00:05
At about 10:30 p.m., a fighter jet of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down an enemy cruise missile over Chernivtsi region.
00:10
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that Russian forces were setting cities in the Donbas ablaze and could make the region uninhabitable.
00:55
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that the war in Ukraine could be stopped if “the world’s powers did not flirt with Russia.”
04:55
Although Ukraine’s defence remains effective, Russian forces have made some progress in recent days and are preparing a “third line of defence.”
07:00
In the Sloviansk direction, Russian occupation forces shelled Ukrainian Armed Forces positions and resumed their offensive.
09:00
On May 26, Russian forces attempted to break into Sievierodonetsk and continuously shelled residential areas, killing four people and damaging many homes. Another person was killed in Komyshuvakha.
09:55
On May 26, an unexploded Russian shell detonated on the grounds of a school in Mariupol, killing a 12-year-old boy.
10:15
In the morning, three missile strikes hit a district of Dnipro in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Several sites were destroyed. Rescuers were searching for people under the rubble. Details of the consequences were being clarified.
10:45
While occupation forces were clearing rubble at the former “Oktyabr” plant on Kuindzhi Street in Mariupol, about 70 bodies were found.
11:15
On the morning of May 27, Russian troops shelled border areas of Sumy Oblast.
11:35
While occupation forces were clearing rubble at the former “Oktyabr” plant on Kuindzhi Street in Mariupol, about 70 bodies were found, said Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
The bodies were placed in plastic bags and taken to a mass grave in the village of Staryi Krym for burial.
12:05
In Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast, 60% of homes were destroyed, while 85-90% of the city’s buildings were damaged and would require major reconstruction, Mayor Oleksandr Striuk said.
According to his estimate, at least 1.5 thousand people had died in the city. About 12-13 thousand people remained there.
12:45
Russian forces struck National Guard barracks in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: 10 people were killed and 35 others were wounded, the regional Territorial Defence centre reported.
Iskander missiles were launched from Rostov region. One of the three missiles hit its target.
13:30
Fierce fighting was under way in the Lyman direction. Most of Lyman was not under Ukrainian military control, the Donetsk Regional Military Administration reported.
At the same time, Ukrainian defenders remained deployed in the Lyman and Svitlodar directions, holding newly fortified positions to deter the enemy.
15:05
In Kherson Oblast, Russian forces put cement plants seized from local business owners into operation. Occupation forces were using stolen concrete to build fortifications, the Kherson Regional Military Administration reported.
“This indicates that the enemy will try to hold the occupied territories,” said Hennadii Lahuta, head of the region.
16:20
Footage showing the aftermath of the brutal shelling of Kharkiv on May 26 was published. Occupation forces shelled the city with large-calibre Pion guns and multiple-launch rocket systems. The attack came from the north of Kharkiv region, where occupation forces still held positions. The shelling killed 9 people, including a father and his 5-month-old child, and injured 19 others.
17:30
44% of Ukrainian refugees had received “temporary protection” in Western countries. This status offered rights and opportunities similar to those enjoyed by EU citizens.
18:25
Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that the world was preparing for the possibility that Russia would use tactical nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. “Russian state propagandists openly threaten the use of nuclear weapons. World leaders are preparing for the possibility that Russia may use so-called tactical nuclear weapons or chemical or biological weapons.”
18:55
Over the previous 24 hours, occupation forces deported 280 Mariupol residents, including 36 children. They were taken to a filtration camp in the village of Bezymiane, said Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the mayor. In total, 2,856 Mariupol residents had been deported over the previous week, including 318 children.
20:50
Sievierodonetsk was not encircled, but fighting continued on its outskirts, said Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration. The city was under constant enemy fire, as was the Lysychansk–Bakhmut highway.
21:30
The Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church announced its withdrawal from the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. The Council decided on full independence from the Russian Church and condemned the position of Moscow Patriarch Kirill and Russia’s war against Ukraine.