Brief Facts:
- Russian newest "Terminator" AFV engaged in combat with Ukrainian forces
- Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet
- The Russian Federation has already used 2,400 different-type missiles against Ukraine since the full-scale war started.
- American media reports that the U.S. may approve the transfer of long-range rocket systems to Ukraine.
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of carrying out a “genocide” in the eastern region of Donbas, where the city of Sievierodonetsk is suffering an onslaught of Russian shelling.
Side note: news are marked in accordance with the Kyiv time zone: Eastern European Time (EET), GMT/UTC+2
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00:15 Ukrainian senior command HQs released reports on Ukrainian accomplishments and russian casualties over the day
All of them have been summarized and put into figures. The report from the Air Force Command tells details about a Ukrainian air raid of Su-25 aircraft covered by a MiG-29. Check it out:
Summary of May 27, the 93rd Day of War: Successful Ukrainian Air Raid and Numerous Russian Casualties
22:41 Lithuania is gathering money to buy Bayraktar drones for Ukraine
Lithuania has gathered 3,3 out of 5 million euros to buy Bayraktar TB2 drones for Ukrainian Armed Forces. The fundraiser initiated by Lithuanian TV TV presenter Andrius Tapina has gathered this much in two days of the campaign, Kyiv Independent reports. The initiative was supported by a number of Lithuanian officials, including the Minister of Defense Arvydas Anusauskas, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte and former president Dalia Grybauskaite.
It is said the fundraising campaign attracted money at a rate of about 1,500 euros per minute.
21:51 UK Prime Minister discussed maritime grain exports from Ukraine with Turkish President
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson had a talk on russian Black Sea blockade with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In his interview with Bloomberg, Boris Johnson said he had a "good conversation" with Erdogan in recent days on the issue. He admitted that lifting russian blockade is a tough problem:
"I won’t pretend to you that there’s an immediate solution that we can just do with a click of the fingers," Johnson said.
The prime minister noted that British warships are not going to escort Ukrainian grain freighters. He also called to provide Ukraine with MLRS rocket launchers and further military support.
21:10 Ukrainian paratroopers shot down another Ka-52 "Alligator"
Air defense units of the 95th Air Assault Brigade destroyed another russian helicopter. The military shot the aircraft with a "Piorun" MANPADS missile in the Kharkib region. It is not the first helicopter the brigade has downed. Over the past month only, the unit's air defenders eliminated at least four helicopters, two of them being the Ka-52, and two more – the Mi-8 transporters.
In general, Ukrainian paratroopers have shot down 67 air targets already, says the Air Assault Forces Command. But doesn't specify whether this number includes cruise missiles as well.
The video below shows how the Ka-52 fell.
20:38 Russia already used 2,400 missiles against Ukraine
"Since February 24, 2022, the Russian army has already used 2,400 different-type missiles against Ukraine. Most of them were fired at civil infrastructure facilities, enterprises, warehouses (namely, food warehouses), residential houses and the railway," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his speech at the Indonesian analytical center of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia.
More details:
It Became Known How Many Missiles Russia Already Used Against Ukraine
20:13 Russian gas operator will lose its Austrian storage if it's not filled with gas
Gazprom will lose the Haidach gas storage facility in Austria if the gas operator doesn't fill it with gas, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said during a telephone conversation with russian President Vladimir Putin.
"Austria will open the Haidach gas storage facility to other companies if the Russian Gazprom does not use it," Kleine Zeitung quotes the Austrian Chancellor, Ukraine NOW. reports.
Gazprom's Haidach storage facility in Salzburg is the largest in Austria and the second largest in Central Europe. It was built by Gazprom together with its subsidiary WINGAS. Storage capacity is 2.8 billion cubic meters.
19:58 International OSINT volunteers continue identify russian war criminals
InformNapalm international volunteer open-source intelligence community published the second part of their investigation into the personnel of the russian 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade. This military unit was deployed in the Kyiv region during the first weeks of war and was allegedly responsible for the war crimes committed in Bucha, Hostomel and Irpin.
The investigation is based on photo materials provided by the security forces of Ukraine and open-source data. More details here.
