This article summarizes the most important events of the war in Ukraine from Wednesday, May 1, 2024. It is the 798th day of the war.
Thirteen Ukrainian civilians have already been killed in Russian attacks on Odessa and Donetsk and Kharkiv regions this week
A 67-year-old woman was killed by Russian gunfire in the Kharkiv region. In addition, a Russian aerial bomb killed a 62-year-old man and his 38-year-old daughter.
Two people died and six were injured when the Russian army bombed the city of Hirnyk in the Donetsk region.
A 57-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man were killed.
The matter was reported by various Ukrainian media.
During Tuesday and Monday, a total of eight people were killed in Russian missile attacks on Odessa.
The Russian cluster bomb attack on Odessa ended up on video
The attack on Monday killed five people and injured dozens
The attack used an Iskander missile armed with a cluster projectile. The missile hit one of Odessa’s most popular outdoor areas.
– This is a place where people walk their children and dogs, a place where they play sports, Oleh Kiper, the governor of the Odessa region, wrote on the Telegram messaging service.
According to Kiper, cluster bombs are intended to destroy only people, not buildings or infrastructure.
Ukrainian media published surveillance camera footage of the grape bomb attack. The video can be seen at the beginning of this article.
Ukraine again struck a large oil refinery in Russia
On the night before Wednesday, Ukraine carried out a drone attack on a large oil refinery in Ryazan. This is reported by the news agency AFP.
Governor of the Ryazan region Pavel Malkov confirmed the attack but gave no details.
– The Ryazan region was targeted by a drone attack. According to preliminary information, there are no victims, he said on Telegram.
Ryazan is located about 190 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
Videos shared on social media allegedly show the nighttime attack.
Claim: Ukraine destroyed Russia’s systems costing millions
Ukraine’s special forces (SSO) say they have destroyed two Russian Buk anti-aircraft systems worth millions of euros, reports the Kyiv Post.
The SSO destroyed the systems with a drone strike. It has released a video it says shows a successful attack in the Sumy region of northeastern Ukraine.
According to Kyiv Post, the price of one Buk system can rise up to 100 million dollars.
Russia has not commented on the alleged attack.
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