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17 May 2025
There have been 131 combat engagements on the front lines today, with 44 attacks carried out by Russian forces in the Pokrovsk sector alone, resulting in 372 enemy casualties.
Ukrainian forces have shot down 36 Russian drones, while six more enemy UAVs have disappeared from radar screens.
On May 16, 145 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded at the frontline yesterday.
Soldiers of the separate artillery reconnaissance brigade “Black Forest” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed an enemy anti-aircraft missile system “BUK-M1” with a munition in the eastern direction.
On May 14, six Ukrainians climbed Mount Everest, the largest mass ascent of the world's highest mountain in the history of Ukrainian mountaineering.
Russian troops continue shelling Ukraineєs border areas, with the Sumy region suffering the most.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), with the support of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi, has detained a driver from an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who was directing Russian strikes on his own unit’s positions on the Kursk front.
16 May 2025
On May 16, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 115 combat clashes with Russian forces, with 49 of them taking place in the Pokrovsk sector alone.
Throughout the day, Russian forces shelled the town of Kupiansk and surrounding areas in Kharkiv region, injuring four civilians and damaging residential buildings.
The bodies of 909 fallen Ukrainian defenders have been returned to Ukraine as a result of repatriation efforts.
Explosions have been heard in Kherson since early morning; Russian forces attacked a civilian vehicle with a drone; civilians were injured and residential buildings damaged.
An 88-year-old woman was injured in the village of Malyi Burluk, Kharkiv region, as a result of Russian strikes.
Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces engaged in 165 combat clashes with Russian troops.
15 May 2025
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 73 combat clashes between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian invaders. Fighting continues in seven sectors of the frontline, with the hottest areas being Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka.
In Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, a hospital had to be closed due to constant Russian attacks on the city, and 18 guided bombs were fired at the community over the previous day alone.
Russian troops have intensified their combat operations in the Vovchansk sector and Sumy region.
Russian forces launched attacks on six settlements in the Kharkiv region yesterday, killing one person, injuring three others, and damaging civilian infrastructure.
On May 14, a total of 168 combat engagements took place between Ukrainian defenders and Russian troops, with almost half of them occurring in the Pokrovsk sector.
On the third Thursday of May, Ukraine traditionally celebrates Vyshyvanka Day — a day dedicated to the traditional embroidered shirt that symbolizes national identity and cultural heritage.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained four pro-Kremlin online agitators operating in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Vinnytsia region.
In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, Russians have intensified monitoring of social networks and posts by local residents.
14 May 2025
On May 14, Russian troops carried out drone strikes on the border village of Kozacha Lopan in the Kharkiv region, injuring two residents.
The Russian military carried out an air strike on the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in the Kharkiv region, injuring a 58-year-old woman.
The Russian military carried out an air strike on the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in the Kharkiv region, injuring a 58-year-old woman.
The Ukrainian and French leaders are united above all by brotherhood, but Emmanuel Macron is more than just an ally of Volodymyr Zelensky. He is his friend.
Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces have engaged in 83 combat clashes with Russian invaders. Fighting continues in seven frontline sectors, with the most intense assaults taking place near Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Lyman.
A Russian airstrike on Kupiansk on May 14 claimed the life of a 63-year-old man.
Russian forces targeted the Konotop Forestry Office in Sumy Region, damaging 14 administrative buildings, vehicles, and forestry workers’ homes.
Russian forces carried out 155 attacks at the border areas of Chernihiv, parts of Sumy, and Kharkiv regions over the past day.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine have shot down 80 Russian drones, while 42 additional enemy UAVs were lost from tracking.