Russia's war on Ukraine. 01.05.25
Operational situation
On the Kursk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces have advanced southwest of Kucherov and counterattacked in Basivka.
Russian forces are trying to advance east of Sadky and have launched assaults near Bilovody, Zhuravka, Basivka, and Loknia, clearing territory in Kursk Oblast that has returned to their control.
On the Belgorod direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked near Demidovka.
On the Kharkiv direction, Russian forces attacked near Vovchansk.
On the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces continued attacks near the international border in the area of Kamyanka, near Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Novoosynove, Zahryzove, Nova Kruhlyakivka, Nadiya, Novoserhiyivka, Tverdokhlibove, and attempted to advance toward Hrekivka.
On the Lyman direction, Russian forces captured Nove, advanced on the eastern outskirts of Lypove and east of Katerynivka, attempted to move southwest of Nove, northeast of Zelena Dolyna, and attacked near Ridkodub, Zelena Dolyna, Novomykhailivka, Myrne, Kolodyazi, and in the direction of Novyi Myr.
On the Siversk direction, Russian forces attacked near Bilohorivka and Verkhnyokamianske.
On the Kramatorsk direction, Russian forces attacked near Chasiv Yar, Mayske, Predtechyne, Bila Hora, and Kurdyumivka.
On the Toretsk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced southeast of Dachne.
Russian forces made slight gains toward Odeska Street in the northwest part of Toretsk, attempted to advance south of Petrivka and northwest of Toretsk, and attacked near Toretsk, Dachne, Krymske, Dyliivka, Druzhba, Stara Mykolaivka, Yelyzavetivka, Kalynove, and Tarasivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces continued assaults near Lysivka, Shevchenkove, and Kotlyne.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Russian forces attacked near Konstyantynopil, Bahatyr, Andriivka, and Odradne.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Odradne and Bahatyr.
On the Huliaypole direction, Russian forces attacked near Vilne Pole, Burlatske, Pryvilne, and Rivnopillya.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Vilne Pole.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces attacked near Stepove, Lobkove, and Kamianske.
On the Prydniprovske direction, Russian forces attacked in Kherson Oblast, increased reconnaissance in the Dnipro River basin, and continue landing on islands, but are unable to evacuate their personnel and have to use UAVs to deliver supplies.
General conclusion:
For two days, Russian forces stormed Ukrainian Defense Forces positions in the direction of Dyliivka, combining extensive use of armored vehicles and motorcycles.
Russian motorcycle units regularly use T0616 Horlivka–Toretsk highway.
Enemy forces operating in the area from the Vovcha River to the Konka River (northwest of the city of Polohy) are under a unified command of the “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping.
On the Novopavlivka direction, the situation remains highly dynamic, with the enemy actively advancing. Russian troops attempt to fully dislodge Ukrainian forces from the Konstyantynopil area and reach the Zelenyi Kut–Odradne line, break through north from the south toward the Zaporizhzhia–Donetsk highway near Bahatyr. Units of the 29th Combined Arms Army (36th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade) operate in the Rozlyv–Bahatyr and Rozdolne–Bahatyr directions, reinforced by elements of the 114th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (51st Combined Arms Army) and the 57th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (68th Army Corps), which remain here before their regrouping toward the Pokrovsk direction. At times, the enemy deploys units of the 14th Separate SOF Brigade as assault infantry.
Troops from the 5th and 36th Combined Arms Armies (including the 127th Motorized Rifle Division, the 37th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, and the 5th Separate Tank Brigade) are engaged in fighting against forward Ukrainian positions near Dniproenerhiya, Burlatske, and along the Pryvilne–Novosilka line. At the same time, they attempt to advance northward along both banks of the Mokri Yaly River toward Komar. Their goal is to cut the Zaporizhzhia–Donetsk highway in the rear of the “Khortytsia” Operational-Strategic Group, which holds positions along both banks of the Vovcha River, and to secure its left flank by capturing the area from Shevchenko to Burlatske, Pryvilne, and Vilne Pole.
