Zelensky criticizes buffer zone plan
President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the idea of creating a buffer zone, calling it “not viable” and noting that no official proposal had been presented to Kyiv.
10 May 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the idea of creating a buffer zone, calling it “not viable” and noting that no official proposal had been presented to Kyiv.
Reconnaissance and strike teams from the Falcon unit of the Hart brigade, part of Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service, successfully deployed drones to eliminate a Russian cannon near Vovchansk. Their strikes also targeted an infantry fighting vehicle, three enemy vehicles, and two UAV takeoff sites, eliminating seven invaders.
Ukraine is exploring the possibility of establishing joint arms and equipment manufacturing companies with Latvia.
Within the Coalition of the Willing, several states have expressed readiness to deploy a security contingent to Ukraine, aiming to provide reliable security guarantees. However, discussions on the format and modalities of such a deployment remain ongoing.
On May 9, Russian shelling claimed the lives of three civilians and left four others injured in the Sumy region.
On May 9, 196 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontline, with the majority of attacks concentrated in the Pokrovsk sector.
On May 9, Russian forces killed two civilians in the Donetsk region and wounded two others.
On the morning of May 10, a civilian was killed in Kherson’s Dniprovskyi district following a Russian drone strike.
On May 9, two people were injured in the Kherson region as a result of Russian drone attacks.
Aerial reconnaissance units from the 4th detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine successfully destroyed an Russian ammunition depot and a surveillance camera in the Kharkiv region, while also striking three enemy positions.
The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to May 10, 2025 amount to nearly 964,580 invaders, including another 1,310 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day.
Over the past day, Russian forces carried out 284 strikes across 13 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, injuring three civilians in the Zaporizhzhia district.
Aerial reconnaissance units from the 4th detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine successfully destroyed a Russian ammunition depot and a surveillance camera in the Kharkiv region, while also striking three enemy positions.
Ukraine requires more heavy armored vehicles, air and missile defense systems, and investments in the defense industry to stabilize the front and protect its population.
Police explosives experts successfully destroyed the warhead of an enemy drone that had been shot down in the Kirovohrad region.
09 May 2025
The European Commission has signed an agreement with the governments of several EU member states to allocate EUR 1 billion from windfall profits generated by frozen Russian assets to bolster Ukraine's defense industry.
On the Kharkiv front, the so-called “truce” declared by Russian dictator Putin is not felt at all. The enemy continues its assault operations.
Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science, and Technology—Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov and European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius visited a Ukrainian drone manufacturing facility.
Russian troops have intensified reconnaissance operations along the line of contact in the area of responsibility of the Luhansk Operational Strategic Group of Troops.
April this year became the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since September 2024, primarily due to Russia's widespread use of ballistic missiles.
On May 8, there were 193 recorded combat engagements on the frontline, with Ukrainian Defense Forces repelling the highest number of Russian assaults in the Pokrovsk sector.
Russian troops launched strikes on the Nikopol district, injuring one person and causing significant destruction.
Russian forces carried out multiple attacks on the Kherson region in the past day, killing one civilian and injuring another.
Soldiers from the Phoenix unmanned aerial systems unit successfully deployed drones to destroy a Russian tank, an MSTA-B cannon, and a dozen trucks in eastern Ukraine.
Soldiers from the Phoenix unmanned aerial systems unit successfully deployed drones to destroy a Russian tank, an MSTA-B cannon, and a dozen trucks in eastern Ukraine.
Soldiers from the Hart Brigade of the State Border Guard Service have successfully destroyed two ammunition depots, two vehicles, and a Russian communication antenna in the Vovchansk sector.
On May 8, in Odesa region, in one of the villages of the Sloboda community of Podil district, a wall of a non-residential building collapsed on children. One boy died and another was injured.
08 May 2025
On May 8, there were 154 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders at the front, with more than fifty of those taking place in the Pokrovsk sector.
Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said the Netherlands and Romania would set up a joint center for training Ukrainian F-16 ground maintenance crews.
Police in Kyiv region are establishing the circumstances of the shooting in the village of Sofiyivska Borshchahivka, Bucha district, Kyiv region, which killed several people.