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Russo-Ukraine War - 27 May 2025 - Day 1189

A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While GlobalSecurity.org takes utmost care to accurately report this news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The UK Ministry of Defence reported that Sergey Surovikin, former Commander of the Russian Group of Forces in Ukraine, is reportedly carrying out a role as 'head of a group of Russian military specialists' at the Russian Embassy in Algeria. Russian Embassy photographs appear to show a notably thinner Surovikin at an event dedicated to Russia's 09 May Victory Day, in his probable first public appearance in an official role since 2023.

Surovikin, also former commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), was not seen in public for many months following the abortive Wagner Group mutiny led by Yevgeny Prigozhin in June 2023, which was denounced by Russian President Putin as 'treason'.

Reports of Surovikin's arrest and detention in relation to the June 2023 Wagner Group mutiny were not publicly confirmed. The Russian Ministry of Defence (MOD) did not officially announce Surovikin's resignation. However, in September 2023, references to him were reportedly removed from the Russian MOD's website.

Russian authorities were likely suspicious of Surovikin's long association with Wagner dating back to his operational activity in Syria, a notable operational nexus for Wagner, from 2017. Surovikin also served as point of contact for Wagner with the Russian MOD.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that since the beginning of the day, there have been 166 combat clashes, the Russian enemy launched one rocket and 60 air strikes at Ukrainian troops and settlements, using two rockets and 94 controlled aviation bombs. 912 Russian strikes with kamikaze drones were recorded, 3237 artillery shells were carried out.

Seven attacks were carried out by Ukrainian units in the Kharkiv direction in the settlements of Vovchansk, Zapadne, Stroivka, Figolivka and Dovgenke, two clashes are ongoing so far.
In the Kupians комуkomu direction, the Russian opponent twice tried to go ahead on Ukrainian positions near Zagrizovoye. Defense forces stopped all enemy attacks.
Twenty-four times Russian forces attacked in the Lyman direction, trying to advance in the areas of the Serebryansky Forest, Nadia, Novomikhailivka, Ridkoduba, Kopanok, Katerinivka, Yampolivka, Green Valley and in the directions of Grekivka, Grigorivka, Karpivka, the New Peace. Ukrainian defenders repelled 18 Russian attacks, ongoing six boêzítknen На.
In the direction of Kramators Вkomu, the troops of the zagarbnika 10 times attacked near the Chasovoye Yar, Orihovo-Vasilívka and in the direction of the White Mountain, Maysky, Stupočok, Predtečinyogo, currently two confrontations are ongoing.
The enemy tried 15 times to infiltrate Ukrainian defense in the Toretsky direction in the areas of Friendship, Diliyivka and Toretsk, fighting is still ongoing in three locations.
Intensely attacks the Russian enemy of Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. Here, during the day, Russian forces committed 53 assault and offensive actions. High activity of Russian occupiers in the settlements of Zorya, Myrolyubivka, Malinivka, Lisivka, Zvirove, Udachne, Elizabethtivka, Kotline, Gorikhove, Novosergiyivka, Novomikolaivka, Muravka, Kotlyarivka, Trinity, Bogdanivka, Andriyivka and in the directions of Yablunivka, Oleksiyivka. One battle is still going on. Under the impact of the Russian CAB was the settlement of Stepanivka.
According to preliminary calculations, for today Ukrainian soldiers in this direction have damaged 134 Russian occupiers, 61 of them - irrevocably. Also Ukrainian defenders destroyed seven cars, one motorcycle, three BPLA.
In the Novopavlovsky direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 16 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinopil, Burlatske, Novopil, Green Field and in the direction of Shevchenko, four more clashes remain unfinished. Russian forces caused an air strike in the area of Novodarívka.
In the direction of Gulyaipil, Russian forces struck Gulyaipol with unkempled missiles.
There were nine clashes in the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Mali Sherbaki, Stepovo and in the direction of Novodanilivka, Ukrainian defenders gave a decent section of the foreigners. The enemy caused air strikes in the districts of Kamiansky and Stepnogirsk.
The Russian enemy did not carry out offensive actions in Siversky, Gulyaipilsky and Pridniprovsky directions.
Twenty-nine combat clashes took place today in the Kursk direction, six of which are still ongoing. During the day, Russian forces carried out 229 artillery shells, including 13 from reactive salvage systems; launching seven air strikes, dropping 14 guided bombs.