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Russian forces attacked the village of Mykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast's Pokrovsk district on May 5, injuring three people, the regional prosecutor's office reported.

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.

The Russian presence on the base comes as tensions remain high between Washington and Moscow over the ongoing US support for Ukraine's military.

A civilian man was killed in a Russian strike on the village of Slobozhanske, Kharkiv district, on the afternoon of 4 May. Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast State Administration, on Telegram Quote: "The invaders attacked the village of Slobozhanske, Kharkiv district, around 15:30.

Russian forces attacked the city of Kharkiv again on Saturday evening. Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast State Administration, on Telegram; Ukrainian Air Force Quote from Syniehubov: "The invaders attacked Kharkiv once again.

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

Vladimir Putin appears to have tellingly renewed his favor for his former bodyguard, Tula Oblast Governor Alexei Dyumin, according to the latest report of the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War released on May 2.

Russian losses in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine have reached approximately 500,000, a substantial military toll highlighted by French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné during a May 3 interview with Novaya Gazeta.

In addition to “riot control agents,” the State Department said it has evidence that Russia is using chloropicrin, a banned chemical agent first used in WWI.

While Russian troops have intensified assaults near Kupyansk, Kharkiv Oblast, they still appear to lack the manpower to open a new front in the oblast, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said on May 3.