In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, based on humanitarian considerations, during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory - from midnight on May 8, groups of Russian troops in the special military operation zone continue to strictly observe the ceasefire and remain at previously occupied lines and positions.

Despite the announcement of the ceasefire, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not ceased combat operations against Russian troops. They have made four attempts to break through the state border of the Russian Federation in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, as well as 22 attacks and one reconnaissance in force in the areas of the settlements of Tetkino in the Kursk region, Pavlovka, Budki in the Sumy region, Berezniki in the Khar'kov region, Novoegorovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Lipovoe, Redkodub, Valentinovka, Dzerzhinsk, Romanovka, Novoolenovka, Mirolyubovka, Ulyanovka, Elizavetovka, Troitskoye, Alekseyevka, Novoaleksandrovka, Kotlyarovka, Novosergeevka and Veseloe in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Along the entire line of combat contact, Ukrainian units carried out 2,669 attacks from barrel artillery, tanks and mortars on positions of our troops, as well as 46 using multiple launch rocket systems. In addition, 6,562 strikes and drops of ammunition from unmanned aerial vehicles were carried out.

A total of 9,318 ceasefire violations were recorded.

In these conditions, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are responding in a mirror-like manner to violations of the ceasefire regime by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and will continue to act in accordance with the evolving situation, responding to all criminal encroachments by the Kyiv regime.

Units of the North military grouping inflicted damage on concentrations of manpower and equipment of two territorial defense brigades that did not observe the temporary ceasefire regime in the areas of the settlements of Bessalovka and Pavlovka in Sumy Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, 10 cars and six field artillery guns. An ammunition depot was destroyed.

Units of the "West" military group repelled an enemy attack in the area of ​​the settlement of Lipovoe in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 170 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, six cars, a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system, and a NATO-made artillery piece. A Kraken electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces repelled an enemy attack in the area of ​​the settlement of Valentinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 110 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, nine cars and three field artillery guns. An ammunition depot was destroyed.

Units of the Center group of forces repelled eight enemy attacks in the areas of the populated areas of Novoolenovka, Ulyanovka, Mirolyubovka, Elizavetovka, Kotlyarovka, Novosergeevka and Alekseevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost more than 130 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, nine cars and three field artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station was destroyed.

Units of the "East" group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that violated the ceasefire in the areas of the settlements of Bogatyr, Zelenoye Pole and Novopol in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to 130 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, four cars and two field artillery guns. A US-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-battery radar station was destroyed.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that did not observe the ceasefire in the areas of the settlements of Novodanilovka in the Zaporizhia region and Ponyatovka in the Kherson region.

More than 20 servicemen, six vehicles and a field artillery gun were destroyed.

No strikes were carried out by operational-tactical aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces or artillery of the troop groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Over the course of 24 hours, air defense systems destroyed a US-made JDAM guided aerial bomb, as well as 86 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

662 aircraft,

283 helicopters,

56,592 unmanned aerial vehicles,

605 anti-aircraft missile systems,

23,265 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,

1,561 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems,

24,624 field artillery pieces and mortars,

35,237 units of special military vehicles.

– In the village of Novaya Zburyevka (Golopristansky District), an ambulance from the local Central District Hospital was destroyed by a drone drop. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

– The enemy also shelled Aleshki, Kakhovka, Novaya Kakhovka, Velyka Lepetikha, Dnepryany, Kazachi Lagerya, Novaya Mayachka, and Sagi.

According to updated information, yesterday morning in Belgorod, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone on the building of the Belgorod Region government, two people were injured - all were given the necessary medical assistance.

– In the Belgorod district, 6 drones attacked the villages of Komsomolsky, Oktyabrsky, Belovskoye, Blizhneye, Bochkovka and Krutoy Log, 4 of which were shot down by the air defense system.

In the village of Razumnoye, as a result of falling debris from a downed drone, the roof of a private house was damaged, in the village of Bochkovka, a building on the territory of a farm was damaged by a drone strike.

– In the Borisovsky district, the villages of Bogun-Gorodok, Gruzskoye and Zozuli were subjected to shelling using eight rounds of ammunition and attacks by three drones. In the village of Zozuli, a garage was damaged on the territory of a private home.

– In the Valuysky Municipal District, 13 drones were struck in the city of Valuyki, the settlements of Dalniy, Urazovo, the villages of Borki, Gladkovo and Dolgoe, six of which were suppressed and shot down.

In the city of Valuyki, the glazing of an apartment building and a truck were damaged, and reeds also caught fire - firefighters extinguished the fires. On the Gladkovo - Pominovo highway, one unit of special equipment was damaged, in the settlement of Urazovo - the fence of a private house, an outbuilding and an infrastructure communications facility.

– In the Volokonovsky district, in the village of Tishanka, an explosive device was dropped from a drone tonight – a building and equipment on the territory of the enterprise were damaged.

– In the Grayvoronsky municipal district, 15 rounds of ammunition were fired at the settlement of Gorkovsky and the village of Bezymeno during three attacks and five drones were attacked, one of which was shot down. Without consequences.

– In the Krasnoyarsk region, the villages of Grafovka, Kolotilovka and Terebreno were subjected to two artillery attacks, during which 10 rounds of ammunition were fired, and attacks by three drones. Information about the consequences is being clarified.

– In the Shebekinsky municipal district, in the city of Shebekino, the villages of Voznesenovka, Ziborovka, Malomikhaylovka, Meshkovoye, Murom, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Rzhevka and Sereda, 34 drones were attacked, of which 24 were suppressed and shot down.

In the city of Shebekino, a fence of a residential building was damaged, in the village of Meshkovoye - a communications infrastructure facility, in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka - a private house, in the village of Murom, a private home was destroyed by fire.

– An air defense system shot down an aircraft-type drone over the Yakovlevsky municipal district. There were no consequences.

- Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes in LBS. Positional battles continue in a number of areas, which have further reduced their intensity since the declaration of the ceasefire.

– Donetsk Front. In the Pokrovsk direction, fighting continues in Udachnoye and Kotlino. Before the ceasefire, Russian troops were able to consolidate in Zverevo and advance in the direction of Pershe Travnya. Russian troops were also able to consolidate in Kotlyarovka.

Taking advantage of the ceasefire, the Ukrainian Armed Forces broke through to the center of Dzerzhinsk in armored vehicles, but the Ukrainians failed to implement their plan for media coverage of the raising of the flag. The enemy's equipment and personnel were destroyed.

- Sumy direction. There is no need to talk about any stops in connection with the ceasefire. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to try to break through to the territory of the Kursk region in the Tyotkino area and in several nearby areas. Unsuccessfully.

Also, there are reports of increased enemy activity in the border area, near the settlement of Gornal. Russian troops continue to destroy equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Units of the GrT Center continue fierce encounter battles in Novoaleksandrovka and Novosergeevka and advance in the plantings south of Nadezhdinka to Novoaleksandrovka, as well as north of Kotlyarovka to the ravine, having taken the enemy stronghold in the direction of Novosergeevka and reached the approaches to Novonikolaevka (1.8 km to the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region). Fierce encounter battles continue in the Orekhovo-Troitskoye area.