The military situation in the Ukraine war is getting worse and worse: the news ticker on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday, May 26th.
- Heavy fighting between Russia and Ukraine over the industrial city of Sievjerodonetsk in the Donbass
- Russia recorded heavy losses in Ukraine war
- This news ticker on the Ukraine war is continuously updated by our editors
+++ 05.45 a.m.: The Ukrainian military reports a large-scale attack by Russia on the Donbass. “The occupiers shelled more than 40 towns in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, destroying or damaging 47 civilian facilities, including 38 houses and a school. As a result of this shelling, five civilians died and 12 were wounded,” the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced on Facebook on Thursday morning. The Ukrainian army repelled 10 enemy attacks, destroyed four tanks and four drones and killed 62 “enemy soldiers”.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russian troops are “far outnumbered” in some parts of the Donbass. Selenskyj had therefore called for new deliveries of weapons on Wednesday evening, among other things. The information provided by the Ukrainian military cannot be independently verified.
Ukraine-News: Russia is probably preparing a rapid ground offensive
First report on Thursday, May 26, 5:00 a.m.: Kyiv/Moscow – The Russian army is apparently preparing for a battle for the city of Sievarodonetsk, in western Luhansk region. The oblast is located in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass, where Russia has been assembling troops for another offensive for days.
The US think tank “Institute for the Study of War” analyzed in the situation report on Thursday morning (May 26) that conspicuous troop movements can currently be observed around Sievjerodonetsk. It is possible that Russia could attack the city before cutting off Ukrainian lines of communication on the ground – which appears to be standard military action. This is reported by the Kyiv Independent news portal with reference to the institute.
The rapid attack on Sievjerodonetsk was probably carried out in order to “maintain the pace after sending a significant part of its personnel, artillery, aircraft and logistics to the front,” analyzes the ISW. So far, Russia has had to accept heavy losses in the Ukraine war. The Ukrainian general staff now assumes that almost 30,000 soldiers have died. Logically, the Kremlin quotes significantly lower numbers.
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