Russia attacks Ukraine: live update, May 2022

🟡28.05.2022

23:35 Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Military Administration

One of the plants in Kryvyi Rih has been practically destroyed as a result of a missile strike

22:18 Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration

Sievierodonetsk is under the Ukrainian flag. Russian troops have not advanced beyond the hotel Myr and have sustained heavy losses.

20:36 State Border Service of Ukraine

A woman was wounded in an unguided missile strike on two towns near the Ukrainian-Russian border in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

20:19 Oleksandr Sienkevych, Mayor of Mykolaiv

One person was killed and seven others were wounded, two of them in critical condition, after Russian forces shelled residential areas in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv early on May 28

19:53 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukrainian forces have launched an offensive in the Kherson region, with Russian invaders suffering losses and defending on unfavorable positions

19:00 Department of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have killed the Russian commander of the assault battalion of the 104th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Dosiagaev

16:05 South Operational Command

Russian military blocked exits from the Kherson region to the territory controlled by Ukraine. The cars that people are trying to use to leave are being filtered and returned back 

10:19 Suspilne Kherson

Inscriptions “Kherson is Ukraine”, “Kherson, Believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine” appeared on the streets of Kherson.

9:26 Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, Head of Sumy Regional Military Administration

On the night of 27-28 May, Russian troops bombarded Sumy Oblast with mortars and artillery; a Russian missile hit a civilian target in the oblast.

9:22 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukraine’s defense forces inflicted heavy losses on the Russian army and forced it to retreat in the areas of the settlements of Novopil (Donetsk Oblast) and Novodarivka (Zaporizhzhia Oblast), which are located on the border of two regions

9:17 Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration

The Russian army suffered significant losses and was forced to retreat in the area of Sievierodonetsk, Toshkivka and Oskolonivka.

7:58 General Stuff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Occupying troops are conducting active offensive operations in the Donetsk direction, and the threat of airstrikes from the territory of Belarus remains – Belarusian troops have moved the Iskander-M OTRK division to the Luninets settlement in the Brest region

7:50 Valentyn Reznichenko, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration

On the night of 27-28 May, Russian troops opened fire on Zelenodolsk hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, hitting a church in one of the villages. There were no casualties.

6:20 South Operational Command

Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military in the southern direction eliminated 63 Russian invaders and a large number of military equipment

3:49 South Operational Command

Russia has deployed in Kherson Oblast 30 T-62 tanks that were manufactured 50 years ago

2:18 The Wall Street Journal

The Biden administration is expected to announce as early as next week it will send to Ukraine long-range rocket systems Kyiv says are necessary to fight off the Russian onslaught in the Donbas region, U.S. officials said Friday

0:15 Joint Forces CommandThe Joint Forces repelled 8 attacks by Russian occupiers in the east of Ukraine on May 27. Battles continue in 5 more locations, and 19 Russian armoured vehicles have been destroyed