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During pitched battles with far better-armed Russian forces, Ukrainian soldier Batyar's unit has few options.Devastating Russian aerial glide bombs that

For Ukraine's military forces, retreat from Russia carries no promise of safety, as the rear defensive lines meant to give cover barely exist.

Soldiers from one of Ukraine’s 117th Territorial Defense Brigade mobile air defense squads call themselves fowlers. The unit’s task is fending off Shahed kamikaze drones when Russia deploys these deadly birds to strike targets across the country, as well as watching the sky Ukraine shares with Russia over the border. When Shaheds breach Ukraine’s airspace in the north and head towards Sumy or Kyiv, the unit is the first to confront them.

Key developments on May 2: Military: Russia trying to break through front in 3 directions Authorities: Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast town injures 7 children, elderly man Switzerland peace summit to take place on June 15-16, Russia not invited "at this stage" Zelensky: Russia drops over 3,200 guided aerial bombs on Ukraine in April HRW: Russia executes surrendering Ukrainian soldiers in possible war crimes Russia is trying to break through the front line in eastern Ukraine in three d...

The community of Bilopillia was hit hardest, sustaining 69 explosions in 24 hours. Velyka Pysarivka recorded 50 explosions caused by Russian artillery and drones.

Special Ops Forces drone team found and destroyed one Buk in the launch position. When another system arrived to replace it, SSO operators eliminated that one too.

Landmine decimation of Ukraine’s farmlands, forests, rivers and the Black Sea ecosystem “will take decades to address”.

Russia targeted a total of 10 Ukrainian oblasts — Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Odesa, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Donetsk. Casualties were reported in the latter four regions.

The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have reported the destruction of two Russian Buk anti-aircraft missile systems during reconnaissance on the Sumy front. Source: press service of the Special Operations Forces Quote: "Operators of one of the Special Operations Forces' units discovered a Buk anti-aircraft missile system on the Sumy front during reconnaissance operations.

Russian missile, artillery and laser-guided bomb strikes across a wide swathe of Ukraine from Sumy in the northeast to Odessa in the southwest killed seven people injured at least 36, authorities said.