These are the key events on the 1,162 of the Russian War in Ukraine.
This is where things are on Thursday, May 1:
Struggle
- The Russian drones attacked the Puerto del Mar Negro de Odesa de Ukrania early on Thursday, causing fires and damaging homes and infrastructure, said the regional governor.
- In Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine in Northeast, the mayor said that another Russian drone had hit a service station in the city center, causing a fire.
- The Ukraine SBU security agency attributed the responsibility of a drone strike in a defense manufacturing center in Russia. The strike at the Murom instrument construction plant, 300 km (186 miles) east of Moscow, caused a fire and damaged two buildings, said the governor of the region.
- The Russian air defense units destroyed 34 Ukrainian drones during the night, Russian news agencies reported, citing the country's ministry of defense.
- The main military commander of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskii, said the Russian forces have significantly increased the intensity of their combat activity in eastern Ukraine, despite the fact that Moscow declares a high fire of three days from May 8 to 10.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin said that some small groups of Ukrainian soldiers were still hidden in basements and hiding places in the western region of Kursk in Russia. Moscow states that he expelled the Ukrainian forces of the border region during the weekend.
- The Kremlin said at least 288 civilians were killed during the incursion of Ukraine in Kursk.
- The legislators of South Korea, citing the intelligence agency of their country, said that around 600 North Korean troops have been killed that fight for Russia against Ukraine for a total deployment of 15,000.
- The legislators of the United States have asked the State Department to report them on the use of Chinese combatants in Russia in their war in Ukraine, saying that Moscow could only use Chinese mercenaries with the “tacit approval” of Beijing.
Diplomacy
- The United States and Ukraine have signed a long -awaited agreement that gives Washington access to kyiv minerals in exchange for investment in defense and reconstruction of Ukraine.
- The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said he believes that Putin wants to stop the Russian war in Ukraine, despite the recent attacks against the besieged nation.
- “If it weren't for me, I think I would like to take care of the whole country,” Trump told the ABC news station. “I will tell you that I was not happy when I saw Putin shooting missiles in some towns and cities.”
- Meanwhile, the Kremlin said that Putin is open to peace in Ukraine and that the intense work is happening with the United States, but the conflict is so complicated that the rapid progress that Washington wants is difficult to achieve.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also said that Putin had expressed his willingness to direct conversations with Ukraine, but that there was still no kyiv response.
- The Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Andrii Sybiha, replied saying that Ukraine was ready for peace conversations in any format if Moscow was registered in a high unconditional fire. Putin has welcomed the idea in principle, but said that many problems should be solved in practice before such a fire can be agreed.
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and stressed Canada's commitment to support Ukraine to achieve lasting peace and security.
- The European Union is preparing a “plan B” on how to maintain economic sanctions against Russia if the Trump administration leaves Ukraine peace conversations and seeks the approach with Moscow, said EU Kaja Kaja Kallas Diplomat Kallas to the Financial Times.
- The EU says that 16 Member States seek exemptions from the public debt rules so that they can increase defense expenditure while the continent seeks to reissue after the invasion of Russia of Ukraine and Trump's position on European security.
