02 May 2024 - Russia Special Weapons News

U.S. Weapons Are Coming To Ukraine. But Russian Forces Have The Momentum. RFE/RL 02 May 2024 -- Last week, Russian forces broke through Ukrainian lines in the village of Ocheretyne, building on momentum from the February capture of the industrial city of Avdiyivka about 25 kilometers to the southeast. Commanders quickly redeployed exhausted troops from another brigade that had been fighting in the area for more than a year.
Russian missile attack injures 14 in Odesa VOA 02 May 2024 -- Ukrainian officials said a Russian missile attack injured 14 people Thursday at a postal facility in the southern city of Odesa.

Russia uninterested in Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland VOA 02 May 2024 -- Russia said Thursday that it saw no point in attending a conference in Switzerland to discuss how to end the conflict in Ukraine.
Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 02 May 2024 -- Last night, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled the Kiev regime's attempt to launch terrorist attacks using fixed-wing UAVs against the facilities in the Russian Federation.
Ukraine's Total Military Casualties in Donetsk Region Reaches Up to 750 in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 02 May 2024 -- The Ukrainian armed forces have suffered up to 750 military casualties in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in the past 24 hours as a result of operations by Russian armed forces, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.
Russia rejects US accusation of violating chemical weapons ban in Ukraine Press TV 02 May 2024 -- Russia has rejected the United States claim that its forces in Ukraine had breached an international prohibition on chemical weapons by employing banned substances such as a prohibited choking agent.

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on marking 10 years since the May 2, 2014, tragedy in Odessa Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 May 2024

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy on Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 May 2024

New Measures in Response to Russia's Full-Scale War and Use of Chemical Weapons Against Ukraine US Dept. of State 02 May 2024 -- Since February 2022, the United States and its Allies and partners have imposed unprecedented restrictive economic measures on Russia to deprive the Kremlin of the revenue, technology, and materiel needed to resource its continuing invasion of Ukraine.

Russia: US has held UNSC 'hostage', does not represent body's position on Israel's Gaza war Press TV 02 May 2024 -- Russia says the United States has taken the United Nations Security Council "hostage," stressing that Washington does not reflect the body's stance on the current Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip.
Russia Calls for Independent International Investigation of Mass Graves in Gaza - Russian Envoy Sputnik 02 May 2024 -- Russia calls for an independent international investigation to bring to justice the perpetrators in relation to the reported mass graves in the Gaza Strip, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia said.

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