Russia – Ukraine war updates as of May 16, 2025

Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of May 16, 2025.

1,178 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,091 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. May 16, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.

The 1178th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 165 combat clashes took place over the past day.

The russian enemy carried out 60 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, dropping 97 guided bombs. In addition, it carried out more than 5,400 attacks, 106 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 2,900 kamikaze drones to strike.

The air strikes affected, in particular, the areas of the settlements of Bunyakyne in the Sumy region; Novopil, Zelene Pole in the Donetsk region; Temyrivka, Novodarivka, Zaliznychne, Vysoke, Maly Shcherbaki, Novoyakovlivka in the Zaporizhia region; Kozatske in the Kherson region.

Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck seven areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, an ammunition depot and another important target of the Russian invaders.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy carried out offensive actions six times near the settlements of Vovchansk, Hlyboke and towards Vysoka Yaruga, Dovgeny and Kudiyivka.

In the Kupyansky direction, four attacks by the invaders took place. The defense forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions towards Pishchanye and in the areas of Zagryzove and Kruglyakivka.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 16 times, trying to advance in the areas of Ridkodub, Kolodyazy and in the directions of Novoplatonivka, Novosergiivka, Olhivka, Grekivka, Novy Mir, Zelenaya Dolyna.

In the Siversky direction, our defenders repelled three assaults by the occupation forces near Bilogorivka, Hryhorivka and Verkhnyokamyansky.

In the Kramatorsk direction, nine clashes were recorded in the areas of Chasiv Yar and Kurdyumivka.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out eight attacks in the areas of the settlements of Toretsk, Krymske, Diliivka, Klishchiivka and in the direction of Bila Hora.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 75 assaults by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Malynovka, Nova Poltavka, Myrolyubivka, Yelizavetivka, Lysivka, Myrnograd, Novoserhiivka, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Andriivka, Promin, Kotlyne, Kotlyarivka, Troitske and in the directions of Zori, Novoserhiivka, Popovy Yar, Staraya Mykolaivka.

In the Novopavlivka direction, our defenders stopped 23 attempts by the enemy to break through the defensive lines near the settlements of Bahatyr, Kostiantynopol, Pryvilne and Vilne Pole.

In the Orikhiv direction, the aggressor carried out three offensive actions in the areas of Maly Shcherbaky, Novoandreyevka and Stepovoye. He was unsuccessful.

In the Prydniprovsk direction, the Defense Forces stopped one attempt by the enemy to advance.

In the Kursk direction, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine yesterday repelled 14 attacks by the Russian invaders. In addition, the enemy carried out 12 air strikes using 18 guided bombs, and also carried out 236 artillery attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, including eight from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the formation of offensive enemy groups were detected.

Ukrainian soldiers are inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces and are actively undermining the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 1,100 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized 13 tanks, 32 armored combat vehicles, 36 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, one air defense system, 123 operational-tactical-level unmanned aerial vehicles, and 166 units of automotive equipment.

EMPR

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