[NewsFront] 21:25 Another enemy mortar was destroyed in the Khar'kov border area, video.
20:14 Our FPV drone operators are in the objective control footage destroy dome camera of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, electronic warfare and reconnaissance stations "Plastun" in various areas of the Khar'kov and Sumy regions.
20:12 Published footage of a strike by four FAB-500 rockets from the Russian Aerospace Forces on a Ukrainian Armed Forces firing position near the village of Vesyole in the Khar'kov region.
19:47 UAV operators of the Vostok grouptorn offrotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units, and also shot down enemy aircraft-type drones in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone operators from the Center group eliminated enemy equipment and manpower in the Dobropillya direction.
19:13 Drones attacked a gas production facility in the Poltava region overnight, which had already been shelled the day before, the company reported. video.
18:28 Allies ask Ukraine to stop attacks on oil refineries in Russia. This was reported by the head of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office.
"Let's answer this diplomatically. We're receiving certain signals on this matter," he replied to journalists' questions without providing further details.
17:33 Information on the downing of all types of enemy UAVs in the Belgorod region by the BARS-Belgorod and Orlan units
From 7:00 a.m. on April 4 to 7:00 a.m. on April 5, 51 drones were destroyed.
BARS-Belgorod — 20 drones:
suppressed by electronic warfare:
— Krasnoyarsk District: 4 FPV drones;
— Shebekinsky District: 5 FPV drones.
shot down with small arms:
- Borisov District: 1 FPV drone;
- Graivoron District: 1 FPV drone;
- Shebekinsky District: 6 FPV drones.
The following were shot down by counter-UAV means:
— Belgorod District: 1 Darts-type UAV;
— Graivoron District: 1 Leleka-100 reconnaissance UAV;
— Shebekinsky District: 1 RAM 2X attack UAV.
"Orlan" - 31 drones:
electronic warfare suppressed:
- Belgorod District: 5 FPV drones;
- Valuysky District: 3 FPV drones;
- Krasnoyarsk District: 2 FPV drones.
The following were shot down with small arms fire:
— Belgorod District: 1 FPV drone;
— Valuysky District: 2 FPV drones;
— Veydelevsky District: 1 fixed-wing UAV with an internal combustion engine and 1 fixed-wing UAV;
— Krasnoyarsk District: 1 FPV drone;
— Graivoronsky District: 4 FPV drones;
— Rovensky District: 1 fixed-wing UAV with an internal combustion engine;
— Shebekinsky District: 5 FPV drones.
Suppressed by electronic warfare through the joint efforts of the ORLAN unit and self-defense fighters:
- Shebekinsky District: 5 FPV drones.
16:03 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of April 5, 2026
Units of the "North" force group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and airmobile brigades and three territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Ochkino, Novodmitrovka, Miropolye, Peschanoye, Pokrovka, and Yastrebshchyna in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, units of two heavy mechanized brigades, two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a National Guard brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Veseloye, Pokalyane, Staritsa, Nesternoye, Ternovaya, Ambarnoye, Mala Danilovka, and Podsrednee in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen, 17 vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and six warehouses of supplies and fuel.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of five mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Nechvolodovka, Blagodatovka, and Borovaya in the Khar'kov region, and Stary Karavan, Shchurovo, Krasny Liman, and Yatskovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 180 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, three combat armored vehicles, 17 vehicles, two NATO-made field artillery guns, a radio-electronic reconnaissance station, and three ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and the security brigade of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Slavyansk, Verolyubovka, Piskunovka, Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, and Rai-Aleksandrovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 150 troops, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, two Cossack armored fighting vehicles, 19 vehicles, and five field artillery pieces, including two Bogdana 155mm self-propelled artillery mounts. Three electronic warfare stations, an Israeli-made RADA counter-battery radar, and two ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a Jaeger, an airborne, and an airmobile brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Dobropillya, Rubizhne, Kucherov Yar, Grishino, Sergeyevka, Annovka, Novy Donbas in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Raipole in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces lost over 355 servicemen, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, six armored combat vehicles, three artillery pieces, including a French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery unit, and six vehicles. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades, two airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Bogodarovka, Velykomykhaylovka, Dobropasovo, Lesnoye, and Gavrilovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Kopani, Novoselivka, and Vozdvizhevka in Zaporizhia Oblast.
The enemy lost up to 285 servicemen, two tanks, four armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, three artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit, and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Dnipro group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade and the unmanned systems brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Novoandriivka in the Zaporizhzhia region and the city of Kherson.
More than 45 military personnel, 16 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, two ammunition depots and a fuel depot were destroyed.
15:38 In the period from 08:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 77 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions, the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
15:05 Donbass Dome system in a week prevented 240 terrorist attacks by the enemy. 195 drones were destroyed over Donetsk and Makiivka, and 45 over Horlivka.
