The 13th Brigade Khartiia of the National Guard of Ukraine jointly with a unit of the Rubizh Brigade repelled a Russian assault near the settlement of Lyptsi in Kharkiv Oblast. Source: the Khartiia Brigade Quote: "The UAV operators of the Khartiia [Brigade] detected about 10 Russian soldiers heading in the direction of Lyptsi.
Ukraine will look to launch a counteroffensive in 2025 with the support of the approved $61 billion aid package from the United States, as well as additional Western funding, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told the Financial Times on May 4. Sullivan echoed Ukraine's hopes that the country will "move forward to recapture the territory that the Russians have taken” - the clearest such articulation as to how the White House sees the war evolving in the coming months.
A recent ATACMS long-rangemissile strike by Ukraine likely killed over 100 Russian soldiers training in temporarily occupied Luhansk Oblast, Newsweek reported, citing OSINT analysts.