May 3: results of the day

Four hundred and thirty-fourth day of the large-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Here's a brief summary of today's main events:

Overnight, the enemy launched another massive strike on our territory, using the UAVs "Shahed-136/131." Our defenders managed to destroy 21 out of 26 of these drones. In total, the enemy carried out 2 missile strikes and 41 aerial attacks, as well as approximately 25 shelling incidents with rocket artillery on the positions of our troops and civilian settlements. Civilian residents suffered, and private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were damaged and destroyed. The likelihood of missile and aerial attacks across Ukraine remains high. This information was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In Poltava, a counterintelligence officer was caught accepting a bribe and has been suspended from work. He demanded $6,000 from a military officer.

A cross-regional bot farm in Poltava region was involved in destabilizing the situation in Ukraine.

In Cherkasy region, sounds of explosions were heard during an air raid alert.

During the night, the Russian army carried out an airstrike using an Iranian kamikaze drone on an administrative building in Dnipro.

Sportswomen from Dnipropetrovsk region won five medals at an all-Ukrainian artistic gymnastics tournament, ranging from bronze to gold.

The State Bureau of Investigations initiated a criminal case against the chief of the Odesa Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support for abuse of office.

In Vinnytsia region, a man who had a cache of weapons and ammunition will face trial.