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Ukraine condemns 'severe humanitarian crisis' caused by Russia in occupied Oleshky, Kherson Oblast
"Residents attempting to buy food or flee in private vehicles are being targeted by Russian drone attacks," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said.
Latvia says Russian drones entered airspace, 1 may have crashed near oil facility
One drone may have crashed at the oil base, while the location of the second drone is still being searched for, Deputy Police Chief Andris Zellis said in an interview with Latvian Television, Delfi reported.
Russian attacks kill at least 13, injure 54 across Ukraine over past day
Russian attacks killed 13 people and injured 54 others across Ukraine over the past day, with Sumy city authorities declaring May 7 a day of mourning.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,338,060 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The figure includes 890 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian military logistics facility in Moscow Oblast
Ukrainian drones reportedly targeted a military logistics facility in Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Oblast, overnight on May 7, social media channels reported.
Russia plans to expand exploitation of resources in Ukraine's occupied territories, Zelensky says
"In the southern Ukrainian lands currently under occupation, Russia plans to implement the same processes of looting and deindustrialization that it carried out in the captured Donbas region," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
About Crimea
Russia invaded Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amid the deadliest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution. Around 30,000 Russian troops crossed into Crimea, taking hold of the peninsula by early March 2014. Russia has continued to occupy Crimea ever since. Crimea covers an area of around 27,000 square kilometers (10,400 square miles), roughly the same size as the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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Ukrainian forces launched a missile and drone attack on multiple Russian regions overnight on May 5, reportedly striking a critical Russian military-industrial site in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russian Telegram media channels reported.
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