It has been estimated that the comprehensive strikes carried out by units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces in April and on May 1st caused damage to the port infrastructure in Tuapse and the Tuapse Oil Refinery amounting to over $300 million US dollars.
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Ukrainian large-scale attack on Russian regions, fire at Cheboksary plant
Ukrainian forces launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on multiple Russian regions overnight on May 5.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) 5 mai 2026
Photos and videos posted to social media by local residents purport to show a large fire emanating from JSC VNIIR-Progress in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, a Russian… pic.twitter.com/pGf99Lo5i5Ukrainian forces launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on multiple Russian regions overnight on May 5. Photos and videos posted to social media by local residents purport to show a large fire emanating from JSC VNIIR-Progress in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, a Russian
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Ukrainian forces strike Russian strategic targets
❗️🇺🇦Unmanned Systems Forces struck one of the largest oil refineries in Russia — the 🇷🇺Kirishsky Oil Refinery (KINEF) in the Leningrad Region — as well as the 🇷🇺VNIIR Progress enterprise in Cheboksary, which produces navigation equipment for Shahed drones and Kalibr missiles. pic.twitter.com/nyzML8zSS7
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 5 mai 2026Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces struck one of Russia’s largest oil refineries — the Kirishsky Oil Refinery (KINEF) in the Leningrad Region — as well as the VNIIR Progress facility in Cheboksary, which produces navigation equipment for Shahed drones and Kalibr missiles.
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Russia loses 25,000 men monthly, uses African soldiers as cannon fodder
Russia loses about 25,000 men a month. Prisons, cash bonuses, and an unpopular draft cannot close the gap. So Moscow runs the trap on the youngest, poorest continent — and burns African lives in trenches Russia cannot hold with its own. 9X
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Kenyan workers’ stories: escape and death linked to Russian desertion
Awiti escaped after a Russian deserter shot himself in the leg to be ruled an invalid. A Kenyan diplomat in Moscow flew him home. James Kamau, 32, also went for day-laborer work. In August he sent a message from a Ukrainian trench asking for prayers. His body never came back. 6/
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Commander dies before first river crossing
The squad commander died before they reached the first river. Awiti: "His head left his body. They call it the death zone." By the second river he was alone. Bodies on the ground. 4/
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Shebekino training, then Vovchansk: cross two rivers to Russian trench
Four days of training near Shebekino. Then Awiti's squad was sent to Vovchansk in Ukraine's Kharkiv Province. The order: cross two small rivers and a patch of open ground to reach a Russian trench. 3/
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Kenyan workers lured to Russia die in Ukraine war
Vincent Awiti, unemployed in Nairobi, signed up for a shop job in Russia. Weeks later he was wading past corpses floating "like waterlilies" in a Ukrainian river beaten by his squad for losing his gun. 1,000 Kenyans went. 30 came home — NYT. 1/
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Russian missile and drone attacks kill 15, injure 72 in Ukraine
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 15 civilians, injure at least 72 over past day. Russia launched 11 Iskander ballistic missiles in the overnight attacks, as well as 164 Shaheds and Shahed-type drones in overnight attacks, Ukraine's Air Force reported.
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Ukrainian artillery destroys Russian 240mm mortar in Kharkiv
❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian servicemen from the artillery reconnaissance battery of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade’s “ARES” unit destroyed a 240-mm 🇷🇺Russian self-propelled mortar 2S4 Tulpan in Kharkiv Oblast. pic.twitter.com/iJBW3yc9zf
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 5 mai 2026Ukrainian servicemen from the artillery reconnaissance battery of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade’s “ARES” unit destroyed a 240-mm Russian self-propelled mortar 2S4 Tulpan in Kharkiv Oblast.