Russia's main goal now remains the same - to establish full control over Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy focused on maintaining the occupied borders, restraining the advance of our troops towards the state border.
The russians are shelling with artillery and multiple rocket launchers to reduce our offensive potential. The shelling is concentrated mainly in the areas of Tsyrkuniv, Pitomnyk, Prudyanka, Peremohy, Rusky and Cherkasy Tyshko and Stary Saltiv, said Oleksiy Gromov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The russians once again stormed the town of Ternovo, but without success.
In the Slavic direction, the enemy focused on shelling our troops and creating conditions for the offensive.
In the Donetsk region, the invaders fired along the entire line of contact. They seek to inflict losses on defenders, deplete them and destroy fortifications. The main efforts are focused on the Lyman, Severodonetsk and Bakhmut areas.
In the Lyman direction, the russians fired in the areas of Svyatogorsk, Shchurovo, Staryi Karavan, and Raigorodok. There was an assault in two directions from Oleksandrivka and in the direction of Novoselivka - Yarova.
"The enemy is preparing for the offensive in the direction of Svyatogorsk," Gromov said.
In the Severodonetsk direction, the russians use all possible weapons and air strikes. The main fighting is taking place near Lysychansk and Severodonetsk.
"Fierce street fighting continues in Severodonetsk. The enemy is storming Oskolonivka-Borivske," Gromov said.
In the Bakhmut direction, the invaders are using the full range of weapons to displace our positions and create conditions for the offensive. Missile strikes are carried out near Komyshuvakha, Zoloty, Belogorivka, Volodymyrivka, Pokrovsky and Soledar.
The russians are trying to completely capture Komyshuvakha. The fighting continues. Also they storm again in areas of Nikolaevka and Vrubovka. To take control of the section of the road Soledar - Lysychansk, the russians are storming in the directions of Vasylivka - Berestove, Nagirne - Belogorovka. The fighting continues.
In the Avdiivka, Novopavlivska and Zaporizhzhya areas, the enemy is not conducting active hostilities, but mortar and artillery fire on the positions of our troops does not stop.
There were no active hostilities from invaders and in the Mykolaiv direction. They are taking steps to maintain control of the occupied territories and are shelling our troops.
In the Kryvyi Rih direction, in order to prevent the advance of defenders, the russians blew up bridges in the Davydiv Brid and Velyka Oleksandrivka districts. We moved to the defence on the unprepared border Davydiv Brid - Davydiv - Andriyivka. Electronic means of electronic warfare are used.
In the Volyn and Polissya operational districts, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were found. The main efforts of the belarusian troops focused on reconnaissance and training. Mining of forest roads, bypass roads, bridges in the border areas of brest region with Ukraine is also carried out - it is from the state border of Ukraine with Poland in the direction of Novohrad-Volynskyi.
The threat of missiles and air strikes from belarus remains.
The enemy did not have active hostilities in the Siversky district. There are no signs of the creation of strike groups. He keeps his units in the border areas of bryansk and kursk regions to bind our troops. Border areas of Chernihiv and Sumy regions are shelled from the territory of russia. In the future, it is possible that the shelling of military and civilian facilities will intensify in order to prohibit the establishment of control over the state border by the Ukrainian defence forces and the retention of part of our troops.
In the Bessarabian area signs of formation of offensive groups are not revealed. The probability of attack here is considered low.
The Black Sea Operational Area holds two missile carriers with a total volley of up to 16 Caliber missiles.
"As of the morning of May 26, the enemy forces had carried out 59 missile and 36 air strikes. The main objectives were the objects of railway transport infrastructure. In total, since the beginning of hostilities, the enemy has made 5,722 sorties and 551 launches of Iskander and Caliber cruise missiles. Of these, 1211 aircraft from belarus and 61 launches of Iskander cruise missiles”, – Gromov said.
In the Luhansk direction, as of this morning, the russian invaders tried to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from several directions at once: from Zolotyi, Popasna, Komyshuvakha, and Belogorivka.