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 1183rd day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
Ukrainian defenders are steadfastly holding back the onslaught of the occupiers, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.
In total, 164 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
According to updated information, yesterday the enemy launched one missile and 70 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, used one missile and dropped 116 KAB. In addition, it carried out 5174 attacks, including 149 from multiple launch rocket systems, and involved about 3048 kamikaze drones for destruction.
The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Dvorichanske in the Kharkiv region; Berestok, Zorya, Poltavka, Koptevo, Popiv Yar, Myrnograd, Udachne, Piddubne, Novodarivka, Tolstoy in the Donetsk region; Branch of the Dnipropetrovsk region; Hulyaipole, Vysoke of the Zaporizhia region.
Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck nine areas of concentration of enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy tried three times to break through the defensive lines of our defenders in the Vovchansk area and in the Stroivka areas.
In the Kupyansk direction, yesterday, the invaders attacked in the Novaya Kruglyakivka area.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 30 times. He tried to wedge into our defenses in the areas of the settlements of Kopanky, Ridkodub, Novy Mir, Hrekivka, Zelena Dolyna, Yampolivka, Torske.
In the Siversk direction, the enemy made one attempt to advance in the Belogorivka area.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders attacked six times in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Kurdyumivka and towards Predtechyny and Bila Hora.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 14 attacks in the areas of Druzhba, Petrivka and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 44 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Yablunivka, Novoolenivka, Malinivka, Shevchenko Pershe, Myrolyubivka, Promyn, Lysivka, Zvirovo, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Troitske, Kotlyarivka and Andriivka.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy carried out 33 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Vilne Pole, Pryvilne, Zelene Pole, Kostiantynopol, Bahatyr, Burlatske, Vesele and towards Odradne.
In the Hulyaipil direction, Ukrainian units repelled two assault actions in the area of Vysokoye.
In the Orikhiv direction, the occupation troops twice advanced on the positions of our defenders near Novoandreyevka and Maly Shcherbaky.
One unsuccessful attempt to advance was made by the occupation troops in the Prydniprovs’k direction.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
In the Kursk direction, the enemy launched 19 air strikes over the past day, dropping 40 KABs and carrying out 261 shellings, four of which were from MLRS. Ukrainian defenders stopped 13 assault actions of the invaders.
Ukrainian soldiers inflict significant losses on the occupation troops in manpower and equipment 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 980 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized a tank, two armored combat vehicles, 23 artillery systems, 71 operational-tactical-level UAVs, 76 units of automobiles and one unit of special equipment of the invaders, as well as a heavy flamethrower system.
