Russian troops intensified their attacks in the Seversky and Kurakhovsky directions, while maintaining pressure on the Pokrovsky direction, while Ukrainian troops successfully repelled numerous assault operations and inflicted losses on the invaders.
Since the beginning of the day, 84 military clashes have occurred on the fronts of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and 42 of them occurred in the Kurakhovsky and Pokrovsky directions, which remain the hottest sections of the front.
The enemy has increased the intensity of assault operations in the Kurakhovsky and Seversky directions, fierce fighting continues in areas such as Krasnogorovka and Razdolovka, while Ukrainian servicemen cause fire damage and take measures to prevent a breakthrough of the defense.
The authorities of the Kharkiv region are closely monitoring the situation in the Zolochiv direction and are ready to evacuate the population if necessary due to fears of possible intensification of enemy actions.
Over the past day, enemy forces launched 3 missile and 38 air strikes, fired 2,849 times at Ukrainian positions and conducted intense combat operations in many areas, without achieving significant territorial gains.
Russian troops intensified shelling along the entire frontline, with the number of combat engagements increasing to 108, and fighting is currently ongoing in 18 areas.
Over the past day, 97 combat engagements took place in various parts of the frontline, Ukrainian troops repelled numerous Russian attacks and inflicted losses on the enemy, although the situation remains tense in some areas.
Ukrainian troops repelled 80 combat engagements along the entire front line, with the most intense fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk sector, causing significant losses to Russian troops.
In certain areas of the Kharkiv sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces achieved success, repelling attacks and inflicting significant losses on the enemy, while in the Kupyansk and other areas the situation remains tense and combat engagements continue.
The enemy's activity sharply increased in the Kupiansk sector, almost doubling, while it did not decrease in the Pokrovsk sector.
In the Kharkiv region, 11,117 people were evacuated from Chuhuiv, Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv districts due to ongoing Russian attacks and shelling in the region.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully repelled numerous offensive and assault operations by Russian troops in various frontline areas, with the hottest fighting taking place in the Kupyansk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions.
Twenty-one combat engagements took place in the frontline today, with another combat engagement in the Kharkiv sector near Vovchansk and another in the Kupyansk sector. In the Siversky sector, Ukrainian troops succeeded in some areas.
Intense fighting continues in the Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk sectors as Russian troops attempt to break through Ukrainian defenses - 77 combat engagements have been recorded since the beginning of the day on May 24.
Over 50 people were injured in the Kharkiv region over the past day as a result of Russian shelling of the city of Kharkiv and three districts.
Since the beginning of the day, 28 combat engagements were registered on the frontline, with fighting continuing, in particular, in the vicinity of Krynok, Kharkiv region, and near Klishchiyivka, Donetsk region.
Russian troops shelled Kharkiv and at least two districts of the Kharkiv region, wounding 20 people and damaging residential buildings, businesses, vehicles, and infrastructure.
Since the beginning of the day, 121 combat engagements have taken place, during which Russian occupants launched 4 missile attacks, 37 air strikes using 47 drones and 376 kamikaze attacks on Ukrainian positions.
President Zelenskyy discussed the situation at the front with the military command, emphasizing maximum attention to the entire border and inflicting maximum losses on the Russian occupiers.
Russian troops have concentrated their main efforts on Kupyansk and Pokrovsky directions, while, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 22 military clashes occurred in Kupyansk and 12 military clashes continue in Pokrovsky direction, while six more attacks were repelled.
Ukrainian servicemen are steadfastly defending their native land, resolutely repelling 94 enemy attacks and counterattacking in certain areas, improving their tactical positions, despite the superiority of the Russian occupiers in manpower and equipment.
On May 21, 86 clashes occurred at the front, most of which occurred in the Pokrovsky, Kharkiv, Seversky and Kramatorsk directions, as the enemy continues active operations, but Ukrainian troops restrain the onslaught and give a decisive rebuff, as a result of which 47 Russian occupiers and 14 units of weapons and military equipment were lost.
As a result of the shelling of Cherkasskaya Lozovaya and settlements in Kupyansky and Chuguevsky districts, 22 people are being treated in medical institutions, 4 of them in extremely serious condition.
The situation in the Kharkiv region remains difficult, but the Defense Forces are stabilizing it, and the number of hostilities has halved compared to the previous day.
In some areas of the frontline, Ukrainian troops are succeeding in repelling Russian attacks, in particular in the Pokrovsk sector, which remains the hottest, with 37 combat engagements so far.
In Kharkiv, a nighttime drone and missile attack by Russian troops damaged 25 trucks, buses, cars and buildings, injuring 7 people, including two people who were hit by a missile at a transport company, and damaged houses in Bohodukhiv district.
Since the beginning of the day, 95 combat engagements took place on the frontline, during which the enemy carried out 5 missile attacks, 39 air strikes, 309 kamikaze attacks, and 2910 attacks on Ukrainian positions using various types of weapons.
The Russian occupation forces are focusing their efforts on the Pokrovske direction, conducting active offensives on several fronts, facing fierce resistance from Ukrainian troops, who are confidently holding their positions and inflicting significant losses on the enemy.
According to Sinegubov, the Russians in the Kharkiv region need to pull up their reserves in order to continue, so to speak, their efforts to move forward, which they have been demonstrating in recent days.
According to the General Staff, the occupants have made a total of 58 attempts to force our soldiers out of their positions. Combat continues in 17 areas.