Ukraine will strengthen the ability of Navy ships and boats to counter Russian drones, Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi said during a working visit to Odesa. He visited Navy strike units, Neptune coastal missile systems, ship and boat forces, air defense and anti-boat units.
Ukraine’s HUR long-range drone teams say Ukrainian UAVs now reach 3,500 km, putting Russian territory up to the Urals within range. Fighters said jet drones like Peklo fly 700–1,000 km/h and operate like cruise missiles, while Liutyi reaches 1,500–1,700 km with a 50–70 kg warhead.
Ukraine’s SBU Alpha unit hit more than 500 enemy vehicles over the past week, burning Russian rear logistics and destroying trucks, special equipment and other transport assets.
❗️❗️Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems drones destroyed an Iskander missile system and two Tu-142 aircraft at a military airfield in Taganrog, Russia, overnight on May 30.
Drones attacked Armavir and Taganrog overnight, hitting the South Oil Company oil depot in Krasnodar Krai. The Lukoil oil depot in Yaroslavl continued burning for a second day.
A drone attack hit Taganrog in Russia’s Rostov region overnight, setting fire to a tanker, fuel tank and administrative building at the port. Local officials said two people were injured when a UAV struck a private house.
Over 200 Ukrainian drones are heading for Russian and occupied territories. Jet-powered drones have reportedly entered Russian territory heading for Yaroslavl.. possibly the refinery.
Ukraine’s 40th Marine Brigade burned down enemy positions in Kherson region using Baracuda marine drones carrying FPV drones on board.
A Russian soldier filmed the moment two kamikaze drones attacked his truck near Berdyansk, capturing one drone being shot down as the second continued the strike sequence.
Ukraine’s drones hit Russian targets across operational depth, including an ST-68 radar under a radome in Feodosia and a Pantsir-S1 near Novofedorivka in occupied Crimea. Other strikes hit fuel rail tanks in Makiivka, a logistics depot in Mariupol, an ammo depot in Rubizhne, a mobile fire group in Khriashchuvate and logistics across Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk.
Ukrainian drones struck fuel storage facilities in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, with two tanks burning at the Yaroslavl-3 oil pumping station. Governor Mikhail Yevrayev said industrial fuel-storage sites were hit, while emergency crews worked to extinguish the fire.
❗️Unmanned Systems Forces commander Magyar said SBS drones raided Novorossiysk port and the Grushovaya Balka oil storage site overnight into May 23. He said the Admiral Essen frigate and a Project 1239 missile hovercraft were inside the strike zone, though…
Russian channels warn of a “heavy situation” on the land corridor to occupied Crimea, saying Ukrainian drones are freely hitting targets and the Donetsk-Mariupol road faces similar pressure. A fuel tanker is burning near occupied Simferopol as Hornet fear spreads.
Ukraine downed or suppressed 217 of 232 Russian drones overnight into May 29, including Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and Parodiya-type UAVs. Russia also fired an Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missile, with hits recorded at 14 locations.
President Zelensky said there were almost no Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities overnight, with the exception of a single hit on gas infrastructure in the Donetsk region. He said Russia is shifting toward attacks on logistics and rail junctions, including a strike on a power-generating railcar in the Dnipro region. Zelensky said drone and aerial bomb attacks continued elsewhere, includ...
Russian drones hit railway facilities seven times in the past 24 hours, including infrastructure at the Synelnykove station, Svyrydenko said. Due to security risks, rail traffic restrictions between Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia remain in place.
President Zelensky said a key meeting was held to accelerate the development of small-scale anti-drone air defense within Ukraine’s Air Force. He said a new command structure was approved to focus specifically on this area, along with new management approaches. Zelensky set priorities including stronger protection for cities such as Kherson, Nikopol and border communities in Sumy region, where Rus...