Ukraine sets all-time daily record for destroyed Russian vehicles in logistics lockdown campaign
Ukraine's Defense Forces destroyed 483 Russian vehicles on May 29, the highest daily tally since the full-scale war began, according to Ukrainian General Staff data. The record is part of a formalized "logistics lockdown" campaign announced on May 27, backed by a $113 million program to fund brigade-level strikes on Russian supply lines. Cumulative Russian motor-transport losses have reached 100,713 since February 2022, with over 7,704 vehicles destroyed in May alone.
Ukraine's Defense Forces destroyed 483 Russian vehicles on May 29, the highest daily tally since the full-scale war began in February 2022, according to Ukrainian General Staff data.
The figure pushed Russia's cumulative motor-transport losses to 100,713 since the start of the war, with 7,704 vehicles destroyed in May 2026 alone. Military analyst Oleksandr Kovalenko of the Informational Resistance group expects the monthly tally to clear 8,000 by month's end, noting that the May surge is part of a sharp acceleration that began in March, with each of the past three months setting fresh records.
The record daily destruction is part of a formalized campaign announced on May 27 by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and General Staff. Dubbed a "logistics lockdown," the campaign includes a $113 million program to channel funds directly to brigades striking Russian logistics, depots, equipment, and command posts at operational depth, 20–200 kilometers behind the front line.
Australian military strategist Mick Ryan, in his May 31 Substack titled "Highway to Hell," wrote that the program "has entered a new phase of scale and ambition."
The impact is visible on the ground in occupied southern Ukraine. On May 31, residents of occupied Mariupol reported that Russia closed the Mangush-Berdiansk highway, diverting traffic to a jammed coastal alternative via Urzuf. The day before, Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) released footage of drone strikes on Russian fuel tankers, trucks, and a trailer along the Crimea–Donetsk corridor between Berdiansk, Melitopol, and Dzhankoi, as reported by Euromaidan Press on May 29.
The 412th Nemesis Brigade separately announced a "massive hunt" on Russian logistics in the south using strike "wings" developed in cooperation with the manufacturer.