6:52 PM

Washington Post: Wagner boss’ appeals to Putin fall ‘on deaf ears’.

The Russian military leadership has struggled to respond to Wagner Group boss Evgeny Prigozhin’s public insults and appealed to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to intervene, leaked U.S. intelligence documents show, the Washington Post reported on May 5.

6:29 PM

Berlin lifts ban on displaying Ukrainian flag on May 8-9.

The Berlin Administrative Court has overturned the temporary ban on displaying Ukrainian flags at Victory Day commemoration events on May 8-9, Die Berliner Zeitung reported on May 6.

6:12 PM

Official: Russian airstrike kills 2 in Avdiivka.

Russia's May 5 airstrike killed two civilians in Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, Vitaly Barabash, head of city's military administration, said on May 6.

5:18 PM

Mercenary boss: Chechen troops to replace Wagner Group in Bakhmut on May 10.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Kremlin-controlled mercenary group Wagner, said on May 6 that Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov's forces would replace Wagner troops in the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, when Wagner withdraws from the city on May 10.

4:05 PM

Yermak: 45 Azovstal defenders return home from Russian captivity.

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak reported on May 6 that 45 Ukrainian prisoners of war had returned home from Russian captivity as part of a prisoner exchange.

3:23 PM

Zaluzhnyi calls top US general, discusses counteroffensive.

Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi said on May 6 he had had a phone call with the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, discussing the front-line situation and upcoming counteroffensive.

2:17 PM

Russian media: Pro-war Russian writer hospitalized after car explosion.

Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin, known for his pro-war views, is hospitalized after his car exploded in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, in what appears to be an assassination attempt, Russian news agency RBC reported on May 6.

1:07 PM

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast governor: 3 wounded by heavy Russian artillery fire in Nikopol.

Russian forces heavily fired at Nikopol with Grad multiple rocket launchers, wounding three civilians, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak reported on May 6.

12:53 PM

Some Western officials asked Ukraine not to liberate Crimea, an official says.

Some Western officials have asked Ukraine not to liberate Russian-occupied Crimea over fears that Moscow would pull the nuclear lever, Permanent Representative of the Ukrainian President in Crimea Tamila Tasheva told Polish Press Agency on May 5.

11:43 AM

UK Defense Ministry: Moscow's Victory Day celebration likely to go ahead on smaller scale.

Victory Day parades traditionally held on May 9 across Russia have been canceled but a celebration in Moscow will likely go ahead on a smaller scale, the U.K. Defense Ministry said on May 6.

11:08 AM

Ukraine's Air Force admits shooting down first Russian ballistic missile on May 4.

Ukraine's Air Force admitted on May 6 that it shot down a Russian Kh-47 Kinzhal ballistic missile for the first time since the start of the war. The Air Force said that a Patriot air defense system was used to destroy the ballistic missile over Kyiv Oblast that Russia launched from MiG-31K in its territory at around 2:30 a.m. on May 4.

10:41 AM

Russian media: Air defense working in occupied Crimea.

Air defense worked in the north of Russian-occupied Crimea in the early hours of May 6, Kremlin-run news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing Russian proxy official Oleg Kryuchkov.

9:45 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 193,770 troops in Ukraine since Feb 24, 2022.

According to the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Russia also lost 3,717 tanks, 7,238 armored fighting vehicles, 5,936 vehicles and fuel tanks, 2,992 artillery systems, 552 multiple launch rocket systems, 306 air defense systems, 308 airplanes, 294 helicopters, 2,554 drones, and 18 boats.

8:54 AM

Russian attacks kill 5 civilians in Donetsk Oblast over past 24 hours.

Five people were killed and three were wounded by Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast over the past 24 hours, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported on May 6.

8:17 AM

Russia attacks Sumy Oblast with guided aerial bombs late on May 5, injuring 5.

Two guided bombs launched from the Russian Su-35 jet struck the Hlukhiv community in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine’s Northern Operational Command reported.

7:23 AM

Ukrainian forces down 10 drones over past day.

Ukraine’s Air Force carried out 10 strikes on the areas of concentration of Russian troops and equipment and intercepted 10 drones of various types, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported.

5:44 AM

Prosecutor General’s Office records over 84,500 Russian war crimes, crimes of aggression in Ukraine.

Russian forces have committed 84,764 war crimes and crimes of aggression in Ukraine since the start of Russia’s all-out war, according to Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office.

4:07 AM

Russia attacks 6 communities in Sumy Oblast.

Russian forces targeted the communities of Znob-Novhorodske, Esman, Shalyhyne, Novoslobidske, Yunakivka, and Velyka Pysarivka, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration said on May 5.

2:11 AM

Media: Explosions heard in Dnipro.

Explosions were heard at around 12:50 a.m. on May 6 in Dnipro, Suspilne news outlet reported.

1:26 AM

Sandu: “We are only safe today thanks to Ukraine”.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that Russia might have sent its troops into Moldova if its full-scale invasion of Ukraine had gone as planned.

11:45 PM

President's Office: 36 countries in Core Group on Special Tribunal for Russian crime of aggression.

Ukraine's Presidential Office deputy head Ihor Zhovkva said on May 5 that 36 countries had already joined the Core Group on the Special Tribunal for the Russian crime of aggression. "And this number literally grows every day, every week."

10:54 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russia attempts to seize Bakhmut, as mercenary boss says Wagner to withdraw due to ammunition shortage

10:51 PM

OSCE report: Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children 'may amount' to crime against humanity.

"The Mission concluded that numerous and overlapping violations of the rights of the children deported to the Russian Federation have taken place," the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) wrote in its report published on May 4.

10:01 PM

Official: Russian troops hit Avdiivka, killing civilian.

Russian forces struck an apartment building in Donetsk Oblast's Avdiivka on May 5, killing a woman, the city's military administration head Vitalii Barabash told Suspilne news outlet.

9:22 PM

4 civilians evacuated from Bakhmut, 1 killed by Russian fire.

The National Police said Russia attacked the fleeing civilians, resulting in a woman being killed. The elderly woman was attempting to flee together with her son, who was also in the vehicle. He survived the attack.