It has been the 1532nd day of the Ukrainian resistance to the russian military aggression.
What happened in Ukraine today:
Here is operational information of the General Staff as of 4 pm:
In total, 132 combat engagements have taken place since the start of this day.
Defence forces continue to repel the enemy, eliminating personnel and depleting the occupiers’ combat capabilities through sustained fire.
The enemy launched a missile strike using one missile, carried out 54 air strikes, and dropped 175 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it deployed 5,782 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,525 shelling attacks on populated areas and our troops’ positions.
Towards Northern Sloboda and Kursk, one of the five engagements that took place today is ongoing. The enemy carried out 65 shelling attacks on populated areas and our troops’ positions, five of which involved the use of multiple launch rocket systems.
Towards Southern Sloboda, the enemy launched four assaults on our units’ positions in the areas around the settlements of Prylipka, Starytsia and Ambarne. One engagement is ongoing.
Towards Kupiansk, the enemy did not carry out any active operations today.
Towards Lyman, Ukrainian troops repelled four attempts by the invaders to advance towards the settlements of Lyman, Yampil and Ozerne. One engagement is ongoing.
Towards Sloviansk, the Defence Forces successfully repelled two attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of the settlements of Kryva Luka and Riznykivka.
Towards Kramatorsk, our defenders halted two enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Nykyforivka and Viroliubivka. Another clash is still ongoing.
Defence forces successfully repelled 12 enemy assaults towards Kostiantynivka, specifically, near Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Pleshchiivka and Stepanivka. Two clashes are still ongoing.
Towards Pokrovsk, the enemy carried out 21 attacks. The occupiers attempted to advance in the areas around the settlements of Rodynske, Udachne, Novopavlivka, Novooleksandrivka, Molodetske, Novomykolaivka and Muravka.
According to preliminary estimates, 52 occupiers were killed and 16 wounded in this sector today; three enemy vehicles and eight units of specialised equipment, along with two artillery pieces, were destroyed, whilst five vehicles, two artillery pieces and two drone control stations were damaged. A total of 194 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were destroyed or neutralised.
Towards Oleksandrivka, the occupiers made seven attempts to improve their position, launching attacks around Sichneve, Yehorivka, Nove Zaporizhzhia and Zlahoda.
Towards Huliaipole, the occupiers launched ten attacks in the areas around the settlements of Zaliznychne, Hirke, Staroukrainka, Olenokostiantynivka, Yablukove, Sviatopetrivka, Charivne, Verkhnia Tersa and Vozdvyzhivska. One engagement is currently ongoing.
Towards Orikhiv, the enemy attempted to advance in the vicinity of the settlement of Shcherbaky.
Towards Kherson, our defenders successfully repelled three assaults in the direction of Antonivka.
In other sectors, there have been no significant changes in the situation.
Bohdan Okhrimenko, Head of the Secretariat of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, reported that russia has tortured 375 Ukrainians in captivity. Their bodies were returned showing signs of torture, exhaustion and a lack of medical care. Ukrainian law enforcement agencies are documenting all such cases and passing the information on to the International Criminal Court. After all, according to the Geneva Conventions, russia is responsible for the lives and health of the prisoners it holds.
Around 30 Ukrainian media workers are currently held captive in russia. This is stated in a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement released ahead of World Press Freedom Day. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on international organisations to closely monitor violations of freedom of speech in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, russia has killed at least 149 media workers, including both Ukrainian and foreign journalists. At least 21 journalists were killed whilst carrying out their professional duties.
Recent war events in the east of Ukraine
Kharkiv oblast
According to a report from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 4pm, towards Southern Sloboda, russian troops launched three assaults on the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Prylipka and Starytsia; towards Kupiansk, no active hostilities by the russian Federation’s armed forces were recorded.
Over the past 24 hours, 148 combat engagements were recorded. Towards Southern Sloboda, the enemy stormed the positions of Ukrainian units three times in the direction of Starytsia, Lyman and Mytrofanivka. Towards Kupiansk, the russian army attacked twice in Kurylivka and Kivsharivka.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov and Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleh Syniehubov stated that in Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv a strike by a Molniya drone on a sports facility was recorded; no casualties were reported and no damage was recorded..
