Russia – Ukraine war updates as of May 24, 2025

Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of May 23, 2025.

1,185 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,098 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. May 23, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.

The 1186th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 202 clashes were recorded over the past day.

Yesterday, the enemy launched four missile and 77 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, using six missiles and dropping 130 KAB. In addition, it carried out 5837 attacks, including 130 from multiple launch rocket systems, and engaged 2997 kamikaze drones for destruction.

The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Zapsilya, Sumy region; Kupyansk, Kharkiv region; Dovga Balka, Donetsk region; Novopavlivka, Mezhova, Dnipropetrovsk region; Olhivske, Zaliznychne, Mala Tokmachka, Orikhiv, Kamyanske, Zaporizhzhia region; Mykolaivka, Odradokamyanka, Kherson region.

Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck five areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, three artillery systems and one other important enemy facility.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy tried five times to break through the defensive lines of our defenders in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Kamyanka and Dvorichna.

In the Kupyansk direction, five attacks by the invaders took place yesterday. Our defenders stopped the enemy’s assault actions in the areas of Kolisnykivka, Kruglyakivka and Zagryzove.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 16 times. He tried to wedge into our defenses near the settlements of Nove, Novomykhailivka, Zelena Dolyna, Torske, Hrekivka, Yampolivka and towards Hryhorivka and Bilogorivka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, four clashes were recorded yesterday in the Kurdyumivka area and towards Bila Hora and Predtechyny.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 21 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Romanivka, Ozaryanivka, Krymske, Druzhba and Toretsk.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 61 assault actions of the aggressor near the settlements of Shevchenko Pershe, Myrolyubivka, Yelizavetivka, Malinivka, Lysivka, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, Troitske, Kotlyarivka and Andriivka.

In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy carried out 30 attacks yesterday in the areas of the settlements of Novopil, Zelene Pole, Vilne Pole, Bahatyr, Vesele, Burlatske and in the direction of Odradne.

In the Orikhiv direction, the occupiers tried to advance five times in the areas of Stepove and in the direction of Novodanylivka.

In the Dnieper direction, the enemy made two futile attempts to advance.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to restrain the invader in the Kursk direction. In this direction, the enemy launched eight air strikes over the past day, dropping 12 KABs, and carried out 281 attacks, 13 of which were from MLRS. Ukrainian defenders stopped 43 assault actions of the invaders.

No combat clashes were recorded in the Siversky and Hulyay-Pil directions.

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

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 1,130 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized 11 tanks, 47 armored combat vehicles, 36 artillery systems, five multiple launch rocket systems, two air defense systems, 232 operational-tactical level UAVs, 232 vehicles and one unit of special equipment of the occupiers.

EMPR