyansk direction.
Baza: drones attacking the Kremlin noticed more in the Moscow region, but did not respond properly.
Electricity distribution systems were damaged in seven regions of Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported. They said that the past day was difficult for the country's energy system.
Prigozhin assessed the possibility of a nuclear strike after the attack on the Kremlin.
Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the celebrations on the occasion of Victory Day will be held as usual.
«The parade is being prepared, the president will perform, as is usually the case,» he said.
< p> Rogozin called for the use of tactical nuclear weapons before the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Dmitry Peskov refused to give specific examples of how Moscow could respond to the attack of Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin.
According to him, «options can be very different,» adding that «we can only talk about thoughtful, balanced steps that meet the interests of our country.»
Peskov left Dmitry Medvedev's statement without comment about the fact that after the incident, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky is a legitimate target for Moscow.
Peskov about Putin's reaction to the attack on the Kremlin: in difficult, extreme situations, he always behaves calmly, collectedly, clearly gives commands.< /p>
Vladimir Zelensky arrived at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. On Thursday, he is scheduled to meet with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and deliver a speech in The Hague.
"Vasilyevka (Zaporozhye region) under fire from the UAF militants. At the moment, this small town is under fire from heavy weapons. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified. Alas, there are definitely wounded,” Rogov wrote in his Telegram channel.
An air raid alert has been declared in the Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, as well as in the parts of Kherson and Zaporozhye regions controlled by Kiev, according to the data of the online map of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of the country.
Expert Kulikovsky named the target Kiev's attacks on Russian oil depots.
A video of a trained eagle intercepting a drone has appeared.
Russian fighters destroyed three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Kupyansk direction, said the head of the press center of the Zapad group Sergey Zybinsky.
A large column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine moved towards Seversk in the Bakhmut district. This was reported in the power structures of the LPR, TASS reports.
The press service of the Investigative Committee reported that investigators have begun an investigation into the shelling of Donetsk, the fall of a drone in the Krasnodar Territory and the attack on the village of Tetkino in the Kursk region .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky left Finland for the Netherlands. There he plans to meet with the country's prime minister, the heads of the foreign and defense ministries. This was reported by the newspaper Politico with reference to a Dutch official.
In the city of Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, an industrial enterprise, power lines and a gas pipeline were damaged. This was announced by the head of the regional administration, Sergei Lysak.
The Ukrainian Shark drone was shot down near Belgorod, the Mash telegram channel reports.
The Shark UAV is designed to reconnaissance and adjust the direction of missile strikes, in including from HIMARS.
Chairman of the Zaporozhye movement «We are together with Russia» Volodymyr Rogov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had accumulated sufficiently large forces at the forefront to launch a counteroffensive in the Zaporozhye region.
A fire at an oil refinery occurred in the village of Ilsky in the Kuban last night, a fuel tank caught fire. Previously, the fire could have started after an attack by an unknown drone.
The fire was completely extinguished at 5:17 am.