
Russians failed to encircle Bakhmut, they lost part of dominant heights – deputy defense minister
The Russian invaders failed to surround Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and they lost part of the dominant heights around the city.
The Russian invaders failed to surround Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and they lost part of the dominant heights around the city.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has assured of his country's support for Ukraine's defense against Russia, stressing “Ukraine’s security is our security.”
As a result of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression, 482 children have been killed and 981 more injured in Ukraine.
As part of his visit to Japan as a member of the official Ukrainian delegation, Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office Andriy Yermak met with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
The Russian Federation keeps two Kalibr cruise missile carriers, with a total salvo of up to eight missiles, in the Black Sea.
In Kharkiv region, a local enterprise burned down in Kupiansk as a result of Russia’s shelling. Three people were injured after repeated attacks.
On the evening of May 20, four enemy Shahed-136/131 one-way attack UAVs were destroyed in the eastern operational zone.
Serhii Nikiforov, press secretary of President Volodymyr Zelensky, says the head of the Ukrainian state denied the reports of the Bakhmut capture Russian invaders.
The U.S. Department of Defense on Sunday announced additional security assistance package to Ukraine to help the nation meet its critical security and defense needs.
Russia has already lost about 203,160 troops in Ukraine (+730 over the past day).
On the night of May 21, 2023, Russian troops fired unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukraine’s air defense forces destroyed all enemy targets.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have launched 10 air strikes on Russian personnel and military equipment clusters.
The Russian army has been shelling the towns of Tokmak and Molochansk in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region in order to force civilians to flee the area.
In the last four days, Russia has highly likely redeployed up to several battalions to reinforce the Bakhmut sector.
The Russian invaders force the captured service members to call their relatives and say that Ukraine refuses to release them.
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Italy, together with its allies, is considering the possibility of training Ukrainian air force pilots on Western-type warplanes.
On May 20, Russian troops shelled four communities in Sumy region close to the border with Russia, where a total of 56 explosions were reported.
The Russian Federation keeps two missile carriers with a total of eight Kalibr cruise missiles on board in the Black Sea.
The launch by the Russians of a fake report claiming the alleged disappearance of the Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, can be explained by the peak of battlefield tension in and around Bakhmut.
Russian troops have struck the Dnipropetrovsk region’s city of Nikopol and Chervonohryhorivka community with heavy artillery.
Ukraine’s air defense units have destroyed five Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.
Russian troops are focusing efforts on the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions. Over the past day, a total of 39 military clashes have occurred there. The fiercest battles are raging for the Donetsk region’s Bakhmut and Marinka.
Russia’s loitering munition has hit an infrastructure facility in the city of Kharkiv.
Strengthening Ukraine's air and missile defense will be discussed at the next Ramstein format meeting next week.
The situation in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, is critical. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hold the defense in the Litak district.
The USA can provide Ukraine with F-16 aircraft on the condition that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not use them for strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation.
In Zaporizhzhia region, 87 houses were damaged as a result of an enemy attack last night.
The enemy's redeployment of additional reserves to Bakhmut direction indicates the failure of their offensive operations – the fortress of Bakhmut stands.
In Bakhmut and Kupyansk directions, the occupiers use about 33,000-35,000 shells so they do not experience ammunition shortage.