[NewsFront] 20:40 Liman direction. Over the past month, the West Group of Forces has advanced through forested areas and reached the outskirts of the villages of Brusovka and Stary Karavan. MAP.
20:33 Attack UAV crews of the Rassvet unit hit personnel and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units.
Drone operators from the Swifts unit burned vehicles and ground robotic systems and shot down an enemy UAV.
Kamikaze drones of the Hermes unitcaught upenemy infantry.
The Varyag separate brigade's drone crews destroyed vehicles, communications antennas, a checkpoint, a UAV control center, and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
18:52 Crew of the Prince Oleg reconnaissance drone of the 400th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment of the Center group discovered the enemy UAV control point and adjusted fire from the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun at the identified target (Dnepropetrovsk direction).
17:40 Fighters of the "Center" group restored burial sites of Red Army heroes who died in the Great Patriotic War.
16:22 Fighters of the "West" group of the Russian Armed Forces at work. In the footage destruction of 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a Lancet strike near the village of Voloska-Balakleya in the Khar'kov region.
14:49 Troops of unmanned systems demonstrate high efficiency in various areas of the special operation.
13:29 Arrival of three FAB-500 antitank missiles against the air defense forces of the 101st Separate Territorial Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Ulanovo in the Sumy region.
Arrival of four FAB-500s along the air traffic control route of the 128th Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Kamyshevakha.
Two FAB-1500s arrived at the UAV warehouse of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Alekseevo-Druzhkovka.
12:31 Over the past 24 hours, in response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with long-range high-precision weapons of land and air bases, strike unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities of the defense-industrial and fuel and energy complexes of Ukraine, used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:25 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of May 5, 2026)
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of the mechanized and airmobile brigades, the assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Yasnaya Polyana, Chervony Pakhar, Stepne, and Kondratovka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, manpower and equipment of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka, Chaikovka, Izbitskoye and Liptsy in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost over 200 servicemen, 13 vehicles and three electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and assault brigades and the territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Velyka Shapkovka, Shiykovka, Druzhelyubovka, Novy Mir, and Cherneshchyna in the Khar'kov region, and Tatyanovka, Svyatogorsk, Prishib, and Sidorov in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 190 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 21 automobiles, three artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Artema, Krivaya Luka, Konstantinovka, Rai-Aleksandrovka, Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, and Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 165 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 17 cars, two field artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Kucherov Yar, Veseloe, Novotroitske, Svyatogorovka, Belitske, Dobropillya, and Novonikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopidgorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 315 military personnel, six armored combat vehicles and eight cars.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault, and assault brigades, as well as three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, near the settlements of Lesnoye, Velykomykhaylovka, and Dobropasovo in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Rozovka, Barvinovka, Dolinka, Verkhnyaya Tersa, Shevchenkivske, and Vozdvizhevka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost up to 290 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles and 12 cars.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kamyshevakha, Yurkovka and Kirovo in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 50 military personnel, 17 vehicles and three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
10:31 Between 7:00 and 9:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 43 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Bryansk, Kursk, Kaluga, Smolensk, Tula, Volgograd, Voronezh regions, the Republic of Adygea and the Moscow region.
09:47 220mm BM-27 Uragan crews of the Center group covered enemy fortified area in the Dobropolsky direction.
Rocketeers from the Vostok group destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in the Zaporizhzhia region using 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS fire.
08:25 During the past night, from 20:00 Moscow time on May 4 to 7:00 Moscow time on May 5, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 289 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Bryansk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk, Kaluga, Smolensk, Oryol, Tver, Tula, Ryazan, Pskov, Novgorod, Leningrad, Rostov, Volgograd regions, the Moscow region, the Republics of Crimea and Tatarstan, Krasnodar Krai and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
07:34 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in Krivaya Luka and in the Rai-Aleksandrovka area
Expansion of the control zone in the Krasny Liman area
06:07 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S crew of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group destroyed camouflaged positions with manpower, UAV control points, artillery guns and enemy electronic warfare systems (Krasnolimansk direction).