Ukrainian war. Latest information on May 3rd [papildināts 23:02]

Live text – short and concise on the highlights of Russia’s war in Ukraine on May 3. For the third month in a row, Ukraine has been heroically defending its land against the aggressor’s invasion.

23:02. The European Union (EU) will impose sanctions on other Russian propagandists and banks, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Joseph Borrell said on Tuesday. Borrell said on Twitter that the EU is working to disconnect other Russian banks from international payment systems and impose sanctions on disinformation distributors. He added that preparations for sanctions on Russian oil exports were also progressing. The European Commission (EC) is expected to present a new round of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday.

22:33. 3,193 peaceful people have been killed and another 3,353 injured in Ukraine since Russia’s repeated invasion on February 24, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Tuesday. Since the beginning of the war, the OHCHR has confirmed the deaths of 1,140 men, 734 women, 71 girls and 84 boys as a result of the war. 72 children and 1,092 adults whose gender has not yet been determined have also been killed. Most of the victims of the war were killed or wounded by projectiles and weapons that hit a wide area, such as rockets, jet launchers or aerial bombs.

21.30. The Russian army has fired rockets into the Lviv region in western Ukraine, said Maxim Kozicki, head of the Lviv region’s military administration. Ukrainian media report that the explosions were heard in Lviv, Odessa, Kirovohrad, Ivanofrankivsk and Kiev regions. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadov reported on the social network in Lviv that explosions were reported on Facebook. He also reported that the city had power outages in several places. According to Sadovija, two substations were damaged, but Kozickis reported three damaged substations. The water supply in Lviv was also disrupted and the Internet was not working in some places. Missile fires have also disrupted train traffic in the Lviv region.

21:18. Preparations are underway in the Transnistrian region of Moldova for the evacuation of the families of officers of the Russian military operative group, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Tuesday. The General Staff reports that the situation in the Transnistrian region remains difficult and that units of the Russian troops’ task force are fully operational.

20:33. 156 civilians arrived in Zaporizhia and were evacuated from the territory of the Mariupol metallurgical plant “Azovstal” on May 1, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Osnata Lubrani said. “I think of all those who remained besieged in the city. We will do our best to help them,” she added. Lubrani revealed that he was driving buses with the residents of Mariupol, who were successfully taken out of Mariupol on May 1. People told her about staying in Azovstal bunkers, which Lubrani compared to hell.

19:55. At least ten people have been killed and 15 injured in a shooting at a coking plant in Avdijivka by Russian troops in eastern Ukraine. This was announced by Pavlo Kirilenko, the head of the Donetsk region administration, on the Telegram platform on Tuesday. He warned that the number of victims could increase further.

19:10. China should play a more active role in stopping Russia’s military aggression by meeting with Huo Eugene, China’s Special Representative for Central and Eastern Europe-China Cooperation. Juris Stalmaster on Chinese Cooperation.

18:46. The mayor of Tallinn, Mikhail Kelvart, has been criticized in a message in the Russian-language media in Estonia on May 9, urging Tallinners not to allow provocations and using prohibited symbols, but at the same time calling Soviet army soldiers heroes, defenders and liberators, the Postimees reported.

17:51. 101 civilians have been successfully evacuated from the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol, which was besieged by Russian troops, the UN said on Tuesday. UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Osnata Lubrani confirmed that 101 civilians – women, men, children and seniors – had been evacuated from Azovstal with the help of the Red Cross.

16.44. More than 90,000 Ukrainian children have been admitted to German schools, the SPIEGEL portal reports.

15.49. In order to provide support to Ukrainian pets, a truck van with basic necessities for animals went from Riga to Kiev, the representatives of the charity fund “Sofi” informed.

The consignment includes 25 pallets of hygiene products and food donated by the charity “Sofi” and the veterinary medicine retailer “Magnum veterinārija”, which will help several thousand animals. Transportation of international aid is organized by “Ziedot.lv”.

15.06. The leader of the opposition German Christian Democrats (CDU), Friedrich Merch, has visited Kiev shortly after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, representing the Social Democrats (SPD), refuses to visit Ukraine.

