Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of May 25, 2025.
1,187 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,100 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.
Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. May 25, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.
The 1187th 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, 204 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
According to updated information, yesterday the enemy launched two missile and 97 air strikes, used eight missiles and dropped 138 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it carried out 5461 attacks, including 129 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used about 2600 kamikaze drones to strike.
The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Krasichka and Velyka Pysarivka in the Sumy region; Zorya, Novotoretske, Sofiivka, Koptievye, Dovha Balka, Poltavka, Shakhove, Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, Oleksandro-Kalynove, Myrnograd, Sukhyi Yar, Novopil, Perestroika, Komar in Donetsk region; Dachne in Dnipropetrovsk region; Novodarivka, Hulyaipole, Malynivka, Novoandreivka in Zaporizhia region; Kozatske in Kherson region.
Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck nine areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, five artillery pieces, seven command posts and two other important enemy targets.
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, Stroivka, Kutkivka and Vovchanski Khutory.
In the Kupyansk direction, five attacks by the invaders took place yesterday. Our defenders repelled the enemy’s assault actions in the directions of Petropavlivka, Zagryzovoe and Nova Kruglyakivka.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 23 times. He tried to wedge into our defenses in the areas of the settlements of Kopanky, Lypove, Ridkodub, Zelena Dolyna, Kolodyazi, Torske, Novomykhaylivka and in the direction of Karpivka, Hryhorivka, Grekivka, Olhivka.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy made three attempts to advance in the areas of Bilogorivka, Viimka and Pereyzne.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked four times west of Andriivka and in the direction of Predtechyny and Bila Hora.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy made 16 attacks near Druzhba, Diliivka, Krymske, Toretsk, Shcherbynivka, Petrivka and in the directions of Pleshchiivka and Yablunivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 65 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Zorya, Nova Poltavka, Myrolyubivka, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Udachne, Malynovka, Sukhyi Yar, Novoserhiivka, Muravka, Troitske, Dachenske, Kotlyne, Kotlyarivka, Horikhove, Novoukrainka, Oleksiivka and Andriivka.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy carried out 14 attacks during the past day near the settlements of Kostiantynopol, Bogatyr, Odradne, Shevchenko, Vesele, Vilne Pole, Novosilka, Zelene Pole, Novopil.
In the Orikhivka direction, the occupation troops advanced four times on the positions of our defenders in the areas of Stepovoye, Maly Shcherbaky and in the direction of Novoandriivka.
In the past day, the enemy did not conduct active offensive actions in the Hulyaipole and Prydniprovske directions.
In the Volyn and Polesie directions, no signs of the enemy’s offensive formations have been detected.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue the operation in the Kursk direction. Over the past day, the enemy carried out 12 air strikes, dropping 16 guided bombs, and carried out 246 attacks, six of which were from multiple rocket launchers. Ukrainian defenders stopped 39 assault actions of the invaders.
Ukrainian soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment, and are actively undermining the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.
In total, over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,020 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized two tanks, 11 armored combat vehicles, 68 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, 190 operational-tactical level unmanned aerial vehicles, six missiles, 112 vehicles and seven units of special equipment of the occupiers.
