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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,191: leak of 2 million documents detailing RU strategic nuclear facilities [1]
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Date: 2025-05-28
Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of May 27 and 28.
Ukrainian forces conducted a series of long-range drone strikes targeting Russia's defense industrial base (DIB) on May 27 and 28.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched five Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and one Kh-59/69 cruise missile from Kursk and Voronezh oblasts and occupied Crimea and 88 Shahed and decoy drones from the directions of Kursk and Oryol cities; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai. [113] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 34 drones over northern, eastern, and southern Ukraine and that 37 drones were ”lost” or suppressed by Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) systems. Ukrainian officials reported that the strikes affected Kharkiv and Kirovohrad oblasts. [114] understandingwar.org/... Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 34 drones over northern, eastern, and southern Ukraine and that 37 drones were ”lost” or suppressed by Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) systems x YouTube Video Ukrainian forces conducted a series of long-range drone strikes targeting Russia's defense industrial base (DIB) on May 27 and 28. The Ukrainian General Staff reported on May 28 that Ukrainian Special Forces and Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) struck the Kronshtadt drone factory in Dubna, Moscow Oblast. [41] The Ukrainian General Staff noted that the plant specializes in producing drone ground-control systems for the Orion, Inokhodets, Molniya, Grom, Termin, Helios, and Sirius drones. Geolocated footage shows drones striking the Kronshtadt plant. [42] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the SBU also struck the Raduga plant in Dubna, which manufactures cruise missiles, including Kh-101/55 missiles, Kh-69 missiles, and Kh-59MK missiles. [43] Geolocated footage shows a drone strike against the Raduga plant. [44] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces also struck the Angstrem plant in the Elma Technological Park in Zelenograd, Moscow Oblast, which is one of Russia's largest microchip manufacturing plants. [45] Geolocated footage shows Russian air defense systems downing a Ukrainian drone over Zelenograd, a drone striking the technological park, and the aftermath of the drone strikes against the technological park. [46] Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation Head Lieutenant Andriy Kovalenko, who often reports on successful Ukrainian drone strikes against Russia, reported on May 28 that Elma Park is a critical hub for Russian import substitution. [47] Kovalenko also reported that Ukrainian forces struck the Dubna Machine Building Plant (DMZ), which produces drones, avionics, and control systems. A Russian insider source claimed that the DMZ also assembles Kh-101, Kh-5, and Kh-59 cruise missiles. [48] Russian opposition outlet Astra reported that Ukrainian forces conducted a drone strike against the Murom Instrument Plant, which produces ignition devices, on the night of May 27 in Vladimir Oblast. [49] The Ukrainian General Staff also confirmed earlier reports that Ukrainian forces conducted a drone strike against the Dmitrievsky Chemical Plant in Kineshma, Ivanovo Oblast on May 26. [50] understandingwar.org/... Dmitrievsky Chemical Plant in Kineshma, a production building was hit, Journalists from Danwatch and "Der Spiegel" have revealed the leak of two million documents concerning Russia's secret nuclear bases.
The documents show extensive modernization of military infrastructure, including the construction of new barracks, guard towers, and underground tunnels.
Experts suggest the leak could expose vulnerabilities to attack, potentially forcing Russia into costly reconstruction of its bases. Journalists from the investigative portal Danwatch and the newspaper "Der Spiegel" have obtained two million Russian documents concerning the country's secret nuclear bases. Among them are detailed plans for the construction and modernization of the base in Yasny, where the Avangard hypersonic glide missile has been stationed since 2019. The documents also reveal information about security systems, the placement of cameras and sensors, and infrastructure details such as underground tunnels and weapons rooms. www.msn.com/...
**Mordor Strategic Aviation**
*highlights as of 2300EEST on 28.05.25:* *Strategic Aviation/DA:*
- Redeployment of (1) Tu-95MS aircraft from the Olenya airfield to the Engels-2 airfield.
