Ukrainian Ground Forces
Despite not having sufficient forces to achieve its strategic goals, Russia can still use its available troops to sow panic and stretch the Ukrainian Armed Forces in areas such as Sumy region, preventing them from redeploying to more important fronts.
Over the past day, the Ukrainian Air Force, missile forces and artillery struck two control points, three areas of concentration of Russian troops and an enemy electronic warfare station, and shot down 12 Russian missiles and 31 attack drones.
The operational situation remains tense, but fully controlled by the Defense Forces in the Sumy and Chernihiv sectors, with the enemy actively using sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
Over the past day, 103 combat engagements took place on the frontline, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck at 17 places of concentration of personnel and two infrastructure facilities of the Russian-terrorist forces, while the Russian-terrorist forces suffered losses of 1148 personnel, 15 tanks, 11 armored personnel carriers and other military equipment.
Russian missile strikes damaged buildings and vehicles in Kharkiv, and shelling caused destruction in several villages in the region, including residential areas, educational institutions, and injuries to civilians.
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.
The military service of convicts who exercise the right to sign a contract with the AFU will have virtually no peculiarities, except that they will serve in specialized units.
According to Ukrainian Digital Technology Minister Mykhaylo Fedorov, Russia is using increasingly sophisticated means to cut off Ukraine's access to the Starlink satellite Internet network.
As part of the reform of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, its staff is to be reduced by 60%, and the dismissed personnel will be used to staff operational and tactical command and control bodies, as well as combat military units.
Ukrainian troops have stopped the Russian offensive in the Kharkiv sector and are conducting counteroffensive operations, inflicting significant losses on the occupiers.
Ukraine's Security Service detained a Russian informant who was spying on Ukrainian Armed Forces units fighting in the hottest spots of Donetsk region.
Over the past day, 113 combat engagements took place between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian occupiers in various parts of the frontline, during which Ukrainian troops successfully repelled numerous Russian attacks and inflicted significant losses on the enemy.
russia conducted intensive attacks on Ukrainian positions, including 3 missile strikes, 37 air strikes, 387 kamikaze drone strikes and about 3,000 attacks with various types of weapons.
Since the beginning of the day, the occupants have already carried out 79 attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, most of the fighting took place in the Pokrovske and Kupyanske directions, according to the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada passed a draft law that would remove from public access court decisions in cases against persons suspected of committing crimes against national security, state secrets, the procedure for conscription, mobilization or military service under martial law for security reasons.
SBU military counterintelligence detained a collaborator who served as a guard in a Russian torture chamber during the occupation of Kherson and later tried to hide by mobilizing into the Ukrainian army.
The operational situation on the northern border with russia is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but remains tense, with Russian shelling of border settlements and active subversive and reconnaissance groups.
A former KGB officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing intelligence to Russia, which led to a missile strike on the Yavoriv military training ground in Lviv region on March 13, 2022.
Russian troops shelled Kharkiv and at least two districts of the Kharkiv region, wounding 20 people and damaging residential buildings, businesses, vehicles, and infrastructure.
Enemy tactical aircraft activity has been spotted in the Sea of Azov, the Ukrainian Air Force reports.
Ukraine's Air Force reported a threat to use attack UAVs in Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro regions.
Enemy tactical aviation activity has been spotted in the Sea of Azov, the Ukrainian Air Force reports.
The SBU detained an informant of the Russian GRU, who was collecting intelligence about the location of Ukrainian artillery units near Volchansk in the Kharkiv region to help Russian troops capture the city.
The satellite image shows fire and smoke at the site of the strike on the former police academy in Russian-occupied Luhansk.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Pokrovsky, Kramatorsk and Kurakhovsky directions remain extremely difficult with intense fighting, while the Ukrainian security forces successfully destroy the invaders in the Kharkiv region.
The invaders intensified offensive attempts in the area of Volchansk and staritsa in the north of the Kharkiv region, but the Ukrainian Defense Forces managed to stabilize the situation in the direction of Strelechnoe-glubokoe and prevent a breakthrough of the enemy's defense.
The Ministry of defense of Ukraine, together with the army command and QLogic, has launched an electronic queue service for shopping centers and joint ventures across the country in a test mode, which allows citizens to make an appointment online to fulfill their legal duties.
The situation in the areas of military operations remains difficult, but is controlled by the Ukrainian Defense Forces, with intense fighting concentrated in the Donetsk region, especially in the Pokrovsky direction, where the enemy made 23 unsuccessful attempts to break through the Ukrainian defense line.
Ukrainian troops repel Russian attacks near Liptsy in Kharkiv region and try to completely drive Russian occupation forces out of Hlyboke and Vovchansk.
An FSB informant was detained in Zaporizhzhia who was tracking the movement of Ukrainian military equipment and troops to help Russian troops plan attacks and air strikes.