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May 6, 2024 – 6:10 p.m
An image circulating on Telegram channels of a bus carrying Russian workers from Belgorod, which allegedly fell victim to a Ukrainian drone attack Photo: Telegram via AFP
Our updated news summary of the 802nd day of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
- Russian authorities say seven people were killed and 35 injured when a drone attack hit several buses transporting workers to a meat processing plant in the Belgorod governorate on the Ukrainian border. By the way, since 2022, Belgorod has been regularly attacked by Ukrainian drones, special forces, and even by Ukrainian-backed “free Russian forces”, who in March of this year a larger-scale operation was carried out on Russian territory. The information we have about the events in Belgorod is, of course, very sporadic and difficult to verify from an independent source.
- On the other side of the border, the Kharkiv region was also rocked by airstrikes. Although according to sources in Kyiv, 23 of the 24 Shahed drones attacked were shot down by air defenses, it seems that other attack devices still hit their targets, as one person was killed and 24 others were injured in and around the city. Another border region, Sumi, was also attacked, where 400,000 people were left temporarily without electricity.
- Large Russian troop movements can be seen in governorates bordering the northeastern regions of Ukraine, and according to Ukrainian military sources, Moscow is focusing around 50,000 soldiers on an offensive against Kharkiv. THE a city of mixed ethnicity and language In February 2022, it was considered one of the main targets of the Russian invasion, but not only was it not captured, but in the autumn of that year, the Russian forces were practically pushed back to the country’s border with a surprise attack.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry has announced that it has “started preparations” for a military exercise with non-strategic nuclear missiles. The circumscribing can cover tactical charges, which according to Cold War doctrines can also be used on the front, and (in principle) they do not wipe out entire cities indiscriminately. The military exercise ordered by Vladimir Putin – for an unspecified date – will involve the forces of all three armed forces. By the way, the Russian president likes to inflame international public opinion with the nuclear threat and speculation about its psychological mechanism. you can read a – reassuring – analysis here.
- The Russian Ministry of Defense also announced that they had captured the village of Ocretyine in the Donetsk region – the claim has not yet been confirmed by Kiev or independent sources.
- According to Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, the European defense industry must switch to war economy mode so that Europe can produce military equipment faster, more and jointly for the immediate and long-term support of Ukraine, which is facing a serious shortage of anti-aircraft weapons and artillery ammunition. The EU politician said this after the EU-Ukraine defense industry forum, which, according to the hopes of both parties, will facilitate the gradual integration of Ukrainian industry into the European defense technological and industrial base.
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