The enemy has taken control of Rozlyv and the eastern part of Konstyantynopil but has failed to break through or establish a foothold near Bahatyr. The 5th Combined Arms Army has also been unsuccessful in capturing Vesele. Northward attacks from the Skudne–Burlatske line have likewise yielded no gains. The only minor tactical success has been in the Rozdolne–Konstyantynopil sector, where forces in the 29th Combined Arms Army’s zone have managed to open a realistic path toward the Bahatyr–Oleksiivka line. However, in the main assault direction of the “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping (5th and 36th Combined Arms Armies), the pace of advance has slowed significantly, with virtually no progress made.
Heavy fighting continues around Vilne Pole, Pryvilne, and Novosilka, but Russian forces have not succeeded in fully capturing or holding any of the three villages.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 177 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Kharkiv direction, 2 enemy attacks near Vovchansk were repelled.
On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out 6 assaults toward Petropavlivka, Hlushkivka, Novoosynove, and Zahryzove.
On the Lyman direction, Russian invaders attacked 35 times near Novoserhiyivka, Nadiya, Tverdokhlibove, Ridkodub, Nove, Novyi Myr, Zelena Dolyna, Kolodyazi, and in the direction of Novomykhailivka and Hrekivka.
On the Siversk direction, the enemy conducted an assault near Verkhnyokamianske.
On the Kramatorsk direction, 5 combat engagements were recorded near Bila Hora, Andriivka, and Chasiv Yar.
On the Toretsk direction, Russians attacked 9 times near Druzhba, Dachne, Dyliivka, and in the Toretsk area.
On the Pokrovsk direction, invading units attempted to breach Ukrainian defenses 81 times near Stara Mykolaivka, Kalynove, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Promin, Dachenske, Nadiivka, Novooleksandrivka, Kotlyarivka, Troitske, Bohdanivka, Andriivka, and in the direction of Zoria, Malynivka, Myroliubivka, Hnativka, Oleksandropil, Pokrovsk, Novoserhiyivka, and Nova Poltavka.
Airstrikes hit Rusyn Yar, Malynivka, Zoria, Oleksandro-Kalynove, Nova Poltavka, Zelenyi Kut, Yalta, Hrodivka, Myroliubivka, Lysivka, Sukhyi Yar, and Pokrovsk.
On the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy attacked 16 times near Konstyantynopil, Pryvilne, Vilne Pole, and in the direction of Odradne, Shevchenko, and Bahatyr.
Novopil was hit by an airstrike.
On the Huliaypole direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes on Huliaypole.
On the Orikhiv direction, the enemy attacked 5 times near Stepove, Lobkove, and Kamianske.
On the Prydniprovske direction, the enemy launched one unsuccessful attack.
On the Kursk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 21 attacks. The enemy carried out 12 airstrikes.
In the Black Sea-Azov naval operational area, the enemy naval group on combat duty consists of:
Mediterranean Sea: 3 ships, including 1 cruise missile carrier; the total salvo is 8 cruise missiles.
Supporting operation:
No strikes occurred.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army operates near Katerynivka; its 283rd and 488th Motorized Rifle Regiments operate near Ridkodub, and separate units of the 488th Regiment are near Zelena Dolyna and Nove.
The 3rd Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 7th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army operates near Bilohorivka.
The 10th Separate SOF Brigade and the 98th Airborne Division operate in the direction of Chasiv Yar, while the 200th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 14th Army Corps is engaged near Virolyubivka.
The 6th and 80th Tank Regiments of the 90th Tank Division of the 41st Combined Arms Army operate near Troitske, in Nadiivka; the 35th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 41st Combined Arms Army operates near Kotlyarivka.
