Russia-Ukraine struggle dwell: Russian casualties now exceed 193,000, claims Ukraine

Complete Russian casualties go 193,000, says Ukraine

The variety of Russian troopers killed or injured for the reason that begin of the struggle now stands at 193,430, in line with the newest estimates from the Ukrainian navy.

The determine is up 660 on yesterday.

The replace additionally mentioned an extra six tanks and ten armoured personnel automobiles had been destroyed, bringing the totals to three,723 and seven,248 respectively.

Загальні бойові втрати противника з 24.02.22 по 07.05.23 орієнтовно склали / The entire fight losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 07.05.23 had been roughly pic.twitter.com/2NH5GoKGwe

— Генеральний штаб ЗСУ (@GeneralStaffUA) Could 7, 2023

Evacuations from the frontline round Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant have prompted security warnings from the UN nuclear watchdog, as a string of current strikes escalate predictions of a looming spring counteroffensive.

Agence France-Presse stories that Moscow has blamed Kyiv – and its western supporters – for the rising variety of long-range assaults and sabotage operations, together with on the Kremlin.

A automobile bomb on Saturday wounded the distinguished nationalist author Zakhar Prilepin and killed his assistant in an assault Moscow blamed on each Kyiv and Washington.

Citing stepped-up shellings by Kyiv, Moscow has ordered households with youngsters and aged family members to quickly evacuate a slew of Russian-held areas in southern Ukraine, together with the city close to Europe’s largest nuclear plant.

“The overall scenario within the space close to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear energy plant is changing into more and more unpredictable and doubtlessly harmful,” the IAEA chief, Rafael Grossi, mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.

I’m extraordinarily involved concerning the very actual nuclear security and safety dangers dealing with the plant.

Rafael Grossi, second right, with IAEA experts at the Zaporizhzhia plant in March — Rafael Grossi, second proper, with IAEA consultants on the Zaporizhzhia plant in March. {Photograph}: IAEA/Reuters

The removing order has led to “a mad panic and no much less mad queues” on the checkpoint into Russian-annexed Crimea, mentioned Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia province.

With buses ferrying folks out each 20 to half-hour, he mentioned, stations had been drained of gasoline.

Fedorov wrote on Telegram:

The partial evacuation they introduced goes too quick, and there’s a risk that they could be getting ready for provocations and [for that reason] specializing in civilians.

Air raid alerts sounded for a number of hours in a single day into early Sunday over roughly two-thirds of Ukraine, with officers saying air defence methods shot down numerous drones, together with one over Kyiv’s airspace.

Reuters reported that the navy administration of Ukraine’s capital mentioned on Telegram:

Over the last air alert, an enemy reconnaissance UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] was detected within the airspace of Kyiv. The drone was destroyed … Preliminarily, there have been no casualties or destruction.

The alerts prolonged from Kyiv and areas to the west of it by way of to all areas within the east in addition to south to Kherson area and Russian-annexed Crimea.

Native officers in a number of Ukrainian areas reported that air defence methods had been deployed in a single day, however there was no quick info early on Sunday on potential casualties or damages.

Volunteers clear the debris of a destroyed house in the village of Moshun, Kyiv region — Volunteers clear the particles of a destroyed home within the village of Moshun, Kyiv area. {Photograph}: Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA

Ukraine launches wave of drones at Crimea, says governor

Ukraine launched greater than 10 drones in a single day on the Crimean Peninsula, together with three on the port of Sevastopol, a Russian-installed official mentioned early on Sunday, including that air defence methods repelled all of the assaults on Sevastopol.

Reuters stories that the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, mentioned on Telegram: “No objects [in Sevastopol] had been broken.”

There have been no quick particulars of any harm from the strikes elsewhere on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Mikhail Razvozhayev, left, with Vladimir Putin in Sevastopol in March. {Photograph}: AP

Baza, a Telegram channel with hyperlinks to Russia’s regulation enforcement companies, reported earlier on Sunday that in line with the channel’s preliminary info, there have been no casualties in what it mentioned was a sequence of assaults on Crimea.

In line with Ukrainian monitoring of Telegram channels, explosions came about in Sevastopol and Saki – the place Russia has an air base – in addition to just a few different locations.

Strikes on Russian-held targets have intensified prior to now two weeks, particularly in Crimea. Ukraine, with out confirming any function in these assaults, says destroying infrastructure is preparation for its deliberate floor assault.

