War - Field Reports - 2025-05-28

May 27, 2025

Russian Defense Ministry Top News Today

▫️As a result of active operations, the Sever Group of Forces liberated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21454) Vladimirovka and Belovody (Sumy region).

▫️The Russian Armed Forces launched (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21453) a massed high-precision strike by long-range air-to-surface weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles at the infrastructure of the Starokonstantinov airfield. The goal of the strikes has been achieved, all the planned targets have been engaged.

▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows footage of a Grad (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21451) MLRS, a Giatsint-B (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21460) gun, and UAV (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21457) pilots.

▫️Moscow witnessed (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21463) a working meeting of Russian Federation Deputy Minister of Defence, Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Field Marshal Birhanu Jula Gelalcha.

▫️The small air-cushioned landing crafts 'Evgeniy Kocheshkov' and 'Mordoviya' of Baltic Fleet completed training tasks (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21452).

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💥 Uragan MLRS crews of the 20th Combined Arms Army (Zapad Group of Forces) foiled rotation of enemy units by destroying AFU armoured vehicles and manpower.

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🎯 Successful operation

Unmanned aerial vehicles and snipers of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Formation have eliminated more than 50 AFU UAVs over Chasov Yar during the week.

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⚡️ Russian Armed Forces launch strikes exclusively at Ukrainian military facilities in response to Ukrainian large-scale drone attacks across Russian regions

❗️ At the initiative of the Russian Federation, direct Russian-Ukrainian dialogue on a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine was resumed. At the same time, the Kiev regime, backed by certain European countries, has taken a series of provocative steps intended to disrupt the negotiation process.

🔹 Since 20 May 2025, the Kiev regime has repeatedly increased the number of attacks using Western-made unmanned aerial vehicles and projectiles against civilian facilities in the Russian Federation.

🔹 From 20:00 of 20 May to 08:00 of 27 May 2025, the Russian air defence systems destroyed or intercepted 2,331 drones, 1,465 of which were outside the special military operation zone.

Civilians, including women and children, were injured as a result of the Ukrainian drone attacks in Russian regions.

❗️ In response to the actions of the Kiev regime, the Russian Armed Forces carried out strikes with air-, sea- and ground-based high-precision weapons, as well as attack drones, targeting exclusively military facilities and Ukrainian defence industry enterprises.

🔹 On 20 May, a group strike hit the infrastructure of the Ozernoye airfield in Zhytomyr region, as well as depots storing ammunition, military hardware, and POL in Dnepropetrovsk region.

🔹 On 21 May, a temporary deployment area and a missile and artillery depot belonging to an AFU mechanised brigade were destroyed in Sumy region. In addition, a temporary deployment area of foreign mercenaries was annihilated near Svyatogorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as an ammunition depot belonging to the Kharkov Task Force in Kharkov region.

🔹 On 22 May, the Russian Armed Forces launched high-precision strikes on a Ukrainian defence industry enterprise in Dnepropetrovsk region – the Pavlograd Chemical Plant. Other targets included an aircraft repair workshop, infrastructure of a military airfield, and air defence radars in Krivoy Rog and Nikolayev regions. A temporary deployment area of foreign mercenaries in Kharkov region was also hit.

An Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system eliminated a AN/MPQ-65 multi-role radar, a combat control vehicle and two anti-aircraft missile launchers of the Patriot surface-to-air missile system close to Orzhonikidze (Dnepropetrovsk region).

🔹 On 23 May, ground-based high-precision weapons launched a group missile strike against an unloading zone and a container warehouse storing materiel and ammunition at the port of Odessa. About 100 containers holding components for uncrewed surface vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as ammunition, were destroyed as a result of the strike.

Strikes were also launched to hit infrastructure and training areas used to store unmanned aerial vehicles at the Kislichevataya airfield in Zaporozhye region and the Kanatovo airfield in Kirovograd region. Ammunition depots belonging to the Volchansk Task Force in Kharkov region were also hit.

