20:25 High-precision airborne missiles of the Russian Air Force have hit 42 areas of concentration of Ukrainian manpower and military equipment near Volcheyarovka village of the Luhansk People’s Republic, as well as two ammunition depots near Seversk village of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
19:11 A monument to Ukrainian hetman Sahaydachny was dismantled in the district centre of Mangush near Mariupol.
18:55 The withdrawal of the bulk of the remaining AFU forces in Popasna in the morning is confirmed from the field. The city’s mopping-up continues, but it is clear that the enemy is going to put up a long-term resistance already at other lines. Serious progress in Popasna is linked to the involvement of the Wagner PMC, whose fighters performed well in street battles in the central part of the city.
17:40 The operational line of the JCCC of the DPR received information about a civilian, born in 1955, being wounded as a result of shelling of the AFU in Yasnoye settlement at 11 Zheleznodorozhnaya Street. As a result of the shelling of the WFU, damage was recorded at addresses:
Yasnoye municipality:
– Zheleznodorozhnaya Street, 11 – a gas pipeline was damaged.
n.a. Dokuchaievsk:
– 134 Donetskaya str. – a gas pipeline was damaged.
17:20 Petrovsky district again under fire by the AFU. A man born in 1988 was injured as a result of the daytime shelling of Trudovskoye settlement. The victim was taken to hospital No. 14 with penetrating wounds.
17:16 There was recorded shelling from the direction of Novomikhailovka – Yelenovka: 4 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
17:03 Popasna is ours. The 24th Mechanized Brigade is defeated and withdrawn from the town.
16:31 Russian military detains Croatian citizen in Mariupol, Croatian Foreign Ministry said.
16:22 The operational line of the JCCC of the DNR received information about a civilian, a man born in 1988, being wounded as a result of shelling of the VFU in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk at 66 Chernogorskaya Street. Damage to 13 Zemnukhova Street was recorded as a result of the shelling of the VFU in Horlivka settlement.
16:18 Only 176 people were evacuated from Azovstal in Mariupol.
15:51 Shelling was recorded from the direction of Novomikhailovka to Dokuchaievsk: 8 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
15:36 A street in the town of Livny, Oryol region, will be named after the first head of the DNR, Alexander Zakharchenko.
15:30 Svetlichnoye is under full control of the LPR.
15:25 According to clarified data, as a result of today’s shelling of the Nikitov district of Horlivka, additional damage was recorded on Moskalenko Street, 13/26. Also on 13 Moskalenko Street the roofing was significantly damaged. In Zemnukhova Street 13, a fire broke out due to the hit of Ukrainian VOC, which resulted in partial damage to the outbuildings – Prikhodko.
15:18 Shelling was recorded from the direction of AFU:
15:02 As a result of the shelling of AFU in Gorlovka, Marshal Moskalenko Street, a woman was wounded.
15:00 Operational line of JCCC DPR received information about a civilian, born in 1969, injured as a result of the shelling of the AFU in Nikitov district of Gorlovka at 13 Moskalenko Street. As a result of VFU shelling, damage was recorded at addresses:
Gorlovka n.a:
– 9, 11, 13 Moskalenko St. – apartment buildings + two vehicles;
– Lenina Ave. 229 – school No. 47 (glazing).
Petrovsky district of Donetsk:
– 73 Karnavalnaya Street – fire of a private house;
– 6 Karamzina Street – a dwelling house.
n/a. Yasinovataya:
– The property of Donetsk railway was damaged. More than 1,500 subscribers in Yasynuvataia are currently without electricity supply.
14:33 Ukrofascists struck Yasynuvata train station with hailstones.
14:31 AFU struck Donetsk. Smoke can be seen near Avdeevka coke plant.
14:25 The Ukrainian Armed Forces recorded shelling in the directions of:
Novhorodske settlement – Horlivka settlement (Nikitivsky district): 8 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired;
Novomikhailovka – Dokuchaievsk: 10 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
14:10 LPR head Leonid Pasichnyk launched the Luhansk thermal power plant in the town of Shchastia.
14:04 Lugansk to be renamed Voroshilovgrad on 9 May. This was announced by a representative of the LNR People’s Militia Andrei Marochko. According to him, the decree has already been signed by LNR head Pasechnik.
