[NewsFront] 20:56 Operators of attack UAVs of the Vostok group liquidated enemy manpower in strongholds and forest belts in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone crews from the Southern Volunteer Corps hit a pickup truck carrying Ukrainian Armed Forces cargo in the Kramatorsk area.
A crew of a Molniya-2 strike UAV from the Dnipro group of forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces mortar in the Kherson region.
20:22 Khar'kov Oblast. The North Group is advancing in the area of Izbitskoye and Verkhnyaya Pisarevka. MAP
19:47 Khar'kov Oblast. Russian units are consolidating their positions in forested areas along the Volchya River near Okhrimovka. MAP
19:34 Operators of strike drones of the Northern group of forces are destroying Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles, video.
18:47 In accordance with the decision of the President of the Russian Federation, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin, during the celebration of the 81st anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War, from midnight on May 8 to May 10, the Russian side announces truce.
During the specified period, all groups of Russian troops in the Special Military Operation zone will completely cease combat operations.
17:43 In the period from 12:00 Moscow time to 16:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 82 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Ryazan, Tula regions, Krasnodar Krai, Moscow region and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
17:38 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed with Ukrainian weapons, resulting in the death and injury of civilians in the Belgorod region, the LPR, and the Perm region.
According to government authorities, in the village of Voznesenovka in the Belgorod Region, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation used a drone to deliberately strike a minibus transporting employees of a company. A woman was killed and a man was seriously injured. Three civilians were injured in attacks on the villages of Kosilovo, Novenkoye, and Krasnaya Yaruga.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a residential building in the Artemovsky district of Luhansk, killing a civilian.
A civilian was injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in Perm.
17:01 Another civilian received wounds from a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone strike.
In the village of Gora-Podol in the Graivoron District, a man was injured by debris from a downed drone. He went to the Graivoron Central District Hospital, where he was diagnosed with barotrauma and a shrapnel wound to the back. After receiving medical attention, the victim was sent home for outpatient treatment.
15:43 In the area of the village of Kazachya Lopan, Russian aerial reconnaissance opened the movement of two Ukrainian attack aircraft from the 58th Separate Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy took cover in an earthen shelter – the notorious "fox hole."
15:04 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of May 7, 2026
Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, and two territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Virovka, Kiyanitsa, Ryasne, and Khrapovshchyna in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Izbitskoye, Stognia, and Chaikovka in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost more than 230 servicemen, 12 vehicles, two artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Zaliman and Semenovka in the Khar'kov region, and Krasny Liman and Krestishche in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 190 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 25 vehicles, an artillery piece, an electronic warfare station, and a counter-battery station.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Four mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and an naval infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the settlements of Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, Krivaya Luka, and Piskunovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 160 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 17 cars, four field artillery guns, an electronic warfare station, and a counter-battery station.
Units of the "Center" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airborne brigade, two airmobile brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Belitske, Dobropillya, and Zolotoy Kolodez in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopidgorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces suffered losses of over 280 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, and seven automobiles. Three field artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized, assault, three airborne assault brigades, and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Velykomykhailivka, Verbovskoye, Kirichkovo, and Chaplino in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Lesnoye and Lyubitske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost more than 320 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, eight vehicles, and a US-made 155mm M777 howitzer.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized and a mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Kushugum and Zheltaya Krucha in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 30 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, 15 cars, two electronic warfare stations and a counter-battery station were destroyed.
14:36 May 7, 2026 Armed Forces of Ukraine undertaken an attempted terrorist attack on civilian infrastructure facilities in the St. Petersburg area.
At approximately 3:20 a.m. Moscow time, electronic reconnaissance equipment from the 6th Guards Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Russian Aerospace Forces detected a group of six UAVs in the airspace of the Republic of Latvia.
At the same time, Russian airspace control systems detected two French Rafale fighters and two F-16 fighters in the air over Latvian territory.
Around four o'clock in the morning, the markers of five of the six UAVs detected disappeared in the area of the city of Rezekne in eastern Latvia.
The sixth UAV, after entering Russian airspace at 4:41 a.m. Moscow time, was shot down by Russian air defense systems near the village of Likhachevo (78 km southeast of Pskov).
14:15 Three civilians suffered from further attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the village of Kosilovo in the Graivoron District, an FPV drone struck a passenger car, injuring the driver. The victim was taken to the local first aid station, where he received treatment and was transported to the Graivoron Central District Hospital. According to medical personnel, he suffered barotrauma and shrapnel wounds to the head, forearm, and leg.
In the village of Novenkoye in the Ivnyansky District, a woman suffered a mine blast injury and abrasions to her ear as a result of a drone detonation in mid-air. An ambulance took her to the regional clinical hospital.
A man was injured when a drone struck a truck in the village of Krasnaya Yaruga. An ambulance crew transported the victim, who suffered a mine blast injury and a penetrating shrapnel wound to the abdomen, to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2.
13:54 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 12:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 127 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Perm, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Adygea, the Republic of Crimea, the Udmurt Republic and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
12:57 Slavic/East Slavic directions
Force Group "South" continues offensive in the direction of Nikolaevka and is conducting counter battles in Rai-Aleksandrovka, advancing towards the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration to the east and northeast.
