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Current information on the situation on the front line on May 27 (updated)
2025-05-28
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:22 UAV calculation of the Dnepr group of troopsstrucka stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper.

FPV drone operators of the Vostok group of forces carried out pinpoint strikes on critically important enemy unmanned aircraft control facilities in the South Donetsk direction.

20:49 The village of Okhrimovka in the Volchansky district of the Khar'kov region has begun to be actively used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a logistics hub for the transfer of personnel and equipment to the state border.

At night Northerners contributed adjustments to their route, delivering a precise strike on the bridge over the Volchya River.

20:08 In the Krasnoarmeysk direction, a crew of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Southern Military District destroyed enemy UAV point, and the crew of the 152m,m 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun of the Center group of forces is a camouflaged command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the Zaporizhzhya direction, artillerymen of the "East" troop group destroyed a camouflaged mortar crew and a temporary deployment point of the enemy.

19:02 Russian Armed Forces advance near Ozaryanovka, –MAP.

18:42 Russian Armed Forces advance near Stroyevka, –MAP.

17:06 UAV operators of the "West" group of troops destroyed 122mm 2S1 self-propelled artillery unit "Gvozdika" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khar'kov region.

An FPV drone crew from the North military group hit an enemy tank in the Sumy region.

16:05 Tor-M2 SAM system crews of the Vostok group reflected attack on enemy UAVs in the South Donetsk direction.

15:51 Canadian armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces "Rochel Senator" moved from Novoivanivka to Iskriskivshchyna in Sumy Oblast at night. FPV operators of the GV "North" in the darkamazedenemy armored fighting vehicle, and at dawn they finished it off with a well-aimed drone hit.

15:11 On frames: The Lancet UAV OK destroyed a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rivne-Pillage area in the Zaporizhia direction.

14:22 FPV drone operators of the "Southern" group of troops continue to destroy enemy equipment. This time, the drone operators' prey was a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank near the village of Serebryanka and an enemy pickup truck near Konstantinovka.

13:31 OK Lancet UAV struck 152mm 2S3 "Acacia" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rivne-Pole area in the Zaporizhia direction.

12:37 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of May 27, 2025

Units of the North group of forces defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Ugroedy, Pisarevka, Alekseyevka, Sadki, Khrapovshchina and Lekarskoye in the Sumy region, as well as Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.

📍Units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a border detachment of the Border Service of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechanskoye, Kupyansk, Glushchenkovo, Olgovka, Andreyevka, Kutkovka, Petrovpavlovka, Kamenka in the Khar'kov region and Redkodub in the Donetsk People's Republic.

As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the Southern Group of Forces, the settlement of Staraya Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.

💥Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Vladimirovka, Rusin Yar, Novoekonomicheskoe, Nikolaevka, Ulyanovka, Artema, Alekseyevka, Novotoretskoye, Kotlyarovka and Aleksandropol of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoye, Novoandriyevka in the Zaporizhia region, Tyaginka and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Komar, Bogatyr, Otradnoye, Zelenoe Pole and Novopol of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The manpower and equipment of the mechanized, assault, mountain assault and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Reznikovka, Zvanovka, Seversk, Grigorovka, Serebryanka, Konstantinovka, Katerinovka, Markovo and Tikhonovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 1,475 servicemen, two tanks, eight pickups and six artillery pieces. Five electronic warfare stations, six ammunition depots, a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher, five armored combat vehicles and 39 automobiles were destroyed.


11:18 Unmanned aircraft crews and snipers of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forces unit for the week destroyed more than 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs in the skies over Chasovy Yar.

10:53 Khar'kov region. The Russian Armed Forces continue to create a security zone along the border. Positions have been taken in Stroyevka –MAP

09:54 A Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck tried to break through to the state border: paratroopers prevented the occupiers from leaving Belopolye –VIDEO

08:04 Crew of the T-80BVM tank of the "Center" group of forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

07:31 Changes t omap over the past 24 hours:

Vladimirovka has been liberated

Advance to Rusin Yar➡️

Russian Armed Forces are clearing Popov Yar

Control zone in Mirny expanded

Russian Armed Forces entered Redkodub

Advance in the area of ​​the village of Komar➡️

Ignatovka liberated, area south of Zarya taken under control

07:05 In the period from 20:00 on May 26 to 07:00 on May 27, air defense systems on duty intercepted anddestroyed99 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

56 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Belgorod region,
25 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Voronezh region,
Seven UAVs were flying over the territory of the Vladimir region,
Five UAVs were flying over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Four UAVs were flying over the territory of the Tula region,
One UAV was flying over the territory of the Rostov region,
One UAV was flying over the territory of the Lipetsk region.
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