Valeriia Chyrina, Spokeswoman of Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, said that in Peresichne on the morning of 4 May, a 41-year-old woman was injured when a russian UAV struck the carriageway; she was hospitalised with blast injuries to her fac.
Head Viktor Kovalenko said that near Svitlychne in Zolochiv community, a 55-year-old man was injured when his tractor struck an explosive device whilst working in the field.
Kharkiv Regional Police informed that in Zakharivka, Vovchansk community, a 69-year-old man was killed by a strike from a KAB.
In Bezliudivka, a russian UAV strike damaged at least 10 residential properties, four shops, a car repair workshop, an administrative building, two cars and a catering establishment. Two 69-year-old local residents suffered acute stress reactions but did not require hospitalisation.
The number of casualties in Merefa has risen to 31, including a 2-year-old boy. In total, six people were killed as a result of the russian strike. A 68-year-old and a 59-year-old man died in hospital. Merefa community has declared days of mourning from 5 to 7 May.
According to the local military administration in Bohodukhiv region, Bohodukhiv, Shuby, Svitlychne, Odnorobivka, Zolochiv, Kalynova-Novoselivka and Riasne came under attack. Houses, a community centre and a nursery school building were damaged.
Over the past 24 hours, 20 settlements in the Kharkiv region have come under enemy attack. Five people were injured as a result of the shelling. In Zolochiv, a 22-year-old woman was injured; in Shuby, in Bohodukhiv community, a 74-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction; in Lozova, a 42-year-old woman was injured; and on the road near Kamiana Yaruha, two men aged 52 and 53 were wounded.
The russian Armed Forces carried out six strikes using KAB bombs in Kharkiv oblast, deploying five Geran-2 UAVs, nine Molniya UAVs, four FPV drones and 29 unidentified UAVs. Civilian infrastructure was damaged in Bohodukhiv, Izium, Kharkiv, Lozova and Chuhuiv rsgion.
The transit evacuation centre in Lozova received 96 people over the past 24 hours. Since it began operating, 31,956 people have been registered there.
Over the past week, 84 settlements in the oblast, including Kharkiv, came under enemy attack. 58 people were injured as a result of the shelling, including two children, and two people were killed. Over the week, russian forces deployed one missile, 18 KABs, 54 Geran-2 UAVs, 90 Molniya UAVs, three Lancet UAVs, 22 FPV drones and 253 unidentified UAVs.
The 9th underground school opened in Kharkiv on 4 May. According to the school’s headteacher, Nataliia Toporkova, the city’s first underground educational facility, equipped with a computer lab and designed to accommodate nearly 2,000 pupils, has begun operating in Slobidskyi district.
Donetsk oblast
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, over the past 24 hours, 23 assaults took place towards Kostiantynivka near Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Stepanivka, Rusyn Yar and Sofiivka, whilst Ukrainian forces repelled a further 26 attacks towards Pokrovsk.
The General Staff added that Ukrainian defence forces struck a russian UAV depot in Donetsk, a UAV command post near Novohrodivka, as well as a fuel and lubricants depot, a logistics depot in Dovzhansk, and a field artillery depot near Novoselivka in Luhansk oblast. They also specified that on 3 May, the Ukrainian military struck a russian Pantsyr-S1 air defence system in Novyi Svit area of the occupied part of Donetsk oblast.
Towards Lyman, the russian army continues its “infiltration” tactics using small groups and is making extensive use of attack drones, particularly the cheap Molniya models. Spring vegetation facilitates camouflage for both the occupiers and the Ukrainian military.
On 3 May, the police recorded 1,349 enemy strikes along the front line and in the residential areas of Donetsk oblast.
7 settlements were under attack: Dobropillia, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Krasnotorka, Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, Sydorove.
24 civilian facilities were damaged, including 14 residential buildings.
In Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, a russian FPV drone killed a civilian.
Russian forces struck Druzhkivka with four FPV drones, injuring one person and damaging three apartment blocks.
In Dobropillia, three civilians were injured as a result of FPV drone strikes.
The russians launched eight drones of various types at Kramatorsk — four apartment blocks and two private houses were damaged, as well as four civilian vehicles. Another FPV drone attacked Krasnotorka, damaging a private house and a farm building.
In Sloviansk, three private houses and a civilian vehicle were damaged; in Sydorove, a private home was damaged.
