1357: Ukrainian authorities plan to evacuate civilians from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia today, Mariupol City Council has reported.
According to the statement, the evacuation will start today at 4 p.m.
“If you still have relatives or acquaintances in Mariupol, try to contact them in all possible ways. Call, write and say that it is possible to go to Zaporizhzhia, where it is safe. We pray that everything works, ” Mariupol City Council said.
On April 30, 20 civilians were evacuated from the AzovStal factory territory, Azov Regiment has reported.
1246: Russians were preparing a terror attack on the territory of Belarus or Russia. They aimed to shoot down a civilian flight using Stinger MANPADs and blame Ukraine, the SBU security service of Ukraine has reported.
SBU claimed it has prevented the planned terror attack as it has detained a group of Russian saboteurs trying to get portative missile launchers Stinger from Ukrainian soldiers. The group of saboteurs infiltrated the Ukrainian volunteer society.
The saboteur group consisted of two people with dual citizenship and an accomplice they had recruited. Their activities were coordinated by Alexander Tyuterev, who is a staff member of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and has the call sign “Marine”.
He ordered the enemy agents to establish contacts with representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the guise of patriotic volunteers.
In order to form “trusting” relations, they provided the Ukrainian military with reliable information on the positions and movements of the occupation units of the so-called “Kadyrovites”.
Saboteurs wanted to use the established connections and trust to get Stingers.
SBU claims it uncovered and detained all the members of the saboteur group.
1239: Russian invading forces shelled nitrate fertilizer warehouses in Mykolaiv Oblast, local authorities have reported.
“The occupiers attacked Ukrainian fertilizers,” Mykolaiv Governor Vitaly Kim has reported on Telegram.
Later he reported the orange toxic cloud turned white and that the air in the oblast was clean.
Morning digest
Ukrainian forces have hit the Russian positions near Izyum in Kharkiv Oblast, destroying hundreds of invaders. Russian major general Andrei Simonov was also reportedly destroyed in yesterday’s Ukrainian attack on a command point of the Russians near Izyum.
Overnight Ukrainians also destroyed 42 Russians on Zmiiny Island in the Black Sea.
In the morning US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Kyiv and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“President Zelensky conveyed the need for continued security, economic & humanitarian assistance from the U. S. & our delegation delivered the message that additional American support is on the way, as we work to transform US President’s funding request into a legislative package,” Pelosi said in a Twitter feed.
Meanwhile, Russian invaders keep attacking Ukraine in Luhansk Oblast. About 70 percent of Zolote village was destroyed. Russians attack Orikhove village. One civilian was killed.
The occupiers have been preparing an offensive on Mykolaiv and Kryvyi Rih.
