[NewsFront] 20:56 Attack aircraft crews on Su-25 aircraft struck astronghold and enemy manpower in the area of responsibility of the Southern troop group.
The strike was carried out by aircraft missiles. According to intelligence reports, all indicated targets were destroyed.
20:24 Servicemen of the 137th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "Center" group told on the liberation of the settlement of Lysovka in the DPR.
During the battles, a significant amount of enemy equipment was destroyed, as well as small enemy groups that had taken up positions in the basements of destroyed houses. The battles with them continued for several days. Despite desperate attempts to hold their positions, the enemy was forced to retreat, suffering serious losses.
“It was only thanks to ingenuity, courage and various tactical actions that we were able to liberate this settlement,” said the deputy commander of the assault battalion for military-political work, Sergei Batsulin.
19:45 Military priest Antony Savchenko died while performing pastoral duties in the Special Operations area under attack by HIMARS.
19:10 Calculations of barrel artillery of the "East" group of forces continue to destroy the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.
18:25 Crews of the Molniya UAV of the Vostok group disrupted rotation of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction.
Drone operators destroyed temporary enemy deployment points in the area of the village of Bogatyr using anti-tank mines installed on Molniya UAVs.
17:10 Today enemy drone attacked Glushkovo settlement, Glushkovsky district. As a result of the FPV drone strike, a residential building was destroyed, and another one caught fire.
16:10 Units of the Russian Armed Forces continue storming Malinovka and advance towards the center of the village.
In Mirolyubovka our assaults are fighting in the area of the village center. To the south our units have reached the western bank of Mirolyubovsky Stavka between Mirolyubovka and Grodovka, taking the dam.
15:00 Today around 7:30 Ukrainian servicemenhita drone hit a local resident's car near the village of Pokrovskoye in the Tokmak MO.
14:20 Calculation of the 220mm BM-27 MLRS "Uragan" completed a salvo at enemy positions in the Krasnoarmeysk direction
As a result of the fire strike, buildings containing enemy personnel and several units of camouflaged equipment belonging to Ukrainian militants were destroyed.
13:25 Servicemen of the special forces unit of the "Southern" group captured a large stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of one of the settlements in the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction.
12:40 Ministry of Defense summary of the progress of the Special Military Operation as of May 12, 2025.
By units of the North group of forces inflicted defeat of concentrations of manpower and equipment of a mechanized brigade, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Iskriskovshchina, Wolfino, Pavlovka and Katerinovka in Sumy Oblast.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of four mechanized, airmobile, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Sadovod, Kutkovka, Kupyansk, Gorokhovatka in the Khar'kov region, Redkodub and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Zvanovka, Konstantinovka, Kleban-Byk and Pleshcheyevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Formations of five mechanized, a Jaeger, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and two National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rusin Yar, Novaya Poltavka, Ulyanovka, Razino, Mirolyubovka, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Zverevo, Novosergeevka and Alekseevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past day amounted to 1,285 servicemen, 57 vehicles, two tanks, 19 field artillery guns, 11 armored combat vehicles, six artillery guns, six ammunition depots, seven electronic warfare stations and three supply depots.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, two territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Bogatyr, Volnoye Pole, Komar of the Donetsk People's Republic and Temirovka of the Zaporizhia region.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novodanilovka, Pavlovka, Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Tokarevka, Sadovoye and Dneprovskoye in the Kherson region.
Air defense systems shot down nine JDAM guided aerial bombs and two US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, as well as 135 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:10 Decisive actions by units of the Center group of forcesreleasedthe settlement of Kotlyarovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
11:22 Chronicle of the SVO for May 9-11 Telegram channel "Fisherman»:
Despite the declared ceasefire, more than 14,000 violations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been recorded.
– The enemy attempted to attack Russian positions in the Sumy and Slobozhansky directions, but the attacks were thwarted by air and artillery strikes.
– The advance of Russian troops has been noted in the Limansky and Seversky directions: a number of enemy settlements and positions have been taken under control.
– In the Dzerzhinsky and Pokrovsk directions, the Russian Armed Forces successfully repelled attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to counterattack and strengthened their positions, coming close to the outskirts of Pokrovsk.
10:46 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of populated areas on the left bank of the Kherson region.
Yesterday, during the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:
– Eight rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;
– According to n.p. Novofedorovka two rounds;
– Three rounds in the village of Rybalche;
– Four rounds in the village of Novaya Zburyevka;
– Three rounds to the village of Knyaze-Grigorovka;
- Five rounds were fired at the settlement of Kairy.
As a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three civilians were killed in Rybalcha, Novaya Kakhovka and Novofedorovka.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Novaya Kakhovka, Kamenka, Malokakhovka, Kazachii Lageri, Aleshki, Novaya Mayachka and Korsunka, firing a total of 21 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being clarified
10:20 As a result of the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Gorlovka died a man
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has struck 24 times at Gorlovka. As a result of multiple attacks, a teenager was wounded. A man also died from his wounds.
9:40 FPV drone calculations at Rubicon Center continue to destroy unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area where a special military operation is being conducted.
8:22 Frontline report for the morning of 12.05.2025
Zaporizhzhya Front. The fighting here is completelycrossed overin positional. Long-range weapons are actively working on both sides.
Donetsk Front. The Russian Armed Forces continue to storm Bogatyr. According to some reports, up to a third of the settlement's territory is under the control of Russian troops. Heavy fighting continues in the Pokrovsk direction.
The enemy is trying to counterattack in Udachnoye and Kotlino. There are also reports of the Russian Armed Forces advancing in the area of the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region, in the settlement of Novonikolayevka. Less than a kilometer remains to the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Sumy direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to maintain tension in the Tetkino area, periodically trying to attack our positions. But the enemy still has not been able to achieve any results. Strikes at our rear areas continue. Yesterday, the enemy attacked a hotel in the city of Rylsk in the Kursk region. Several people were injured.
8:15 Russian intelligence officers opened the location of the HIMARS MLRS in the vicinity of the village of Nagornovka in the Belopolsky district of the Sumy region. The reconnaissance UAV captured the launch of missiles at Rylsk.
8:05 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the "Dnepr" group of forces destroyed an accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhia region.