- Redeployment of (1) Tu-95MS aircraft from Belaya/Ukrainka airfield to Engels-2 airfield.
- Departure of an unknown number of Tu-95MS aircraft from Olenya Airport, landing place presumably Belaya Airport, exact number and landing place are being specified. *Aviation transport:*
- Landing of (1) Il-76MD aircraft at Rostov Airport.
- Landing of (1) Il-76MD aircraft at Shaykovka airport.
- Landing of (1) Il-76MD aircraft at Diaghilev Airport.
- Landing of the Il-76MD aircraft on the Engels-2 aircraft carrier.
- Landing of (1) Il-76MD aircraft at Olenya airport.
- Landing of (1) An-26 aircraft at Baltimore Airport.
- Landing of (1) An-12 aircraft at Shaykovka airfield. *Reconnaissance aircraft:*
- The A-50U anti-aircraft missile system from the Ulyanovsk aircraft was conducting reconnaissance.
- Su-34R and Su-24MR aircraft from the Lipetsk/Morozovsk/Khotilovo airfield conducted reconnaissance. **The probability of a massive missile attack from Tu-95MS this night is 20%** **General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine**
*Operational information as of 22.00 on 28.05.2025 regarding the Russian invasion*
Since the beginning of the day, 197 combat engagements have taken place, the enemy has launched two missile and 60 air strikes on the positions of our troops and settlements, using three missiles and dropping 114 guided aerial bombs, carried out 1205 strikes with kamikaze drones, and carried out 4036 artillery attacks.
- Three enemy assaults took place today in the areas of Starytsia, Vovchansk and Krasniy Pershyi in the Kharkiv sector.
- In the Kupyansk sector, the enemy tried eight times to force our units out of their positions in the areas of Zahryzove and Zelenyi Hai.
- In the Liman sector, the enemy attacked 24 times, trying to advance in the areas of Ridkodub, Kolodyazi, Nadiya, Hrekivka and Serebryansky forestry, as well as in the direction of Karpivka, Serednye, Novyi Mir and Zelena Dolyna. Three firefights continue.
- In the Siversky sector, our troops successfully stopped three attacks in the direction of Verkhnekamianske and Hryhorivka.
- In the Kramatorsk sector, the Defense Forces stopped 15 enemy attempts to advance in the direction of Markove, Predtechyne, and near Chasovyi Yar and Bila Hora.
- The enemy tried to break into our defense 21 times in the Toretsk sector in the areas of Toretsk, Diliyivka, Druzhba and towards Pleshchiyivka and Oleksandr-Kalynove.
- In the Pokrovsk sector, the aggressor conducted 52 assault and offensive attacks in the areas of Myroliubivka, Malynivka, Myrne, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Kotlyarivka, Horikhove, Oleksiivka and in the direction of Zorya, Rusyn Yar, Novomykolaivka and Yablunivka. The settlements of Dovha Balka, Zorya, Oleksandr-Kalynove, Novotoretske, Pokrovsk, Novoukrainka, Myrnohrad and Sukhyi Yar were hit by air strikes. More Russian airports are restricting flight after threats of drone strikes. Flight restrictions were imposed at airports in three Russian cities due to threats of drone strikes.
Key Takeaways: Western insider reporting about Kremlin demands to end the war in Ukraine continues to align with repeated public statements from Kremlin officials outlining Russia's demands, indicating that Russia's goal of Ukrainian capitulation and destruction of NATO remains unchanged.
Putin reportedly maintains his demand that Ukraine cede all of the four oblasts that Russia has illegally annexed but not fully occupied, even as Kremlin officials have signaled that Russia has territorial ambitions beyond these four oblasts.
Putin continues to demonstrate his willingness to achieve his war aims militarily through a prolonged war in Ukraine during which Russian forces would continue to only make gradual, creeping advances.
The Kremlin continues to promote its long-standing false narratives that the threat of NATO expansion forced Russia to invade Ukraine in 2022, and that NATO continues to threaten Russia's security.
