Ukraine war updates on May 5, 2016 by ATO HQ operational data and Presidential Administration spokesman on ATO issues briefing: EMPR highlights.
(1) The situation in the war zone in eastern Ukraine remains tense: Russian forces opened fire 13 times over the last day;
(2) Luhansk direction: no ceasefire regime violations reported on this direction over the last day;
(3) Donetsk direction: Avdiivka and Svitlodarska line remain the hottest spots, where Russian forces opened fire with grenade launchers of different calibers and small arms;
(4) Mariupol direction: the enemy released 20 mines from 82-mm mortars upon Ukrainian positions near Hnutove; Novotroytske, Vodyane, Hranytne and Shyrokino;
(5) No lethal casualties reported among Ukrainian servicemen, but 2 servicemen hit a mine near the village of Slavne in the war zone in eastern Ukraine.
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![NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv, announcing allied troops, warplanes and naval support will follow a peace agreement with Russia. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}](https://empr.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/marc-300x156.png)
