Ukraine has carried out another large-scale raid on St. Petersburg. Ukrainian forces reportedly targeted the Russian Navy's arsenal, the Kronstadt naval base, and the Naval Thermal Engineering Research Institute. 1/2

New footage shows the Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet corvette Boikiy burning in a dry dock in Kronstadt after being struck by a Ukrainian drone attack yesterday.

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck the FSB Border Guard patrol ship Svetlyak (Project 10410) near the settlement of Yurkine in occupied Crimea. 1/2

An explosion occurred at a weapons production facility in Russia’s Tula. According to local reports, the fire broke out at the weapons manufacturing facility of A+A, a producer of weapons and ammunition.

Ukraine continues its effective sanctions policy against Russian oil infrastructure. Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal at the port of Saint Petersburg, setting multiple fuel reservoirs ablaze.

New footage shows an impact of a Ukrainian drone strike on an oil terminal in Russian-occupied Feodosia, Crimea, on May 30. Ukraine’s “logistics lockdown” campaign has already created a significant fuel shortage in Crimea

Facing setbacks on the battlefield, Russia has launched a massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight. Civilian and residential areas were struck across the country, including in Kyiv, killing at least 4 and injuring dozens of civilians. 1/

Ukrainian forces destroyed a record number of Russian air defense systems in May - 42. This is also probably the highest number of air defense systems destroyed in a single month during the full-scale invasion. 1/

Ukraine’s middle strikes on Russian logistics along the Berdyansk–Mariupol highway have notably intensified. Establishing a land corridor linking occupied Crimea to Rostov was one of Russia’s key strategic objectives. 1/3

According to FIRE POINT chief designer Denys Shtilerman, the upgraded Ukrainian FP-2 strike drone now carries a larger 200 kg warhead and has an operational range of up to 370 km. 1/2

Horrendous scenes from Kyiv. Russia carried out one of the largest combined attacks on Ukraine, striking residential areas and terrorizing civilians. At least 34 people have been injured and one person killed, but the toll is likely to rise given the scale of the attack.

Russia has struck Kyiv with an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). The large-scale combined missile and drone attack is still ongoing. Russia uses the Oreshnik more as a political tool of terror and intimidation than for practical military application.

Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil infrastructure. Ukrainian drones have been especially busy in May and there are 8 more days to go.

General Kyrylo Budanov: The people at the top in Russia are far from stupid. They live in a world of numbers, graphs, economic forecasts, geopolitical projections, and so on. 1/ russiaanalyzed.substack.com/p/must-read-...

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Admiral Grigorovich-class guided missile frigate Admiral Essen during an aerial attack on Novorossiysk. 1/3

Ukrainian forces continue striking high-value Russian targets almost every day. Overnight, despite attempts by Russian air defenses to intercept them, Ukrainian drones struck the port of Novorossiysk.

Ukraine has already broken the record for the number of Russian air defense systems destroyed in a single month over the past year. 1/

President Zelenskyy: Ukrainian positions are stronger now than in previous years. Since beginning of the year, we have liberated 590 kilometers of our territory. We continue to increase the rate of destruction of Russian personnel. The trend is definitely not in interests of the occupier.

With just 9 days left in May, Ukraine is on track to break its record for the highest number of Russian air defense systems destroyed in a single month since last summer. 1/3

Ukraine’s State Security Service struck a Russian FSB headquarters in occupied Kherson Oblast and destroyed a Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile system. As a result of the operation, Russian losses amount to around 100 occupiers killed and wounded. 1/2

Ukraine continues its devastating strikes on Russian oil infrastructure. Almost every day, Ukrainian forces hit another valuable Russian asset. This morning, they struck the Syzran oil refinery in Russia’s Samara region.

It appears Ukrainian forces have recently intensified attacks targeting Russian logistics along the M14 highway in temporarily Russian-occupied Mariupol. More and more videos of such strikes are emerging, suggesting Ukraine’s reach is expanding deeper into occupied territories.

Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s Kstovo oil refinery, reportedly hitting the AVT-6 atmospheric crude distillation unit — one of the refinery’s main processing facilities. 1/

Zelenskyy has announced more long-range strikes inside Russia: “I approved our long-range strike plans for June. Ukraine will ‘creatively’ expand its long-range sanctions, which demonstrated their effectiveness in May.”

This is yet another evidence how the mood is changing in Russia: 🇷🇺 military channel Zapisky Veterana: “The situation on the Ukrainian front today is such that this autumn there will either be mobilization or a move toward concluding a peace agreement. There simply can no longer be a third option.”

This is yet another evidence how the mood is changing in Russia: 🇷🇺 military channel Zapisky Veterana: “The situation on the Ukrainian front today is such that this autumn there will either be mobilization or a move toward concluding a peace agreement. There simply can no longer be a third option.”