The Kremlin continues to promote Russian President Vladimir Putin's envisioned Eurasian security architecture — a Russian-led bloc aimed at countering the West and NATO.
Russia and Belarus reduced the scope of the September 2025 Zapad-2025 joint Russian-Belarussian military exercise and relocated the main maneuver away from Belarus's western borders, likely to promote a veneer of cooperation and distract from Russia's limited military capacity outside of the Ukraine theater.
Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to forward an unofficial Russian ideology formulated on Russian nationalism and to try to unify Russian society in support of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces conducted a series of long-range drone strikes targeting Russia's defense industrial base (DIB) on May 27 and 28.
Ukraine’s Western allies continue to provide military aid to Ukraine.
Ukrainian authorities recently identified a Russian servicemember responsible for the execution of two Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) in January 2025.
Russian forces recently advanced in Kursk Oblast and near Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, Pokrovsk, and Velyka Novosilka.
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understandingwar.org/... Ukraine’s military intelligence agency has conducted a helicopter-borne assault in the Kharkiv region, deploying troops deep into contested territory in a bid to thwart Russian attempts to expand across the Oskil River, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR) announced on May 28. The raid, described as part of a broader spring operation, included combat landings by helicopter—among them a UH-60 Black Hawk, previously reported to be in Ukrainian service. The HUR published exclusive footage of the operation, featuring combat clips filmed by soldiers from the elite “Timur Special Unit” operating near the Kupiansk front. While the exact date of the assault remains undisclosed, the HUR says the operation was aimed at disrupting Russian efforts to establish new bridgeheads on the Oskil’s right bank. united24media.com/... understandingwar.org/... x x YouTube Video understandingwar.org/... Operational information as of 22.00 on 28.05.2025 regarding the Russian invasion Since the beginning of the day, 197 combat engagements have taken place, the enemy has launched two missile and 60 air strikes on the positions of our troops and settlements, using three missiles and dropping 114 guided aerial bombs, carried out 1205 strikes with kamikaze drones, and carried out 4036 artillery attacks. Three enemy assaults took place today in the areas of Starytsia, Vovchansk and Krasniy Pershyi in the Kharkiv sector. ,
In the Kupyansk sector, the enemy tried eight times to force our units out of their positions in the areas of Zahryzove and Zelenyi Hai. ,
In the Liman sector, the enemy attacked 24 times, trying to advance in the areas of Ridkodub, Kolodyazi, Nadiya, Hrekivka and Serebryansky forestry, as well as in the direction of Karpivka, Serednye, Novyi Mir and Zelena Dolyna. Three firefights continue. ,
In the Siversky sector, our troops successfully stopped three attacks in the direction of Verkhnekamianske and Hryhorivka. ,
In the Kramatorsk sector, the Defense Forces stopped 15 enemy attempts to advance in the direction of Markove, Predtechyne, and near Chasovyi Yar and Bila Hora. ,
The enemy tried to break into our defense 21 times in the Toretsk sector in the areas of Toretsk, Diliyivka, Druzhba and towards Pleshchiyivka and Oleksandr-Kalynove. ,
In the Pokrovsk sector, the aggressor conducted 52 assault and offensive attacks in the areas of Myroliubivka, Malynivka, Myrne, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Kotlyarivka, Horikhove, Oleksiivka and in the direction of Zorya, Rusyn Yar, Novomykolaivka and Yablunivka. The settlements of Dovha Balka, Zorya, Oleksandr-Kalynove, Novotoretske, Pokrovsk, Novoukrainka, Myrnohrad and Sukhyi Yar were hit by air strikes. understandingwar.org/... understandingwar.org/... understandingwar.org/... x x YouTube Video
“Trump has been unable to coax major concessions from the Russian leader…and Putin has intensified the war recently. Hours after Trump’s comments Sunday, Russia launched its largest-ever drone-and-missile assault on Ukraine overnight into Monday.”
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