Here is the situation on Thursday 2 May 2024.
Battler
- Odessa regional governor Oleh Kiper said at least 14 people were injured after Russia hit a postal depot with a ballistic missile, triggering a large fire. It was the third missile attack on the Black Sea port city in as many days.
- At least two people were killed and six injured after a Russian missile attack on the town of Hirnyk, just over 12 km from the front line in Maryinka, in the eastern Donetsk region.
- Two people were ultimately killed and 13 injured after Russia dropped two guided bombs on the city of Zolochiv in the northeastern Kharkiv region, about 15 km from the Russian border.
- Oleh Shyriaiev, commander of Ukraine’s 225th separate assault battalion, which is among the forces defending the eastern strategic stronghold of Khasiv Yar, told the Reuters news agency that his unit was in desperate need of ammunition, in particularly of artillery shells, as they face almost constant attacks from the Russian side. drones.
- New drone footage obtained by the Associated Press news agency showed how months of relentless Russian artillery pounding devastated Khasiv Yar. The city was once home to 12,000 people, but footage reveals that it is now almost deserted with barely a single building left intact.
- The United States has accused Russia of violating an international ban on chemical weapons by using chloropicrin, a suffocation agent, against Ukrainian troops. Chloropicrin is listed as a banned agent by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) based in The Hague. The United States said Moscow was also deploying riot control agents “as a method of warfare” in Ukraine.
- Russia said Ukrainian drone attacks caused power outages in villages in the central Oryol and southern Kursk regions. A Ukrainian drone also hit a Russian oil refinery in Ryazan, about 190 km south-east of Moscow.
Politics and diplomacy
- The United States announced new sanctions against nearly 300 companies over Russia’s war in Ukraine, targeting Moscow’s circumvention of existing restrictions, including through China. Sanctions were imposed on 20 companies based in China and Hong Kong, including one that allegedly exported items used in the production of drones.
Weapons
- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has ordered an increase in weapons production for the war in Ukraine and said deliveries will also need to be speeded up.
- Moscow set up a display of Western tanks and military equipment captured from Russian forces in Ukraine, saying the “Trophies of the Russian Army” exhibit demonstrated that Western assistance would not prevent Russia from succeeding in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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