Categories: WAR NEWS

Russia – Ukraine war updates as of May 5, 2025

Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of May 5, 2025.

1,167 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,080 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. May 5, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.

The 1167th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 269 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.

Yesterday, the enemy launched one missile strike using one missile against the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, as well as 106 air strikes, in particular, dropping 167 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it carried out 5550 attacks, 121 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 2628 kamikaze drones to strike.

The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, against the settlements of Ryasne, Velyka Pysarivka, Tymonovichi in the Sumy region; Zakharivka, Rubizhne, Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region; Pokrovsk, Sukhyi Yar, Zorya, Leonidivka, Druzhkivka, Rusyn Yar, Malynivka, Udachne, Novopavlivka, Zelenyi Kut, Novoukrainka, Novopil, Bahatyr, Zelenye Pole in the Donetsk region; Novodarivka, Hulyaipole, Vysoke, Orikhiv in the Zaporizhia region; Vesele, Beryslav, Burgunka in the Kherson region.

Yesterday, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck 14 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, one air defense system, an electronic warfare station, an artillery system and another important enemy facility.

Over the past day, five clashes took place in the Kharkiv direction in the areas of Vovchansk, Stroivka and Tykhye.

Seven attacks by the invaders were recorded in the Kupyansk direction during the day. The defense forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions in the areas of Golubivka, Petropavlivka and towards Pishchane, Hlushkivka and Novoosynovo.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 22 times. He tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Nove, Kopanky, Tverdokhlibovo, Kolodyaz and towards Zelenaya Dolyna, Lypove, Olhivka, Ridkodub.

In the Siversky direction, three clashes took place in the directions of Hryhorivka and Verkhnokamyansky. All the enemy’s attempts to advance were repelled by our defenders.

In the Kramatorsk direction, ten clashes took place in the direction of Mayske, Bila Hora and near Stupochky and Chasiv Yar.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 16 attacks in the areas of Toretsk, Druzhba and towards Diliivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 115 attacks of the aggressor towards the settlements of Hnativka, Myrolyubivka, Promin, Novoserhiivka, Stara Mykolaivka, Nova Poltavka, Oleksiivka, Bahatyr, as well as in the areas of the settlements of Malynivka, Dachenske, Zvirovo, Novooleksandrivka, Udachne, Yelizavetivka, Lysivka, Shevchenko, Kotlyarivka, Troitske, Andriivka, Bogdanivka.

In the Novopavlivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 52 enemy assaults near the settlements of Kostiantynopol, Rivnopol, Novopil, Novosilka, Pryvilne and towards the settlements of Zelene Pole, Shevchenko, Bahatyr.

The enemy attacked the positions of our defenders five times in the Vysokoye area in the Hulyaipole direction.

In the Orikhiv direction, near Novoandreyevka, Pyatikhatki and Stepovoye, the invaders carried out three futile attacks on the positions of our defenders.

In the Pridneprovsky direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations.

In the Kursk direction, our soldiers repelled 23 enemy attacks over the past day. The enemy carried out 317 artillery attacks, 11 of them from multiple launch rocket systems. 10 air strikes were also carried out, during which 13 guided bombs were dropped.

In the Volyn and Polesie directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.

Our soldiers are inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, actively undermining the offensive potential of the aggressor in the rear.

In total, over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,260 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized five tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, 43 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, 137 operational-tactical-level UAVs, and 109 units of automotive equipment of the occupiers.

Ukraine Front Lines