02.06.2026
In May 2026, the Russian occupation forces suffered record losses in a number of categories. The last month of spring was not just the worst for the ROV in the final phase of their spring offensive campaign, which can be called, without exaggeration, not only the most unsuccessful since 2023, but also the worst month in terms of the scale of losses in the last three years.
More details about this can be found in the material of the joint project OBOZ.UA and the group “Information Resistance”.
Personnel losses
In May, the losses of the Russian occupation forces were the highest since the beginning of 2026 and amounted to 33,760 people.
On the one hand, this is not a record figure for the entire time of a full-scale war, but it deserves attention. And here’s why.
The fact is that in May 2026, the ROV recorded the worst ever proportion of personnel losses per 1 km² of captured territories. And the occupiers were in a worse position in these matters only when they retreated in 2022.
To date, the net figure for the occupied territories in Ukraine in the DOM for May is 20 km². Thus, as a result of the offensive, Russian troops seized approximately 88 km² of Ukrainian territory last month, but during this period the SOU counterattacked along the entire contact line and liberated approximately 68 km².
Thus, with losses of 33,760 people and a net gain in captured territories of 20 km², we get an absolutely record, negative proportion of enemy losses of 1,688 bodies/1 km².
Let me remind you that just a year ago, with approximately the same loss rates, the enemy was capturing from 400 to 500 km² of Ukrainian territory per month.
Thus, the monthly rate of territorial capture decreased by 5.6 times – if we take into account the total capture of territories of 88 km², or by 25 times – if we take into account the net increase in occupied territories of 20 km². With consistently high personnel losses.
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Tank losses
In May, the ROV suffered the lowest losses in the MBT category during the entire full-scale invasion of Ukraine – 63 units.
This is yet another confirmation that the occupiers have never been able to adapt their tanks to the modern challenges of dynamic and highly adaptive warfare. As a result, they have practically disappeared from the battlefield, appearing on the LBZ only occasionally.
This does not mean that the enemy has run out of tanks, not at all, but it does not negate the fact of a high level of shortage of this equipment and its technological degradation, caused by the use of outdated, Soviet-era models.
Losses of armored vehicles
Losses in the category of armored combat vehicles in the ROV were average in May and did not undergo any radical changes since the middle of last year – 163 units.
The reason is similar to the decrease in MBT losses – the limitation of their use at the front due to the lack of adaptability to modern conditions. However, in a number of cases, losses in this category are due to the inevitable need to use ABMs in assault operations, as well as as a result of SOU strikes on the middle rear area.
Artillery losses
In May 2026, the Russian occupiers suffered another record-breaking loss in the category of cannon artillery – 1,993 units.
The reason for this was the need to provide fire support to the ROV assault units during their offensive (as part of the spring campaign). But since the occupiers are currently using mostly old, Soviet, towed artillery or various home-made products – homunculi, these weapons have a short firing range and low mobility. Which makes them a highly accessible target for destruction.
Such high rates of losses of the ROV’s cannon artillery are not only evidence of the failure of the enemy’s spring offensive campaign, but also a decrease in the quality and mobility of the means used.
MLRS losses
In May, the ROV suffered some of the highest losses in the category of multiple launch rocket systems – 63 units.
The enemy had worse indicators only during the SOU counteroffensive in July 2023 – 67 units of equipment, and also during the ROV offensive in November 2023 – 66 units.
The reason for the May losses is also the failure of the Russian army’s offensive campaign this season in all respects and the use by the enemy’s troops of homemade or towed North Korean 107-mm Type 75 MLRS.
Air defense losses
In May, air defense losses in the ROV also became quite high – 42 units.
This is the highest figure since June 2024, when the enemy lost 59 units.
The reason for the enemy’s May losses is the systematic work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces in hunting Russian air defense systems and radars. Ukrainian troops have turned Russian air defense systems from hunters into potential prey.
Vehicle losses
In this category, the enemy achieved an absolute and undisputed record in May since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine – 8,612 units.
The reason for such high losses was a phenomenon that has now been called a “logistics lockdown.” The Ukrainian Defense Forces took control of logistics in a number of areas of the enemy’s middle rear zone in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.
It is worth noting that not all available sectors have been taken under control today, and therefore the scaling of this logistics work in the middle rear zone of the ROV will still take place.
And I’m sure this isn’t the last record in the category of vehicle destruction.
Losses of special equipment
In May, the ROV lost 89 units of special equipment – the highest figure since October 2024.
I won’t be original if I explain that the reason for such losses was also the SOU’s strikes deep into the temporarily occupied territories, in the middle rear zone (logistical lockdown).
A lot of special equipment was destroyed and damaged by such strikes along the logistical arteries of the temporarily occupied territories in southern Ukraine.
The increase compared to April (43) is double, compared to March (32) – three times, compared to February and January – more than four times.
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Conclusions
The Russian spring offensive campaign ended in May, flowing into the summer phase of the offensive. Based on the results of the ROV’s actions, this phase can be safely called the most unsuccessful since 2023, and May, as the most striking indicator of this fiasco, is the enemy’s worst month in terms of the ratio of losses to captured territories.
The crisis that has developed for the army of the aggressor country on the battlefield is no longer possible to hide, and a number of Russian Z-military personnel have begun to talk about it and panic.
In May, the ROV suffered a number of either record losses or close to them in many categories. An important role in these figures was played by the growing logistical lockdown, thanks to which an absolute record was set for the enemy’s losses of road transport.
It is obvious that Russian troops are entering the summer offensive campaign of 2026 with the worst disposition that the occupying command could have imagined.
Killing women and children is all that the vampire has left. That’s his last remaining card.
And NATO, set up to deter ruSSia, keeps snooZing.
Even their pilots are really snooZing when they fly to “intercept” mafia drones and missiles.