This photograph supplied by Ukraine’s 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, exhibits the location of an aerial guided bomb strike after Russia’s air assault in Kramatorsk, Donetsk area, Ukraine, Tuesday, Might 5, 2026.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russian drone and missile strikes carried out in a single day and in a while Tuesday killed at the very least 22 folks and wounded greater than 80 others, Ukrainian authorities mentioned, hours earlier than Kyiv was as a result of enact a ceasefire and three days earlier than Moscow promised its personal pause in hostilities.
On Tuesday afternoon, highly effective Russian glide bombs smashed into the japanese metropolis of Kramatorsk, the southern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia and the northern metropolis of Chernihiv, killing at the very least 17 civilians and wounding 45 others, officers mentioned.
Assaults the earlier evening killed 5 folks and wounded 39, in line with authorities.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rebuked Moscow for what he mentioned was its “utter cynicism” in launching the assaults after Russia introduced a unilateral ceasefire over two days later this week whereas it marks the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World Conflict II.
“Russia could cease fire at any moment, and this would stop the war and our responses,” Zelenskyy mentioned in a submit on X. “Peace is needed, and real steps are needed to achieve it. Ukraine will act in kind.”
The Russian Protection Ministry declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Friday and Saturday, however mentioned that it might strike again on the nation, if it tries to disrupt the festivities on Victory Day, which Russia marks yearly on Might 9.
Zelenskyy replied that Ukraine would observe a ceasefire starting on the finish of Tuesday and would reply in sort to Russia’s actions from that second on. He did not put an finish date on the transfer.
On this photograph, supplied by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency companies personnel work to extinguish a hearth a automobile following a Russian drone assault in Kyiv area, Ukraine, Tuesday, Might 5, 2026.
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U.N. Secretary-Normal António Guterres welcomed the unilateral ceasefires and “looks forward to their successful implementation,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric mentioned. The U.N. chief reiterated his name for “a full, immediate, unconditional and lasting ceasefire, leading to a just, comprehensive, and sustainable peace, in line with the U.N. Charter, international law and relevant U.N. resolutions.”
Moscow’s proposal to cease combating follows a well-recognized sample of Russia declaring brief unilateral ceasefires through the struggle timed to numerous holidays, most not too long ago Orthodox Easter. These suspensions of fight do not produce any tangible outcomes amid deep distrust between Moscow and Kyiv greater than 4 years after Russia launched an all-out invasion of its neighbor. U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to cease the struggle have come to nothing.
Ukrainian chief expands Gulf cooperation
Zelenskyy was in Bahrain on Tuesday the place he met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, proposing a bilateral drone protection partnership amid the Iran struggle.
The Ukrainian chief mentioned that he provided to share Ukraine’s air protection experience with Bahrain, drawing a parallel between Iranian assaults on Gulf states and Russia’s every day aerial strikes on Ukrainian territory, which regularly use Shahed drones initially developed by Iran.
Zelenskyy mentioned final month that Ukrainian officers are serving to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan with drone experience and air protection.
Ukraine’s energy grid focused once more
Russian forces fired 11 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 164 strike drones at Ukraine in a single day from Monday to Tuesday, together with a jet-powered Shahed drone variant, the Ukrainian Air Pressure mentioned.
Air protection items stopped 149 drones and one missile, however others received by way of, it mentioned. Two ballistic missiles failed to achieve their targets, the air drive mentioned with out elaborating.
Russia has repeatedly hammered Ukraine’s power infrastructure through the struggle, which started on Feb. 24, 2022. It hit pure gasoline manufacturing amenities in Ukraine’s central Poltava and northeastern Kharkiv areas, state power firm Naftogaz Group mentioned.
For the reason that begin of the yr, Naftogaz amenities have come below assault 107 instances, the corporate mentioned.
Zelenskyy mentioned that the Poltava assault was “especially vile,” as a result of Russia launched a second missile on the similar goal when emergency rescuers had been working on the scene.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko mentioned that Russia’s most important targets had been power amenities, oil and gasoline infrastructure, railways and industrial websites, though the assaults additionally broken properties, companies and the transportation community.
Russia’s ceasefire proposals “remain only statements,” Svyrydenko mentioned.
Russian territory hit by Ukrainian cruise missiles
Ukraine additionally stored up the tempo of its long-range assaults on Russian rear areas, apparently aiming at extra oil amenities in an effort to additional disrupt Moscow’s struggle economic system.
Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned that its forces destroyed 289 Ukrainian drones in a single day in 18 Russian areas. Drones had been additionally intercepted over the occupied Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, and over the Azov Sea, it mentioned.
Throughout the evening, Ukraine launched its F-5 Flamingo cruise missiles at targets, together with military-industrial complicated amenities in Cheboksary, positioned greater than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) away, Zelenskyy mentioned.
The plant provided navigation parts for the Russian navy, the missile business, aviation and armored autos, he mentioned.
The regional well being ministry mentioned {that a} Ukrainian drone assault wounded three folks within the metropolis of Cheboksary.
Ukrainian drones additionally attacked the Kirishi oil refinery within the Leningrad area near St. Petersburg, sparking a blaze within the city’s industrial zone, regional Gov. Alexander Drozdenko mentioned.
Drozdenko mentioned on social media that 29 Ukrainian drones had been shot down through the assault. No casualties had been reported.
Floor robotic operations
Ukraine doubled its midrange strikes on Russia in April in contrast with March and quadrupled them in contrast with February, in line with a month-to-month battlefield report from Ukrainian Protection Minister Mykhailo Fedorov printed Tuesday.
The midrange assaults had been targeted on enemy warehouses, command posts, air protection methods and provide strains as much as about 100 miles (160 kilometers) behind the entrance line.
Additionally, Ukrainian floor robots accomplished 10,281 resupply and evacuation missions in April, a median of virtually 343 per day, in line with Fedorov.
It wasn’t attainable to independently affirm the claims.
