Germany will defend "every square foot" of NATO territory should Russia attack an Alliance member, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a Baltic heads of government meeting in Latvia on May 6.
The casualty toll from a Russian glide bomb assault on downtown Kharkiv on Easter Sunday has escalated, with 16 people now reported injured, including a 25-year-old woman in critical condition, regional Governor Oleh Synehubov disclosed via Telegram on May 6.
Explosions were heard in the city of Kharkiv during a Russian attack on the night of 4-5 May. Source: Suspilne Kharkiv, a Kharkiv-related branch of Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne; Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov Quote from Suspilne: "Explosions in Kharkiv".
A woman was killed and two men sustained injuries as a result of Russian attacks on the Kupiansk district in Kharkiv Oblast on Sunday, 5 May. Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Details: A 34-year-old man, a civilian, was injured after a private house in the village of Monachynivka in Kidrashivka hromada caught fire after being shelled by Russian forces.
Rescue workers spent the afternoon of 5 May extinguishing large-scale fires in Sumy Oblast caused by a Russian attack the night before. Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine Details: The State Emergency Service reported that Russian troops attacked one of the settlements in the Shostka district in the evening on 4 May.