Here is the situation on Friday 3 May 2024.
Battler
- At least eight children were injured in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region when Russian guided bombs hit a site near the sports center where they were training.
- Human Rights Watch said Russia should be investigated for war crimes based on evidence that its forces executed at least 21 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender or had already surrendered between December 2023 and February 2024.
- Russia said it had captured the village of Berdychi in eastern Ukraine, about 12 km (7 miles) northwest of the Moscow-occupied town of Avdiivka. Kiev said its forces withdrew from the settlement over the weekend.
- The Kremlin has rejected US allegations that it used chloropicrin on the battlefield in Ukraine. Use of the chemical, which causes severe irritation to the eyes, skin and lungs, is banned in war.
Politics and diplomacy
- US National Intelligence Director Avril Haines, the country’s top spy, has said the war in Ukraine is unlikely to end soon, although Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to press ahead with aggressive tactics because he believes domestic developments and international are trending towards the future. his favor.
- French President Emmanuel Macron told the Economist newspaper that he did not rule out sending ground troops to Ukraine if Russia broke through the Ukrainian front and the Kiev government requested assistance.
- Ukraine has steadily requested more air defense equipment from its Western allies as its forces, outnumbered and outgunned, struggle to push back Russia in the war, now in its third year.
- Russia reiterated that it makes no sense for Switzerland to organize a peace conference in mid-June.
- The Swiss government said it had invited more than 160 delegations to the talks, but “at this stage” Russia was not among them because it had repeatedly stressed it had no interest in participating.
Weapons
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia used more than 300 missiles, about 300 Shahed-type drones and more than 3,200 guided bombs in April attacks on Ukraine.
- UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron visited Kiev and said the UK would rally Ukraine’s supporters next month to raise more funds for its embattled forces. Meeting Zelensky and other senior Ukrainian officials, Cameron detailed Britain’s “unequivocal support” to the country in the form of precision-guided bombs, missiles and air defense equipment for 100 mobile air defense teams.
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