The enemy’s “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping, reinforced with troops from the “Yug (South)” and “Dnepr” Operational Groupings, includes the 5th Combined Arms Army (127th Motorized Rifle Division, 57th and 60th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigades), the 29th Combined Arms Army (36th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade and elements of the 68th Army Corps), the 35th Combined Arms Army (38th, 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigades, up to two battalions of the 69th Separate Rifle Brigade), the 36th Combined Arms Army (37th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade and 5th Separate Tank Brigade), the 49th Combined Arms Army of the “Dnepr” Grouping (up to two battalions of the 34th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade), the 51st Combined Arms Army of the “Yug (South)” Operational Grouping (110th, 114th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigades), the 40th and 336th Separate Marines Brigades. The 90th Tank Division of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the “Tsentr (Center)” Operational Grouping directly engages in the Novopavlivka direction, although its offensive sector is considered part of the Pokrovsk direction. The 35th Combined Arms Army, deployed in the Huliaypole direction, operates separately from the main forces of the “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping and may be considered part of the forces operating in the Orikhiv direction rather than the Novopavlivka direction.
The “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping consists of up to 80,000 military personnel and including the forces in the Huliaypole direction—up to 92,000, with 335–360 tanks, 880 armored fighting vehicles, 450–460 guns and mortars, 155–160 MLRS, and 6–12 Iskander tactical missile launchers.
The 14th Separate SOF Brigade operates near Komar, the 5th Separate Tank Brigade of the 36th Combined Arms Army in engaged near Vesele, and the 305th Artillery Brigade of the 5th Combined Arms Army is deployed near Vilne Pole.
The 392nd Motorized Rifle Regiment and the 247th Air Assault Regiment of the 7th Air Assault Division operate near Lobkove and Stepove.
Possible operation situation developments:
The plan for the enemy's spring-summer offensive campaign in the Southwestern Theater of Operations may be as follows: a simultaneous breakthrough towards Kostyantynivka and Druzhkivka from the south and southeast (from the direction of Toretsk and Vozdvyzhenka), as well as from the northeast (from the direction of Chasiv Yar), followed by an advance towards Kramatorsk from the south while simultaneously advancing towards Slovyansk with the forces of the 20th and 25th Combined Arms Armies of the "Zapad (West)" Operational Grouping through Lyman. Russian forces may attempt to advance near Kupyansk, Lyman, Novopavlivka, or toward the city of Zaporizhzhia. The Pokrovsk direction is viewed by Ukraine’s military-political leadership as the absolute priority for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Additionally, Russian forces intend to create a buffer zone in the north of Sumy Oblast and pose a threat to the city of Sumy in the coming months.
In Sumy Oblast, key enemy objectives that could provide stability to a buffer zone may include the heights between Yunakivka and Khrapivshchyna, the wooded area to the northeast of Sumy from Radkivka to Mohrytsya, and the Psel River. Based on this, the enemy’s operational tasks in this direction may include taking control of the area of Bilovody – Loknia – Yunakivka – Yablunivka, seizing at least the eastern part of the wooded area west of Mohrytsya, and reaching the line of Velyka Rybytsya – Myropillya along the Psel River. The enemy may also attempt to break through from the border toward Vorozhba and Bilopillya and cut off the operational lateral route between Sumy and Novhorod-Siverskyi. The implementation of such a plan would require the enemy command to covertly deploy a strike force in the area of Tiotkino.
A replacement of the airborne forces and naval infantry units with troops of the 14th and 44th Army Corps is expected soon. The highly mobile component of the Russian Armed Forces will be redeployed to Donbas or to Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
On the Kupyansk direction, the command of the enemy's "Zapad (West)" Operational Grouping will abandon active operations on its flanks and resume the offensive along the Svatove–Kupyansk road in the offensive zone of the 47th Tank Division of the 1st Tank Army. To this end, it is concentrating forces in the area of Kyslivka – Zatyshne – Nova Tarasivka – Tabaiivka and has already redeployed one motorized rifle regiment each from the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division and the 4th Tank Division of the 1st Tank Army to the Lyman direction. The enemy will demonstrate readiness to launch a frontal push against the "Khortytsia" OSG, thereby attempting to mislead the command of "Khortytsia" OSG regarding the true intent of its actions, aiming to complicate the maneuvering of OSG reserves simultaneously across two operational zones — in front of both the 6th Combined Arms Army and the 1st Tank Army of the enemy.
