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Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Hulyaipole direction but did not advance.

Nesteryanka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources
Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Kyiv Independent

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Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian General Staff (organization) Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) (organization) Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (organization) Shark-M (weapon_system) T-72 tank (weapon_system) Ivan Fedorov (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Russian Tor-M2 (weapon_system) M-14 highway (location) Berdianske (location) Melitopol (location) Starlink (organization) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Hulyaipole direction on May 29 but did not advance.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian HUR operators destroyed Russian fuel tankers and trucks using loitering munitions and Shark-M drones in the Zaporizhzhia direction.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Loitering munitions and Shark-M drone wings were supplied through the 'Shchelepy' project of Serhii Prytula's charitable foundation.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

In February 2026, Ukrainian units pushed forward along a wide front in eastern Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian units took advantage of disruption in Russian communications triggered by the cut-off of Starlink satellite internet.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.242Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-29-2026