👉 See Part 2 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21475)

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Part 2 (👉 see Part 1 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21474))

❗️ On 24 May, a massive strike was delivered by ground-based high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against a Ukrainian defence industry enterprise that produces missile weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles. This strike also targeted the radio-technical reconnaissance centre and the SBU Aviation Centre in Kiev region, as well as a temporary deployment point of the South Separate Special Operations Centre near Chernomorsk (Odessa region) and a temporary deployment area of the 3rd Assault Brigade (Azov) near Izyum (Kharkov region). A U.S.-made Patriot SAM position in Kiev region was also hit.

🔹 On May 25, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a massive strike with high-precision long-range weapons and attack UAVs against Ukrainian defence industry enterprises which produce missile components, radio electronics, explosives, missile fuel and attack unmanned aerial vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Zhytomyr Radio Engineering Equipment Repair Plant Luch, SPETSOBORONMASH – Zhytomyr region; Rapid Plant, Chernigov Radio Appliance Plant, Tekhaviakom Scientific-Production Company – Chernigov region; Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant Aviakon – Sumy region; Krasilovsky Aggregate Plant – Khmelnitsky region; Pavlograd Chemical Plant – Dnepropetrovsk region; Luch Plant of the Promin Research Centre – Ternopol region;Aerotechnika-MLT radioelectronic industry enterprise, Design Bureau Luch – Kiev region; Odessa Aviation Plant; Deviro UAV development and production enterprise – Dnepropetrovsk region; Chuguev Aviation Repair Plant – Kharkov region).

Moreover, radio and radio-technical reconnaissance centres in the Kiev region; facilities producing UAVs, explosives, and ammunition for attack UAVs in Sumy, Nikolayev, Chernigov and Kharkov regions, as well as UAV production sites and command posts at the Gogolev airfield in Kiev region were also hit.

In addition, the Russian Armed Forces hit radio-technical reconnaissance and satellite communication centres in Kiev region, a berthing area of combat vessels and an assembly workshop for uncrewed surface vehicles in Nikolayev region, infrastructure of the Shkolny airfield in Odessa region, and the Vishnevoye airfield in Kharkov region.

🔹 On 26 May, a massive strike by long-range high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles obliterated infrastructure of the Starokonstantinov airfield in Khmelnitsky region, ammunition depots of two heavy mechanised brigades in Kharkov region and the Donetsk People's Republic, an S-300 surface-to-air missile battalion command post and a temporary deployment area of the AFU special operations forces in Odessa region.

❗️ The Russian Armed Forces will continue to launch group and massive strikes in response to terrorist attacks and provocations of the Kiev regime. Only military facilities and enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry will be targeted in the strikes.

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 27 May 2025

👮‍♂️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

💥 Elements of the Sever Group of Forces hit clusters of manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade close to Ryzhevka, Ugroyedy, Pisarevka, Alekseyevka, Sadki, Khrapovshchina, and Lekarskoye (Sumy region), as well as Volchansk (Kharkov region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to 245 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns. Russian troops neutralised a launcher of the Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple-launch rocket system, two electronic warfare stations, and one ammunition depot.

📍 The Zapad Group's units took more advantageous lines and positions. They hit units of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service near Dvurechanskoye, Kupyansk, Glushchenkovo, Olgovka, Andreyevka, Kutkovka, Petropavlovka, Kamenka (Kharkov region), and Redkodub (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The AFU lost up to 205 troops, one tank, eight pickup trucks, and one artillery gun. An electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were also eliminated.

🚩 As a result of the active and resolute actions, the Yug Group of Forces liberated Staraya Nikolayevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥 Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and military hardware of one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade, and one airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Reznikovka, Zvanovka, Seversk, Grigorovka, Serebryanka, Konstantinovka, Katerinovka, Markovo and Tikhonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 280 troops, two Canadian-made Senator armoured fighting vehicles, and 12 motor vehicles. A field artillery gun and two ammunition depots were destroyed.

📍 The Tsentr Group's units improved the situation along the front line. Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, one marine brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Vladimirovka, Rusin Yar, Novoekonomicheskoye, Nikolayevka, Ulyanovka, Artema, Alekseyevka, Novotoretskoye, Kotlyarovka, and Aleksandropol (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The enemy losses amounted to up to 470 troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, and five motor vehicles.