19:23 Russian newest "Terminator" AFV engaged in combat with Ukrainian forces
Ukrainian journalist Yurii Butusov reports that russian military are trying to break through defenses in Luhansk region. The photos from Ukrainian scouts shared by him show russian tanks and a BMPT "Terminator" tank support fighting vehicle. Having got caught by Ukrainian artillery, the armored machines started to flee, according to Censor.net.
More details:
Russian BMPT "Terminator" Had to Flee Their First Combat in Ukraine
18:52 The United States has signed an agreement on the purchase of Stinger man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) to replenish the stockpiles from which weapons were sent to Ukraine. The cost of the contract is $ 687 million. The document refers to the purchase of 1,468 Stingers from Raytheon Technologies. According to Reuters, about 1,400 Stinger missile systems have been sent to Ukraine since February.
Find more details on the theme in a publication by Defense Express:
Russia’s Mi-24 Crocodile Assault Helicopter Shot Down by Stinger MANPADS (Video)
18:21 Since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine started, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recorded 8,766 civilian casualties in the country: 4,031 killed and 4,735 injured.
“This included: a total of 4,031 killed (1,529 men, 995 women, 92 girls, and 100 boys, as well as 69 children and 1,246 adults whose sex is yet unknown); a total of 4,735 injured (957 men, 629 women, 110 girls, and 132 boys, as well as 164 children and 2,743 adults whose sex is yet unknown),” reads the OHCHR’s civilian casualty update.
As noted, most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, and missile and air strikes.
Find more details on the theme in a publication by Defense Express:
Chronicle of the Russian Federation Crimes in Ukraine (May)
17:55 Defense Intelligence of Ukraine reports that the Russian occupiers are placing their personnel in a Ukrainian penal colony. Thus, they took to Kherson all the convicts and staff from the correctional colony № 10 in the temporarily occupied village of Darʼivka, Kherson oblast. Currently, the colony is used by the Russians as the residence of army personnel, and military equipment is also on the territory.
Approximately from mid-June, the Russian occupiers will stop supplying funds and "humanitarian aid" to captured Mariupol. It is expected that this will further exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe in the city.
In the village of Shevchenkove, Kharkiv oblast, the Russian military is asking at a local bazaar where Ukrainian ammunition can be purchased. They want to carry out a "self-infliction", pretending to have a combat wound, in order to return home.
Disappearances have become more frequent in Kupyansk, Velykyi Burluk, Shevchenkivske, and Izyum in Kharkiv oblast. Most often it is men from 18 to 60 years and young women. The disappearances are linked to the "work" of Russian special services in the occupied part of the oblast.
17:00 In the skies of Kherson oblast, a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet, which was hunting for Ukrainian assault aircraft.
More details:
Ukrainian Air Forces Shot Down Russian Su-35
16:20 The Russian Federation has already used 2,400 different-type missiles against Ukraine since the full-scale war started. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his speech at the Indonesian analytical center of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“Since February 24, 2022, the Russian army has already used 2,400 different-type missiles against Ukraine. Most of them were fired at civil infrastructure facilities, enterprises, warehouses (namely, food warehouses), residential houses and railway,” Zelenskyy told.
In his words, over three months since the full-scale war started, Russian combat aircrafts have appeared in the Ukrainian sky more than 3,000 times.
15:40 Ombudsman Liudmyla Denisova reports that people in occupied Crimea are being encouraged to make forced donations. The chief physician of the Simferopol Central District Hospital issued a special order stating the need to increase blood supplies of all categories to 1,500 recipients and to temporarily suspend the provision of free medical services. To replenish the blood bank, the occupation authorities require employers to send workers to blood donation points. In this case, anyone can become a donor — no medical documents are required, and the examination is not conducted.
Denisova noted that in Sevastopol in the military hospital wards are overcrowded, and put extra beds for the wounded. There are up to 40 people in some wards.
Find more details on the theme in a publication by Defense Express:
Chronicle of the Russian Federation Crimes in Ukraine (May)
15:00 North Macedonia's Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani has visited the town of Irpin outside Kyiv as part of his visit to Ukraine. He said this on Twitter: "The devastation witnessed today in Irpin is beyond words. Targeting civilians is a war crime and totally unacceptable. The perpetrators must be held accountable".