On the Lyman direction, the command of the enemy’s "Zapad (West)" Operational Grouping will exert efforts to collapse the defense of "Khortytsia" OSG in front of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army. To achieve this, the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army will attempt at any cost to break through in a northwesterly direction from its bridgehead on the Chornyi Zherebets River to link up with the 4th Tank Division of the 1st Tank Army. The enemy will attempt to advance toward Karlivka from Nove and toward Drobysheve from Kolodyazi, seeking to reach and entrench along the Karlivka – Shandryholove – Drobysheve line, while simultaneously intensifying its offensive near Torske and advancing on Lyman from the east. The forward elements of the 25th Combined Arms Army will, in the near future, attempt to simultaneously force the Chornyi Zherebets River as close as possible to Zarichne and break through to its eastern part on the opposite bank of the river. The enemy command’s operational intent includes using the Oskil River as a flank cover for a further advance on Lyman and Sloviansk, as evidenced by intensive attacks from the bridgehead on the Chornyi Zherebets River in a northwesterly direction toward Borova and the shift of the main strike axis of the 20th Combined Arms Army from Lyman to Borova.
The command of the enemy’s 3rd Combined Arms Army on the Siversk direction will create favorable conditions for the further seizure of the Sloviansk–Kramatorsk agglomeration during the summer campaign. For this, its forces will attempt to break through to the northern bank of the Siverskyi Donets River between Yampil and Hryhorivka, and from the southeast direction—toward Siversk.
On the Kramatorsk direction, the command of the enemy’s “Yug (South)” Operational Grouping and the 3rd Army, in particular, may soon change the direction of their main strike and shift it to the north of Chasiv Yar, launching an offensive on both sides of the Bakhmut–Sloviansk road along the Orikhovo-Vasylivka–Minkivka and Blahodatne–Pryvillya directions, which would allow them to break through to the forward approaches of Sloviansk directly from the southeast and create a real threat to the “Siversk” Operational Tactical Grouping (OTG) of Ukrainian Defense Forces by executing a deep flanking maneuver on its right flank. If the enemy manages to achieve operational surprise in these directions and advance to tactical depth, the situation in the Kolodyazi–Hryhorivka sector on the Lyman direction could radically deteriorate for the “Khortytsia” OSG.
The command of the enemy’s “Yug (South)” Operational Grouping will continue its offensive on the Toretsk direction with two tactical groups — one in the Toretsk area (main group), and another in the Vozdvyzhenka area (group on a secondary direction). The first group will attempt a breakthrough toward Pleshchiivka, bypassing the Kleban-Byk reservoir from the east; the second will push toward the Novoolenivka area, bypassing the reservoir from the west along the Pokrovsk–Bakhmut highway. The enemy will attempt to outflank the prepared “Khortytsia” OSG defenses from the east, along lines based on a cascade of small reservoirs and ponds along the Bychok River, generally in the Toretsk–Kostyantynivka direction, aiming to reach the intermediate line Pleshchiivka–Bila Hora. Its forward units will attempt to advance through Shcherbynivka toward Pleshchiivka and along the Dachne–Dyliivka railway. In the near future, the enemy will focus on seizing Shcherbynivka and Novospaske. If unsuccessful, the main axis of the attack may shift to the zone of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division near Vozdvyzhenka, or the enemy may focus on dismantling the “Khortytsia” OSG’s defenses along the Siverskyi Donets–Donbas canal, advancing from south to north.