👉 See Part 2 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21478)

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 27 May 2025

Part 2 (👉 see Part 1 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21477))

↗️ Elements of the Vostok Group of Forces continued to advance to the depth of the enemy's defence. They hit manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade close to Komar, Bogatyr, Ortradnoye, Zelenoye Pole, and Novopol (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The AFU lost up to 215 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and eight motor vehicles. One field artillery gun and one electronic warfare station were neutralised.

💥 The Dnepr Group of Forces defeated formations of two coastal defence brigades of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade near Kamenskoye, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Tyaginka, and Sadovoye (Kherson region).

▪️ The enemy lost up to 60 troops, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, and one artillery gun. Two electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were neutralised.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, attack UAVs, missile troops and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on the AFU combined arms training ground, ammunition and missile artillery depots, production workshop and storage areas of attack unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment areas of AFU units in 148 areas.

🎯 Air defence systems shot down 204 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, with 141 of them outside the special military operation zone.

📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:

▫️ 663 aircraft,

▫️ 283 helicopters,

▫️ 59,856 unmanned aerial vehicles,

▫️ 607 anti-aircraft missile systems,

▫️ 23,607 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,

▫️ 1,565 MLRS combat vehicles,

▫️ 25,314 field artillery guns and mortars,

▫️ 36,044 units of support military vehicles.

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🎮 The Yug Group's FPV drone operators continue to destroy enemy military hardware. This time, the drones engaged an AFU tank close to Serebryanka and an enemy pickup truck close to Konstantinovka.

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Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Major General Igor Romanov visited command posts of the Russian Aerospace Forces, checked the combat readiness, and received reports from the commanders of the regiments and formations on the progress of the tasks to cover the state border.

🤝 Major General Igor Romanov also presented servicemen with departmental awards and thanked them for their courage and valour shown in combat missions.

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💥 A T-80BVM tank of the Tsentr Group of Forces destroyed an AFU stronghold in Krasnoarmeysk direction.

🫡 Thanks to the coordinated actions of unmanned aerial vehicles and experienced tank crews, the target was successfully hit, and the destroyed positions of the enemy were seized by Russian assault detachments.

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💬 Deputy commander of a motorised rifle battalion (10th Tank Regiment) spoke about the liberation of Staraya Nikolayevka (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21476) (Donetsk People's Republic):

'The area is very hard to reach, as it is open, and Ukrainian FPV drone pilots have affected our assault groups. We were supported by tank crews who provided indirect fire support.

Now we can confidently say that our work is moving to the next settlement'.

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🎮 Drones deliver precise strikes on enemy

00:00 UAV pilots of the Zapad Group of Forces destroyed a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system of the AFU in Kharkov region.

00:21 An FPV drone of the Sever Group of Forces hit an enemy tank in Sumy region.

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🎯 The Tor-M2 SAM system of the Vostok Group of Forces repelled a drone attack in South Donetsk direction.

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💥 Russian artillery routs enemy

00:00 In Krasnoarmeysk direction, the Yug Group's D-30 howitzer destroyed a hostile UAV post; and the Tsentr Group's Msta-S self-propelled artillery system crew destroyed an AFU camouflaged command post.

00:21 In Zaporozhye direction, the Vostok Group's artillery annihilated a concealed mortar crew and a temporary deployment area of the enemy.

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▫️ The Dnepr Group's UAV team hit an AFU stronghold in Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnepr River.

▫️ FPV drone pilots of the Vostok Group of Forces delivered targeted strikes at the UAV command and control facilities in South Donetsk direction.

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📆 Top News Today

▫️ Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov held talks (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21487)with Minister of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic Major General Ruslan Mukambetov.

▫️ The Russian Armed Forces launch strikes (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21474) exclusively at the Ukrainian military facilities in response to Ukrainian large-scale drone attacks across Russian regions.

▫️ As a result of the active and resolute actions, the Yug Group of Forces liberated Staraya Nikolayevka (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21476) (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Major General Igor Romanov visited (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21480) command posts of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

(https://t.me/mod_russia)▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows Uragan (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21472) MLRS, Tor-M2 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21486) systems, T-80BVM (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21481) crew, and UAV pilots (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21485) in action.

▫️ A Pacific Fleet detachment comprising the corvettes Rezky and Aldar Tsydenzhapov completed (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21482) its stay in Malaysia.

▫️ A planned exercise (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21484) began at the Baltic Fleet.

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