Overnight strikes on Odesa and Mykolaiv and Odesa caused injuries and significant damage - including to an administrative building in Odesa. Grain and corn prices rise due to a Russian blockade of the Black Sea
Read MoreThe Ukrainian military reported on May 5 that fresh Russian reinforcements were being brought into Bakhmut, the city at the epicenter of Moscow's push in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia overnight shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Nikopol, regional authorities said on May 5, as fighting intensified in Bakhmut
Read MoreWhile the provision of electricity across Ukraine is normalizing, among ordinary people anxieties are high that the Russians may launch another major offensive around the time of the one year anniversary of the war on February 24.
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