Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The ZSU is holding back the Russian offensive in the south and east of Ukraine.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the enemy organized 32 assaults in the areas of 13 settlements. Most of the attacks have already failed.
Since the beginning of the day, 114 combat clashes have occurred on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report on Wednesday, May 28.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, two armed clashes with Russians took place in the areas of Staritsa and Krasnoye Pervy.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy stormed the areas of Zagrizovy and Zelenyi Gai seven times. Three combat clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Liman direction, the aggressor attacked 14 times in the areas of the settlements of Ridkodub, Kolodyazy, Nadiya, Grekovka, in the Serebryansky forest, as well as in the direction of Karpovka, Sredny, Novy Mir, Zelenaya Dolina. Six combat clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy carried out two offensive actions near Belogorovka and in the direction of Verkhnekamyansky.
In the Kramatorsk direction, seven enemy attempts to advance towards Markov and near Chasovy Yar and Belaya Gora have been repelled. Two more clashes are ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked 13 times in the areas of Toretsk, Dilievka and Druzhba. Three combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy organized 32 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Mirolyubovka, Malinovka, Mirnoye, Lisivka, Kotlin, Udachnoye, Kotlyarovka, Gorikhovoye, Alekseyevka and in the direction of the settlements of Zarya, Rusin Yar, Novomikolayevka, Yablunovka. Six combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, our defenders repelled eight enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novopol, Zelenoe Pole, Volnoe Pole and in the direction of Voskresenka.
Four enemy attacks have been stopped in the Orekhov direction . The enemy attempted to advance near the settlements of Shcherbaki, Stepovoye, Novodanilovka and Robotino.
There were 16 military clashes in the Kursk direction , three of which are still ongoing.
Let us recall that on May 27, 216 combat clashes occurred on the front , the largest number (65) in the Pokrovsky direction.
Over the past 24 hours, Russia has lost more than 1,000 fighters killed and wounded. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1 million people.
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[NewsFront] 21:27 Drone operators from the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade have driven their drones on fiber optics right into the dugouts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy Oblast —video. 20:54 FPV drone of the 6th Army destroyed a pickup truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement Dvurechanskoye in the Khar'kov region —video.
20:26 Fiber-optic drone destroys Ukrainian tank —video.
19:50 Units of the North Group of Forces continue advance in the Sumy region and expanded the offensive front, liberating the settlement of Konstantinovka (west of Vladimirovka, on the road to Khoten, in the direction of the settlement of Sumy).
Assault operations continue in Yunakovka and in the village of Vodolaghi (about half of the village is under our assault units).
19:23 Calculation of 152mm "Giatsint-B" of the "Center" group destroyed artillery installations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during counter-battery combat.
Having received the coordinates of the targets identified with the help of reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles, the gun crew hit the area where the Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and fire weapons were located.
17:15 Around 15.50 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.
16:50 In the Sumy direction, support for the Severyan assault groups rendered a detachment of UAVs from our group of troops, which destroyed an enemy tank.
15:50 In the South Donetsk direction, fighters of the "East" force group are destroying heavy hexacopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the Baba Yaga type, providing reliable protection for our units.
FPV drones and small arms with thermal imaging sights are used to “land” enemy UAVs.
14:20 Specialists of the Rubicon Center are are destroying equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:30 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of May 28, 2025
Applied defeat of concentrations of manpower and equipment of three mechanized, two airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Khotyn, Alekseyevka, Bessalovka, Osoyevka, Sadki, Varachino, Khutor Krasny and Alexandria in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, armed formations of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the territorial defense brigade and the border detachment of the border service of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Eskhar, Volchansk, Volchanskie Khutora and Kreydyanka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 servicemen, six vehicles, four field artillery guns. Two electronic warfare stations, two counterbattery radar stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
Units of the "West" group of forces have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of three mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechanskoye, Kupyansk, Novoosinovo, Peschanoye in the Kha'rkov region and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, nine cars and an artillery piece. An electronic warfare station and five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved the situation along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of seven mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Minkovka, Berestok, Vasyukovka, Seversk, Slavyansk, Serebryanka, Shevchenko, Konstantinovka, Aleksandro-Shultino, Druzhkovka and Ivanopolye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 80 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, five pickups, an electronic warfare station, a counter-battery radar station, two ammunition depots and two supply depots.
Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defense. Formations of six mechanized, ranger, and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two brigades of naval infantry, and two brigades of the National Guard were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Stepanovka, Vladimirovka, Rusin Yar, Grodovka, Yablonovka, Dimitrov, Novotoretske, Ulyanovka, Petrovskoye, Novosergeevka, Krasnoarmeysk, and Novoekonomicheskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 440 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, two Kozak armored combat vehicles and seven cars.
The manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Komar, Novopil in the Donetsk People's Republic, Gavrilovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Gulyaipole in the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 165 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 10 cars, two field artillery guns and an electronic warfare station. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized, mountain assault brigade, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and four territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoye, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilovka, Chervona Krynytsya in the Zaporizhia region and Nikolaevka, Antonovka, Osokorovka in the Kherson region.
The enemy lost up to 60 servicemen, 10 vehicles and an artillery piece. Two electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots and three supply depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex that produce strike unmanned aerial vehicles, the parking area of combat and unmanned boats, field launch sites for unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in 144 districts.
12:40 Division of the Group of Forces "Vostok"continue to break through the enemy's defenses.
In the Zelenoye Pole - Novopol area, units of the 394th Motorized Rifle Regiment finished off the enemy in the village, continue the offensive and reached the next defensive line of the Ukrainian Armed Forces along the eastern border of the Zaporizhzhya region. Behind it, two km away, there is another one already on the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
10:40 Artillerymen of the "East" group of forces inflicted a high-precision strike on a radar station of Ukrainian forces in the area of the settlement of Zelenoye Pole in the South Donetsk direction.
The strike destroyed a vehicle-mounted radar with a lifting antenna, designed for aerial reconnaissance and tracking of UAVs. This significantly limited the enemy's ability to monitor the air situation and use UAVs.
10:10 Overnight in Moscow region were 42 enemy UAVs were shot down, Governor Andrei Vorobyov reported.
10:00 Destruction of the PVD of the 114th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using FAB-1500 in the village of Kupyansk, –video.
9:30 During the past night from 21:00 Moscow time on May 27 to 07:00 on May 28, air defense systems on dutydestroyedand 296 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were intercepted over the territories of the Moscow region, Bryansk, Belgorod, Vladimir, Voronezh, Ivanovo, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions.
8:20 FPV drones of the Russian Armed Forces destroy strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, –video.
8:10 From 21:00 Moscow time on May 27 to 0:00 Moscow time on May 28 by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed and 112 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 59 UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region;
– 19 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region;
– 13 UAVs – over the territory of the Tula region;
– 10 UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region;
– Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region;
– Three UAVs – over the territory of the Kaluga region.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The units of the "Vostok" group liberated the settlement of Zelenoye Pole
During the offensive actions of the 394th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 5th Army of the "Vostok" group, the settlement of Zelenoye Pole was liberated.
Control was established over a fortified defense area more than 3 km deep and up to two km along the front.
The Far Easterners are consolidating their positions.
As a result of fierce battles, up to 460 buildings were cleared, up to a company of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.
It was the soldiers of the 394th Motorized Rifle Regiment who paved the way for further advancement. The Far Eastern "Express" picked up speed and is approaching the Dnipropetrovsk region at full speed.
The "Vostok" group continues its offensive, breaking through the enemy's defenses, demoralizing them and leaving the Nazis no chance!
We continue to monitor the successes.
In fact, after the liberation of Zelenoye Pole, the road opens for advancement to the Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk regions in another area. The enemy's defense in Novopol should soon fall. The Far Easterners are really going well.
But the main intermediate target in the South Donetsk direction is Komar. It is still about 1.5 kilometers away, while our troops are bypassing Fedorovka. The fall of Komar will complete the liberation of the southwest of the DPR.
