Russia has launched dozens of missiles and drones towards Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, killing at least one person and injuring five people, amid growing concern about safety at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s biggest.
Ukraine’s top military command says its forces destroyed all 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia had launched overnight at targets around the country.
Moscow intensifies shelling of ruined Bakhmut, according to Ukraine’s top general in charge of the city’s defence, as it hopes to lock in gains before May 9 – a major Russian holiday that marks the anniversary of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
Head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says Russia has promised his fighters enough ammunition to stay in Bakhmut, after a threat to pull out in scathing videos.
Moscow has accused Kyiv of staging more than 10 drone attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea after reports of multiple blasts in the peninsula.