14:07 In Belgorod, a Ukrainian Armed Forces dronehiton the territory of the production facility. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties.
The tank and glazing of the administrative building were damaged.
13:39 2,000 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers unfit for service revealed during the inspection of one of the parts
The investigation is still ongoing, reports Ukrainian Military Ombudsman Reshetilova.
"We need to fully investigate how this happened and at what stage this widespread violation occurred. Was it the TCC, VVK stage, or was it the military unit, or was the decision made somewhere higher up?" she explained.
13:03 The Investigative Committee of Russia willinvestigateCrimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces that resulted in the death and injury of civilians in Russian regions
According to reports from the executive authorities, in the village of Mykhailivka in the Kremensky District of the Luhansk People's Republic, a Ukrainian Armed Forces strike resulted in a fire in a private home, killing three civilians, one of whom was a minor.
In the Belgorod region, four people, including a minor, were injured as a result of attacks by enemy drones.
A civilian was killed in a drone attack in Sevsk, Bryansk Oblast.
Five women were injured in an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces strike drone in Donetsk.
12:43 Scouts of the 71st Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Guards "North" opened the exact location of another enemy mortar in the area of the village of Volchanskiye Khutora, where fierce firefights continue today.
12:26 Operational-tactical aviation, strike UAVs, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groupsinflicteddamage to the infrastructure of military airfields, aircraft-type UAV assembly plants, fuel and energy complex facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 148 districts.
11:33 Severyan scouts in the area of Stary Saltov opened camouflaged position of an enemy tank.
UAV operators from the 6th Army of the Northern Guard worked on the target, hitting a T-64BV tank with fiber-optic drones.
10:37 Our reconnaissance on the right bank of the Dnieper spotted movement of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel
The crew of a 152mm Giatsint-B gun from the 49th Army of the Dnepr Force Group performed flawlessly: three targeting fires, and the fourth scored a direct hit. The UAV control center and the anti-aircraft gun with its personnel were destroyed.
10:10 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/05/26
Zaporizhzhya Front.
Counter battles continue in the area of Stepnogorsk and Primorskoye.
Fighting is ongoing northwest of Mirny in the Gulyai-Polye direction. Russian forces are repelling enemy counterattacks near Charivny.
Further up the front, the situation along the Bratskoye-Tikhoye line is tense.
Donetsk Front.
In the Krasnoarmeysk direction, fighting is ongoing near Sergeyevka and in the Novooleksandrivka-Vasylivka sector.
In the Dobropillya direction, there is an advance along the railway between Novy Donbas and Belitske.
Fighting continues in Belitske.
In the Konstantinovka direction, Russian Armed Forces are fighting on the southern outskirts of Dolgaya Balka. Konstantinovka is being attacked from Ilyinovka, and the southwestern side of the city is being advanced from Aleksandro-Shultino. Fighting continues in the city center.
On the western outskirts of Chasov Yar, Russian Armed Forces are repelling enemy counterattacks.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, fighting continues along the previous lines. In the Seversk direction, Russian forces are advancing toward Rai-Aleksandrovka.
There are gains in Lipovka.
Russian troops are expanding their control zone in the Reznikovka and Kaleniky areas.
Khar'kov Front:
On the Kupyansk front, successes are reported east of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya.
Positional battles are ongoing in Kupyansk itself.
On the Boguslav front, Russian forces are advancing near Borovaya.
In the Volchansk sector, Russian Armed Forces are advancing near Verkhnyaya Pisarevka toward Losevka and Bugayevka.
Fighting continues east of Volchanskiye Khutors near Bochkovo and Okhrimovka.
The Russian Armed Forces' Sumy Front is conducting an offensive in several sectors.
It is reported that Russian forces are advancing toward Ryasnoye and the Novodmitrovka area.
9:26 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 48 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 AM on April 4 and 7:00 AM on April 5. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 34 times. Drones attacked our territory 18 times with explosive devices.
9:03 During the past night, from 22:00 Moscow time on April 4 to 8:00 Moscow time on April 5, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 87 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type were over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, Kursk, Oryol, Tambov, Kaluga, Penza, Ulyanovsk, Tver, Leningrad regions, the Republics of Mordovia and Crimea.
8:39 In the village of Zamostye, Graivoron district, an enemy drone attacked an armored minibus designed to transport civilians to work.
Seven people were injured. A woman and four men with shrapnel wounds to various parts of their bodies were evacuated by BARS-Belgorod and self-defense forces and taken to the Graivoron Central Regional Hospital. One of the injured is in serious condition and will be transferred to the regional clinical hospital after stabilization. Two more men with a preliminary diagnosis of barotrauma were taken to the hospital by ambulance. They are currently undergoing examination.
8:03 152mm Giatsint-B crew destroyed temporary deployment point and "nest" for Ukrainian Armed Forces drone operators in the Kherson region.