The American White House said that Russia lost 20 thousand soldiers killed in the battles for Bakhmut.
In the Bryansk region, a freight train derailed due to the undermining of tracks.

At night, Russian aviation fired 18 cruise missiles into Ukraine. 4 people died. In Pavlograd, 40 people were injured, including three children, and 19 high-rise buildings were damaged.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces received another package of military assistance from Germany: the IRIS-T anti-aircraft complex, eight Zetros trucks and two forklifts.

Armenia, as well as China, Kazakhstan, and Brazil, voted for a UN resolution that named Russia as the aggressor in the war against Ukraine. Thus, the countries that Moscow considers to be its formal allies (Armenia is also a member of the CSTO) have spoken out against it.

Georgia was not granted EU candidate status because it refused to join sanctions against Russia. This was announced by Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze. 

Ruslan Mesutov, a Crimean Tatar political prisoner, visited a lawyer in a prison in the Lipetsk region. He said that, since November 2022, a book sacred to Muslims, the Qur'an, had been confiscated from his trust.

The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the 11-year sentence of the native of Dagestan Yusup Omarov, finding him guilty of inducing him to commit a terrorist act. According to the lawyers, the criminal case was falsified and the prosecution witnesses are agents of the security forces. 

An air raid alert has been declared throughout Ukraine. Kyiv and the Kiev region, Kharkov, Sumy regions, and Kherson came under attack.

The village of Suzemka in the Bryansk region suffered from Ukrainian shelling. 4 people were killed, 2 more were injured.

The most popular destinations for holidays in May among Russians were Kaliningrad, Saint Petersburg and Dagestan. 

According to the survey of online booking service «Daily.ru», Dagestan and Kislovodsk along with Kaliningrad were also among the three most budget directions - up to 4000 rubles per day. 
Last year in the top 5 most popular places for May holidays included Caucasian Minvody, Archy, Elbrus.

Soon Russia will celebrate May 9 and hang Georgian ribbons on its chest. This military symbol has nothing to do with the Great Patriotic War, but it symbolizes the victory of the Tsarist army over the Highlanders in the Caucasian War. Such an explanation was given by the historian and political scientist Mairbek Vachagaev.