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The Ukrainian Armed Forces have reportedly inflicted heavy losses on Russian forces, eliminating 1,030 Russian soldiers, destroying 20 tanks, 20 artillery systems, and numerous armored combat vehicles in the last 24 hours, according to a Facebook post by the General Staff on May 2.

The 115th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recounted how it held the defence of Ocheretyne, Donetsk Oblast, despite the outnumbering Russian forces. Source: 115th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on social media Details: Reportedly, the brigade was deployed along the defence line in front of settlements from Ocheretyne to the village of Keramik.

Russian military deployed over 300 missiles, nearly 300 Shahed drones, and 3,200 guided aerial bombs on Ukraine in April, stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X on May 2.

Since last December, Russian forces likely executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers who tried to surrender and possibly six who were already surrendering or had surrendered, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on May 2.

Russian troops attacked the town of Derhachi in Kharkiv Oblast on May 2, injuring at least eight people, including seven children, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

Russia carried the strike out at around 10 a.m. local time with KAB aerial bombs, hitting a house and a car.

The number of people injured in a Russian airstrike on the settlement of Zolochiv in Kharkiv Oblast has risen to nine. The Russians also struck the village of Lyptsi, killing a woman. Source: Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office Quote: "The number of people injured (in Zolochiv - ed.

Russia has ordered more weapons to the front lines in Ukraine in a scramble to make a significant breakthrough before the arrival of US military aid.

The US State Department, in justifying the new sanctions against Russia, has indicated that Russian troops used the banned chemical substance chloropicrin against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Source: European Pravda; statement by the State Department Details: The US State Department states that Russia used chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and also used riot control agents, violating the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

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.