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Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 802.

Ukrainian officials continue to highlight that Russia’s main goal for 2024 remains the seizure of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as Russian forces plan for their Summer 2024 offensive operation.

An extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka this Orthodox Easter season.

Ukraine has been launching French AASM Hammer guided bombs from its Mig-29 fighter aircraft since early 2024 and France is now integrating them into the F-16 Fighting Falcons destined for Ukraine.

Three people were injured in a Russian missile attack on the Odesa district on the afternoon of 4 May. Source: Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "The enemy launched a missile attack on Odesa district this afternoon.

Kyiv says Moscow forces have gained ‘foothold’ in area north of Donetsk city after pounding depleted defenders

By Bogdan Kochubey KYIV (Reuters) -Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Dnipro regions and the Black Sea port city of Odesa killed at least two civilians, set a food factory ablaze and damaged other infrastructure, homes and commercial buildings on Saturday, regional officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had used eight missiles of various…

Explosions rocked Odesa due to an air raid alert, according to a local Telegram channel on May 4.

The US has accused Russia of using chemical weapons in Ukraine. These wouldn't be the first, nor the only illegal weapons used — by both sides — in the ongoing war.

Russia launched a massive air assault on Ukraine, employing missiles and Iranian-manufactured suicide drones, resulting in damage to a crucial infrastructure facility in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and causing injuries to two people, regional governor Serhiy Lysak wrote on Telegram on May 4.