Since the start of the day, 55 clashes have taken place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops. The enemy is concentrating its main efforts in the Pokrovsk direction.
Between January and April, the aggressor carried out 96 attacks on Naftogaz Group facilities, targeting resource production and transportation, thermal power generation, and gas stations.
Air defense forces shot down 388 attack drones of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, and other types used by the Russian army to attack Ukraine on the morning of May 1.
Oleksandr Pivnenko says Russia may be able to sustain the intensity of its offensive for another one to two years. However, it lacks the capacity to form significant reserves for large-scale offensive operations, particularly in northern Ukraine.
Army reform will begin in June, and the first results are expected this month, particularly regarding the financial support for soldiers, non-commissioned officers, and commanders of the Defense Forces.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that thanks to the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, 2,126 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia have been returned home.
Vladimir Putin used his phone conversation with the U.S. President Donald Trump on April 29 to reaffirm that he has no intention of abandoning his original military objectives in the war against Ukraine, and to portray Russia's victory as inevitable.
In the Ukrainian Air Force, a significant number of drone-interceptor crews demonstrate low efficiency: out of more than 300 crews, 170 did not shoot down a single enemy UAV over the course of a year.
Russian forces are carrying out a psychological operation in the border areas of Kharkiv region by dropping leaflets from drones encouraging collaboration.
Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin has announced his intention to return to leading the Myrmekion archaeological expedition near temporarily occupied Kerch.
In the suburbs of Dnipro, a vaccination bus belonging to the regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health was destroyed in a Russian strike.