[NewsFrontInfo] 23:12 A total of 11,550 people were evacuated from dangerous areas of Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics during the day.
22:25 High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Federation hit 38 military facilities of Ukraine in a day.
21:50 In Kherson, members of the territorial defense, prepared for sabotage, are being disarmed.
21:50 Ukrainian militants in a number of cities equipped their positions and placed equipment in schools and a psychiatric hospital, said Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation.
"In Barvenkovo, Kharkiv region, in the building of the Regional Psychiatric Hospital No. 2, the nationalists equipped a strong point, and civilians are forcibly kept in the basement," the general said.
21:00 Russian air defense systems destroyed three Ukrainian Bayraktar-TB2 drones near Zmeiny Island.
21:00 Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 13 strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:59 High-precision air-launched missiles hit 36 ​​Ukrainian military facilities during the day.
20:59 During the day, the missile forces of the Russian Federation hit the command post of the Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:58 Artillery units of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 170 nationalists, as well as 36 units of weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:51 The missile hit the target in Odessa. According to reports, the blow was struck at the Shkolny airfield, where military aviation is based.
19:50 Explosions in Nikolaev, smoke rises from the impact over one of the districts.
19:49 The United States handed over to Kyiv 80 percent of the American howitzers allocated to them - Pentagon.
19:10 In Odessa, several explosions sounded again. Residents report three rocket attacks on targets in the vicinity of the city.
19:06 There is an air raid alert in Nikolaev.
19:05 The Russian Armed Forces defeated the radio intelligence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Izyum Front. In the Kharkiv region, Russian troops attacked the 164th air defense radio intelligence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The surviving cars were captured. Most of the technical means are very obsolete and are unlikely to be used.
17:57 Kharkiv was shelled again.
17:55 Americans are loading M777 howitzers to be sent to Ukraine.
17:55 Pentagon: The United States is trying to make the situation around Ukraine become a strategic failure of the Russian Federation.
17:06 Humanitarian aid was delivered to the village of Malaya Belozerka, Zaporozhye region.
17:05 In the liberated Vasilievka, on the eve of May 9, posters with the heroes of the Great Patriotic War appeared.
17:04 NATO weapons turned out to be useless - a Ukrainian prisoner.
16:04 In the Kherson region, in all the churches of the Novokakhovka Orthodox diocese today, memorial services are being held for those who died during the fire in the Odessa House of Trade Unions on May 2, 2014. In Odessa itself, any mourning events in memory of the monstrous tragedy are prohibited. Since yesterday evening, the city authorities have introduced a "protracted" curfew, which will last until 5:00 on May 3.
15:03 In Moscow, on the anniversary of the tragedy in Odessa, a procession is being held to the Ukrainian embassy. On May 2, 2014, about 2,000 people gathered to honor the memory of the dead.
15:01 In Chernobaevka, Kherson region, the Russian flag was raised.
14:01 On May 1, Melitopol begins to introduce the ruble into money circulation. This will ensure payments to pensioners, as well as salaries of public sector employees. Within a few months there will be a transition period when both currencies will be in circulation, then a full transition to the Russian ruble will take place.
14:00 At least one rocket hit the bridge near the Zatoka settlement, through which fuel supplies from Romania to Odessa go. Previously, the bridge has twice become the target of missile strikes.
12:47 Former member of the Turkish parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party Shamil Tayyar reacted sharply to Vladimir Zelensky's statements about Russian tourists in Turkey.
"Stupid comedian!" - the ex-MP wrote, noting that Zelensky was "offended by Turkey" because of the Russians on vacation. In his opinion, during an interview with the Greek channel, Zelensky "was talking nonsense."
12:46 Footage of fierce battles in the Izyum direction, taken from the UAV. The Armed Forces of Ukraine took up defense in the hangars and were eventually destroyed.
12:46 A strike was made on an object in Odessa, a cloud of smoke over the city.
12:45 Residents of Kherson reported an explosion in the vicinity of the Chernobaevka settlement.
12:44 The media reported thousands of foreigners fighting on the side of Ukraine.
12:00 Today, the Russian Guard is issuing humanitarian aid in the following settlements: Slavyanka, Rozovka, Novovladimirovka, Volkovka, Oktyabrskoye.
11:57 Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 27 strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:56 VKS high-precision air-launched missiles hit 38 Ukrainian military facilities in a day.
11:56 Since the beginning of the military operation, 146 planes, 112 helicopters and 683 drones of Ukraine have been destroyed.
11:56 Russian air defense systems destroyed 10 Ukrainian drones and two Tochka-U missiles in a day.
11:55 During an air battle near Slavyansk, a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter was shot down.
11:02 A captured serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: drugs are being distributed to the Ukrainian military under the guise of an anesthetic.
11:00 In Melitopol, liberated by Russian troops, the new city administration has written off all debts of citizens for public services. This support measure was announced back in March.
10:59 From tomorrow, schools number 6 and 11 will start working in Melitopol. Kindergartens number 41, 48 and 99 and art school number 2 will also open.
09:46 In Melitopol, they began to pay in rubles in stores.
09:39 In Melitopol, the Banner of Victory was raised on the flagpole near the monument of the Boundary Stone.