Anastasiia Miedviedieva, Spokeswoman of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office, reported that on 4 May, three people were killed as a result of russian shelling in Dobropillia and Novotroitske and five others were wounded.
Yevhen Kaplin, Leader of the Proliska humanitarian mission, informed that they evacuated the injured Tetiana from Donetsk oblast, who over the past few months had single-handedly evacuated over 100 people with limited mobility from Kostiantynivka. Due to constant attacks by russian FPV drones and the de facto “drone blockade” of the city, the woman had been transporting people in a wheelchair on foot to safer locations. In March, Tetiana herself was wounded during another evacuation, and an attempt to evacuate her was disrupted by a russian drone attack on the evacuation vehicle. After receiving treatment in Druzhkivka, she was evacuated by specialised transport to Chernivtsi for further treatment.
The water crisis is worsening in the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol. Water levels in Pavlopilske Reservoir are falling rapidly, and the diversion of water to Starokrymsk Reservoir has not solved the problem. According to Petro Andriushchenko, Head of the Centre for the Study of the Occupation, due to population growth or the cancellation of water supply schedules, the city could lose both water sources within 1–2 years.
Luhansk oblast
The humanitarian and social crisis is worsening in the temporarily occupied Luhansk oblast. Pharmacies in Luhansk have been out of insulin since early April, and more than half of medical posts in the so-called “lpr” remain vacant. The occupying administration is also stepping up discrimination against people with disabilities by refusing to recognise documents that do not conform to russian standards.
The situation with basic infrastructure is deteriorating. In Dovzhansk and Alchevsk, there are problems with water supply, rubbish has not been collected for months, and in Siverskodonetsk, the number of stray animals is rising. In Dovzhansk, the consequences of uncontrolled coal mining are also worsening — water is disappearing and ground subsidence is being recorded.
The economic situation is deteriorating: around 1,200 miners in occupied Luhansk oblast have not received their wages since 2025. Meanwhile, the occupying authorities continue to push ahead with the sale of assets and report on “investments” against a backdrop of the population’s real impoverishment.
The occupying administration is intensifying the militarisation of children. School students are being drawn into military-patriotic games, taught to operate drones and weapons, and teenagers are promised extra points towards university admission for completing military courses. Schools are also collecting money for the 9 May celebrations and to “honour” participants in the war against Ukraine.
Property-related pressure is also intensifying. In Luhansk, around 8,000 flats are subject to so-called “nationalisation” — on the grounds of debts, the absence of an owner, or the lack of documents in the russian property register. This creates a mechanism for the systematic expropriation of housing for the benefit of the occupying administration.
What is happening now in the north of Ukraine
Sumy oblast
Sumy Regional Military Administration reported that the body of a local was found in one of the border villages. The man had been out of contact for several days, after which a search was launched and he was found in his own vegetable garden. A crater from an enemy strike was nearby. The 73-year-old resident of Krasnopillia community sustained extremely severe injuries and died at the scene.
Sumy oblast State Emergency Service informed that on 4 May, russian drones attacked one of the settlements in Yampil community. A fire broke out in a non-residential building, and private households were also damaged by the blast wave.
Mykola Noha, Head of Shostka Community, said that at night, russia carried out an air strike on Shostka community. There were casualties. The premises of the Executive Committee of Shostka City Council, an extracurricular educational institution, six residential buildings and passenger cars were damaged.
According to Naftohaz of Ukraine National Joint Stock Company, during 3 May, russian forces attacked five Naftogaz infrastructure facilities in Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts. The strikes damaged equipment and caused fires at the facilities. Production processes had to be temporarily suspended.
According to Sumy Regional Military Administration, as of the morning of 4 April, one person was reported killed and eight injured as a result of russian shelling in the oblast:
In Hlukhiv community, a 46-year-old man was wounded after a russian drone struck a lorry.
In Vorozhba community, a 52-year-old man was injured in an enemy drone attack.
In Krasnopillia community, a 35-year-old man was injured after a russian drone hit a car.
In Shostka community, women aged 39, 75 and 77 were injured as a result of a UAV strike.
A 69-year-old woman who was injured on 2 May in a mortar attack on Seredyna-Buda community died in hospital.
In Berezivka community, in addition to the 58-year-old woman reported earlier, another woman aged 50 was injured in an enemy drone strike on the night of 3 May.
