Russian forces continue attempts to break through southwest of Huliaipole and capture the settlements of Verkhnia Tersa and Huliaipilske in the Zaporizhzhia region by the end of the month. Russian command has also tasked the 7th Air Assault Division with taking control of Stepnohirsk by the end of June.
Early this morning, Russian forces carried out an airstrike on the residential area of the village of Malotaranivka in Donetsk region, damaging 16 residential buildings. One person was injured.
Russian invading forces launched a strike with multiple launch rocket systems on the settlement of Prudianka in the Kharkiv region. As a result of the attack, two private houses caught fire.
Russian forces launched nearly 40 attacks throughout the day on the Nikopol, Synelnykove, and Pavlohrad districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region, injuring 12 people, including children.
Albania’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs summoned the Russian ambassador in Tirana following Kremlin threats of further strikes against Ukraine and intimidation directed at diplomats.
The Ministry of Defense, together with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is launching the “Logistical Lockdown” program and scaling up “middle strike” operations against the Russian army’s rear.
OSCE participating states have condemned Russian terror and reaffirmed their support for Ukraine during a special meeting convened at Ukraine's request following Russia's massive attacks.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he is "deeply concerned" over Russian statements about plans to carry out "systemic strikes" against Kyiv.
Five news organizations and media outlets reported that their offices and workspaces were destroyed as a result of a massive Russian attack in Kyiv on May 24; journalists and their family members were among the casualties.
Agents of the Atesh partisan movement reportedly disabled Russian radar systems in Novorossiysk ahead of a Ukrainian Defense Forces strike on the largest oil storage facility in the Caucasus, leaving Russian air defenses unable to respond to incoming targets.
On the evening of May 25, Russian invaders attacked a residential high-rise building in the Zarichny district of Sumy with drones, damaging an apartment.
On May 25, units of the Ukrainian Air Force successfully struck a key command and communications center of the Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region using Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles.