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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 02.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 02 May 2023

Ukraine

• Ukraine Determined To Hold Bakhmut, Commander Says As Shelling Kills Four In Kherson RFE/RL 02 May 2023 -- A Ukrainian military commander on May 2 vowed not to give up the eastern city of Bakhmut as Russian forces shelled the southern Kherson region for the second night in a row and as an explosion caused another freight train to derail in Russia.
• We are preparing a large sanctions package, the decision will be made soon - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 02 May 2023
• President of Ukraine had a meeting with President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal President of Ukraine 02 May 2023
• The decision on Ukraine's accession to NATO is the best way to speed up the end of the war and guarantee peace in Europe - Andriy Yermak in an interview for the Dutch media President of Ukraine 02 May 2023

Russia

• Launch of tram service in Mariupol President of Russia 02 May 2023 -- Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in a ceremony to mark the resumption of tram service in Mariupol.
• Opening address of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu during the teleconference with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation leadership Russia MoD 02 May 2023
• Russia says German arms supplies to Ukraine pushing Berlin deeper into war Press TV 02 May 2023 -- Russia has warned that Germany is increasingly getting involved in the Ukraine war due to arms supplies Berlin has offered to Kiev.

United States

• Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing DoD 02 May 2023
• Arkansas National Guard unit assumes command of Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine Army News 02 May 2023 -- More than 150 Soldiers from the Arkansas Army National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team took charge of the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine during a transfer of authority ceremony on April 28.

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Press statement by President von der Leyen with Czech President Pavel European Commission 02 May 2023
• Commission adopts exceptional and temporary preventive measures on limited imports from Ukraine European Commission 02 May 2023 -- The European Commission has today adopted exceptional and temporary preventive measures on imports of a limited number of products from Ukraine under the exceptional safeguard of the Autonomous Trade Measures Regulation.

News Reports

• 'Human Flesh, It Cannot Survive': Russian Infantry 'No Match For Western Weapons,' British Analyst Says RFE/RL 02 May 2023 -- British Army Colonel Hamish Stephen de Bretton-Gordon is a military analyst who formerly commanded NATO and U.K. chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear reaction troops.
• Latest in Ukraine: US to Send $300 Million in Weapons to Ukraine VOA 02 May 2023 -- The United States is sending Ukraine about $300 million in military aid, with the official announcement expected as early as Wednesday, U.S. officials said, as Ukraine gears up for a spring counteroffensive.
• 'Do They Fear Large Crowds?': In The Shadow Of War Against Ukraine, Kremlin Scales Back Victory Day Commemorations RFE/RL 02 May 2023 -- With Moscow deeply embroiled in a costly invasion of neighboring Ukraine that has no clear resolution in sight, Victory Day on May 9 will look starkly different in Russia this year.