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Authors: Olha Polishchuk; Cristian Vlas
Key trends
- In the Donetsk region, Russian forces seized three settlements near Pokrovsk and two others south of Kostiantynivka. They also continued advancing north of Velyka Novosilka.
- In the border areas of the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, Russian forces captured two and one settlements, respectively.
- ACLED records at least 42 Russian long-range missile and drone strikes, including in Kyiv city and the Kyiv region, as well as in the western regions of Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, and Ternopil.
- Russian shelling, missiles, aerial bombs, and drones killed at least 38 civilians in the Kherson, Sumy, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhia regions. Ukrainian shelling and drone strikes reportedly killed three civilians in the Russian-occupied parts of the Kherson and Kharkiv regions.
Key events
- 25 May | Kyiv – Ukraine and Russia complete a swap of 1,000 prisoners of war each
- 25 May | Khmelnytskyi – Russian drones and missiles kill five civilians and wound five others in Krasyliv
- 29 May | Khmelnytskyi – More than 100 people clash with conscription officers and police in Kamianets-Podilskyi