Ukrainian defenders repel 11 enemy attacks in Donetsk, Luhansk regions over past day
Ukraine's Armed Forces have repelled 11 enemy attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the last 24 hours.
23 May 2022
Ukraine's Armed Forces have repelled 11 enemy attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the last 24 hours.
22 May 2022
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have repulsed one enemy attack in eastern Ukraine and destroyed eight Russian military equipment units.
In Donetsk direction, the enemy tries to break through the defense of Ukrainian troops and reach the administrative borders of Luhansk region.
Lviv paratroopers have shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft.
Russia has already lost about 29,050 troops in Ukraine (+200 over the past day).
Russia’s combat losses in Ukraine reach about 29,050 troops
Moody's has downgraded the Government of Ukraine's foreign and domestic currency long-term issuer ratings and foreign currency senior unsecured debt ratings to Caa3 from Caa2.
According to British intelligence data, Russia's only operational company of BMP-T Terminator tank support vehicles has likely been deployed to the Sievierodonetsk axis of the Donbas offensive.
Russian troops are preparing to resume an offensive in the Sloviansk direction.
21 May 2022
Advancing without unnecessary human losses to the line, which was in place before February 24, the day Russia launched its full-scale invasion, would already be a victory for Ukraine.
Russia has already lost about 28,850 troops in Ukraine (+150 over the past day).
Russia’s combat losses in Ukraine reach about 28,850 troops
Over the past day, the Ukrainian military eliminated 36 invaders and destroyed three enemy T-72 tanks and a Grad multiple rocket launcher in the south.
20 May 2022
Ukraine invites partner countries to sign a multilateral agreement and create a mechanism through which everyone who has suffered from Russia's actions will be able to receive compensation for all losses.
Ukrainian defenders from the Joint Forces Task Force repulsed 11 enemy attacks on May 20, destroying eight tanks, three artillery systems, ten armored fighting vehicles and other equipment.
Ukrainian defenders have killed about 80 Russian invaders and destroyed an ammunition depot in the area of responsibility of the Operational and Tactical Group East.
The National Bank of Ukraine estimates the war-related economic contraction by at least a third compared to pre-war levels.
On May 20, 2022, the Russian military launched a missile strike on Odesa Region’s coast with aircrafts, having hit a beach toilet.
Ukrainian defenders are apparently inflicting such massive losses on Russian invaders that their commanders have resorted to conscripting men with various disabilities to replenish their army ranks.
From February 24 to May 20, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 28,700 Russian servicemen, including nearly 200 in the past day alone.
Thirteen civilians have been killed in Russia’s shelling of Luhansk Region over the past day.
Russian troops are conducting offensive operations near such settlements as Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Region.
19 May 2022
In the area of responsibility of the Operational and Tactical Group "East", the Ukrainian military eliminated 40 Russian invaders and destroyed two tanks and two armored personnel vehicles.
Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stressed during the NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence meeting that Russian missile strikes pose a threat not only to Ukraine but NATO member states as well.
Ukrainians will defend their independence, but they must always remember that it costs tens of thousands of lives, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Russian troops intensified offensive and assault operations in the Donetsk direction so as to improve the tactical situation in some areas.
Over the last two weeks, 23 settlements in Kharkiv direction have been liberated from Russian invaders.
A Draft Statement of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to recognize President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin as war criminal has been tabled in Ukrainian parliament.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have already killed about 28,500 Russian soldiers since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24.
The Ukrainian army hit 90 enemy targets in southern Ukraine on May 18, including two self-propelled howitzers, armored vehicles and manpower.