Russia – Ukraine war updates as of May 31, 2023

Russia - Ukraine war updates as of May 31, 2023

Russia - Ukraine war operational update of the General Staff of Ukraine for the last 24 hours of Russia - Ukraine war as of 6:00 a.m., May 31, 2023. 

462 day of the russian large-scale invasion has begun.

The russian Federation, suffering heavy losses, continues to wage a war of aggression. He continues to use terror tactics, trying to intimidate the population of Ukraine, strikes and attacks not only military, but also civilian objects.


Yesterday, the russian Federation carried out another massive air strike on the territory of Ukraine, using the shahed attack drones. Almost all drones were destroyed by our defenders. However, there are victims among the civilian population, private residential buildings, other civil and administrative infrastructure have been damaged.


In general, during the past day, the enemy carried out 64 air and 1 missile strikes, carried out 88 attacks from rocket salvo systems.


The probability of launching missile and air strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains high.


The russian occupiers continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts. During the past day, units of the defense forces repelled 22 enemy attacks.


The operational situation in the Volyn and Poliske directions has not changed much.


In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy made an unsuccessful attempt to infiltrate a sabotage and intelligence group across the State Border of Ukraine in the area of Zelene settlement of the Kharkiv Oblast. The russian troops also carried out an airstrike in the area of the village of Udy. They carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Khrinivka, Karpovychi, Yanzhulivka, Leonivka, Chernihiv Oblast; Seredyna-Buda, Fotovizh, Atynske, Uhroidy, Velika Pysarivka of the Sumy Oblast.


In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensives west of Masyutivka in the Kharkiv Oblast and in the direction of Novoselivskyi in the Luhansk Oblast. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the districts of Kotlyarivka of Kharkiv and Stelmakhivka of Luhansk Oblast. Kamianka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, and Berestov in the Kharkiv Oblast were subjected to artillery and mortar attacks.


In the Lymansky direction, the enemy carried out offensive actions south of Kuzmyny, without success. The russian forces carried out airstrikes in the areas of Belogorivka, Luhansk Oblast, and Yampolivka, Donetsk oblast. The settlements of Nevske, Belogorivka, Luhansk Oblast, and Spirne, Donetsk oblast, were hit by artillery fire.


During the past day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut direction. He carried out an air strike in the Vesely area and a missile strike in the New York area of the Donetsk oblast. Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka, Khromov, Ivanivske, Bila Gora, Severnye, Zalizne and New York of the Donetsk oblast suffered from enemy artillery shelling.


In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the North direction, without success. Carried out airstrikes near Avdiivka. He carried out artillery fire on the settlements of Avdiivka, Orlivka, Pervomaiske, and Netaylovo in the Donetsk oblast.


In the Mariinka direction, our defenders repelled all enemy attacks in the area of the city of Marinka, as well as in the direction of the settlements of Pobeda and Novomykhailivka. At the same time, the enemy carried out an airstrike within the Maryinka settlement, Georgiivka and Pobeda of the Donetsk oblast were subjected to artillery fire.


In the Shakhtarsk direction, the russian occupiers launched airstrikes in Vodyanyi, Prechistivka, and Velyka Novosilka areas. They also shelled the settlements of Vugledar, Novoukrainka, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, and Shakhtarske.


The enemy continues to conduct defensive operations in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. He carried out an airstrike in the Orikhov district of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The russian forces shelled the settlements of Zelene Pole, Novopil, and Temyrivka in the Donetsk oblast; Olhivske, Gulyaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Orihiv, Novoandriivka and Stepove of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast; Sadov, Komysany, Kizomys of the Kherson Oblast, Kherson, as well as the city of Ochakiv of the Mykolaiv Oblast.


In the temporarily occupied Yalta in Crimea, the russian occupation authorities are illegally seizing real estate from Ukrainian citizens who did not accept Russian citizenship during the occupation of the peninsula. Servicemen of the Russian occupying forces move into such settlements.


The invaders continue to impose russian citizenship on the population in various ways. In particular, in Stanytsia Luhansk, employees of one of the budget institutions were warned that in June, only those who have re-registered at a russian bank will be able to receive their salary.


Over the past day, the aviation of the defense forces has carried out 11 strikes on areas where the enemy's personnel and military equipment are concentrated, as well as a strike on its anti-aircraft missile complex.


During the past day, our defenders destroyed 32 attack drones of the shahed type.


Units of missile troops and artillery hit 3 control points, the area of concentration of enemy manpower, 4 artillery units in a firing position, an anti-aircraft missile complex, 3 warehouses of fuel and lubricants, and a radio electronic warfare station.

Last, but not the least, during the last day russia's losses in manpower was the following:

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