Russia this morning carried out large-scale airstrikes on Kiev and all of Ukraine. Air alert sounded for hours in about two-thirds of the country. According to media reports, explosions could be heard in the Cherson region and in the Zaporizhia region. According to official Ukrainian information, a food warehouse in Odessa caught fire after Russian shelling. In the embattled Bakhmut, Russia intensified its actions at the front.
The Russian mercenary group Wagner had previously given up their threatened withdrawal from the city. According to the military, eight other places in the Sumy region in the north-east were also under increased Russian fire.
At least five injured in Kyiv
At least five people were injured in the Russian airstrikes on Kiev, according to the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko. Three people were wounded in explosions in the Solomjanskyi district, two others from drone wreckage falling on a two-story building in the Svyatoshyn district. Eyewitnesses reported numerous explosions in the city. Local authorities say the air defense systems repelled the attacks. It was not immediately clear how many drones were shot down on Kiev.
In the Black Sea port city of Odessa, a food warehouse caught fire from Russian rocket fire, Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesman for the region’s military administration, wrote on his Telegram channel alongside photos of a large building engulfed in flames.
Moscow intensifies attacks in Bakhmut
According to Ukrainian military information, Russia intensified the shelling of the city with heavy weapons in the embattled Bakhmut. Russian forces are deploying more modern equipment and redeploying their troops, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyj, Ukraine’s ground forces commander, said after a visit to the frontline. “The Russians still hope to capture the city by May 9th. Our job is to thwart this.”