A 34-year-old man who was injured during a missile strike on 2 May in Krolevets community sought medical assistance.
During the day, from the morning of 3 May to the morning of 4 May, russian forces carried out almost 40 attacks on 35 settlements in 15 territorial communities of the oblast. The highest number of attacks was recorded in Sumy, Okhtyrka and Shostka regions. The enemy used artillery, FPV drones, UAVs and guided aerial bombs, and carried out a missile attack. Over the past day, air raid alerts in the oblast lasted 22 hours and 22 minutes.
Civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged and destroyed:
- In Sumy community, a private residential house, premises of an educational institution and a car were damaged;
- In Vorozhba community, a private residential house and a civilian infrastructure facility were damaged;
- In Krasnopillia community, a private residential house and a car were damaged;
- In Velyka Pysarivka community, a non-residential premises and private residential houses were damaged;
- In Trostianets community, a private residential house was damaged;
- In Komyshany community, non-residential premises and a civilian infrastructure facility were damaged;
- In Chernechchyna community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
- In Seredyna-Buda community, a private residential house was destroyed, and a private residential house and outbuildings were damaged;
- In Shostka community, non-residential premises, shop premises, an administrative building, apartment buildings, a car and post office premises were damaged;
- In Esman community, a private residential house was destroyed and a private residential house was damaged;
- In Shalyhyne community, a private residential house and outbuildings were destroyed;
- In Znob-Novhorodske community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
- In Hlukhiv community, an apartment building, shop premises and cars were damaged;
- In Yampil community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged.
Sumy Regional Military Administration reported that during April, 16 residents of Sumy oblast were killed and 220 people were wounded, including 67 children, as a result of russian shelling. More than 420 facilities were damaged or destroyed, including 147 private houses, 84 apartment buildings, eight educational institutions and four medical facilities.
Almost 2,300 attacks were recorded in the oblast: 741 FPV drone strikes; 535 UAV strikes involving Shahed, Lancet, Molniya and other drones; more than 500 guided aerial bomb strikes; almost 300 artillery and mortar attacks; and three missile strikes. Over the past month, the Defence Forces destroyed and suppressed more than 2,000 enemy UAVs, most of them attack drones.
Chernihiv oblast
Viacheslav Chaus, Head of Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, reported that in Chernihiv oblast, air defence neutralised 284 russian attack drones over the week from 27 April to 3 May. These include drones that were shot down and suppressed by electronic warfare systems.
Oleksandr Seliverstov, Head of Novhorod-Siverskyi Regional Military Administration, said that during the night of 4 May, russian forces shelled Semenivka several times by FPV drones and Molniya UAVs. Civilian infrastructure was damaged. A 30-year-old man was wounded. According to the head of Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, the enemy struck a private yard. The wounded man is currently under medical supervision with multiple injuries.
On the morning of 4 May Chernihivoblenerho Joint Stock Company informed that as a result of a russian attack, an energy facility in Novhorod-Siverskyi region was damaged. As a result, more than 14,000 consumers in the region were left without power. According to Liudmyla Tkachenko, Head of Novhorod-Siverskyi community, as of 8am, due to russian strikes on energy infrastructure facilities, utility services are switching to alternative power sources.
Viacheslav Chaus, Head of Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, said that on 3 May, damage was recorded in Ripky community as a result of one of the russian attacks. An enemy UAV strike damaged an administrative building and destroyed a car.
Chernihiv Border Detachment reported that during the day on 3 May, russian forces attacked five border communities in Chernihiv oblast: Novhorod-Siverskyi, Semenivka, Snovsk, Koriukivka and Horodnia. The enemy carried out mortar attacks with 15 explosions, barrel artillery attacks with 10 explosions and Grad MLRS attacks with 24 explosions, launched a Shahed UAV strike with 1 explosion, Molniya-type UAV strikes with 4 explosions and FPV drone strikes with 6 explosions, and dropped explosive devices from UAVs with 16 explosions. At least 15 settlements came under enemy fire.
Chernihiv oblast National Police informed that police explosive ordnance specialists neutralised the warhead of a Shahed-type jet-powered attack drone that had recently been shot down by the Defence Forces of Ukraine. Even in its destroyed state, the jet-powered drone remained extremely dangerous, as its warhead could have detonated at any moment.
