At the initiative of the Russian Federation, direct Russian-Ukrainian dialogue on a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine was resumed. At the same time, the Kiev regime, backed by certain European countries, has taken a series of provocative steps intended to disrupt the negotiation process.

🔹 Since 20 May 2025, the Kiev regime has repeatedly increased the number of attacks using Western-made unmanned aerial vehicles and projectiles against civilian facilities in the Russian Federation.

🔹 From 20:00 of 20 May to 08:00 of 27 May 2025, the Russian air defence systems destroyed or intercepted 2,331 drones, 1,465 of which were outside the special military operation zone.

Civilians, including women and children, were injured as a result of the Ukrainian drone attacks in Russian regions.

In response to the actions of the Kiev regime, the Russian Armed Forces carried out strikes with air-, sea- and ground-based high-precision weapons, as well as attack drones, targeting exclusively military facilities and Ukrainian defence industry enterprises.

🔹 On 20 May, a group strike hit the infrastructure of the Ozernoye airfield in Zhytomyr region, as well as depots storing ammunition, military hardware, and POL in Dnepropetrovsk region.

🔹 On 21 May, a temporary deployment area and a missile and artillery depot belonging to an AFU mechanised brigade were destroyed in Sumy region. In addition, a temporary deployment area of foreign mercenaries was annihilated near Svyatogorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as an ammunition depot belonging to the Kharkov Task Force in Kharkov region.

🔹 On 22 May, the Russian Armed Forces launched high-precision strikes on a Ukrainian defence industry enterprise in Dnepropetrovsk region – the Pavlograd Chemical Plant. Other targets included an aircraft repair workshop, infrastructure of a military airfield, and air defence radars in Krivoy Rog and Nikolayev regions. A temporary deployment area of foreign mercenaries in Kharkov region was also hit.

An Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system eliminated a AN/MPQ-65 multi-role radar, a combat control vehicle and two anti-aircraft missile launchers of the Patriot surface-to-air missile system close to Orzhonikidze (Dnepropetrovsk region).

🔹 On 23 May, ground-based high-precision weapons launched a group missile strike against an unloading zone and a container warehouse storing materiel and ammunition at the port of Odessa. About 100 containers holding components for uncrewed surface vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as ammunition, were destroyed as a result of the strike.

Strikes were also launched to hit infrastructure and training areas used to store unmanned aerial vehicles at the Kislichevataya airfield in Zaporozhye region and the Kanatovo airfield in Kirovograd region. Ammunition depots belonging to the Volchansk Task Force in Kharkov region were also hit.
On 24 May, a massive strike was delivered by ground-based high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against a Ukrainian defence industry enterprise that produces missile weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles. This strike also targeted the radio-technical reconnaissance centre and the SBU Aviation Centre in Kiev region, as well as a temporary deployment point of the South Separate Special Operations Centre near Chernomorsk (Odessa region) and a temporary deployment area of the 3rd Assault Brigade (Azov) near Izyum (Kharkov region). A U.S.-made Patriot SAM position in Kiev region was also hit.

🔹 On May 25, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a massive strike with high-precision long-range weapons and attack UAVs against Ukrainian defence industry enterprises which produce missile components, radio electronics, explosives, missile fuel and attack unmanned aerial vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Zhytomyr Radio Engineering Equipment Repair Plant Luch, SPETSOBORONMASH – Zhytomyr region; Rapid Plant, Chernigov Radio Appliance Plant, Tekhaviakom Scientific-Production Company – Chernigov region; Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant Aviakon – Sumy region; Krasilovsky Aggregate Plant – Khmelnitsky region; Pavlograd Chemical Plant – Dnepropetrovsk region; Luch Plant of the Promin Research Centre – Ternopol region;Aerotechnika-MLT radioelectronic industry enterprise, Design Bureau Luch – Kiev region; Odessa Aviation Plant; Deviro UAV development and production enterprise – Dnepropetrovsk region; Chuguev Aviation Repair Plant – Kharkov region).

Moreover, radio and radio-technical reconnaissance centres in the Kiev region; facilities producing UAVs, explosives, and ammunition for attack UAVs in Sumy, Nikolayev, Chernigov and Kharkov regions, as well as UAV production sites and command posts at the Gogolev airfield in Kiev region were also hit.

In addition, the Russian Armed Forces hit radio-technical reconnaissance and satellite communication centres in Kiev region, a berthing area of combat vessels and an assembly workshop for uncrewed surface vehicles in Nikolayev region, infrastructure of the Shkolny airfield in Odessa region, and the Vishnevoye airfield in Kharkov region.

🔹 On 26 May, a massive strike by long-range high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles obliterated infrastructure of the Starokonstantinov airfield in Khmelnitsky region, ammunition depots of two heavy mechanised brigades in Kharkov region and the Donetsk People's Republic, an S-300 surface-to-air missile battalion command post and a temporary deployment area of the AFU special operations forces in Odessa region.

The Russian Armed Forces will continue to launch group and massive strikes in response to terrorist attacks and provocations of the Kiev regime. Only military facilities and enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry will be targeted in the strikes.