[NewsFront] 21:42 Five civilians of the Donetsk People's Republic suffered today due to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On the Olginka-Blagodatnoye highway, as a result of an attack by an Armed Forces strike UAV, a man born in 1974 received moderate injuries.
In the Central City District of Gorlovka, a man born in 1956 received moderate injuries as a result of an attack by an Armed Forces strike UAV.
In Novoselovka, Yasinovataya Municipal District, a man born in 1979 received moderate injuries as a result of the detonation of an explosive device.
In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a man born in 1989 was also injured in the detonation of an explosive device.
In the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, a woman born in 1973 was injured as a result of the discharge of an explosive device from an AFU UAV.
21:32 From 08:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 33 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions.
20:46 Russian Army in Konstantinovka continues to drive Ukrainian Armed Forces militants out of the city. Fighting is also ongoing on the city's flanks.
The enemy attempted a counterattack in the Krasnolimansk direction. Near Redkodub, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted a raid with several armored groups.
Fighting continues on the southern flank in the urban area of Krasny Liman. Russian troops periodically attempt to consolidate their positions on the eastern and southeastern outskirts of the city.
19:33 FPV drone operators at the Rubicon Center struck vehicles, NRTK, communication antennas, shelters, dugouts, UAV control points and temporary deployment points for units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov and Krasnolimansk directions.
18:39 The 34th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Sever group are working in workshops for maintenance and repair of UAVs.
18:31 Sumy border area. Assault units of the North Group of Forces are advancing into Zapselye and the forests north of the village. MAP
16:32 Servicemen of the repair unit of the 58th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group are preparing equipment to carry out combat missions in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhzhia region.
15:10 UAV operators of the 11th Army Corps of the North group destroyed UAV control centers and communication antennas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
Drone crews from the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group rammed enemy reconnaissance drones in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.
Drone operators from the 56th Separate Special Forces Battalion of the 51st Combined Arms Army of the Center group disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Dobropillya direction.
14:09 Among the affected on May 24, during a massive strike in Kyiv and the Kyiv region using Oreshnik ballistic missiles, Iskander aeroballistic missiles, Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, Tsirkon cruise missiles, air-, sea-, and land-based cruise missiles, and strike UAVs, the targets included facilities of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, military infrastructure, as well as command posts of the General Command of the Ground Forces, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, and other command posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
No strikes were planned or carried out on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.
13:52 The Russian Armed Forces regained control of Otradny in the Velikoburluk direction, MAP
11:43 In response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with Oreshnik ballistic missiles, Iskander aeroballistic missiles, Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles and Tsirkon cruise missiles, air-, sea- and land-based cruise missiles, as well as strike unmanned aerial vehicles against military command facilities, air bases and enterprises of the defense-industrial complex of Ukraine.
11:42 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of May 24, 2026
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Khmelevka, Ryasne, Ulanovo, and Volnaya Sloboda in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, the formations of the mechanized brigade and the unmanned systems brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Sosnovka and Petrovpavlivka in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost up to 175 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 20 vehicles, two artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station, and a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar.
Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Balakleya and Monachinovka in the Khar'kov region, and Krasny Liman and Sidorov in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 13 cars, three artillery pieces, and three electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of six mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade near the villages of Piskunovka, Nikolaevka, Novoselivka, Stenki, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 90 servicemen, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles, four field artillery pieces, a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, and an Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 counter-battery radar station.
Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger and airborne brigades, an unmanned systems brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, the Azov* special forces brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Shevchenko, Vasilevka, Serhiivka, Belitske, Novogrishino, Toretske, Kucherov Yar, Dobropillya, Novofedorivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopidgorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 305 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, four combat armored vehicles, 12 cars, two artillery pieces, including a 155mm self-propelled artillery unit "Bogdana" and four electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized, assault, three airborne assault brigades, and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Gavrilovka, Malinovka, Dibrova, Katerynivka, and Pokrovskoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Novonikolaevka, Tersyanka, Lesnoye, and Lyubitske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 265 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles, eight cars, and a field artillery gun.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Preobrazhenka, Kamyshevakha, Malokaterinovka, Maryevka and Grigorovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 10 vehicles, three artillery pieces, and four electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups damaged oil refining, energy and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, ammunition and fuel depots, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 149 districts.
The Black Sea Fleet destroyed an unmanned boat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the eastern part of the Black Sea.
Air defense systems shot down seven guided aerial bombs, six Czech-made Vampire multiple launch rocket system missiles, and 320 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
10:44 Military engineers of the Novorossiysk Guards Mountain Unit of the Airborne Forces are demining supply routes for units in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
09:22 In the area of the SVO, at the Saur-Mogila memorial, took place an award ceremony for officers of the military-political bodies of the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Center group.
08:28 In the period from 20:00 Moscow time on May 23 to 07:00 Moscow time on May 24, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 33 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vologda, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Crimea.
07:05 Crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Aleysk Guards Motorized Rifle Unit of the Center Group covered a concentration of enemy manpower (Dobropolsky direction).