15:15 As a result of the shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces of the Tekstilshchik neighbourhood in Donetsk – one person died, ten civilians were wounded with varying degrees of severity. The shelling was carried out from Uragan multiple rocket launcher systems on a civilian neighbourhood.
15:11 As a result of the hostilities, 236 transformer substations were de-energized. 28,200 subscribers of the city’s Leninsky, Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts were left without electricity. Emergency recovery work will be carried out as soon as the situation allows.
15:05 Shelling of an oil depot in Makeevka: what is known as of 15:00
➖ The shelling came from the direction of Ocheretino locality (area of responsibility of the AFU 56 BMPB under the command of Colonel Sergei Sirchenko);
➖ The oil depot was shelled from BM-30 Smerch MLRS;
➖ Four reservoirs caught fire as a result of the shelling, each with a volume of 5,000 cubic metres;
➖ The Metalist plant building near the oil depot was damaged;
➖ 11 people were injured, of whom 6 patients were hospitalized, 5 patients were treated as outpatients;
➖ The Emergency Situations Ministry deployed its headquarters on the territory of the oil depot;
14:42 A resident of Mariupol recounted an attempt to leave the city in mid-March in which Ukrainian militants took away his car.
14:17 A man was killed and four adults and a child injured in Yasynuvata as a result of shelling.
According to the Territorial Defence Headquarters, doctors are fighting for the life of an injured teenage girl born in 2008.
14:12 Monuments are being restored in Mariupol
On the eve of 9 May, representatives of the Donetsk and Kirovsk people’s squads are restoring a monument destroyed by Ukrainian nationalists, with the help of volunteers from among local residents.
Russian Emergencies Ministry employees are also involved in the restoration of the city.
14:11 The shelling of AFU in Yasynuvata brings the number of casualties to 6: 1 dead and 5 wounded.
13:44 The DPR’s air defence system has just conducted air strikes over Yenakievo.
13:30 The number of casualties as a result of AFU shelling in Makiivka increased to 10, the head of the city administration said. One casualty is also known.
13:24 Air defence work in the sky over Khartsyzsk to the east of Donetsk.
13:20 The JCCC operational line of the DPR received information about civilian casualties: the death of a man born in 1982 and the wounding of two men, born in 1992 and 1983, as a result of an attack on a fuel and lubricant storage facility in Makiivka.
13:06 Veterans of the Great Patriotic War living in the DPR will be paid 10,000 Russian roubles each, a decree on a one-off payment was signed by the republic’s head Denis Pushilin.
Damage to civilian infrastructure on Antropova Street was recorded:
– Makeyevka cable plant LLC;
– fuel and lubricants warehouse.
12:06 The JCCC operational line to the DPR received preliminary information about seven civilians injured as a result of the shelling of Kirovskyi district of Donetsk.
Information was also received about damage to Kirovsky district of Donetsk at the addresses:
– 110 Petrovskogo Street – a route taxi No. 58 was damaged;
– 116 Petrovskogo Street – damaged an apartment building;
– 102 Petrovskogo str. – 2 cars were damaged;
– Onezhskaya street, 17 – a gas pipe was damaged.
11:43 Russian army units together with LPR and DPR people’s militia are currently expanding control over these territories – Shoigu.
11:26 Residents of Donetsk and Makiivka are advised to close windows and refrain from being outdoors due to a fire at an oil depot in Makiivka – Ministry of Health.
11:17 A minibus taxi is reported to have been hit by shrapnel in Kirovsky district of Donetsk in the vicinity of stop 19. According to preliminary information, there are casualties, they are being taken out of the minibus. From reports – at least 4 wounded.
11:07 Ukrainian armed formations recorded shelling from the direction of Novozvanovka to Pervomaisk using 152mm artillery (4 shells) – LPR representation to JCCC.
11:00 As a result of the shelling of AFU in Yasynuvata, 3,553 households were de-energized.
10:50 Four wounded civilians received medical treatment in the liberated territory of the DPR during the day.
Over the past 24 hours, from 09:00 on 3 May to 09:00 on 4 May, 4 civilians wounded as a result of the shelling by the DPR troops in the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic, previously liberated by a group of DPR troops, received medical assistance.
A total of 6 wounded civilians across the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic received medical care during the period, the DPR Ministry of Health reported.
10:36 The AFU looted civilians’ homes while retreating and then targeted them with shelling.
10:14 Metalist plant building damaged by shelling near oil depot in Makeevka
The plant is adjacent to an oil depot. As a result of the shelling, windows in one of the plant’s buildings were broken in several places, and the façade was also damaged. In addition, several cars and a petrol tanker near the plant were cut by shrapnel.
09:55 1 person killed and 2 injured due to shelling of an oil depot in Makeyevka.
09:53 100 rescuers and special equipment from Tula arrived for debris removal in Mariupol – Denis Pushilin on the air of Solovyov-Live.
09:27 A source reports that our General Staff has also decided on Severodonetsk, to pull civilians into the basements of the Azot plant, where the AFU is located. The formula is very similar to Azovstal in Mariupol, only here the enterprise is much more dangerous.
09:12 Flight over Makiivka, oil depot area, services are on the spot, details are being clarified – Denis Pushilin on the air of Solovyov Live
09:08 More than 1,000 private and apartment buildings damaged in liberated DNR settlements temporarily subordinated to the Starobeshevo district. The zone of influence of the Starobeshevo district temporarily includes 11 settlements: the village of Polnoye, urban-type settlements Blagodatnoye, Vladimirovka, Novotroitskoye, Olginka, the villages of Bogdanovka, Bugas, Viktorovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolskoye, Novognatovka.
09:07 There was recorded shelling from the direction of Avdeevka – Makiivka: 1 shell of 122 mm caliber was fired from the direction of Avdeevka – Makeevka.
08:23 Peaceful life returns to Mariupol: children ride bikes on the square near the destroyed Drama Theater, where active hostilities were still taking place a couple of weeks ago.
08:22 Shelling from the direction of Avdiivka to Yasynuvata was recorded: 3 mines of 120 mm calibre were fired at Avdiivka and Yasynuvata.
08:07 Five bomb shelters at Azovstal in Mariupol are capable of withstanding a direct hit from a nuclear warhead. There are a total of 36 of them on the territory of the plant. Enver Tskitishvili, director general of PJSC Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, told the BBC in an interview.
08:00 Shelling has been recorded from the direction of VFU:
Opytne – Donetsk (Kyiv region): 6 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Kirovsk district): 3 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
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