Donetsk

Russian troops seized about 752 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in 2024, despite Russia's Defense Minister Andrey Belousov's inflated estimate of 880 square kilometers.

The state border guard service noted that among the border guards released today there are those who passed in the Donetsk and Izmail border detachments.

Satellite images show that part of the Kavkaz oil depot was damaged as a result of a Ukrainian rocket attack.

According to Lubinets, all those who returned from captivity Today report that they did not see representatives of the ICRC.

Ukraine managed to return 75 people from Russian captivity. Among them are National Guardsmen, border guards, a police officer and four civilians. The SBU also showed exclusive footage of the prisoner exchange.

According to the OSCE report, since 2014, Russia has deprived thousands of Ukrainian civilians of their liberty without legal grounds. Human rights activists believe that the actions of the Russian Federation on the territories of Ukraine should be qualified not only as war crimes, but also Crimes Against Humanity.

212 bodies of dead Ukrainian defenders were returned to Ukraine from various frontline areas and temporarily occupied territories.

In the Donetsk region, Russian troops shelled settlements 7 times in one day, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure, wounding 3 people.

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.

Zelensky heard reports from military commanders on the situation on the front line, especially in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, and said that Ukraine is preparing for further enemy activity.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that as of 16:30, on May 29, the number of military clashes at the front increased to 60, and the largest number of attacks took place in the Pokrovsky direction.

A strong explosion occurred in the Kiev district of occupied Donetsk, causing clouds of smoke to rise over the city, according to local and Russian Telegram channels.

Due to increased Russian shelling, additional settlements in the Donetsk region require forced evacuation, as the enemy conducts massive shelling of settlements and complicates the delivery of humanitarian aid.

For the first time in one day, Russian troops dropped 10 guided aerial bombs on the Donetsk region, which led to the destruction of settlements and human casualties.

An explosion occurred in Kharkiv, as reported by the city's mayor, Ihor Terekhov, after the Ukrainian Air Force warned of hostile launches of guided bombs in the Kharkiv region.

Oksana Marchenko, the wife of pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, faces up to 8 years in prison for financing the Russian occupation forces in Crimea since 2014, including payments to the Russian Guard and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Security Service of Ukraine has served a notice of suspicion to the head of a Russian bank that introduces the Russian ruble in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and finances Russian troops fighting against the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In Donetsk region, a 66-year-old Russian informant was detained who spied on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Sloviansk and called for the killing of Ukrainian prisoners instead of exchanging them.

As of today, Ukraine does not expect any restrictions on electricity consumption, and imports are planned from 5 countries - Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Moldova.

SBU officers exposed and detained an agent group of the Russian Federal Security Service, which was engaged in reconnaissance and subversive activities in Odesa region and passed to the enemy the coordinates of railway infrastructure facilities for possible attacks to disrupt train traffic.

Russia launched a disinformation campaign to shift the responsibility for the outbreak of war to Ukraine on the 10th anniversary of the battle for Donetsk airport.

On May 27, the electricity limits set by Ukrenergo will be enough for an average of 81% of Kyiv's needs, with blackout schedules in effect from 06:00 to 24:00.

Soldiers of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down another Russian Su-25 fighter jet in Donetsk region.

Ukrenergo has changed the schedule of power outages for May 25 in several regions, including Kyiv, Odesa, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovs'k: outages are scheduled from 20:00 to 24:00, while no outages are planned during the day.

Today, Ukraine may experience power outages during evening peak hours due to the application of hourly outage schedules from 20:00 to 22:00, the Ministry of Energy reports.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that enemy tactical aircraft launched anti-aircraft missiles in Donetsk region.

Ukrainian troops have stopped the Russian offensive in the Kharkiv sector and are conducting counteroffensive operations, inflicting significant losses on the occupiers.

The Security Service of Ukraine has served a new suspicion notice to Valentina Matvienko, the chairwoman of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, for encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, justification of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and glorification of its participants.

Ukraine's Security Service detained a Russian informant who was spying on Ukrainian Armed Forces units fighting in the hottest spots of Donetsk region.

Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners of the 110th Mechanized Brigade shot down another Russian Su-25 attack aircraft, continuing their successful strikes against Russian aviation.