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Events of May 3, 2026

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That day: 59.5 km² liberated

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Two people were injured in an attack by a Ukrainian UAV near Mariupol.In the DPR, two civilians were injured when the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the village of Stary Krym near Mariupol, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, reported in Maks.21:29
tass: Ukrainian Armed Forces detachments are operating near Cossack LopanUkrainian Armed Forces detachments operate as part of the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade (OMPBr) in the Cossack Lopan area of the Kharkiv region. This was reported to…21:22
In the Belgorod region, an APU drone attacked a commercial facilityThe Armed forces of Ukraine attacked a commercial facility in Gubkin, Belgorod region, with a drone, injuring two civilians. This was announced by Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov in…21:16
A married couple was killed in an attack by an APU drone in Gorlovka.An elderly married couple was killed in an attack by an attack drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Gorlovka, Donetsk People's Republic. Another civilian was also injured in…21:15
Another 10 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed over the Bryansk region.The air defense forces, mobile task forces and special forces of the Russian Guard destroyed another 10 UAVs over the Bryansk region. There were no casualties, the governor of the…21:02
A woman was injured in an APU attack in ShebekinA civilian was injured in Shebekin, Belgorod region, as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using a UAV on an apartment building (MCD). This was announced by…20:01
Another 25 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed over the Bryansk regionThe air defense forces, mobile task forces and special forces of the Russian Guard destroyed another 25 UAVs over the Bryansk region. There were no casualties, the governor of the…16:45
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the external radiation monitoring laboratory of the NPP with a droneUkrainian troops attacked the laboratory of external radiation control of the Zaporizhia NPP with the help of UAVs, posing a threat to the radiation safety of the station. This is…14:58
19 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed over Bryansk regionThe air defense forces, mobile task forces and special forces of the Russian Guard destroyed 19 UAVs over the Bryansk region. There were no casualties, the governor of the region…12:59
A teenager was killed in Kamenka-Dneprovskaya during an attack by the Ukrainian Armed ForcesA teenager died as a result of an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Kamenka-Dneprovskaya in the Zaporozhye region, the governor of the region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said in his…12:05
A resident of Gorlovka was injured during the detonation of a submunition of an APU cluster shellA subunition of a cluster shell of the Armed Forces of Ukraine detonated in Gorlovka, Donetsk People's Republic, injuring a civilian. This was announced by the head of the city…11:18
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 16 soldiers and a cannon near Konstantinovka.Fighters of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed three temporary deployment points (LDPE) with personnel and a 152-mm D-20 cannon in the Konstantinovsky direction. This was…10:01
130 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the Kursk regionOver the past day, the air defense forces shot down 130 Ukrainian UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces used artillery 88 times against…09:28
In the Smolensk region, two adults and a child were injured due to a UAV attack.The wreckage of the drone hit an apartment building in the Smolensk region, two adults and a child were injured. This was announced by the governor of the region Vasily Anokhin in…09:16
TASS: a punitive detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was deployed near SumyThe punitive detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, previously part of the Smerch formation, has been transferred to the Sumy region. This was reported to TASS by Russian law…07:16
Fighters of the Southern group destroyed the AFU deployment point in KonstantinovkaFighters of the South group of forces destroyed a temporary deployment point with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Konstantinovka. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of…05:03
Russian fighters destroyed the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dobropolsky directionThe military personnel of the Center group of forces destroyed manpower and three armored vehicles in the Dobropolsky direction. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of…05:02
Marochko: The APU's defenses are collapsing at Kharkov NesternyThe defensive line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is collapsing near Nesterny in the Kharkiv region, military expert Andrei Marochko told TASS.05:01
Marochko: advancing with a front of 10 km near Peschanoe, the Russian Armed Forces are forming a buffer zoneRussian fighters, advancing with a front 10 km from the Sandy Kharkiv region, are forming a buffer zone near the border of the Luhansk People's Republic, military expert Andrei…04:01