Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of May 9, 2025.
1,171 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,084 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.
Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. May 9, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.
The 1174th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
In total, 155 combat clashes were recorded yesterday.
The enemy carried out 65 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, dropping 125 guided bombs. In addition, it carried out about 3,500 attacks, 114 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 3,443 kamikaze drones to strike.
The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Gorokhovatka, Sadovod in the Kharkiv region; Kostyantynivka, Rodynske in the Donetsk region; Novodarivka, Malynivka, Zaliznychne, Pavlivka, Maly Shcherbaki in the Zaporizhia region, and Kozatske in the Kherson region.
Over the past day, the aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck 20 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, five artillery pieces, a military supply depot and a UAV control point of the Russian invaders.
In the Kharkiv direction, our troops repelled three enemy attacks in the Vovchansk area.
In the Kupyansk direction, two attacks by the invaders took place over the past day. The defense forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions in the areas of Nova Kruglyakivka and Zagryzove.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 25 times. It tried to advance near the settlements of Kopanky, Hrekivka, Novye, Ridkodub, Kolodyazi and in the direction of Hryhorivka.
In the Siversk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled eight enemy attacks over the past day. Units of the invaders tried to advance in the areas of Bilogorivka and Verkhnyokamyansk.
In the Kramatorsk direction, four clashes were recorded in the areas of Novomarkovo, Chasiv Yar and Andriivka.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out six attacks in the areas of Ozaryanivka, Diliivka and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 70 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Stara Mykolaivka, Vodyane Druge, Novaya Poltavka, Myrolyubivka, Yelizavetivka, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Novooleksandrivka, Kotlyarivka, Troitske, Andriivka and Bahatyr.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 13 enemy attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynopol, Novosilka, Vilne Pole and Novopil.
In the Orikhiv direction, over the past day, Ukrainian units repelled six enemy assaults near Malaya Tokmachka, Stepovoye and Malye Shcherbaky.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy made one futile attempt to attack the positions of our defenders.
In the Kursk direction, eight combat engagements took place over the past day. In addition, the enemy launched four air strikes using ten guided bombs, and also carried out 284 artillery attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, including eight from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the Hulyaipole direction, the invader did not conduct offensive operations.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
Ukrainian soldiers inflict significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment and actively undermine the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.
In total, over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,170 soldiers.
Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized eight tanks, 27 armored combat vehicles, 48 artillery systems, three air defense systems, 141 operational-tactical level unmanned aerial vehicles, 171 vehicles and six units of special equipment of the occupiers.
