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A 14-year-old boy died from his injuries in hospital after a Russian munition struck a kiosk at a children’s playground in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhia region, regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said. Three other children and an 18-year-old girl were also hurt in the attack on Malokaterynivka village.
Russia struck energy infrastructure in the northeastern Sumy region, leaving more than 18,500 people without power in a wave of missile and drone attacks across nine regions of Ukraine which also triggered a huge fire at an industrial facility in the west. Ukraine’s air force commander said Ukrainian forces shot down three ballistic missiles and 25 of the 26 drones used in the attack.
Ukraine’s top military commander Oleksandr Syrskii said his forces had pushed 28-35km (17-22 miles) into Russia, capturing 1,263sq km (488sq miles) of territory, including 93 settlements, since launching their incursion into the Kursk region on August 6.
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov announced the formation of new military groupings in Kursk and two other border regions as Moscow tries to push back the Ukrainians without using soldiers fighting on the front line deep inside Ukraine.
Ukraine’s military said its forces came under pressure on the Toretsk and Pokrovsk fronts where Russia is concentrating its main attack in eastern Ukraine. It said Ukrainian forces had repelled 49 Russian attacks on Tuesday and that 13 more were continuing.
Russia said its forces had taken control of the Ukrainian town of New York which was home to just under 10,000 people before the war. The Ukrainian military said Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions around New York, in the Toretsk area of the Donetsk region, but did not elaborate on the outcome.
Source:aljazeera.com/
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