14:26 Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the Presidentʼs Office, said that Russia was using the heaviest non-nuclear weapons against Ukraine.
“The video shows the work of the Solntsepek flamethrower system. Some partners are hesitant to provide the necessary weapons for fear of escalation. Escalations?! Russia is already using the heaviest non-nuclear weapons against Ukrainians, forcing people to burn alive. Maybe itʼs time to respond to the villains and hand over MLRS to Ukraine? ” He wrote on Twitter.
14:01 Chairman of the Dnipro Public Council Hennadiy Korban said that one of the missile strikes on the Dnipro killed 10 people and injured more than 30. One of the units of the National Guard was hit.
13:40 In the temporarily captured Kherson, the Russian "authorities" together with the Rosguard are looking for Mariupol residents to bring them back to the city. The adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andriushchenko reported about it. The occupiers are establishing places for compact resettlement and single accommodation of people from Mariupol, forming buses and will send all the established Mariupol residents home.
"Inform relatives and friends who have found temporary shelter in Kherson about the danger. It is better to go to the surrounding settlements for a few days to find out the level of threat," Andriushchenko added.
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Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report: russians Demining Mariupol Port
12:55 The russian army keeps removing tanks from storage bases to be sent to Ukraine.
Another echelon with heavy armor removed from storage bases was spotted in the Moscow region near Naro-Fominsk.
In contrast to the obsolete T-62M tanks which were transported from temporarily occupied Crimea to the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, this echelon consists of significantly newer T-80BV tanks.
Find more details on the theme in a publication by Defense Express:
Russia Removing T-80BV From Storage, the Echelon Spotted Near Moscow
12:30 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky: “We want to reclaim the life of a sovereign country within its own territory.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has given an address to an Indonesian think tank this morning, and said Ukraine was not eager to talk to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, but that it has to face the reality that this will likely be necessary to end the war, The Guardian reports, citing Reuters.
He said Russia did not appear to be ready yet for serious peace talks.
“There are things to discuss with the Russian leader. I’m not telling you that to me our people are eager to talk to him, but we have to face the realities of what we are living through. What do we want from this meeting... We want our lives back... We want to reclaim the life of a sovereign country within its own territory,” Ukrainian President stated.
11:55 Fourteen bodies of Russian servicemen found in Kyiv region.
The Evacuation 200 search team found 14 bodies of Russian servicemen in Kyiv region.
In the village of Sytniaky, near Makariv, and in Moshchun, Kyiv region, specialists found and exhumed 14 bodies of soldiers and officers of the Russian army, ArmyInform reports.
"Despite Russia’s brazen large-scale invasion of the territory of our state, Ukraine shows a humane attitude to the fallen Russian troops. Every day, searchers from the civilian-military cooperation group find numerous bodies of those killed in this war," reads the statement.
11:35 Russians fire mortars on border areas of Sumy region
Russians fired mortars from their territory on the border areas of Sumy region, northern Ukraine.
"The occupiers continue to fire on the border areas of Sumy region. Today, at about 05:15-05:20, observers recorded seven explosions from the Russian Federation towards the village of Seredyna Buda, according to preliminary information, fired with 120mm mortar," the Operational Command "North" posted on Facebook.
Eight more shots, probably fired with a 120mm mortar from the Russian Federation towards the same settlement were recorded at 06:12-06:55.
In both cases, no casualties among military personnel or local population and destruction to military equipment were reported. The information on the damage to civilian infrastructure is being clarified.
11:20 Ukrinform is reporting that russian forces shell Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine overnight. It quotes Valentyn Reznichenko, the head of the regional state administration, saying: “An unquiet night and an unquiet morning. We have several strikes. Serious destruction.”
He said that rescuers were working in rubble to look for possible survivors.
Ukrinform also quotes the mayor of Novomoskovsk, Serhii Rieznik, who said explosions had been heard in Dnipro. The Dnipropetrovsk region borders Donetsk, and is to the west of the Donbas area where much of Russia’s military activity is targeted.
11:10 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has published a new summary of total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 27.05.
