Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, a spokesman for Ukraine's Defense Ministry, said that these battalions comprise roughly 3,500 to 4,000 personnel, and there are also Russian troops deployed in Belarus. He added that the Belarusian army has about 60,000 troops but the country's dictator Alexander Lukashenko wants to increase the number by another 20,000.
Russian forces launched a series of attacks on Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, killing at least one person and injuring 34, regional officials said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet with the prime ministers of the U.K., Norway, Finland, and the Czech Republic.
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"Prolonging the war will only scale up our defensive operations," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Ukrainian forces downed 249 out of the 268 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported.
"These tankers were actively used to transport oil. Now they won't be," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The number includes 1,080 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
"We're going to cut way down, and we're cutting a lot further than 5,000," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions and urged residents to take shelter as Russia launched groups of drones at the capital late in the evening of May 2.
Relatives of allegedly trafficked individuals reported that their loved ones received misleading job offers along with promises of financial rewards. But once in Russia, they were forced into combat operations.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the two countries need to have "strong relations" and that the two leaders should meet in person soon.
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