"Russia launched attacks on Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast and Zaporizhzhia in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on May 5, killing at least 17 people and injuring 56 others, local authorities said.
Russia struck Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine with four guided bombs, hitting an automobile repair shop around 4 p.m. local time. The strike also damaged car washes, vehicles, a shop, and nearby residential buildings, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
The attack killed 12 people and injured 43 others, including four who are in critical condition, while another 14 sustained moderate injuries.
Federov later reported that among those injured, 18 people have been hospitalized in Zaporizhzhia as a result of the Russian attack." KI
"EU ministers voted for the bloc to formally join a Council of Europe court that will prosecute Russia's leaders for its illegal war against Ukraine, three EU officials confirmed to the Kyiv Independent.
"This is a significant and long-anticipated step forward," Iryna Mudra, deputy head of the president's office, told the Kyiv Independent, adding that the EU's decision "marks the transition from conceptual design to the final phase of institutional establishment."
The Special Tribunal being set up will prosecute Russia for the same crime of aggression that Nazi German leaders were found guilty of in the Nuremberg trials at the end of World War II." KI
"A strong magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean 112 km (70 mi) fromNew Zealand in the evening at 8.00 pm local time (GMT +12). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow.
The earthquake was felt over a large region.. The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would." VD
"186 combat clashes between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops were recorded on the frontline.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, there were two combat engagements. Russian forces carried out 96 shelling attacks, three of which were from multiple launch rocket systems, and launched two airstrikes, using five guided aerial bombsIn the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy carried out 12 assaults on Ukrainian positions near Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Okhrymivka, Starytsia, Lyman, and toward Izbytske.
In the Kupiansk sector, Russian forces launched two attacks toward Radkivka and Kindrashivka.
In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian troops repelled six attempts by the invaders to advance toward Drobysheve, Stavky, Dibrova, and near Torske.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped one Russian attempt to advance near Zakitne.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian troops repelled one Russian attack toward Nykyforivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, Russian forces carried out 14 assaults near Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, Novopavlivka, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 50 assault actions by Russian forces near Zatyshok, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Molodetske, Novooleksandrivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Muravka, Novomykolaivka, as well as toward Bilytske, Shevchenko, Serhiivka, Biliakivka, and Nopidhorodnie.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy carried out 14 attacks toward Zlahoda, Dobropillia, Danylivka, Berezove, Yehorivka, Stepove, and Nove Zaporizhzhia.
In the Huliaipole sector, 24 Russian attacks were recorded toward Varvarivka, Staroukrainka, Zaliznychne, Hirke, Pryluky, Olenokostiantynivka, Huliaipilske, and Charivne.
In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy did not conduct any offensive actions.
In the Prydniprovske sector, Ukrainian units halted three Russian attacks toward Antonivka and Bilohrudyi Island." Ukrin