According to Viacheslav Chaus, Head of Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, five residents left the border area of Chernihiv oblast between 27 April and 3 May. Three people moved from a border village to Novhorod-Siverskyi, while two others moved from Semenivka to modular houses.
Recent events in the central regions of Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
16 enemy UAVs were shot down overnight over Dnipropetrovsk oblast.
Nikopol region. As a result of yesterday’s attacks, a 41-year-old woman was injured in Marhanets; she received the necessary assistance. The occupiers struck the regional centre, Marhanets, Chervonohryhorivka and Pokrovske rural communities by drones and artillery. A fire broke out. 2 private houses, an outbuilding, a fire station unit and infrastructure were damaged.
Synelnykove region. As a result of a UAV attack in Petropavlivka community, infrastructure was damaged.
Kryvyi Rih region. Due to enemy attacks, infrastructure was damaged in Zelenodolsk community.
Nikopol region. As a result of FPV drone strikes, 5 people were injured. The occupiers used drones and artillery, targeting Nikopol, Marhanets, Myrove, Chervonohryhorivka and Pokrovske rural communities. Fires broke out. A kindergarten, a gas station, an enterprise, 5 private houses, a minibus, cars and infrastructure were damaged.
Synelnykove region. The enemy struck Pokrovske community by KABs and UAVs. Fires broke out; 2 private houses, a garage and 3 cars were damaged. According to updated information, a 13-year-old boy was injured in the region due to yesterday’s attacks.
Kirovohrad oblast
In Svitlovodsk community, a memorial ceremony was held for serviceman Kostiantyn Ryzhenko. He was killed on 24 January 2025, while carrying out a combat mission.
Poltava oblast
According to Poltava Regional Military Administration, a modular town in Poltava currently accommodates 215 internally displaced persons from war-affected regions. In total, 310 people have lived there over nearly 3 years. Accommodation is managed by Poltava Regional Centre of Social Services. Recently, residents received humanitarian aid, including a freezer, clothing and food.
Latest news from the front of the southern regions of Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia oblast
On 4 May, 2026, at around 14:55, russian forces struck civilian infrastructure in Vilniansk using UAVs. According to Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the strikes destroyed a pavilion at the central market and a building located on the grounds of a church. Two people were killed and four others were injured.
The head of Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, Ivan Fedorov, reported that today, 4 May, russian forces carried out a guided aerial bomb (KAB) strike on the settlement of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia oblast. A 61-year-old man was killed in the attack. Private houses were damaged.
Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration reported that yesterday, 3 May, the occupiers carried out 868 strikes on 51 settlements in Zaporizhzhia oblast. russian forces conducted 30 airstrikes on Novomykolaivka, Komyshuvakha, Zarichne, Tavriiske, Yurkivka, Lystivka, Lisne, Barvynivka, Odarivka, Hryhorivka, Novorozivka, Rizdviana, Orikhiv, Huliaipilske, Vozdvyzhivka, Liubytske, Omelnyk, Verkhna Tersa, Kopani, Tsvitkove, Preobrazhenka, Yehorivka, and Rivne. 630 UAVs of various types (mostly FPV) attacked Zaporizhzhia, Novomykolaivka, Kushuhum, Malokaterynivka, Rozumivka, Nyzhnia Khortytsia, Shchaslyve, Stepnohirsk, Prymorske, Stepove, Pavlivka, Lukianivske, Mali Shcherbaky, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Shcherbaky, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Bilohiria, Huliaipilske, Hirske, Zelene, Varvarivka, Dobropillia, Pryluky, Staroukrainka, Sviatopetrivka, Tsvitkove, and Olenokostiantynivka. Six MLRS strikes targeted Zaliznychne, Shcherbaky, and Charivne. 202 artillery strikes hit Stepnohirsk, Prymorske, Stepove, Mali Shcherbaky, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Shcherbaky, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Bilohiria, Varvarivka, Dobropillia, Pryluky, Hirske, Huliaipilske, Staroukrainka, and Sviatopetrivka. There were 56 reports of damage to housing, equipment, and infrastructure. Eleven people, including two children, were injured as a result of enemy attacks on Zaporizhzhia and Zaporizhzhia region.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that yesterday, 3 May, a drone attacked an external radiation monitoring laboratory at the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Information about casualties and damage is currently unknown. The IAEA team has requested access to the laboratory.
