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Update from May 4th, 10 p.m.:
During the day, a drone was shot down over the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
Ukrainian sources initially said it was a Russian drone.
However, several Russian and Ukrainian sources are now reporting that the drone that was shot down was actually a Ukrainian one.
This has since been confirmed by the Ukrainian Air Force in a message on Facebook.
The drone was a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 and they were shot down because they lost control of the drone and wanted to prevent “undesirable consequences”.
"It's a shame, but that's technology and things like this happen.
It is probably a technical fault, the reasons are being determined," the statement said.
#Ukraine: A Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 UCAV was shot down by a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile over Kyiv in an example of friendly fire.
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— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 4, 2023
Update from May 4th, 8:25 p.m .:
The Russian armed forces have continued their attacks in eastern Ukraine.
Once again, the city of Bakhmut was the focus of events, the Ukrainian general staff reported in its situation report in the evening.
A total of around 50 Russian attacks were repulsed at Bakhmut, Limansk and Marjinka.
"Russian occupying forces continue to suffer heavy casualties on the battlefield and all medical facilities in the temporarily occupied areas are overflowing with wounded occupying soldiers," it said.
The information provided by the military could not be independently verified.
Tanks, drones, anti-aircraft defenses: weapons for Ukraine
Tanks, drones, anti-aircraft defenses: weapons for Ukraine
Ukraine war: Wagner boss Prigozhin complains about "thousands of dead bodies"
Update from May 4, 6 p.m.:
Russia is apparently currently preparing for the expected counter-offensive by the Ukrainian army.
According to reports, the Kremlin has already ordered the digging of mass graves for possible victims - even within its own borders.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, also complained about the poor equipment and fatalities within his own troops: "Every day we have stacks of thousands of corpses that we pack in the coffin and send home," said Prigozhin in an interview with the Russian military blogger Semyon Pegov.
He once again blamed the Russian army leadership.
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A soldier of the Wagner Group near the Bakhmut front line.
(archive photo)
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Ukraine War: Multiple explosions in Chernihiv and Sumy
Update from May 4, 4:40 p.m .:
In the border areas of the Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts, there were apparently dozens of Russian attacks on Thursday.
Within a period of around three hours, there were 35 small to medium-sized explosions, the Operational Command Pivnich North reported on Facebook.
So far, however, nothing is known about the possible number of victims.
The information has not yet been independently confirmed.
However, several photos are circulating on Twitter and Telegram that are supposed to show the surcharges in the regions.
Ukraine war: US denies involvement in alleged drone attack
Update from May 4, 3:35 p.m .:
A Pentagon spokesman denied US involvement in the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin and accused Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov of lying.
"I would simply tell you that Mr. Peskow is lying.
I mean, that's obviously a ridiculous claim.
The United States had nothing to do with it.
We don't even know what happened here," said John Kirby, White House communications director.
Russia has previously accused the United States of being behind the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin.
“We know that the decision on such acts and acts of terrorism is not made in Kiev, but in Washington.
And Kiev carries out what they are told," Peskov said, according to the
Interfax
news agency , without providing any evidence.
Ukraine War: Russia deploys numerous drones against targets
Update from May 4, 10:25 a.m .:
According to Ukrainian information, Russia used up to 24 combat drones against targets in Ukraine on Thursday night (May 4).
18 of them were shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force said in the online service Telegram.
According to the information, the Shahed drones were Type 131 and 136. The drones of this type, manufactured in Iran, can transport between 35 and 50 kilograms of explosives.
The Russian army regularly uses the drones in Ukraine.
The head of the Kiev military administration, Serhiy Popko, said that according to initial information, "all enemy missiles" and unmanned aerial vehicles over the Ukrainian capital were destroyed by anti-aircraft forces.
According to him, it was the third day of May with attempted attacks on Kiev.
"Since the beginning of the year, our city has not experienced such an intensity of attacks," Popko said.
Debris from the downed drones fell on different parts of Kiev.
But there were no injuries.
Ukraine War: Russian Tank Farms Vulnerable According to London
Update from May 4, 9:15 a.m .:
British secret services see a weak point in the Russian army in tank farms near the Russian-Ukrainian border.
Since the beginning of the year, these have been repeatedly damaged, especially those near the border and in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories, the British Ministry of Defense said in a brief report on Twitter on Thursday.
Just a few days ago, a tank farm caught fire near the Crimean Bridge after a drone attack.
London suspects that the frequency of these attacks will have consequences: Moscow will probably be forced to reorganize its logistics and protect the fuel better or store it in less threatened areas, it said.
Ukraine War: Fire in Russian oil refinery
Update from May 4, 7:05 a.m .:
In Russia, according to the state news agency Tass, a fire broke out in an oil refinery in the south of the country after another drone attack.
As Tass reported on Thursday, citing civil protection, the fire broke out after an attack by an "unidentified drone" in the settlement of Ilski in the Krasnodar Territory near the Black Sea.
In recent days, Russian authorities have reported a series of drone strikes, describing one of them as an attempted assassination of President Vladimir Putin.
