❗️Russia effectively rejected trilateral talks with Ukraine and the US. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said such dialogue is supposedly inappropriate until Ukraine withdraws its forces from Donbas.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces hit 22 Russian military targets in operational depth overnight on May 7, including 2 Buk-M3 systems in Donetsk region, a Strela-10 in Zaporizhzhia region, fuel rail tanks, fuel depots and UAV command posts.
Ukrainian FP-1 drones struck the Kirishinefteorgsintez refinery in Kirishi on May 5, about 800 kilometers from the border. Satellite imagery confirms damage to the ELOU-AVT-2 unit, which handles primary oil refining and separation into fractions.
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Zelensky says Russia is already talking about strikes after May 9 and called Moscow’s logic strange and inadequate. He said some Russia-aligned states have asked about sending representatives to Moscow in these days, adding that Ukraine does not recommend it.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a BM-21 Grad near Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia region. FPV operators from the 412th Nemesis Brigade’s Asgard Battalion struck the launcher, while 414th Birds of Magyar provided detection and confirmed a powerful secondary detonation.
Ukrainian drones spotted above occupied Crimea.
❗️NSDC Secretary Rustem Umerov arrived in the US for talks with American officials, Reuters reports. Zelensky said Umerov’s tasks include discussing a new stage of prisoner releases from Russia, the diplomatic process and several security issues during the visit.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck multiple Russian targets overnight on May 7, including a Project 22800 Karakurt missile ship near the Kaspiysk basing point in Dagestan. The vessel can launch Kalibr cruise missiles, while the scale of damage is still being clarified. Ukraine also hit a command post in Sosnivka, a UAV command post near Yasne, ammunition and fuel depots in Luhansk region, and troop c...
General Staff confirms: Ukraine struck the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez refinery in Russia’s Perm region, with explosions and fire recorded at the site. Fires broke out at the isomerization unit, used to raise octane in light gasoline fractions, and the AVT-2 primary oil processing unit.
Ukraine’s 71st Brigade killed 44 Russian troops in 30 minutes on the Sumy axis, stopping an assault after the attackers emerged from an underground pipe. Russian forces again tried to bypass Ukrainian positions through underground pipes.
❗️The US moved to remove Ukraine from the list of countries facing arms import restrictions, Ambassador Olha Stefanishyna said. The change would allow case-by-case ATF review for Ukrainian firearms imports instead of automatic rejection.
❗️The EU will not withdraw its diplomats from Kyiv after Moscow’s evacuation warnings over possible May 9 escalation, European Commission spokesperson Anouar El Anouni said. He said Russian attacks are a daily reality in Kyiv and across Ukraine.
Russian state TV threatened Ukraine with strikes on central Kyiv if Moscow is attacked during May 8-9 parade events, showing alleged targets in the capital, including embassies.
❗️Zelensky says Ukraine will act fairly day by day after Russia violated the silence regime proposed from midnight May 6. He said Ukrainian long-range sanctions will answer Russian strikes, while diplomacy will answer any Russian readiness for diplomacy.