A video reportedly showing Oreshnik warhead blocks opening was geolocated to occupied Donetsk, with the unfinished Rose Park mall visible. The camera faces north-northwest, but the exact impact area cannot be determined.
Ukraine contracted 5 times more middle-strike drones in the first months of 2026 than in all of last year. The systems hit targets 30-200 km behind enemy lines, including Russian ammunition depots, command posts, supply routes, air defenses, radars and UAV control points. Foreign partners have joined production, including Germany and Norway, after seeing the drones’ effectiveness.
Politico reports Ukraine is increasingly using its Lima electronic warfare system to make Russian drones and missiles miss. Developed by Cascade Systems, Lima jams and spoofs satellite navigation, feeding weapons false coordinates and widening their deviation. More than 400 units have been supplied, with the system used against Shaheds, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and glide bombs.
A bus carrying 40 North Koreans crashed in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region while heading to Tatarstan. The vehicle collided with a Gazelle and went into a ditch, leaving 5 North Koreans injured.
Zelensky said about 300 sites were damaged in Kyiv after Russia’s overnight attack, including nearly 150 private and apartment buildings with varying levels of damage. Cleanup continues in Shevchenkivskyi and Podilskyi districts.
Pilots of Ukraine’s 1st Azov National Guard Corps are striking targets near the Russian border, with combat work shown on the Mariupol-Taganrog and Mariupol-Volnovakha roads. Safe movement around occupied Mariupol is ending for Russian forces.
Satellite images published by DniproOsint show damage from the May 7-8 attack on Rostov-on-Don’s Radar research center branch and ETM electrical plant. Both worked for Russia’s defense industry; one was destroyed and the other heavily damaged, with no repairs visible weeks later.
Ukrainian defense company Fire Point chief designer Denys Shtilerman said Ukraine’s FP-2 strike drone now carries an upgraded 200 kg warhead and can hit targets up to 370 km away. The modernization gives the system heavier punch for deep strikes against Russian rear targets.
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya arrived in Ukraine for her first official visit at Zelensky’s invitation. The trip comes as Kyiv warns Minsk against any role in renewed Russian aggression from Belarusian territory.
Russia’s attack on Kyiv destroyed 40% of the exhibits at Ukraine’s National Chornobyl Museum beyond recovery. The National Art Museum was also hit, but its collections had been moved to safe areas and avoided damage.
Ukraine downed or suppressed 246 of 262 Russian drones overnight into May 25, including Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types launched from Russia and occupied Crimea. Hits were recorded at 9 locations, with debris falling at 7 more.
Russian losses per 25/05/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff+1020 men+3 tanks+5 ACVs+47 artillery+2 MLRS+1924 UAVs+14 GRCs+55 cruise missiles
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