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Russia – Ukraine war updates as of May 7, 2025

Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of May 7, 2025.

1,169 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,082 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. May 7, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.

The 1169th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 171 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.

Yesterday, the enemy launched four missile strikes using four missiles on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, as well as 96 air strikes, in particular dropping 187 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it carried out more than 6,400 attacks, 109 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 3,267 kamikaze drones to strike.

The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Rusyn Yar, Nova Poltavka, Stara Mykolaivka, Myrnograd, Bilytske, Yablunivka, Novoolenivka, Poltavka, Pokrovsk, Oleksandro-Kalynove, Zorya, Novopavlivka, Novopil, Zelene Pole in the Donetsk region; Novodarivka, Temyrivka, Olhivske, Hulyaipole, Malynivka, Mala Tokmachka, Kamianske of the Zaporizhia region; Verbovye of Dnipropetrovsk region; Olhivka, Novooleksandrivka of Kherson region.

Yesterday, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 10 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, an electronic warfare station, a radar station, four UAV control points, four artillery systems, a control point and two ammunition depots of the enemy.

Over the past day, eight clashes took place in the Kharkiv direction in the areas of Vovchansk and Vovchanskiye Khutory.

Three 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 the settlements of Zagryzove and Petropavlivka.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 21 times. Tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Lypove, Nadiya, Zelenyi Gai, Ridkodub, Yampolivka, Torske and in the directions of Novy Mir, Zelenyi Dolyna and Kolodyazy.

Over the past day, five clashes took place in the areas of Kurdyumivka and Chasiv Yar in the Kramatorsk direction.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out eight attacks in the areas of Dachny, Druzhba and Toretsk.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 77 attacks of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Kalynove, Promin, Lysivka, Dachenske, Shevchenko, Kotlyne, Udachny, Zvirovo, Novooleksandrivka, Nadiivka, Troitske, Novoserhiivka, Kotlyarivka, Sribne, Andriivka and in the direction of Malynovka, Novaya Poltavka, Novopavlivka, Pokrovska, Myrolyubivka, Oleksiivka.

In the Novopavlivske direction, the Defense Forces repelled 23 enemy assaults near the settlements of Konstantinopol, Pryvilne, Rivnopol, Novosilka, Vilne Pole, Shevchenko, Novopil, Odradne.

The enemy twice attacked the positions of our defenders in the Vysoke area in the Hulyaipol direction.

In the Orikhivske direction, near Stepove, Maly Shcherbaky, Kamyanske and towards Novoandriivka, the invaders launched four futile attacks on the positions of our defenders.

In the Prydniprovske direction, the Russian occupiers attacked once unsuccessfully, trying to get closer to the positions of our defenders.

In the Kursk direction, our soldiers repelled 11 enemy attacks over the past day. The enemy launched 336 artillery attacks, 14 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems. They also launched 12 air strikes, during which they dropped 18 guided aerial bombs.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the formation of offensive enemy groups have been detected.

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

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 1,270 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized 14 tanks, three armored combat vehicles, 71 artillery systems, 124 operational-tactical UAVs, one missile and 131 units of automotive equipment of the invaders.

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