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Russia – Ukraine war updates as of May 22, 2025

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 1184th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 144 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.

According to updated information, yesterday the enemy carried out 90 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, dropped 144 guided aerial bombs, and engaged 2492 kamikaze drones. The enemy also carried out 5291 artillery shelling, including 114 from multiple launch rocket systems.

The russian enemy carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Novopil – Donetsk region; Novodarivka, Vysoke, Hulyaipole, Novoandreivka in the Zaporizhia region.

Over the past day, the missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces have hit 12 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, three command posts, one air defense system, five missile forces and artillery systems, and two other important objects of the Russian invaders.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy tried in vain to advance six times in the areas of Vovchansk, Kamyanka, and towards Malaya Shapkivka.

In the Kupyansk direction, four attacks by the invaders took place yesterday. The defense forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions near Kindrashivka, Zagryzovoye, and Novaya Kruglyakivka.

In the Lyman direction, 17 clashes occurred. The enemy tried to advance near the settlements of Ridkodub, Hrekivka, Zelena Dolyna in the direction of Novosergiyevka, Olhivka, Novy Mir, and in the Serebryansk forest.

In the Siversky direction, our troops repelled two enemy attacks in the area of Bilogorivka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy carried out three attacks in the area of Chasiv Yar and towards Predtechyny.

In the past day, in the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked Ukrainian units 16 times in the areas of Diliivka, Druzhba and Toretsk.

In the Pokrovsky direction, over the past day, our defenders stopped 54 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Yablunivka, Zorya, Shevchenko Pershe, Nova Poltavka, Myrolyubivka, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Dachenske, Kotlyne, Novoserhiivka, Udachne, Troitske, Promin, Kotlyarivka, Andriivka and in the areas of Popovy Yar and Novomykolaivka.

In the Novopavlivske direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 19 attacks by the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Bahatyr, Odradne, Shevchenko, Vesele, Rivnopil, Novopil, Zelene Pole, Vilne Pole.

Three times the invaders tried to advance to the positions of Ukrainian units in the Vysokoye area in the Hulyaipil direction.

In the Orikhivske direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled four attacks in the Shcherbaky, Stepovoye areas and towards Pavlovka.

In the Prydniprovske direction, enemy units tried to advance once – they were unsuccessful.

In the Kursk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled five attacks by the invaders over the past day. The enemy also launched 17 air strikes, using 34 guided aerial bombs, and carried out 191 attacks, nine of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Volyn and Polesie directions, no signs of the formation of offensive enemy groups have been 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 870 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized four tanks, five armored combat vehicles, 32 artillery systems, 105 unmanned aerial vehicles of the operational-tactical level and 99 units of automotive equipment of the invaders.

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