The operational plan of the 8th Combined Arms Army on the Kostyantynivka direction is to envelop the tactical group of the "Khortytsia" OSG, which is defending south of Kostyantynivka between Oleksandropil and Tarasivka from the flanks. The enemy aims to encircle and destroy this group or, if unable to do so, force it to withdraw from the area south of Kostyantynivka in a northwestern direction under the threat of encirclement. The ultimate goal of these actions is a two-pronged breakthrough from the southwest and southeast toward the area of Stepanivka – Berestok – Pleshchiivka – Yablunivka, followed by a simultaneous assault on Kostyantynivka from this area and from the direction of Chasiv Yar. After the reaching the Poltavka–Pleshchiivka line, the enemy’s 3rd Combined Arms Army, reinforced by an airborne forces group, will attempt a rapid breakthrough from the bridgehead on the Siverskyi Donets–Donbas canal in the Chasiv Yar area, advancing from the northeast toward Kostyantynivka.
In the near future, the command of the “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping will begin regrouping forces and assets in the operational zones of the 5th and 36th Combined Arms Armies and reinforce them with additional troops from other directions.
Russian operational losses from 23.02.22 to 01.05.25
Personnel - almost 953,190 (+1,230);
Tanks – 10,732 (+3);
Armored combat vehicles – 22,364 (+11);
Artillery systems – 27,136 (+45);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,375 (+1);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,148 (+2);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 46,750 (+139);
Aircraft - 370 (0);
Helicopters – 335 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 34,401 (+112);
Intercepted cruise missiles – 3,196 (0)
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
Since the evening of April 30, Russia has attacked Ukraine with five Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 170 strike UAVs and decoy drones of other types. As of 08:30, 74 strike UAVs have been confirmed shot down. 68 enemy decoy drones have been lost from radar without causing any negative consequences. As a result of the enemy attack, Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, and Kyiv Oblasts were affected.
On the night of April 30 to May 1, 2025, Russian forces launched a massive drone strike on Odesa. As a result of the attack, two people were killed, and according to preliminary information, another 15 were injured. Residential apartment buildings, private houses, a supermarket, a school, and passenger cars were damaged. Fires broke out at the impact sites.
During the night of May 1, Russian invaders attacked an industrial facility in one of the districts of the Sumy community with Shahed drones – the impact caused a fire.
Russian invaders attacked the village of Vasyshcheve in the Kharkiv district with drones, resulting in a fire on the premises of two civilian enterprises. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties or injuries.
The "Molniya" drone used by Russia to strike Kharkiv on May 1 contained nails to inflict greater harm on the civilian population.
On May 1 at 00:30, Russian forces dropped three KAB-250 aerial bombs with UMPC modules on Myrnohrad in Donetsk Oblast. Apartment buildings were within the strike zone. One of the bombs hit a nine-story residential building. A 43-year-old woman was killed.
At 06:30, the occupiers shelled the village of Novoekonomichne in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast. A 51-year-old man was killed as a result of the attack. His 52-year-old wife sustained shrapnel wounds.
One person was hospitalized in Kyiv following a night drone attack by Russian forces. The explosive component of a downed drone detonated with a delay, injuring an elderly woman. Later, Kyiv authorities reported that Russian drones scattered munitions during the attack, but it is still unclear what triggered the detonation — vibration, temperature, or self-destruct mechanisms.
In Odesa Oblast, missile strikes destroyed the agricultural enterprise SFG "Tychenko" in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district. The farm’s entire machinery fleet — tractors, seeders, and harvesters — was completely destroyed. Warehouse buildings suffered severe damage — roofs and silos were destroyed, rendering the facilities unusable. "The scale of the destruction is enormous — virtually no property survived," the farm reported.
Around 15:00 in Kherson, a 45-year-old civilian man was injured in a Russian drone strike. Another civilian was injured in a separate drone strike around 12:45.
More than 70,000 Ukrainian military personnel and civilians, as well as foreigners who were legally present in Ukraine, are listed in the Register of Persons Missing Under Special Circumstances. This number includes 2,470 children whose whereabouts are unknown.
According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in April, Russian aviation dropped more than 5,000 KABs (guided aerial bombs) on Defense Forces positions and frontline settlements. A quarter of them — over 1,200 — were used against Ukrainian Defense Forces positions in the Kursk direction. In 2024, the enemy used about 40,000 guided aerial bombs. Since the beginning of 2025, over 15,000 KABs have been dropped by enemy aircraft.