22:20 Series of explosions fixed in the Zaporozhye region.
21:30 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Mariupol with long-range missiles. This was reported to TASS by a representative of the power structures of the DPR.
20:11 The artillery attack of the center of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops on Friday was carried out from the American MLRS M142 HIMARS, clarified representation Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC).
19:02 Ukrainian troops fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Kuibyshev and Kyiv regions of Donetsk - DPR representative office in the JCCC
17:30 Pologovsky district under fire militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
At 14.06, the Ukrainian Nazis fired at the agricultural enterprise "40 years of Agro" in the village of Smirnovo, Pologovsky district. Presumably, the fire was fired from the MLRS HIMARS.
According to preliminary information, there are no victims or injured.
17:26 How Somalia entered Mariupol -video
Clearly, using a map and strong words, the commander of the assault battalion "Somalia" will show and tell about the combat path of the unit through the neo-Nazi fortifications to the shores of the Sea of Azov.
Somalia is a Donetsk tank battalion, once commanded by the Russian commander "Givi" (Mikail Tolstoy)
Watch tonight Semyon Pegov's full interview with the commander of the assault battalion "Somalia" - "Baykot", who will tell about the most interesting events of those days.
16:50 Work of the 10th Separate Tank Battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps from closed firing positions —video
16:41 Artillerymen of the Airborne Forces stopped the attack of the enemy in the Artemovsky direction -video
UAV crews detected a group of infantry approaching our positions with the support of armored fighting vehicles.
Accurate shots of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Airborne Forces artillery inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy.
Having suffered losses, the nationalists retreated to their original positions.
15:16 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (05/26/2023)
Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range high-precision air-launched weapons at the ammunition storage sites of the Ukrainian troops. The target has been reached. All assigned objects are hit.
In the Kupyansk direction, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya and Kislovka, Kharkiv region.
In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Masyutovka and Ivanovka of the Kharkiv region, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
The losses of the enemy amounted to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, as well as the 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, army aviation and artillery fire of the "Center" group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Kuzmino of the Luhansk People's Republic and Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
In the Donetsk direction, as a result of strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, active operations of units and artillery fire of the “Southern” group of forces, up to 190 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed during the day.
An ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Verkhnekamenskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces inflicted defeat on enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye Region, and Novoselok, Luhansk People's Republic.
During the day, in these directions, the enemy’s losses amounted to more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, as well as four cars.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, five vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, and an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed during the day.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation over the past day hit 78 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 92 districts.
In the area of the settlement of Novonikolaevka, Mykolaiv region, a Ukrainian radar station for detecting and tracking low-altitude targets "ST-68UM" was destroyed.
The air defense intercepted: the Grom-2 operational tactical missile, ten HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, and two Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles.
In addition, twenty Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed during the day in the areas of the settlements of Olshana, Kharkiv region, Zolotarevka, Mykolaivka, Luhansk people's republic, Artemovsk, Donetsk people's republic, Holaya Pristan, Velyka Lepetikha, Kherson region, Komsomolskoe and Tokmak, Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 429 aircraft, 235 helicopters, 4,341 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,302 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,908 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 10,464 units of special military vehicles.
15:14 made the first flight of drone repeater "Extension" from the complex "Ghoul".
The range of application has increased significantly, the stability of the control signal and video communication is really pleasing.
14:37 Campaign "Grad": servicemen of the Central Military District throw on the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine leaflets with calls to surrender.
14:24 Another military train with tanks of the RF Armed Forces on the way to help the brothers -video
13:50 Three fighters of the Russian Guard were released from Ukrainian captivity as a result of a set of special events. The servicemen were held by the enemy for more than eight months -video
Scouts from North Ossetia and the Stavropol Territory were captured after one of the battles. Having used up all the ammunition, they tried to go out to their own, while one of the fighters could not walk on his own due to the wound. After passing seven days, they fell into an enemy ambush - this was the beginning of their long stay in captivity.
Tonight, the board with the released servicemen arrived in Moscow.
All three fighters returned from captivity expressed a desire to continue their service.
13:47 Another tank column of the Russian Armed Forces in the zone of the Special Military Operation -video
12:30 Consequences of shelling in Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants
12:28 The Federal Security Service of Russia in the Kherson region found out the location of the cache of militants of the so-called Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion. Noman Chelebidzhikhan" -video
Together with the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Kherson region in the forest belt on the territory of the Genichesk district, grenades, 5.45mm caliber cartridges and a foreign-made grenade launcher were seized from the cache.
