Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of May 20, 2025.
1,182 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,095 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.
Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. May 20, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.
The 1182nd day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
In total, 177 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
According to updated information, yesterday the enemy carried out 59 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, dropped 117 guided aerial bombs, and engaged 2882 attack drones.
The russian enemy also carried out 5366 artillery attacks, including 157 from multiple launch rocket systems.
The enemy carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Pyharivka in the Sumy region; Novopil in the Donetsk region; Hulyaipole, Temyrivka, Stepnohirsk, Malynivka, Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region; Kozatske in the Kherson region.
Over the past day, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck three areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and five means of missile troops and artillery of the Russian invaders.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy tried to advance three times in vain in the areas of Vovchansk and towards Kutkivka.
In the Kupyansk direction, three attacks by the invaders took place yesterday. The defense forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions near Zagryzovye and towards Pishchane.
In the Lyman direction, 23 clashes occurred. The enemy tried to advance near Yampolivka, Kopanky, Novomykhailivka, Zelenaya Dolyna, Torske and towards Glushchenkove, Karpivka, Serebryanka, Yampol, Hryhorivka, Novy Mir, Ridkodub and Olhivka.
In the Siversk direction, our troops repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of Verkhnokamyansk, Bilogorivka and towards Hryhorivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy carried out six attacks in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Bila Hora, Kurdyumivka and in the direction of Predtechyny.
Over the past day, the enemy attacked Ukrainian units in the areas of Toretsk, Novospassky, towards Diliivka and Ivano-Frankivka 13 times in the direction of Toretsk.
Over the past day, our defenders in the Pokrovsky direction stopped 72 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Myrolyubivka, Zvirovo, Yelizavetivka, Malinivka, Lysivka, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Troitske, Kotlyarivka, Andriivka and in the direction of the settlements of Zorya, Novoukrainka, Stara Mykolaivka, Shevchenko Pershe, Nova Poltavka, Popiv Yar, Myrnograd, and Novomykolaivka.
In the Novopavlivske direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 22 attacks by the invaders in the areas of Konstantinopol, Pryvilnye, Rivnepol, Vilnye Pol and towards Novopol, Bahatyr and Zeleny Pol.
In the Hulyaipole direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled four attacks in the direction of Mala Tokmachka and near Stepove.
In the Prydniprovske direction, enemy units tried to advance once – they were unsuccessful.
In the Kursk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled ten attacks by the invaders in the past day. The enemy also launched 14 air strikes, using 32 guided aerial bombs, and carried out 227 attacks, seven of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.
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, the losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 1,030 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized one tank, five armored combat vehicles, 58 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, 118 operational-tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, 105 units of automotive equipment, two units of special equipment, and two heavy flamethrower systems of the invaders.
