Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,167

On Tuesday, May 6, 2018, this is the situation:

Fighting

• At least three people were killed on Monday in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Sumy, according to Ukrainian authorities.
• Two women were killed in a car attack by Ukrainian drones in the Kursk region of Russia, according to a post on Telegram by Governor Alexander Khinstein.
  He claimed that an explosive device was dropped onto a 53-year-old man’s car, killing him as well.
• According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 105 Ukrainian drones were destroyed overnight by Russian forces, according to RIA Novosti news agency.
• As a result of the city’s repeated night-long strike, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that at least 19 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed, leading to the closure of all airports for several hours. There were no casualties reported.
• At least 18 drones were also destroyed by Russian forces in the southwest of Voronezh and ten drones over the southern Pena region, according to regional authorities.
• According to the governor of the region, Ukrainian forces attacked a power substation in Kursk, Russia.
• Alexander Sladkov, a war correspondent for the Russian state television, and a number of Russian war bloggers reported a recent Ukrainian land-based invasion of Kursk supported by armored vehicles. The reported advance was not made public by Kyiv.

diplomacy and politics

• On Tuesday, the European Union will release a “roadmap” on how to reduce its reliance on Russian fossil fuels by 2027.
• Olaf Scholz, the incoming German Chancellor, stated to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Ukraine would continue to support Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. According to spokesman Steffen Hebestreit, Scholz “reaffirmed Germany’s continued and unwavering solidarity with Ukraine.”
• Friedrich Merz, Germany’s currently elected leader, will take office on Tuesday with a lengthy list of to-dos that include continuing to support Kyiv. Without a doubt, he said last month, “Germany will stand with Ukraine without any ifs or buts.”