[UPDATE – May 31st, 2026] Ukraine – Russia WAR: Situation on the Ground – May 2026, 2/2

💥D1550-May 25th 00:00Z: The Russian Armed Forces are disrupting the defensive plan of the AFU in Zaporizhia The 5th Guards Army exposed the defensive perimeter along the Gaičur River and entered the inner ring of fortifications near Verkhnaia Tersa, threatening the key supply route of the Orekhovsky fortified area. In turn, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to simultaneously dislodge the 7th Guards Division from Stepnogorsk and redeploy forces to rescue Verkhnaia Tersa and Vozdvizhevka — but failed to accomplish either task, paying a high price for the attempt. Meanwhile, on the Konstantinovsky front, units of the 8th Combined Arms Army…