On April 26, at night, a missile strike was carried out on Nikolaev. 1 dead and 23 injured were reported. As a result of the shelling of Kupyansk, 2 women were killed and 10 people were injured.

Head of Karachaevo-Cherkessia Rashid Temrezov signed a decree declaring May 3 in the region a holiday. This is due to the celebration of the 66th anniversary of the return of the Karachai people to their historical homeland from the places of deportation.

The fourth operative of the police department for the Soviet district of Makhachkala was detained in a case concerning the use of torture against a local resident of Kurban Dalgatov, as a result of which he died. Three staff members were detained in January.

The wife of a Crimean Tatar political prisoner, Lehman Zekeryaev, visited him in Simferopol detention centre. Since his arrest, he has been in a special unit. 
According to his wife, no physical violence was used against Zekeryaev, but he was persuaded to cooperate with the security forces. 

Activist of the "People’s Front of Azerbaijan" party Zamin Salayev went into a coma after a 79-day hunger strike in the remand centre. He came to from an intravenous drip.

In a number of cities of the Russian Federation, including Stavropol, Vladikavkaz, Caspiysk and Mozdok, local authorities announced the holding of parades on May 9. 

Thus, in North Ossetia, military parades will be held in Vladikavkaz and Mozdok. Representatives of the Defense Ministry will participate in them. At the celebration in Vladikavkaz mechanized column will make 23 pieces of military equipment.

Human Rights Center «Memorial» has documented the statistics of administrative and criminal cases about «discrediting of the Russian Army» in the North Caucasus.

The MPs call on Azerbaijan to immediately open the Lachin Corridor. This is stated in a joint statement by the head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with the countries of the South Caucasus, Maria Kalyurand, Permanent Rapporteur for Armenia, Andrey Kovac, and Permanent Rapporteur for Azerbaijan, Zeljana Zovko. 

Civil journalist «Crimean Solidarity» Amet Suleymanov is detained in the special unit of Simferopol SIZOs-1, having selected the medicines he needs.

Azerbaijan has taken control of the Lachin corridor, the only link between Nagorny Karabakh and Armenia. The Russian side did not react, the peacekeepers were expelled.