“A night in a sleeper on the way to Kiev,” a CDU leader recorded on Twitter in a 17-second video showing him on the train.

14.53. Italian Prime Minister Mario Dragi has condemned Rete4 for a high-profile interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who said Hitler had had Jewish blood and that the biggest anti-Semites were Jews themselves.

14.32. Russian invaders in Mariupol have launched an attack on the Azovstall metallurgical plant, which is being defended by the Ukrainian army, Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov’s separate special task force, said on Tuesday. Palamars told the Ukrainian newspaper Pravda that Azovstalia had been bombed by Russian aviation all night and that two women had been killed in the bombing.

13.25. More than 200 peaceful people remain in the territory of the “Azovstal” factory in Mariupol, which was partially occupied by Russian troops, said Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boychenko.

12.45. According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s recent statements about Hitler’s “Jewish blood” and the subsequent Israeli leadership’s response to maintaining neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine war, Israel will no longer succeed. Asked how Ukraine could be accused of “nationalization” if its president was of Jewish descent, Lavrov told Italian TV that Hitler had had “Jewish blood,” but later added that “the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews.”

11.31. Russian President Vladimir Putin could officially declare war on Ukraine as early as May 9, which would allow the country to announce a general mobilization of reservists, according to US and other Western officials.

11.30. The loss of life force of Russian troops in Ukraine has reached about 24,200 soldiers by Tuesday morning, the Ukrainian Army General Staff reports.

Since the beginning of the invasion, the Russians have lost 1,062 tanks, 2,567 armored personnel carriers, 475 cannons, 162 multi-barrel jet launchers, 80 anti-aircraft artillery equipment, 194 aircraft, 155 helicopters, 1,843 cars and tankers, ten unmanned vehicles, ten unmanned aerial vehicles, 291 unmanned aerial vehicles. rocket launchers and 84 cruise missiles.

10.32. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview on Monday that he has no plans to visit Ukraine at the moment, following Ukraine’s refusal to accept German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

It is unacceptable that a country that provides a lot of military and financial support is being told that its president cannot come, the chancellor told ZDF in an interview.

09.21. Since the start of the war, at least 220 children have been killed and 406 injured in Russian attacks in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office said on Tuesday.

07.56. Russia’s chief of staff, Valery Gerasimov, visited Donbass last week, a senior Pentagon official who wanted to remain anonymous confirmed during a press briefing at the US Department of Defense on Monday. Gerasimov was in the Donbass to monitor the situation and understand for himself what was happening there, the official explained.

07.08. In the first eight weeks after the Russian invasion, Germany sent more than € 190 million worth of weapons and equipment to Ukraine.

05.44. More than 3,000 civilians have already died in Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Radio Freedom reported, citing a report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

05.17. Britain will provide Ukraine with a new military aid package of 300 million British pounds (357 million euros), which will include the supply of radio electronic combat equipment and radar systems, the British news agency Reuters reported.

04.49. Russia’s armed forces have deported 1.1 million people from Ukraine to its territory, including nearly 200,000 children, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense. The removal was described as “evacuation from dangerous areas” by Russian media, citing Mikhail Mizincev, head of Russia’s National Defense Management Center.

02.12. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video speech on Monday night that it was necessary to block not only Russia’s income from the sale of energy resources, but also all export and import operations with Russia. “We are working on new sanctions sanctions against Russia. We are waiting for a new one in the near future [sankciju] package from the European Union, “said the President.

01.06. MEPs in plenary will assess the impact of the Russian war in Ukraine on the European Union’s transport sector and demand that Russia return the stolen aircraft. According to Jānis Krastiņš, the press secretary of the EP in Latvia, it is expected that the deputies will call for higher sanctions.

00.52. The command of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine, where the main war is currently taking place, is unsatisfactory, military personnel do not receive adequate logistical support and have a very low morale, a senior US Defense Ministry spokesman said at a news conference on Monday.

00.10. On Monday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz again called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war against Ukraine, and defended German policy during the war.

00.02. Russia will try to “add” Donbass to its territory in mid-May, CNN reports.

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