War update: 204 engagements on front lines in past day
Russian forces launched a massive assault on multiple fronts across Ukraine over the past 24 hours, with 204 combat engagements recorded.
Russian forces launched a massive assault on multiple fronts across Ukraine over the past 24 hours, with 204 combat engagements recorded.
During a nighttime attack on Ternopil, a Russian missile struck an industrial facility, sparking a fire that spread across 1,000 square meters.
Russia suffered approximately 980,850 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and May 25, 2025, with 1,020 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
Explosions were heard in Kharkiv, with confirmed strikes in the Osnovianskyi, Novobavarskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi districts. Several people were injured, including a child.
Drone operators from the Phoenix unit of the Revenge Brigade, part of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service, destroyed a Russian Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system and a Molniya UAV launch platform in the Kharkiv region.
On the night of May 24-25, the Khmelnytskyi region came under enemy attack, resulting in civilian casualties and infrastructure damage.
A Russian drone strike hit a five-story residential building in Mykolaiv, killing one person and injuring five others.
Three people were killed and ten others injured in the Kyiv region during an enemy drone attack.
Eleven people have been injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv. A residential building and a business center sustained damage, and a fire was reported.
On May 24, rescuers evacuated six civilians from areas under heavy shelling on the right bank of the Oskil River in Kupiansk district of Kharkiv region.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (HUR) has recorded over 150 cases of executions of Ukrainians who were taken prisoner by Russian forces.
Over the past day, police officers in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv region evacuated 12 more civilians from areas under intense shelling.
In the temporarily occupied cities of Siverskodonetsk and Bakhmut, homeowners are prohibited from carrying out repair work without permission from the military commandant's office.
Ukrainian border guards have successfully destroyed 22 Russian vehicles, an armored combat vehicle, a 122-mm D-30 howitzer, a R-330 M1P Diabazol electronic warfare system control center, and a fuel depot in the Kharkiv region.
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Explosions were heard in Odesa during an air raid alert.
Drone pilots from the 4th Border Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine have destroyed a Russian shelter, surveillance camera, and antenna, as well as targeted four enemy positions in Kharkiv region using drones.
A total of 160 combat clashes occurred on the frontline, with fighting in the Pokrovsk and Kursk sectors being the most intense.
Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration (RMA) Oleh Hryhorov stated that the enemy continues to attack Yunakivka community with guided aerial bombs and drones. He emphasized that the claims circulated by Russian propagandists about the alleged control of Yunakivka by occupying forces are false.
A Russian drone struck a private home in the village of Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv region, killing a 63-year-old woman on her birthday.
Ukrainian police have published a video showing the first minutes following Russia’s missile and drone attack on Kyiv during the night of May 24.
Russian forces launched guided aerial bomb (GAB) strikes at the border village of Velyka Pysarivka in Sumy region, killing a woman and injuring a local man.
Since the start of the day, Ukrainian defenders have engaged in 85 combat clashes with Russian forces, with battles still ongoing in six frontline sectors.
Russian troops have launched large-scale assaults using armored vehicles in the Novopavlivka sector.
A 40-year-old woman was wounded today in Komyshany, a settlement within the Kherson city community, following a drone strike by Russian forces.
As a result of a Russian air attack overnight on May 24, nine residential buildings, two schools, a clinic, 26 cars, a Ukrposhta (Ukrainian post office) branch, a boiler facility, and a power line were damaged in Kyiv.
The Azot chemical plant in Russia's Tula region has been struck.
Kyiv and seven other regions of Ukraine were affected by a large-scale Russian attack involving 250 strike drones and 14 ballistic missiles, all targeting civilian infrastructure.
On May 23, four people were killed and seven others injured as a result of enemy shelling in Kharkiv region.
Overnight on Saturday, drones attacked Russia’s Lipetsk region. Local residents report a repeated strike on the Energia plant in the town of Yelets.