Categories: WAR NEWS

Russia – Ukraine war updates as of May 2, 2025

Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of May 2, 2024.

1,164 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,077 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. May 2, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.

The 1164th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 199 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.

Yesterday, the enemy launched three missile and 96 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, used five missiles and 172 guided bombs. In addition, it carried out 5898 attacks, 61 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 2991 kamikaze drones to destroy them.

The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Rohivka, Krasnopillya, Uhroidy, Malaya Rybytsia, Myropilske in the Sumy region; Rohivka in the Chernihiv region; Pokrovsk, Novopil, Zelene Pole, Rozivka, Zelene in the Donetsk region; Svyatopetrivka, Zaliznychne, Novodanylivka, Orikhiv, Novoandriyivka of the Zaporizhia region; Kherson, Tyahynka of the Kherson region.

Yesterday, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck six areas of concentration of enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment, one UAV control point and two enemy air defense systems.

Over the past day, eight clashes took place in the Kharkiv direction in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Kamyanka, Topoli and towards Novovasylivka and Lyptsiv.

Five attacks by the invaders were recorded in the Kupyansk direction. The Defense Forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions in the areas of the settlements of Novoosinove, Hlushkivka, Nova Kruglyakivka and Zagryzove.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 27 times, trying to advance in the areas of Nadiya, Yampolivka, Kolodyazy and towards Grekivka, Torske, Ridkodub and Zelenaya Dolyna.

In the Siversky direction, the enemy attacked towards Verkhnokamyansky and Hryhorivka. In total, four clashes took place over the past day.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces repelled six enemy assaults in the areas of the settlements of Chasiv Yar, Novomarkovo and towards Bila Hora.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out four attacks in the areas of the settlements of Shcherbynivka, Druzhba and towards Diliivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 64 attacks by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Zvirovo, Elizavetivka, Promyn, Vodyane Druge, Oleksandropil, Malynivka, Lysivka, Dachenske, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Nadiivka, Novooleksandrivka, Kotlyarivka, Troitske, Andriivka, as well as in the direction of Pokrovsk, Romanivka, Staraya Mykolaivka, Novaya Poltavka, Myrolyubivka, Bahatyr and Oleksiivka.

In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces repelled 15 enemy assaults in the areas of Konstantinopol, Novoselka, Pryvilny, Vilny Pole and in the direction of Bahatyr and Shevchenko.
In the past day, there were no clashes in the Hulyaipil direction.

In the Orikhiv direction, near Lobkovo, Kamyanske and Stepovo, the invaders carried out four futile attacks on the positions of our defenders.

Last day, in the Pridneprovsk direction, the enemy once unsuccessfully stormed the fortifications of our defenders.

There were 33 clashes in the Kursk direction. The enemy launched 210 artillery attacks, five of them from multiple rocket launchers, carried out 15 air strikes, dropping 21 guided aerial bombs.

No signs of the enemy’s offensive formations were detected in the Volyn and Polesie directions.

Our soldiers inflicted significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, and are also actively undermining the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders last day amounted to 1,110 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized nine tanks, five armored combat vehicles, 50 artillery systems, four air defense systems, 138 operational-tactical-level UAVs, and 132 units of automotive equipment of the occupiers.

Ukraine Front Lines