The General Staff reported that as of 16:00 on 4 May, the Defense Forces successfully repelled 19 enemy attacks in the areas of Zaliznychne, Hirske, Staroukrainka, Olenokostiantynivka, Yablukove, Sviatopetrivka, and Charivne towards Huliaipole. One engagement is ongoing. The enemy attempted to advance towards Orikhiv near the settlement of Shcherbaky. On 3 May, the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 23 russian attacks towards Huliaipole, and one more towards Orikhiv.
Mykolaiv oblast
The head of Snihurivka City Military Administration, Ivan Kukhta, reported that on the afternoon of 4 May, a russian “Lancet” drone attacked a car in Snihurivka, Mykolaiv oblast. An air raid alert had been declared in the region at the time. No casualties were reported.
Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration reported that on the morning of 3 May, the enemy struck Mykolaiv twice with ballistic missiles, preliminarily identified as “Iskander-M.” Five people were injured. As of the morning update, one person is in critical but stable condition, while four others are in moderate condition and stable. A warehouse building of an enterprise, 17 private houses, and vehicles were damaged.
Yesterday, the enemy also carried out six FPV drone attacks on Ochakiv community. No casualties were reported.
Odesa oblast
The head of Odesa Regional Military Administration, Oleh Kiper, reported that throughout April, russian forces launched around 50 aerial targets daily at Odesa oblast. Following the attacks, there were about a hundred cases of damage to civilian infrastructure, including medical and educational institutions, private housing, and multi-storey buildings.
The “West” Operational Command reported that along the border section with the Transnistrian region of Moldova, the Defense Forces continue work on building and maintaining engineering infrastructure. This includes fortifications, roads for maneuvering units, and positions that are part of the overall defense planning system in this direction.
The press service of the State Environmental Inspectorate of the South-Western District reported that as a result of the shelling of Odesa on 28 March, 2026, the environmental damage caused by pollution amounts to over 17.8 million hryvnias. At that time, the maternity hospital building and residential areas were damaged. State inspectors recorded land contamination and provided a preliminary assessment of environmental losses.
Kherson oblast
The head of Kherson Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, reported that russian forces killed a resident of the village of Komyshany. At around 12:30, a 71-year-old man sustained fatal injuries due to russian shelling. Two other people were injured.
Kherson Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that on 4 May, 2026, at approximately 06:40, russian forces shelled the village of Shyroka Balka in Kherson region with artillery. A 72-year-old woman was killed as a result of the attack.
According to Kherson Regional Military Administration, on 4 May at around 10:50, russian forces attacked a civilian car in Dariivka with a drone. As a result of the strike, an 85-year-old man suffered a concussion, blast injuries, and a closed traumatic brain injury.
As Kherson RMS reported, at night russian forces attacked Tsentralnyi district in Kherson. Several UAVs hit a multi-storey residential building, causing significant structural damage. Walls, ceilings, and windows in the apartments were damaged.
Kherson Regional Military Administration reported that today, 4 May, six people sought medical assistance after being injured in previous russian attacks. Two residents of Komyshany, who were injured during shelling yesterday afternoon, sustained blast injuries and concussions. Another man, who was injured yesterday morning in a drone strike on a car in Dniprovskyi district of Kherson, suffered a concussion, traumatic brain injury, and blast injuries. Two residents of Dariivka, whose home was attacked by drones on the night of 2 May, sustained blast injuries and concussions; one of them also suffered burns to the face and back. A Kherson resident, who was injured on the morning of 2 May during a drone attack in Dniprovskyi district, was diagnosed with blast injuries and bruises to the arm and face.
The Police Kherson oblast reported that yesterday, 3 May, the russian forces attacked Kherson, Kizomys, Naddniprianske, Inzhenerne, Komyshany, Antonivka, Poniativka, Mykilske, Inhulets, Fedorivka, Chornobaivka, Skhidne, Sofiivka, Dariivka, Molodizhne, Stanislav, Oleksandrivka, Shyroka Balka, Bilozerka, Romashkove, Dniprovske, Veletenske, Rozlyv, Zorivka, Chereshenky, Nadiivka, Novodmytrivka, Tomyna Balka, Beryslav, Tiahynka, Arkhanhelske, Petropavlivka, Maiske, Bilohirka, Bezvodne, Kamiane, Novomykolaivka, Shostakove, Malooleksandrivka, Kucherske, Urozhaine, Zolota Balka, Khreshchenivka, Dudchany, Vysokopillia, Havrylivka, Shevchenkivka, Lvove, Matrosivka, Virivka, Burhunka, Odradokamianka, Lvivski Otruby, Kozatske, and Vesele. Two multi-storey buildings, 10 private houses, an ambulance, and nine vehicles were damaged. As a result of russian aggression, one person was killed, and 12 were injured, including one child.