Specialists recognized the ammunition as unsuitable for transportation, and therefore they were destroyed by an overhead charge at the place of discovery.
11:42 Consequences of shelling in Kalininsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants
11:41 Briefing by Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces of the RF Armed Forces, on the analysis of documents related to the US military biological activities —video
10:16 Fascist non-humans struck from the MLRS at the research institutes and the peaceful area of ??Donetsk, a person was killed, - the mayor -video
“According to the information received, the fascist non-humans fired 6 rockets from the MLRS into the peaceful quarters of the Kalininsky district of our city. According to preliminary information, as a result of the shelling, a direct hit was recorded on the building of the Scientific Research Institute in the area of the Pokrovsky market. One person died,” said A. Kulemzin.
10:13 Kherson direction
At night, artillery fire in the area of the settlement. Olgovka was destroyed by 152mm self-propelled guns 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of 5 people and ammunition.
During the day, artillery fire in the area of the settlement. Kamyshy was destroyed by 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of five people and ammunition.
09:23 Frontline summary on the morning of 05/26/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Kamensky, Omelnik, Malaya Tokmachka, Novoselovka, Belogorye, Gulyaipolsky, Gulyaypole, Malinovka and Olgovsky. APU launched a missile attack on Melitopol.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, attacked in the city limits of Marinka, on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka and near Novokalinov. Everywhere without success. Under shelling, positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Karlovka, Netaylov, Pervomaisky, Stepnoy, New York, Yuzhny, Toretsk and Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka). The Ukrainian army hit Donetsk, Vodyany and Gorlovka.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after artillery strikes, advanced towards Kleshcheevka from the side of Stupochek, forcing the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal. It is possible that, due to the threat of encirclement, units of Russian troops will withdraw to the heights to the east.
The counterattack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the support of artillery in the Ivanovsky area was unsuccessful. A little north of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Ukrainian troops took a number of positions on the dominant heights and advanced to a section of the M-03 highway. Russian artillery hit Belaya Gora, Stupochki, Grigorovka, Markov, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka and Spornoye. APU fired at Bakhmut.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops again conducted assault operations from Masyutovka. And again unsuccessfully. Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Belogorovka, Torskoy, Nevsky, Raigorodka, Stelmahovka, Berestovoye, Tabaevka, Kislovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Redkodub, Krasny Pervoi, Kamenka and Stroevka.
09:21 A day from Ukrainian artillery attack in the DPR suffered seven people, including two children.
It is reported by the JCCC DNR.
Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire on the cities of the republic 46 times, using 277 units of ammunition.
08:15 A doctor is a vocation: doctors told what made them voluntarily go to the special operation zone -video
Military doctors and medical staff of the Western Military District continue to provide the necessary medical assistance to servicemen and injured civilians in the NVO zone.
When a special military operation began, the traumatologist with the call sign "Abramych" could not remain indifferent and came to the NVO zone as a volunteer.
A civilian colleague also works with him. Eugene is a general practitioner. He rescues wounded soldiers and helps civilians who are suffering from the artillery attack of the nationalists.
Doctors do not divide patients into friends and foes. They treat both civilians and military personnel who are fighting on the front line.
08:11 Summaryon the morning of May 26, 2023
The Russian Armed Forces at night, using the Geran UAV and missile weapons, attacked targets in Ukraine. Explosions sounded in Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Zaporozhye regions
From Artemovsk (Bakhmut) PMC "Wagner" withdraws its units from Bakhmut. Until June 1, the main part will be relocated to the rear camps. Positions are transferred to the military, including BC and dry rations.
In the Zaporozhye region, the enemy attacked peaceful cities, explosions were heard in Berdyansk, Tokmak and Vasilyevka. The activation of enemy radio networks is fixed. Our troops attacked the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Orekhovo using corrected air bombs and the Lancet UAV.
In the Belgorod region, the Graivoronsky, Shebekinsky, Belgorodsky, Volokonovsky districts and districts were under fire.
In Krasnodar, an enemy UAV exploded in the morning, damaging the building on the street. Nautical. There were no casualties. It is reported that another drone could have been shot down in the air.
In the Rostov region, the enemy tried to attack the military airfield in Morozovsk. The target was shot down by air defense.
The enemy fired 277 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Gorlovka, Panteleimonovka, Donetsk, Aleksandrovka, Blagodatnoe were under fire. 7 civilians were wounded, incl. children born in 2013 and 2017
The defense ministers of Russia and Belarus yesterday signed a document on the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.