💥 Attack

Russian forces continued offensive operations near Chasiv Yar on May 3 but did not advance.

May 3, 2025 Novopil, Donetsk Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian 217th Airborne Regiment (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian brigade operating in Pokrovsk direction (military_unit) Russian troops (organization) Ukrainian POWs (person) UMPB D-30SN bomb (weapon_system) KAB-250 bomb (weapon_system) Uragan MLRS (weapon_system) 25th Separate Sicheslav Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Phoenix UAV operators (military_unit) BTR-82 (weapon_system) Vorona River (location) Zelene Pole (location) Smerch (weapon_system) Russian occupation forces (organization) FAB-250 (weapon_system) Molniya-2 (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces continued offensive operations near Chasiv Yar

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russian troops shot three unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war on May 3 near the village of Novopil in Donetsk Oblast

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russians dropped a UMPB D-30SN bomb on Novokhatske in the Komar community, killing three civilians and injuring another. Seven private houses were destroyed.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.243Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-3-2025