Ukraine – Russia war, the news of May 4th

Kiev: “A Russian plane shot down in Donetsk”

The Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft in the Donetsk region. This was stated during his evening speech by the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. “I would like to give special mention to the soldiers of the 110th separate mechanized brigade for shooting down another Russian Su-25 in Donetsk Oblast today,” he announced, according to ‘Ukrainska Pravda’. “Despite severe Russian pressure, despite all the difficulties of the situation, now our soldiers are destroying the occupiers,” he added.

Gur warning: “Russia can conquer the Baltics in 7 days”

Russia is advancing on the Ukrainian battlefield and could “take the Baltics in seven days” if Kiev’s allies do not step up their support. The alarm was raised by the number two of the Ukrainian military secret service (GUR), General Vadim Skibitski. “The Russians will take the Baltics in seven days. NATO’s reaction time is ten days,” Skibitsky said in an interview with The Economist.

Poroshenko also on Moscow’s wanted list

In addition to Volodymyr Zelensky, the Russian Interior Ministry has also included the former Ukrainian president on the wanted list Petro Porshenko. The press agency writes it Ria Novosti. As with the Ukrainian president, the formal accusations made by Moscow were not disclosed for his predecessor.

Moscow puts Zelensky on the wanted list

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has entered Volodymyr Zelensky on the wanted list, as shown in the department’s database, the news agency writes Ria Novosti. “Vladimir Alexandrovich Zelensky, January 25, 1978. Wanted under an article of the Criminal Code,” appears in the search database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The crime for which he is wanted has not been disclosed. The place of birth of the wanted person is also indicated in the database: Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region, Ukraine.

Zelensky, timely decisions on Ukraine’s air defense

“Timely and adequate decisions on the air defense of Ukraine, timely supply of weapons to our soldiers – this is what we need right now to protect human lives”: the Ukrainian president writes on Volodymyr Zelensky. “This week alone, terrorists have carried out more than 380 attacks on our cities and regions,” continues Zelensky, citing the regions of Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Odessa. “And this happens every week of this war,” he adds. “The daily and deliberate Russian terror against people, our cities and villages can be stopped. Partners have all the necessary systems, all the necessary weapons so that Ukraine can protect life – concludes the message -. Thank you to all leaders and states who understand that prompt delivery and full implementation of the agreements is what protects not only Ukrainians, but also every nation that could be targeted by Russian terrorism.”

GB, Russian losses will increase with offensive resumption in the East

The daily average of 899 dead and wounded Russian soldiers in Ukraine last month was in line with that recorded since the beginning of 2024, but this level is likely to rise again in the next two months following the resumption of the offensive in East of the country: the British Ministry of Defense writes so in its intelligence update. The expected increase, reads the report published on According to the British Ministry of Defence, Russian losses have exceeded 465,000 since the start of the war. “It is likely that, despite the extreme cost in terms of human lives, Russia has fully adapted its armed forces to the war of attrition that relies on mass rather than quality,” the report concludes. “This dependence on mass almost certainly will continue for the duration of the war in Ukraine and will have lasting effects on Russia’s future military.”

Moscow, hybrid attacks? Disinformation and anti-Russian hysteria from NATO

Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, defined as “disinformation” the accusations made by NATO according to which Russia had conducted hybrid attacks against the countries of the alliance. It reports it Tax. “The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the leaderships of individual member states are doing what they do best: disinformation, increasing the degree of anti-Russian hysteria to justify the unprecedented scale of the militarization of Europe,” he declared Zakharova.

Russia shoots down 4 Atacms missiles launched against Crimea

Four Atacms missiles launched by Ukrainian forces against Crimea shot down by the Russians. The Moscow Ministry of Defense announced this on its Telegram channel, according to which “last night an attempt by the Kiev regime to conduct a terrorist attack with American tactical missiles against targets in the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped”.

Isw, Moscow’s actions against Lugansk newborns are genocide

Authorities in the occupied Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine are threatening mothers in hospitals with their newborns if neither parent can prove they have Russian citizenship, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports. , commenting that these actions violate Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The head of the Lugansk Military Administration, Artem Lysogor, announced that from next Monday mothers who give birth in hospitals in the region will have to prove the Russian citizenship of at least one of the newborn’s parents in order for the newborn to be discharged from the hospital, he says the US study center cited by Ukrainska Pravda.

Drone debris launched by Russia injures three people in Kharkiv

Debris from downed Russian drones hit civilian targets in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, injuring three people and starting a fire in an office building. A 13-year-old boy and a woman were hospitalized. A second woman was treated at the scene.

US hesitant about sending drones to Kiev

Ukraine insistently requests multi-role unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from the United States MQ-9 Reaper (a modular unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicle), but Washington is hesitant to send them for fear that Russia might shoot them down. The newspaper Politico reports it. The UAV would be at the top of the list of weapons that Ukraine requests from the United States as it plans a series of military operations and is looking for new ways to identify Russian targets behind the front line.
The MQ-9 Reaper is capable of carrying air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles, as well as laser-guided bombs.

Russia launches drone attack from Belgorod region

The Russian military launched a group of drones from the Belgorod region of Russia. This is supported by the Ukrainian Air Force quoted by ‘Ukrainska Pravda’. According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the drones are moving towards the southwest.