[NewsFrontInfo] 23:18 The enemy continues to declare the possibility of an amphibious assault near Odessa, and also continues to arrange provocations on the border with Transnistria.
22:41 Fighting continues near Izyum in the area of Bolshaya Kamyshevakhi, as well as to the north of the Slavyansk-Barvenkovo highway. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to stay in the Krasny Liman area, and are also strengthening Seversk. Slavyansk and Kramatorsk are being systematically attacked.
21:45 New explosions are thundering in Odessa.
21:44 On May 8, the Kyiv regime plans to carry out yet another sophisticated provocation with the death of civilians. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will strike the Tochka-U OTR at crowded places in the settlements of the Lviv and Volyn regions, as it already happened at the railway station in Kramatorsk - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
21:41 The American general called on the NATO countries to prepare Ukrainian brigades for the war with Russia. The former head of the US Special Operations Command in Europe, Mike Repass, is a military consultant to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and, in his opinion, the supply of Western weapons to Kyiv is not effective enough. In this regard, the retired general believes that NATO should prepare and send a 40,000-strong group of Ukrainian troops to Ukraine "for offensive operations to oust the Russians."
"It is necessary that the United States, France, Poland, Britain and Germany create a Ukrainian military unit, equivalent to a brigade. These countries have enough military potential, so they will be able to form Ukrainian military forces, equip them and train them on their territory."
21:41 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 154 aircraft, 115 helicopters, 764 unmanned aerial vehicles, 296 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2902 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 333 installations of multiple launch rocket systems, 1378 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 2,728 units of special military vehicles.
21:41 Posters dedicated to the anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War appeared on the streets of Kherson. By May 9, the local administration placed posters instead of billboards on the central streets of the city and near parks.
20:40 During the day, missile forces and artillery hit 31 command posts and 245 strongholds, areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:40 In the area of SNAKE island, a Ukrainian Su-24 bomber, a Su-27 fighter, three Mi-8 helicopters with troops and two Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in the air. The Ukrainian assault boat "Stanislav" was also destroyed.
20:40 Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 26 military facilities of Ukraine during the day. Among them: two command posts, 21 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment, two ammunition depots and an artillery battery in firing positions. As a result of the strikes, up to 210 nationalists were killed, 39 units of weapons and military equipment were disabled.
20:40 Operational-tactical missile systems "Iskander" in the areas of the railway stations of Krasnograd and Karlovka, Kharkiv region, destroyed large accumulations of weapons and military equipment delivered from the United States and Western countries, as well as the personnel of units of the 58 motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:39 High-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons at military airfields in the areas of the settlements of Artsyz, Odessa and Voznesensk destroyed aviation equipment of the Ukrainian air forces, including unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as aviation weapons.
19:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasingly using kamikaze drones and Tornadoes. Russian air defense forces are working on launched ammunition, air defense missile launches are ongoing.
19:33 Grigory Leps visited the wounded who participated in the special operation. He wished the wounded soldiers a speedy recovery and presented each with CDs with his songs and autographs. Leps also put his signature on the guitar, where the artists who visited the medical facility had previously signed.
18:49 Today, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, the heroes of Melitopol and the Melitopol region, in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, began to receive a lump sum payment on Victory Day.
18:47 NATO supports Ukraine, but is not going to become a party to the conflict, it is necessary to avoid the spread of hostilities to other countries - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
18:46 In the Kherson region, there are no more authorities controlled by Kyiv, the territory has been liberated from nationalists and is returning to peaceful life - the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.
17:59 NATO Secretary General said that the general offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in the Donbas has not even begun. The RF Armed Forces use a limited amount of available forces.
17:19 The Investigative Committee of Russia is completing the investigation of several criminal cases against Ukrainian commanders accused of destroying civilians in Donbass and civilian infrastructure.
16:57 Thick smoke was noticed in the area of Severodonetsk, which remains under the control of Ukrainian troops, there are several large chemical production facilities in the city. The day before, the RF Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian militants had placed heavy weapons at the Azov enterprise in Severodonetsk, were holding more than a thousand people as human shields, and had also mined ammonia tanks, which they planned to blow up if they left their positions.
16:48 The military-civilian administration of Melitopol reports that on May 9, on Victory Day, a curfew will be set from 22.00 to 6.00. The formation of the "Immortal Regiment" column will take place from 8.30 to 9.30. On this day, the movement of vehicles in the city center is prohibited. Residents are prohibited from bringing firearms and edged weapons, piercing and cutting objects with them to festive events. Also, the military-civilian administration indicates that on May 9, the drinking of alcoholic beverages in public places, as well as the sale of alcoholic products, will be prohibited.
15:35 In the liberated Mikhailovka, Zaporozhye region, active preparations are underway for the celebration of May 9th. Billboards with photos of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War appeared on the streets of the city
15:31 Due to the force of the explosion at the aircraft repair plant in Odessa, windows were knocked out and the ceiling collapsed in the City Center shopping center.
15:30 The Russian military struck at the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nikolaev.
15:29 Four cruise missiles flew over the Katerynopol district of the Cherkasy region. They write that they were flying towards Vinnitsa.
14:34 Kirill Stremousov, deputy chairman of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region, said that any negotiations with Kyiv are excluded.
