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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky demands Trump explain new ceasefire ...
Russian strikes have killed 10 and injured at least 76 people across Ukraine in the past day, Ukrainian officials have said.Officials said three people were killed in separate incidents in Kherson region, while two died in each of Odesa, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions and one in Sumy region.It comes as Ukraine's military successfully hit Russia's Primorsk port, causing significant damage to the infrastructure of the oil terminal port, president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.In a post on the Telegram app, Zelensky said that Ukrainian troops also struck the Karakurt-class missile ship, a patrol boat, and one more shadow fleet oil tanker, adding that "each such result further limits Russia’s war potential".On Saturday, Ukraine's military commander has confirmed that Russian troops are inching towards the city of Kostiantynivka in the eastern region of Donetsk and trying to establish a foothold close to a heavily defended area.Kostiantynivka forms a part of the so-called "fortress belt", a network of cities and towns fortified by the Ukrainian military in the east.Russia says Ukrainian drones hit lab at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plantRussia said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces carried out a drone attack on a laboratory at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, but no critical damage of injuries have been reported. It also said that the plant continued its operations as usual. Maryam Zakir-Hussain3 May 2026 15:30Russian strikes kill 10 across UkraineRussian strikes have killed 10 and injured at least 76 people across Ukraine in the past day, Ukrainian officials have said. Officials said three people were killed in separate incidents in Kherson region, while two died in each of Odesa, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions and one in Sumy region.Maryam Zakir-Hussain3 May 2026 15:26Drone kills 2 in Kherson minibus strike, as Russia claims front-line progressTwo people were killed after a Russian drone attacked a minibus in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said Saturday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas, a hallmark of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.Seven people were also wounded in the attack, regional head Oleksandr Prokudin said. Hours later Russia attacked another minibus in Kherson, wounding the driver, he said.On Ukraine's Black Sea coast, a Russian strike damaged port infrastructure in the city of Odesa. No casualties were reported.Read more here:Maryam Zakir-Hussain3 May 2026 15:00Russ...
Zelenskyy has no cards to play against Russia or the West
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s artistic skills have earned him the reputation of a public relations genius acknowledged by both friends and foes. United States President Donald Trump, who has openly attacked him in public, famously called the Ukrainian leader “the greatest salesman on Earth”. A much more sympathetic voice, New York Times columnist David French, has recently portrayed Zelenskyy as “the new leader of free world”.But Zelenskyy’s PR genius can do very little when it comes to changing the dynamics of the battlefield in the Russia-Ukraine war. In recent weeks, his administration and allies have tried hard to create the impression that the war might be approaching a turning point. But realities on the ground tell a different story.For example, there were official claims that in February, Ukraine made more territorial gains than Russia did. Some pro-Ukrainian war monitoring platforms have supported these claims while others have not. It is important to note these calculations can be tricky given that along the frontline there is an extensive grey zone in which control is unclear. The advances themselves are measured in 150-200 square kilometres per month. In other words, methodology can be manipulated in order to produce the desired conclusion: that Ukraine is gaining ground.In reality, there is nothing at all that suggests a significant change in the battlefield dynamics that have been in place for at least two years now.More importantly, Russian troops are currently besieging a number of industrial cities in the north of the Donetsk region. Their advances all along the northern border, in particular, are extending the active front line by hundreds of kilometres, which is making Ukraine’s personnel shortages even more acute.Four years into the war, the Ukrainian army has had to resort to brutal campaigns to enforce mandatory conscription, pulling young men off the streets of towns and villages. Meanwhile, Russia is still able to lure volunteers by offering lavish compensation.Ukrainian officials have also claimed that Russia is losing more troops than it is able to recruit based on dubious casualty data. Zelenskyy, in particular, has stated the Russians suffered the highest number of monthly casualties in March this year – 35,000. But his statement contradicted his own Ministry of Defence, which claimed that the highest Russian monthly losses crossed 48,000 in January 2025, with an average monthly rate of roughly 35,000 throughout 2025...
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