Regarding the incident in the Krasnodar region, regional governor Veniamin Kondratiev said the fire had spread over an area of 400 square meters, but was quickly extinguished by emergency services.
On Wednesday night, the regional administration reported a fire in an oil storage facility in the town of Volna, near the bridge to the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula, and also blamed a drone crash.
A few hours later, Moscow reported the shooting down of two drones aimed at the Kremlin in Moscow - and accused Ukraine of planning an "act of terrorism".
Kiev had declared that it had nothing to do with the incident - and accused Russia of staging the incident.
Ukraine war: US warns of missile attacks
Update from May 3, 10:30 p.m .:
In view of Russia’s intensified rhetoric, which accuses Ukraine of a drone attack on the Kremlin, the United States is warning of increased rocket attacks.
Among other things, the Ukrainian capital Kiev and the surrounding region should be the primary target of the Russian armed forces.
"Given the recent spike in attacks in Ukraine and Moscow's inflammatory rhetoric, the State Department warns U.S. citizens of an ongoing heightened risk of missile attacks, including in Kiev and Kiev Oblast," the embassy said in a security advisory.
In the warning, the embassy urged citizens to "heed the air alert, protect themselves appropriately and follow the instructions of local authorities."
Ukraine War: Selenskyj apparently visits the Netherlands
Update from May 3, 9:50 p.m .:
According to media reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj is on his way to the Netherlands.
The ANP news agency and the
NOS
TV station
reported that he flew out of Helsinki on the Dutch government plane on Wednesday evening
.
It is Zelenskyi's first visit to the Netherlands and it was not previously announced.
According to reports, Selenskyj is to give a speech this Thursday.
The government in The Hague has not yet confirmed the reports.
The Netherlands has so far provided Ukraine with military aid of around 1.2 billion euros for its defense against Russia's war of aggression.
Ukraine war: Russia's ex-president calls for "elimination" of Zelenskyy
Update from May 3, 8:40 p.m .:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has accused Russia of fabricating an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin.
"We're not attacking either Putin or Moscow, we're fighting on our own territory and defending our villages and towns," the 45-year-old said at a press conference in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, on Wednesday.
Moscow is dreaming up something like this because Russia has already lost the war against Ukraine that began a little over 14 months ago.
The Kremlin is trying to motivate its soldiers for the war against Kiev.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, meanwhile, called for Zelenskyy's "elimination" in response.
"After today's act of terrorism, there is no other option than the physical elimination of Zelenskyy and his clique," Medvedev wrote on Telegram.
In his eyes, Zelenskyy "is not needed to sign the surrender of Ukraine," Medvedev wrote.
"As is well known, Hitler did not sign any either." Medvedev continued to write that a deputy like Hitler's brief successor, Admiral Karl Dönitz, would certainly be found in the Ukraine.
Ukraine War: Russia shoots down drones over occupied Crimea
Update from May 3, 7:30 p.m .:
According to the authorities, the Russian air defense on the occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea located drones flying in and shot at them.
At least two unmanned missiles were shot down in the southeast, the Russian state agency
TASS
reported , citing local authorities.
The population was asked to remain calm despite the air raid alarm.
The peninsula has been the target of Ukrainian drone attacks several times in the past few days.
Last weekend, a fuel reservoir in the port city of Sevastopol was hit and set on fire by such an attack.
According to Kiev, the drone attacks, which Ukraine has not specifically acknowledged, are being used to prepare for the planned counter-offensive to recapture Russian-held areas.
Ukraine war: Prigozhin warns of 'tragedy' for Russia
First report from May 1st
: Kiev – Yevgeny Prigozhin is already expecting a “tragedy” for Russia.
The Wagner boss said in an interview with Russian military blogger Semyon Pegow published on Sunday (April 30) that he expects the start of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in mid-May.
"This counter-offensive could become a tragedy for our country," he added.
Prigozhin is an ally of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, but is involved in a power struggle with the Russian Defense Ministry and the top military.
In Ukraine, the Wagner group is currently primarily involved in the Battle of Bakhmut.
The fighting for the city in eastern Ukraine has been going on for months.
Ukraine war: Putin 'fragmented' his military, experts say
Putin's decision to "invade Ukraine without a clear and doctrinaire command structure" is now affecting Russian soldiers in the war zone.
This has now been analyzed by the US Institute for War Studies (ISW).
"Putin's regular shifts in command have resulted in an increasingly fragmented Russian military and disorganized command structure," the military experts write.
A "coherent" campaign is not possible.
While disparate factions within the Russian military are not uncommon, they said, the current dynamic is "unusual."
War in Ukraine: Train derails after being blown up near Ukraine border
According to the authorities, a freight train derailed after a rail blast in Bryansk, Russia, near the border with Ukraine.
There are no injuries.
Traffic on the route has been temporarily suspended.
According to media reports, the train was loaded with oil and timber products.
A fuel depot in Sevastopol in Crimea, annexed by Russia, was set on fire by a drone attack at the weekend.
According to observers, the attacks on the Russian supply lines are in preparation for an imminent counteroffensive.
(frs/nak with dpa material)
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