Kherson Regional Military Administration reported that as part of a program implemented by the American organization Global Empowerment Mission Ukraine in partnership with The Howard G. Buffett Foundation, new windows were installed in homes in Chornobaivka community damaged by Rrssian shelling. Specialists replaced 130 window structures with a total area of over 210 square meters, helping restore comfort and warmth to the homes of 32 families.
A mobile team from the NGO “CASERS” visited Lymanets, Davydiv Brid, Novopetrivka, and Arkhanhelske. The medical team included a mammologist, an ultrasound specialist, and a neurologist. 210 patients received assistance in the “Health Svitlytsia” medical trailer. During consultations, patients underwent breast, neck vessel, thyroid, and eye ultrasounds, received neurological consultations, took blood tests, and had eye fundus examinations.
Latest news for today in the western regions of Ukraine
Volyn oblast
The 1st meeting of the Working Group took place, which officially launched the preparation of a new cross-border cooperation program between Poland and Ukraine for the period 2028–2034. Participants discussed approaches to forming the program taking into account new EU requirements, analyzed the experience of previous periods and outlined current challenges for border regions.
Zakarpattia oblast
Within the framework of the Dialogue between Government and Business in the oblast, the challenges and prospects for the development of the woodworking and furniture industries in wartime conditions were discussed. Participants reviewed legislative initiatives, the state of the market, and the impact of government decisions, as well as outlined priorities for the development of the industry until 2030.
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
The RMA held a meeting with Mateja Prevolsek, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia to Ukraine. They discussed the restoration and modernization of the infrastructure – medical, educational and social, which we are developing, including in cooperation with international partners.
Lviv oblast
Obroshin community donated UAH 10,000 to repair a car for fellow countryman Mykola Zaiats. The soldier has been defending Ukraine as part of the 3rd Assault Brigade in Kharkiv oblast since the beginning of the full-scale war.
Rivne oblast
1119 times the air raid alert has sounded in Rivne oblast since the beginning of the war. Summing up April: 13 alerts (in March there were 25); the longest – 25 April (lasting 2 h 51 min); the maximum silence without alerts was 11 days (from 3 to 14 April).
Ternopil oblast
Ternopil-Zboriv Archdiocese of the UGCC donated a vehicle to Ternopil Region Veterans’ Space Center. The vehicle just arrived from Germany and was purchased by the Helferkreis für die Diözese Ternopil e.V. – Help Circle for Ternopil Eparchy German CF.
Khmelnytskyi oblast
Khmelnytskyi community has donated 30 DJI Matrice 4 E quadcopters worth UAH 4.3m to the military.
Chernivtsi oblast
Chernivtsi community conducted the final earthly journey of Ihor Kurysh, deceased soldier of the Military Unit A2582. The soldier was killed while performing combat missions in Dnipropetrovsk oblast.
International support of Ukraine in the russian-Ukrainian war (russia’s invasion of Ukraine)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President, attended a Washington format meeting on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit. Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, George Maloney, Jonas Gahr Steere, Donald Tusk, Petteri Orpo, Mark Carney, Antonio Costa, Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte were present. They discussed in detail the strengthening of air defense: the production of necessary European systems and missiles, support for the PURL program, and the possibility of providing Europe with its own anti-ballistic means.
Materials compiled by Tetyana Pidgorna, Olena Reka, Yana Hushchyna, Tamara Moshkovska, Sofia Ratynska, Ioanna Kryvenko, Helena Albahachiieva, Kristina Maknynia
Translated by Tetyana Pidgorna, Yana Hushchyna, Alla Litrovnyk, Liudmyla Stadnykova, Ilona Korolevska, Tetiana Moiseienko, Marharyta Koval, Tetiana Kurbatova
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