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Ukrainian Forces Advance on Several Fronts, SBU Claims Strike on FSB Headquarters in Kherson Oblast, Killing and Injuring Dozens of Russian Troops - Ukraine Weekly Update #130
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Video of the week:
https://reddit.com/link/1tjmfxa/video/0bytuaaj0i2h1/player
- I got no words for this one. They're not sending their best.
Maps:
Kupiansk last week:
Kupiansk this week:
- Ukraine appears to have fully cleared Kupiansk of Russian forces. They also significantly pushed back the grey zone northwest of Borova.
Lyman last week:
Lyman this week:
- No significant changes here.
Kostiantynivka last week:
Kostiantykivka this week:
- No significant changes here either.
Ivanivka last week:
Ivanivka this week:
- Very small Ukrainian advance here South of Velykomykhailivka.
Zaporizhzhia last week:
Zaporizhzhia this week:
- Ukraine advanced in two places near Mala Tokmachka.
Events this week:
- Zelensky claimed that the SBU Alpha special forces unit hit an FSB headquarters in Kherson Oblast, killing and wounding as many as 100 Russians, and destroying a Pantsir AD system. We don't know what system was used to prosecute this strike, but 100 casualties in one strike means it was highly effective.
- Reuters reported that several major oil refineries in central Russia have either halted or rolled back production after being hit repeatedly by Ukrainian drones. The Kirishi refinery, which is one of the largest in Russia, has allegedly been shut down since May 5.
- More news about the 90 billion Euro loan, the EU is now demanding Ukraine make unpopular tax reforms in order to be eligible to receive the first tranche of funding from the loan. Doesn't seem like Ukraine has much of a choice, and if these tax changes put them on more solid financial ground, then it doesn't seem like a huge sacrifice.
- Ukrainian Commander in Chief Syrski announced in a report to NATO that since the beginning of the year, according to Ukrainian numbers, Russia has taken about 141,000 casualties, with 83,000 of those having been killed. That means Russia has lost far more men killed in less than 6 months than the US did during the entire Vietnam war. That's also a horrendous ratio of severely wounded to killed, showing how little Russia values the lives it's throwing away.
- Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least 13 civilians and wounded almost 100 more just in the past day or two. A UN report said that more Ukrainian civilians were verified to have been killed in April 2026 than in any other month since Russia first invaded. This is likely not true since we still don't know and never will know how many civilians died at Mariupol, with some estimates ranging as high as tens of thousands, but it shows that Russia is responding to an increasingly difficult position on the battlefield by taking out their rage on Ukrainian civilians.
- The Ukrainian MoD revealed the first domestically produced glide bomb, essentially a kit that can be attached to old, obsolete dumb bombs to give them advanced targeting capabilities. They claimed that their glide bomb has features not available on the latest US JDAM kits (not like they're getting many JDAMs these days anyway). Ukraine likely has large stockpiles of old Soviet bombs filling warehouses, so these kits give them a great way to efficiently use them.
Vehicle losses from Oryx:
Oryx did not update their numbers this week.
Russian losses:
- Total Russian vehicle losses: 23,439
- Russian tank losses: 4,390
- Russian IFV losses: 6,429
- Russian SPG losses: 1,014
- Russian SAM losses: 416
- Russian naval losses: 33
- Russian aircraft losses: 184
- Russian helicopter losses: 175
Ukrainian losses:
- Total Ukrainian vehicle losses: 11,253
- Ukrainian tank losses: 1,422
- Ukrainian IFV losses: 1,583
- Ukrainian IMV losses: 1,770
- Ukrainian SPG losses: 856
- Ukrainian SAM losses: 178
- Ukrainian aircraft losses: 116
Claimed Russian casualties by Ukrainian MOD this week: 7,740 (+560 compared to last week, yet another week of very high Russian losses).
Thank you for reading!
u/nyckidd — 5 hours ago