“It’s useless to talk to these [Ukrainian] authorities, because they personify not just a fascist regime, but a real terrorist organization.”
14:32 Air raid alarms are being sounded in almost all regions of Ukraine at this moment.
14:31 The Russian Armed Forces fired four air-launched cruise missiles at the settlement of Artsyz in the Odessa region. A few minutes ago, strikes were made on Odessa. Anti-aircraft artillery and air defense systems operate in the city.
14:30 Explosions in Odessa, an air raid throughout the region.
13:16 The Investigative Committee of Russia is investigating the shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of residential areas of the Nikolaev region. This was reported on Saturday in the press service of the UK.
"The investigating authorities of the Investigative Committee, within the framework of the criminal cases under investigation on the ill-treatment of the civilian population, will give a legal assessment to this inhuman fact of the criminal actions of the Ukrainian security forces, whose names will be mandatory established," the department stressed.
13:14 The Ukrainian "Tochka-U" arrived in the private sector of the city of Golaya Pristan, south of Kherson.
12:25 Ukraine is waiting for a powerful Russian offensive, but NATO does not intend to become a party to the conflict - Secretary General Stoltenberg. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in an interview with the German Welt Am Sonntag, said that in the coming weeks, Ukraine should be prepared for “the offensive of the Russians and even more brutality, even more destruction of vital infrastructure,” but NATO does not intend to send troops to Ukraine. The Alliance does not exclude that the conflict between the countries will take years. To prevent this, according to Stoltenberg, the West is actively arming Ukraine:
"In the long term, Ukraine cannot defend itself with Soviet-era weapons, but must switch to modern Western weapons. Only in this way will Kyiv be able to successfully repel the Russian invasion."
12:24 The Ukrainian military tried to organize a counterattack in the village of Voevodovka on the outskirts of Severodonetsk, but were surrounded, said LPR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik.
"Stubborn battles continue in the triangle of Severodonetsk-Lysichansk-Rubezhnoye, progress is being made, and the Russian Aerospace Forces is destroying the fortifications and positions of Ukrainian militants. Fighting is going on in the vicinity of the "triangle" in the area of the settlements of Voevodovka, Shipilovo, Belogorovka and on the Privolnyansky bridgehead.
In Voevodovka, Ukrainian militants attempted a counteroffensive, which ended in failure. Leaving on the battlefield a lot of two hundredths (killed - ed.), The warriors rolled back to their positions. In fact, all the militants who were detained in Voevodovka were blocked. They have a choice - either try to break out with heavy losses, or surrender and stay alive," Miroshnik wrote in his Telegram channel.
11:25 On the territory of the Kherson region, the police, tax services, as well as the agency for price regulation will be formed in the near future.
11:15 The Investigative Committee of Russia began to investigate the fact that Ukrainian nationalists used civilians in the Kharkov region as human shields.
11:14 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 152 aircraft, 112 helicopters, 762 unmanned aerial vehicles, 295 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,895 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 333 installations of multiple launch rocket systems, 1,364 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 2,716 units of special military vehicles.
11:14 During the night, Russian air defense systems shot down 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Berezovka of the Nikolaev region, Signalnoe, Lugansk, Krasnogorovka, Yasinovatoe and Zugres of the Donetsk People's Republic, Olgino of the Kherson region, Cherneshchina, Kharkiv region.
Also, three Ukrainian ballistic missiles "Tochka-U" and nine rockets of the "Smerch" multiple launch rocket system were intercepted over the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region.
11:13 During the night, missile forces and artillery hit 44 command posts and 196 strongholds of Ukrainian troops, areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:13 Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 18 military facilities of Ukraine during the night. Among them: two command posts in the Skovorodnikovo district of the Kharkiv region, five areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment, three ammunition and fuel depots in the area of the Dachnoye settlement in the Odessa region.
In the area of the Bogodukhov railway station in the Kharkiv region, a large accumulation of weapons and military equipment received from the United States and European countries was destroyed. As a result of the strikes, up to 280 nationalists were killed, 48 units of weapons and military equipment were disabled.
10:32 Residents of the Kharkiv region abandoned by Ukraine were left without medicines. They received humanitarian aid delivered by the Russian military. The Russian army delivered 20 tons of humanitarian cargo to one of the villages in the Kharkiv region.
09:54 Losses of the Ukrainian side as a result of a special military operation of the RF Armed Forces on May 7, 2022:
- During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 381 people killed, wounded and captured. The total losses in killed, wounded and captured in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, NGU and State Border Service are over 52 thousand people.
- Lost 12 tanks, 19 armored vehicles, two tactical missile control points, 17 field artillery and mortar guns, three MLRS, three long-range and medium-range air defense systems, one short-range air defense system, 21 vehicles and special equipment, three aircraft and eight UAVs .
09:17 Ukrainian sources report explosions in the Poltava and Kharkiv regions.
08:21 In the liberated Energodar, the eternal flame burns again. The lighting ceremony was attended by representatives of the city administration and servicemen of the National Guard.
08:20 The primary task is to resolve financial payments to the population, payments to the population have already begun in the Genichesk district, now this issue is being resolved in the Kakhovka district and Kherson - Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civil administration of the Kherson region.
08:11 Consequences of an air strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the Energomashspetsstal plant, Kramatorsk. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the premises of this enterprise housed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army.