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Day: May 4, 2024
Georgian Dream, burning every bridge and destroying every international friendship EXCEPT those that lead to the Kremlin.
Isn’t that interesting?
— Marcus Faulstone (@mfaulstone) May 4, 2024
KYIV, UKRAINE — Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Dnipro regions, injuring at least six people and hitting critical infrastructure, commercial and residential buildings, regional officials said on Saturday.
The Ukrainian Air Force said the Russian forces launched 13 Shahed drones targeting the regions in the northeast and center of the country. The air defense units downed all the drones, the Air Force commander said.
However, debris from the downed drones struck civilian targets in Kharkiv in the northeast, injuring four people and sparking a fire in an office building, the regional governor said.
Oleh Synehubov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said a 13-year-old child and a woman were being treated at a hospital. Two other women were treated on site. Emergency services were bringing the fire under control, he said.
In the industrial Dnipropetrovsk region, two people were wounded, said Serhiy Lysak, the regional governor. He said a critical infrastructure facility and three houses were damaged.
KYIV, UKRAINE — Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Dnipro regions, injuring at least six people and hitting critical infrastructure, commercial and residential buildings, regional officials said on Saturday.
The Ukrainian Air Force said the Russian forces launched 13 Shahed drones targeting the regions in the northeast and center of the country. The air defense units downed all the drones, the Air Force commander said.
However, debris from the downed drones struck civilian targets in Kharkiv in the northeast, injuring four people and sparking a fire in an office building, the regional governor said.
Oleh Synehubov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said a 13-year-old child and a woman were being treated at a hospital. Two other women were treated on site. Emergency services were bringing the fire under control, he said.
In the industrial Dnipropetrovsk region, two people were wounded, said Serhiy Lysak, the regional governor. He said a critical infrastructure facility and three houses were damaged.
Variable cloudiness is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula on Sunday, 5 May, with some precipitation possible in the morning and evening.
Moderate south wind will be replaced by north-west wind. Air temperature will be +11 +14° at night and +17 +21° during the day, the National Hydrometeorological Service reports.
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Azerbaijan is ranked 164th among 180 countries in the annual Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index for 2024.
The reason for such a low figure is that the country has been waging a “merciless war against the latest critical voices” since 2014, the organization’s report says.
In the country, nearly…