According o th summary, russians are facing non-stop military losses on Ukrainian soil. About 29750 agressor's troops eliminated, 994 air targets (excluding cruise missiles) of invaders were shot down, thousands of tanks, armored vehicles and tracks were destroyed by defenders of Ukraine.
Find more details on the current russias combat losses in Ukraine-russia war as well as an infographic by Defense Express in a publication:
The 93rd Day of the War: Russian Casualties in Ukraine
10:45 On May 26, Russian troops tried to break into Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region. Five people were killed by enemy shells in the region during the day. "Throughout the day, the Russians tried to break into Sievierodonetsk from Purdivka and Shchedryshchevo, attacked the positions of our military in the area of Ustynivka. On May 26, four Sievierodonetsk residents were killed by enemy shells. The Russians opened fire on a police station. Nobody was injured. Another man was killed by a Russian shell in Komyshuvakha yesterday," Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Haidai posted on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.
10:20 Ukraine’s Prosecutor General's Office: Some 241 children die in Ukraine due to armed aggression of Russia, 438 children injured.
Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation 679 children were injured in, as of the morning of May 27. The official number of dead children was 241 people, the number of injured was 438, the Prosecutor General's Office reports.
These figures are not final, as work is underway to establish them in areas of active hostilities, in temporarily occupied and liberated territories, the message released on Friday morning says.
Children suffered the most in Donetsk region – 151, Kyiv region – 116, Kharkiv region – 108, Chernihiv region – 68, Luhansk region – 50, Kherson region – 49, Mykolayiv region – 45, Zaporizhzhia region – 28, Sumy region – 17, Kyiv city – 16, Zhytomyr region – 15.
On May 21, a 7-year-old girl was injured in an attack by the occupiers of the village of Molodetske, Belozersky District, Kherson Oblast.
On May 26, the invaders again fired artillery on Kharkiv city. Eight civilians were killed. In particular, a 5-month-old boy and his father died, and a mother was hospitalized. Seventeen people were injured, including a 9-year-old girl.
A total of 1,887 educational institutions have been damaged in bombing and shelling of Ukrainian cities, towns, and villages by the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Of them, 180 are completely destroyed.
09:50 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has released an operational update on the state of warfare as of 18.00 on May 27, 2022.
According to Ukraine’s General Staff operational report, the enemy is trying to make some gains in the Bakhmut direction, disrupt Ukrainian supply chains and cut off Ukrainian units from the main forces. The enemy also has renewed its assault on the town of Sloviansk in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
Find more details on the theme and key points of the report in a publication by Defense Express:
Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report: Enemy is Trying to Develop Success in the Bakhmut Direction
09:35 SW: Invaders preparing 'third line of defense' in eastern Ukraine
Despite making several gains in the battles in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces are slow, losing many soldiers and beginning to prepare a "third line of defense."
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said this in its latest report.
"Russian forces in occupied areas of the Southern Axis are reportedly preparing a 'third line of defense' to consolidate long-term control over the region and in preparation to repel likely future Ukrainian counteroffensives," the analysis said.
Find more details on the theme in a publication by Ukrinform.
09:15 UK Ministry of Defense: Russian forces surround Severodonetsk and Lyschansk.
Russian ground forces are continuing their attempt to surround Severodonetsk and Lyschansk, having recently captured several villages north-west of Popasna, the UK ministry of defense has said in its latest report, The Guardian reports
The report states the next:
Russia is pressuring the Severodonetsk pocket although Ukraine retains control of multiple defended sectors, denying Russia full control of the Donbas.
Russia’s Southern Grouping of Forces (SGF) likely remains tasked with occupying southern Ukrainian territory. In recent days, Russia has likely moved 50-year-old T-62 tanks from deep storage into the SGF’s area of responsibility.
The T-62s will almost certainly be particularly vulnerable to anti-tank weapons and their presence on the battlefield highlights Russia’s shortage of modern, combat-ready equipment.”
08:45 On Thursday, May 26, the Air Force's air defenses hit one Orlan-10 UAV, struck a russian cruise missile. At the same time enemy Ka-52 was shot down with a stinger missile by warriors of one of the brigades of Ukraine’s Land Forces. Air Force also provided fire support to the Defense Forces in the Luhansk direction and in other operational areas that day
That is according to reports of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Command.
