- May 5, the Russian army launched a missile strike on residential areas of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, wounding 25 civilians.
- Seven refugees were injured in the Holy Dormition Church of Svyatogorsk Lavra in Donetsk Region as a result of a Russian airstrike.
- Russian troops fired on a house in Polohy, Zaporizhzhia Region, killing a woman.
- A man was killed in a Russian rocket attack in the Kharkiv Region.
- The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi announced the transition of the Ukrainian Defense Forces to counter-offensive operations in the Kharkiv and Izyum areas.
- Ukraine’s air defenses neutralized 15 enemy air targets in one day: 14 UAVs and a Russian plane.