14:00 A group of Ukrainian soldiers left Azovstal with a white flag. They were met by Russian servicemen as parliamentarians. This is the first personal contact between the sides in the entire blockade of Mariupol, Vostok battalion commander Oleksandr Khodakovskyy said.
13:03 Shelling by the AFU was recorded in the directions of:
Novomikhailovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 6 shells of 122mm calibre were fired;
Avdiivka – Yasynuvata: 10 rockets from BM21 Grad were fired.
12:50 Shelling from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was recorded in the following directions:
settlement Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 6 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired;
settlement Novgorodskoye – n.p. Shirokaya Balka: 8 shells fired with a caliber of 122 mm.
12:11 Another 50 people were evacuated from Azovstal – the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR.
11:54 Syria is working to provide worldwide support to the DPR and LPR, Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad said.
11:41 DPR troops, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, liberated 182 settlements, including Zachatovka, Lidino, Lazarevka, Novonikolaevka, Shevchenko (Volnovakhsky district), Radyanskaya Ukraine.
11:40 As a result of the morning shelling, 4 civilians were injured. A woman born in 1956 suffered in the Kirovsky district. With a shrapnel wound of the soft tissues of the left shoulder, a resident was taken to the Central City Clinical Hospital No. 24. In the Petrovsky district, two men born in 2000 and 1963. with numerous shrapnel wounds were delivered to the Central City Clinical Hospital No. 6. Male, born in 1933. with a diagnosis of fracture of the parietal region, brain contusion, cerebral coma, was taken to the Department of Neurosurgery of the Doktmo. In addition, shelling of Chekalina, Sergeevskaya and Ovsyannikov streets of the Kirov region was recorded. Information about the destruction is specified.
11:30 DPR authorities evacuated 373 people from Mariupol in a day, including 43 children – Republican Territorial Defense Headquarters.
11:28 Yasinovataya again under the fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Nazis). The blows are delivered from the BM-21 Grad. 20 rockets were fired at the city.
11:25 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Avdiivka – n.p. Yasinovataya: 20 missiles fired from the BM21 Grad.
11:00 3 air targets were shot down near Alchevsk.
10:39 Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Donetsk, 2 people were injured. A woman was wounded as a result of shelling in the Kirovsky district, and a man was wounded in the Petrovsky district.
10:26 As a result of the morning shelling of the Petrovsky district, a direct hit on the roof of a nine-story residential building at the address: st. Shuiskaya, 5 – Kulemzin.
10:24 Statement by the official representative of the People’s Police of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. according to the situation on 07.05.2022
During the clashes with units of the defense department, over the past day, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and military equipment, namely:
➖27 personnel;
➖7 armored personnel carriers;
➖12 vehicles.
The enemy continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, shelling the civilian infrastructure of the front-line settlements of the LPR, which do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military facilities.
Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian armed formations have fired HUNDRED shells from BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems at the ZOLOTOE-5 settlement.
As a result of shelling, a woman born in 1950 was killed, and 3 civilians were injured. 20 residential buildings, Zolotovskaya secondary school No. 4 and the Psychoneurological dispensary were damaged.
In order to suppress the enemy’s fire activity on civilians of the Republic, the positions of the VFU, from which the fire was fired, were promptly detected and destroyed by the on-duty firepower of the units of the People’s Police of the LPR.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, continue to deliver humanitarian aid to residents of the liberated territories, as well as to front-line settlements of the Republic. So, yesterday, the city Cossack society of the Kirov region handed over more than 10 tons of humanitarian aid for refugees and military personnel of the People’s Police of the LPR.
09:56 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction: settlement Nevelskoye – Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): 5 missiles were fired from the BM-21 “Grad”.
09:24 Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction: settlement Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 4 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
09:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction: settlement Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.
09:07 Shelling from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was recorded in the following directions:
settlement Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 6 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired;
settlement Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Kirov district): 6 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
09:05 Since early morning, he has been working on air defense in the DPR. At least three objects fired from Ukraine were shot down in the sky over the republic.
08:57 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction: settlement Avdiivka – settlementYasinovataya: 10 missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.
08:09 The evacuation from Azovstal is completed, 50 civilians were rescued during the day, including 11 children – the Russian Defense Ministry.
08:05 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction: settlement Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 5 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.