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Combat Operations

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 05.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 05 May 2023
• Fight For Bakhmut Picks Up Ahead of May 9 Celebration In Russia RFE/RL 05 May 2023 -- The Ukrainian military reported on May 5 that fresh Russian reinforcements were being brought into Bakhmut, a city in the Donetsk region where fighting has intensified. The region has been at the epicenter of Moscow's push in eastern Ukraine, while Russia continued the shelling of southern Ukraine.
• Drone attack hits oil refinery in Russia's Rostov region People's Daily 05 May 2023 -- A fire broke out at an oil refinery in southern Russia's Rostov region after a drone crashed into the plant, the region's governor said Thursday.

Ukraine

• Ukraine Welcomes Lifting of Ban on Grain Shipments to Neighbors VOA 05 May 2023 -- The Polish ban on Ukrainian agricultural products last month sent a shock wave across Ukraine, which lost $143 million in a month, Deputy Minister of Economy Taras Kachka told an audience at the Brussels Economic Forum on Friday.
• President holds meeting with world's largest investment company on creation of fund for rebuilding Ukraine President of Ukraine 05 May 2023
• President meets with delegation of Venice Commission President of Ukraine 05 May 2023
• We are doing everything so that the world hears Ukraine, understands and helps our state - address of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 05 May 2023
• President of Ukraine meets with delegation of representatives of U.S. Congress President of Ukraine 05 May 2023
• OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights published a report on Russia's violation of the rights of Ukrainian children and their forced deportation President of Ukraine 05 May 2023
• Two more areas added to United24: "Education and Science" and "Demining" - Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking at United24 Summit President of Ukraine 05 May 2023
• Over the year, the United24 fundraising platform raised more than $325 million in contributions President of Ukraine 05 May 2023
• President of Ukraine had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain President of Ukraine 05 May 2023

Russia

• Wagner Chief Threatens To Pull Forces Out Of Bakhmut, Escalating Feud With Russian Officials RFE/RL 05 May 2023 -- Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has threatened to pull out all of his mercenary forces from the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a dramatic escalation of his ongoing feud with the Russian Defense Ministry over supplies and support.
• Lavrov vows 'concrete actions' in response to Kremlin drone attack Press TV 05 May 2023 -- Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says Wednesday's drone attack on the Kremlin was a "hostile act", pledging that Russia will respond with "concrete actions".
• Ukraine's Counteroffensive May Start in Coming Hours or Days - Zaporozhye Governor Sputnik 05 May 2023 -- Acting governor of the Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, warned on Friday that the counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops in the region would be launched in the coming days or hours.
• FSB Uncovers Sabotage Group of Ukrainian Special Services Agents in Zaporozhye Region Sputnik 05 May 2023 -- The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday that it had uncovered a sabotage group consisting of Ukrainian special services agents that was plotting a terrorist attack against one of the head officers of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP).
• Lavrov: Ukraine's Denial of Kremlin Drone Attack Does Not Deserve to Be Believed Sputnik 05 May 2023 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Kiev's and Washington's denial that they were involved in the attack on the Kremlin does not mean they can be believed.
• Russia says Washington behind drone attack on Kremlin People's Daily 05 May 2023 -- Russia has evidence showing that the United States and Ukraine were behind the recent drone attack on the Kremlin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.
• Moscow condemns Ukraine for Kremlin drone attack while Kiev denies involvement People's Daily 05 May 2023 -- Russia on Thursday condemned Ukraine for a drone attack on the Kremlin, while Kiev denied involvement in the alleged strike.

United States

NATO

• Tsahkna meeting with Stoltenberg: Ukraine's only security guarantee is NATO membership Estonia MFA 05 May 2023 -- Today 5 May, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the Alliance's continued support for Ukraine and preparations for the Vilnius summit.

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Ukraine/Russia: Statement by the Spokesperson on latest targeting of civilian facilities European External Action Service (EEAS) 05 May 2023 -- This week marked another escalation in Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine with increasingly indiscriminate and bloody shelling of civilian areas. Missile and drone strikes targeted again Odesa and the capital Kyiv.
• Sweden and UK cooperating on increased military support to Ukraine Government Offices of Sweden 05 May 2023 -- On Thursday 16 March, the Government presented a strategic partnership with the United Kingdom to support Ukraine.

News Reports

• Latest in Ukraine: Zelenskyy Wants Investigation Into Russia's 'Crime of Aggression' VOA 05 May 2023 -- Ukraine shot down one of its own drones that was malfunctioning over central Kyiv on Thursday evening.
• 'I Didn't Know He Was Dead': Hundreds Of Wagner Mercenaries Have Been Quietly Buried In An Isolated Russian Cemetery RFE/RL 05 May 2023 -- "I didn't know he was dead," said Nadezhda Skaleyush after learning that her father's grave had been found in a cemetery for Russian mercenaries killed in Ukraine. "But the date on the grave is his."