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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 440

As the war enters its 440th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Published On 9 May 20239 May 2023

Here is the situation as it stands on Tuesday, May 9, 2023:

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Kyiv’s mayor has said Russia fired 60 Iranian-made kamikaze drones, including 36 at Kyiv, all of which were shot down. However, debris has hit apartments and other buildings, killing at least four people.
More than 20 towns and villages have come under shelling in the central Zaporizhia region, the Ukrainian armed forces said in a statement. The southern city of Kherson and at least seven other centres in that region were also shelled, it said.
The Moscow-appointed governor of the Russian-controlled parts of the Zaporizhia region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said about 3,000 civilians have been evacuated from areas near the front line that had come under shelling.
Balitsky said that operations at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest, have been suspended, according to a report by the Russian state news agency TASS.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said there has been continued heavy fighting in Bakhmut and surrounding areas.
The head of the Wagner Group of mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said his troops were beginning to receive ammunition needed to press their advance to capture the long-besieged eastern Ukrainian city.
The United Kingdom’s defence ministry said that Russia has begun targeting Central Asians to serve in the war in Ukraine.
The exiled Mariupol City Council said it has received reports that Russia had begun mobilising residents in the occupied southeastern city to serve in its army.

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