Russia launches fresh attacks on Ukraines Dnipro, Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk

Civilian targets came under Russian shelling in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro Friday, killing one, emergency services said, while military airfields in Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk were taken out by Russian troops, according to the Russian defence ministry. This comes as the US, G7 and EU prepare to revoke Russia’s “most favoured nation” status over its invasion of Ukraine. Follow our live updates for all the latest developments.

• Russian troops have launched a high-precision, long-range attack on two military airfields in the Ukrainian cities of Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk and taken them out of action, Russia's defence ministry said.
• Civilian targets came under Russian shelling in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro Friday, killing one, emergency services said, in what appeared to be the first direct attack on the city.
• US, EU and G7 are set to revoke Russia’s “most favoured nation” status over its invasion of Ukraine.
• Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that around 100,000 people had evacuated the country’s cities in two days, but accused Russian forces of targeting a humanitarian corridor in the besieged port city of Mariupol, describing the attack as “outright terror”.
• The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting Friday at the request of Russia over the alleged development of biological weapons in Ukraine. Both Washington and Kyiv have denied the existence of laboratories intended to produce biological weapons in Ukraine, saying the allegations were a sign that Moscow could soon use the weapons itself.
• Russia’s defence ministry said it would open humanitarian corridors on Friday from five cities: Kyiv, Suma, Kharkiv, Mariupol and Chernihiv.
• The European Union’s Ursula von der Leyen will propose a plan in mid-May for phasing out Russian fossil fuels by 2027. 
• The UN said the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24 surged past 2.3 million.

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