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Ukraine’s Air Force Command: Enemy Ka-52, Orlan-10 UAV, Two Cruise Missiles Shot Down on Previose Day
08:20 CNN: U.S. may approve transfer of long-range rocket systems to Ukraine.
The U.S. presidential administration is preparing to increase arms supplies to Ukraine by sending advanced, long-range rocket systems to the country.
That's according to CNN, Ukrinform reports.
The administration is leaning toward sending the systems as part of a larger package of military and security assistance to Ukraine, which could be announced as soon as next week.
Find more details on the theme in a publication by Ukrinform:
U.S. May Approve Transfer of Long-Range Rocket Systems to Ukraine - CNN
07:45 Ukrainian missile and artillery units, supported by aircraft, struck enemy positions in the south more than 100 times on Thursday, May 26,. According to preliminary data, 35 occupiers and several infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed, and the final losses of the enemy are being clarified
That's according to the Operational Command South, Ukrinform reports.
In southern Ukraine, on May 26, Russian occupiers also tried to launch an air strike on Ukrainian positions using a helicopter but Ukraine's Armed Forces forced the enemy to retreat.
"The enemy was trying to launch an air strike on our positions using a Mi-24 helicopter. Thanks to the expediently organized defense and the effective use of appropriate weapons, the enemy pilot, turning away from the strike, hastily withdrew without using weapons," the statement said.
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Ukraine’s Troops Struck Enemy Positions More Than 100 Times in the South
07:30 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Moscow of carrying out a ‘genocide’ in Donbas.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Moscow of carrying out a “genocide” in the eastern region of Donbas, where the city of Sievierodonetsk is suffering an onslaught of Russian shelling, The Guardian reports.
Zelenskiy said Russia’s brutal assault on the Donbas could leave the entire region “uninhabited” during his latest national address.
The current offensive of the occupiers in Donbas can make the region uninhabited.
They want to burn Popasna, Bakhmut, Lyman, Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk to ashes. Like Volnovakha, like Mariupol. In cities and communities closer to the Russian border, in Donetsk and Luhansk, they gather everyone they can to fill the place of those killed and wounded in the occupation contingent.
All this, including the deportation of our people and the mass killings of civilians, is an obvious policy of genocide pursued by Russia.”
07:05 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky: Pressure on Russia is a matter of saving lives
Pressure on Russia is literally a matter of saving lives, whereas every day of delay, weakness, various disputes or proposals to "appease" the aggressor at the expense of the victim is new killed Ukrainians and new threats to everyone on the European continent.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a nightly video address, Ukrinform reports.
Find more details on the theme in a publication by Ukrinform:
Zelensky: Pressure on Russia is a Matter of Saving Lives
05:05 Ukrainian military seized more than three times more such an artillery systems than the Armed Forces of Ukraine has on its balance. Obviously, some armament was never in service of Ukraine’s forces or in critically low quantities.This time it is the 2B16 Nona-K to be seized by Ukrainian military. As of 2014 there were only 2 units in Ukraine, but there are at least 7 captured units already since the russian invasion.
Find more information in the article by Defense Express: The Armed Forces of Ukraine Testing a Rare Trophy Russian 2B16 Nona-K Gun-Mortar
02:45 The Operational and Tactical Group East Facebook page posted an operational update as of 26 May.
According to the report, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed almost 90 Russian invaders, also destroying a helicopter and two enemy mortars on Thursday.
Read more in the article by Defense Express: Russian Invaders Eliminated, Armored Vehicles Get Destroyed in the Operational and Tactical Group East Area of Responsibility
01:30 The Joint Forces Operation Facebook page posted an operational update as of 26 May.
According to the report, all over the defense line, russian troops used combat aviation, multiple launch rocket systems, cannon artillery, tanks, mortar systems, launching missile and air strikes on civil infrastructure facilities and residential areas.
Read more in the article by Defense Express: In the Joint Forces Operation Area Ukrainian Troops Repel 12 Enemy Attacks
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