May 24, 2026
The Russian army unleashed a massive retaliatory strike with Oreshnik ballistic missiles, against military command facilities, airbases, and defense industry enterprises of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
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“In response to Ukraine’s terrorist attacks on civilian facilities on Russian soil, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a massive strike using Oreshnik ballistic missiles, Iskander aeroballistic missiles, Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, Zircon cruise missiles, air-, sea-, and ground-launched cruise missiles, as well as hits against unmanned aerial vehicles, against military command facilities, airbases, and Ukraine’s arms factories,” the ministry’s report stated.
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The objectives of the strike have been achieved, and all designated targets have been hit, the Russian Ministry of Defense emphasized.
- Ukraine lost over 265 soldiers in combat against Russia’s Vostok battlegroup, over 175 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated by Russia’s Sever battlegroup, over 305 by the Tsentr battlegroup
- Up to 180 Ukraine’s servicemen were neutralized by the Zapad battlegroup, up to 90 by the Yug battlegroup, and over 50 by the Dnepr battlegroup
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