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Welcome again to our dwell protection of Russia’s struggle in Ukraine. I’m Adam Fulton and right here’s a roundup of the newest developments.

Ukraine launched greater than 10 drones in a single day on the Crimean peninsula, together with three on the port of Sevastopol, in line with a Russian-installed official. Air defence methods repelled all of the assaults on Sevastopol, the governor mentioned.

There have been no quick particulars of any harm from the assaults elsewhere on the Crimean peninsula.

An April satellite image of a fuel depot in Sevastopol, Crimea — An April satellite tv for pc picture of a gas depot in Sevastopol, Crimea. {Photograph}: Planet Labs Pbc/Reuters

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A distinguished Russian nationalist author, Zakhar Prilepin, was wounded in a automobile bombing that killed his driver. The assault came about on Saturday within the Nizhny Novgorod area, about 400km (250 miles) east of Moscow. Russia’s international ministry accused Ukraine, whereas Ukraine’s safety companies refused to substantiate or deny involvement. A senior Ukrainian official accused Russia of staging the assault.
Ukrainian officers issued air raid alerts on Saturday night for areas protecting about two-thirds of the nation. The alerts prolonged from the capital, Kyiv, and areas to the west of it by way of all areas within the east in addition to south to Kherson area and Russian-annexed Crimea.
Ukraine hailed the return of 45 Azov battalion fighters captured through the battle for Mariupol whereas Russia mentioned three of its pilots had been launched by Kyiv. The freed Ukrainian prisoners included 42 males and three girls from the Azov battalion, mentioned Andriy Yermak, the top of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s workplace.
Russia has been accused of attacking the besieged metropolis of Bakhmut with incendiary phosphorus weapons, BBC Information reported. Ukraine’s navy shared drone footage of what seemed to be fires in Bakhmut as white phosphorus rained down.
Ukraine’s air power claims to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv utilizing newly acquired American Patriot defence methods, the primary identified time the nation has been capable of intercept one in every of Moscow’s most trendy missiles. Air power commander Mykola Oleshchuk mentioned the Kinzhal-type ballistic missile was intercepted over the Ukrainian capital through the week.

People look at an apartment building destroyed by Russian attacks in the city of Borodyanka, north-west of Kyiv, of Saturday — Folks have a look at an condominium constructing destroyed by Russian assaults within the metropolis of Borodyanka, north-west of Kyiv, of Saturday. {Photograph}: Sergei Chuzavkov/Sopa Photos/Shutterstock

Russian shelling killed six Ukrainian demining consultants within the southern Kherson area, Ukrainian emergency companies has mentioned. Two others members of the staff had been injured, together with a nurse, and had been being handled in hospital.
A 56-hour curfew is in place in Kherson, which noticed some residents leaving the southern Ukrainian metropolis on Friday earlier than it got here into impact. The announcement of the curfew, lasting till Monday morning, prompted hypothesis within the metropolis that it was about for use as a launch level for Ukraine’s much-anticipated counterattack.
Russia is “nonetheless not glad” with how the difficulty of Russian agricultural exports as a part of the Black Sea grain deal is being resolved, Tass information company quoted the deputy international minister, Sergey Vershinin, as saying on Saturday after the newest talks with a high UN official.
Poland will demand European Union sanctions on imports of Russian farm merchandise, its ambassador to the EU has mentioned. “Europe isn’t threatened by disruptions in provide chain of farm merchandise now – opposite, we now have an issue of surpluses,” Andrzej Sadoś was quoted by PAP information company as saying. “We’re resolving an issue of elevated imports of farm merchandise from Ukraine.”
Switzerland’s parliament has permitted a request from Ukrainian authorities for Volodymyr Zelenskiy to handle it. The invitation comes amid strain on Switzerland’s authorities to interrupt with a centuries-old custom of neutrality and finish a ban of exports of Swiss weapons to battle zones reminiscent of Ukraine.
Ukraine despatched its first girl, Olena Zelenska, and the Ukrainian prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, because the nation’s representatives to King Charles’s coronation in London on Saturday. Zelenska posted on Fb: “It’s an honour for us and prime minister Denys Shmyhal to attend the coronation … to want on behalf of all of Ukraine profitable governance and prosperity to the nation.”