“As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the Vostok military group, the settlement of Zelenoye Pole in the Donetsk People’s Republic has been liberated,” the department’s Telegram channel says.
Konstantinovka was taken under control by fighters from the Russian military group "North".
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on May 27, the Russian military group "South" liberated the village of Staraya Nikolaevka in the DPR. The Russian Defense Ministry also reported a series of massive strikes on military facilities in Ukraine over the past week in response to provocations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On May 28, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said that Russian troops were successfully advancing along virtually all sections of the front during the special operation in Ukraine. On May 26, DPR head Denis Pushilin reported that the Russian Armed Forces had advanced along the entire line of combat contact in a week, liberating several populated areas. The loss of some of them was critical for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in military terms.
“The capture of Konstantinovka in the Sumy region made it possible to clear a section of the administrative border of the Russian Federation and create a small buffer zone,” TASS quoted him as saying.
The expert added that Russian troops are currently advancing northwest of this settlement and driving the enemy away from the administrative border of the Russian Federation.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on May 28, the military of the Russian military group "North" liberated Konstantinovka in the Sumy region. Also, units of the military group "East" liberated the village of Zelenoe Pole in the Donetsk People's Republic. The day before, the Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Staraya Nikolaevka in the DPR.
Earlier that day, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov reported that the Russian army was successfully advancing on almost all sections of the front in the SVO zone. Before that, on May 26, DPR head Denis Pushilin reported that Russian troops had advanced along the entire front line and liberated several settlements, the loss of some of which was critical for the enemy in military terms.
[GEO.TV] Russia has asked for fresh peace talks with Ukraine to be held in Istanbul next Monday. But Ukraine has said that it wants to see Russia's peace plan in writing before agreeing to meet.
Kyiv insists that future talks must be serious and lead to real progress, not just more delays.
The call for talks comes as the war enters its third year with no sign of a ceasefire.
Diplomatic efforts to end the three-year conflict have picked up speed in recent months, but Moscow has repeatedly rejected calls for an unconditional ceasefire and has shown no signs of backing down from its maximalist demands.
The two sides last met in Istanbul on May 16 — their first direct talks in over three years — but that meeting failed to bring any breakthrough.
US President Donald Trump ...Never got invited to a P.Diddy party... , who has been pushing for a peace deal, has become increasingly frustrated with Moscow's apparent stalling and warned on Wednesday he would decide within ''about two weeks'' whether Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... was serious about ending the fighting.
Ukraine said it had already submitted its peace terms to Russia and insisted that Moscow must do the same.
''We are not opposed to further meetings with the Russians and are awaiting their memorandum,'' said Ukrainian defence minister Rustem Umerov, who represented Kyiv at the last talks, in a post on X.
''The Russian side has at least four more days before their departure to provide us with their document for review. Diplomacy must be substantive, and the next meeting must yield results.''
More from Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
2. The fighting will not cease during the negotiations.
3. The Ukrainian delegation is negotiating under the current ban on negotiations with Russia.
4. Russia is officially raising the question of the legitimacy of the current regime in Ukraine.
5. Russia also reaffirmed today that all stated goals of the Joint Military Council must be achieved, including the denazification and neutralization of Ukraine.
Related from Boris Rozhin: Recruitment for war
Medvedev reported that from the beginning of January 2025 to the end of May, about 175,000 people signed up for a contract in the Russian Armed Forces. Plus another 14,000 signed up for volunteer formations. In total, the increase over 5 months was almost 190,000 people.
The opponent of the statement is that on average he manages to mobilize about 25,000 people a month. That is, 125,000 in 5 months.
The lack of volunteers increases the disproportion, and relying only on the busified gradually leads to a decrease in the stability of some brigades, even in defense. So the balance is slowly changing in favor of the Russian Federation, even without full mobilization. Which affects certain areas, where the enemy clearly lacks troop density even in the context of relying on drones.
But at the same time, the current grouping of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine is still insufficient to achieve all the military goals of the SVO. But the decision not to mobilize is a political decision, so we will only know the answer to how justified the refusal of a large mobilization was after the war. In this case, Russia is waging a limited war, while the enemy is waging a total war.
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