Early this morning, Ukraine carried out a major air raid on Moscow, possibly the largest strike against the Russian capital since the start of the full-scale invasion. Read detailed analysis of this highly impactful air raid here: open.substack.com/pub/russiaan...

Ukraine has carried out a major air raid on Moscow, possibly the largest attack since the start of the full-scale invasion. Despite Russia’s layered air defenses, Ukrainian forces reportedly struck several targets across the Moscow region. 1/4

This is what Russian-occupied Bakhmut looks like now. The Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew from the city in May 2023 after ten months of brutal and intense fighting. Russia brings only death and destruction.

Ukraine continues its successful air campaign against Russian war-supporting enterprises. Ukrainian forces struck the Nevinnomyssk Azot plant in Stavropol Krai. 1/3

CENTCOM Commander Admiral Cooper: We’ve adopted large number of tactics, techniques, and procedures that Ukrainians passed to us, which helped us defend Americans. All of our partners working with Ukrainians in some way, shape, or form. Are they more effective as a result? Yes.

Ukrainian forces once again struck Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery. The Ryazan Oil Refinery is one of the largest oil-refining enterprises in Russia, with a processing capacity of around 17 million tonnes of oil annually. 1/

Polish FM Sikorski: I hope we're not back to silly discussions we had at the beginning of the war: “Oh my God, if we give Ukraine tanks, if we give them jets, Putin will escalate.” Do you really believe there is anything Putin would not do to win? If he could escalate, he would escalate.

Secretary Rubio on 🇺🇦: Ukrainians developed new tactics, techniques, equipment, technology creating sort of hybrid asymmetrical warfare. That's impressive. Russians losing 5 times more soldiers a month. Ukrainian Armed Forces are strongest, most powerful armed forces in all of Europe right now.

Secretary of State Rubio: "The damage to the Russian economy is extraordinary. The Russians are losing 15,000–20,000 soldiers a month dead, not injured, dead."

Secretary of the Army Driscoll: "Ukraine's Delta common operating system, their modular open system architecture, C2 system is absolutely incredible. It fully integrates every single drone, sensor, and shooting platform into just one single network. Ours does not." 1/2

A section of a residential building in Kyiv collapsed following Russia’s latest attack, as Moscow launched one of the largest combined strikes of the war against Ukraine. 1/3

A horrendous night in Ukraine. Russia carried out one of its most massive combined strikes against the country. A residential building collapsed in Kyiv following the attack, trapping people beneath the rubble. Dozens have been wounded.

Ukraine continues targeting Russian export hubs and other critical oil infrastructure. Overnight, Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Taman port on the Black Sea coast in Krasnodar Krai.

This is what 4 years of failing to achieve strategic goals and increasingly feeling pain domestically does to a person:

In the Kostiantynivka direction, a Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle carrying 300 kg of explosives drove into a building occupied by a group of eight Russian soldiers and detonated inside.

Innovation and adaptation is constant in the Russia-Ukraine war. A Ukrainian FP-1/FP-2 strike drone launches an unguided air-to-surface rocket at a Russian mobile air defense group during an overnight raid on Crimea. 1/2

General Kyrylo Budanov on Putin’s regime: Unfortunately, the regime in the Russian Federation is still stable. But nothing lasts forever in this world.

Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s VNIIR-Progress military electronics plant in Cheboksary with Flamingo cruise missiles. The facility produces jam-resistant CRPA antennas used in Shahed drones. The target lies roughly 970 km from the Ukrainian border.

Canada’s PM Mark Carney: “Today, we announced $270 million of new military support to Ukraine. Ukraine’s fight is our fight. Their cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is our cause.”

Ukrainian forces struck two tankers from Russia’s shadow oil fleet at the entrance to the port of Novorossiysk, per Zelenskyy. For a country with virtually no navy, Ukraine’s ability to dominate the Black Sea theater using naval drones is remarkable.

Zelenskyy says that Ukraine’s air campaign against Russian oil infrastructure has cost Moscow at least $7 billion. Kyiv’s “sanctions policy” is delivering impressive results.

Ukrainian forces destroyed 18 Russian air defense systems in April, one of the highest figures since summer 2025. The degradation of Russian air defenses is one of the key reasons behind the increased effectiveness of Ukraine's middle and long-range strikes.

From a 3-day plan to take Kyiv to the Kremlin’s press secretary Peskov now saying the May 9 parade in Moscow will take place without military equipment due to Kyiv’s “terrorist activity.”

Zelenskyy on Russian losses citing obtained intelligence documents from the Russian General Staff: We have obtained specific documents from the Russian General Staff confirming that the occupiers themselves acknowledge their inability to fulfill the tasks set by their political leadership. 1/4