The enemy's situation continues to deteriorate on the approaches to Slavyansk and in the offensive zone of the West Group of Forces, where our troops have crossed the Seversky Donets River east of Svyatogorsk and are fighting in Tatyanovka and Prishib (according to operational information, a clearing of Tatyanovka is underway, where our forces advanced the day before yesterday, and Prishib was taken over earlier).
Having advanced toward Slavyansk from the north, they have advanced toward the beginning of the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal in the area of Brusin Station, Stary Karavan, and Brusovka, where the enemy is attempting a counterattack from Shchurovo and Starodubovka.
North of Brusin station, our units attack toward Shchurovo, outflanking Krasny Liman to the southwest.
Simultaneously, Group of Forces "South" reaches Starodubovka to the south, taking control of Piskunovka (according to operational information, which requires confirmation, its garrison, abandoned without ammunition and provisions, defected to the Russian Armed Forces), and outflanking the Krivaya Luka heights.
In Krivaya Luka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison has been driven out of the central part and still remains in the western part. With Piskunovka under Russian control, it will effectively be encircled, as the West Group of Forces north of Krivaya Luka is simultaneously fighting for Illichivka (Ozernoye) in the southern and western parts, having stabilized the situation in the central and northern parts.
Starodubivka is less than two kilometers from Piskunivka. Once close combat begins for Starodubivka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' ability to counterattack from the south toward Brusivka will be severely limited.
In the area of Tatyanovka and Prishib, Russian Armed Forces are attacking toward Bogorodichnoye and Sidorov, defeating the enemy in fortified areas on the heights to the south and southwest.
Bogorodichnoye is located 2.5 km from the Slavyansk-Izyum highway, one of the most important logistics routes in the agglomeration.
We are waiting for confirmation of full control over Piskunovka (four km northeast of Nikolaevka (gateway to Slavyansk)).
Southeast of Nikolaevka, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting in the central (in the area of Partizanskaya Street) and eastern parts of Rai-Aleksandrovka.
12:03 In the village of Slobozhanske (Khar'kov district) Russian military personnelopenedthe location of an enemy artillery position, set up near the walls of a former residential building.
FPV drone operators from the North Air Defense Forces worked on the target, silencing the American M-101 howitzer with several well-aimed strikes.
11:23 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate further instances of criminal actions by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Bryansk region
According to local authorities, 13 people, including a minor, were injured as a result of an attack by the Kyiv regime in the Bezhitsky district of the city of Bryansk.
9:44 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 112 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 a.m. on May 6 and 9:00 a.m. on May 7. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 51 times. Drones attacked our territory 12 times using explosive devices.
9:29 AFU continue strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 24 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
Aleshki - Six;
Kozachi Lagerya - Four;
Kakhovka - Three;
Novaya Kakhovka - Four;
Peschanovka - Three;
Podstepne - Four
Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 17 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were targeted: Velyka Lepetykha, Nova Mayachka, Nova Kakhovka, Dniproyany, and Kakhovka.
8:35 During the past night (from 21:00 Moscow time on 6:05 to 7:00 Moscow time on 7:05) air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 347 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Novgorod, Oryol, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Adygea, the Republic of Kalmykia, the Republic of Crimea, as well as over the waters of the Azov, Caspian and Black Seas.
8:18 Frontline summary on the morning of May 7, 2026
Positional battles are taking place in the area of Primorskoye
and Stepnogorsk.
In the Gulyai-Polye sector, Russian Armed Forces are taking up new positions east of Vozdvizhevka. Further up the front, fighting continues near Alexandrograd and Novopavlovka.
Donetsk Front:
On the Krasnoarmeysk front, Russian Armed Forces units are expanding their zone of control near Grishino, advancing toward Vasilivka and north of Novooleksandrivka.
In the Dobropolsky salient, fighting is ongoing in Belitske, with advances being made in the Novy Donbas area and in the area between Rusyn Yar and Novopavlivka.
Fighting is underway in Konstantinovka and Chasov Yar, the enemy is counterattacking.
In the Krasnolimansk sector, the Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive near Korovy Yar and Svyatogorsk.
Russian troops are storming Tatyanovka and Prishib.
In the Seversky sector, the Russian Armed Forces are repelling Ukrainian counterattacks near Dibrova and Fedorovka Vtoraya.
Advances are being made toward the Brusovka-Stary Karavan line.
Khar'kov Front:
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops are advancing towards Novoosinovo and will engage in fighting on the outskirts of Kovsharovka and Kupyansk-Uzlovaya.
In the Volchansk sector, the Russian Armed Forces are expanding their zone of control south of Pokalyany. Fighting continues near Karaichny, Volokhovka, Ikhrimovka, and Chaykovka. Tensions remain in the forests near Izbitskoye and Verkhnyaya Pisarevka.
The Sumy Front
of the Russian Armed Forces is expanding its zone of control west of the village of Sopych.
In the Korchakivka area, Russian troops are expanding their zone of control.
Fighting continues near Ryasnoye and Novodmitrovka.
7:59 Crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Vostok group of forcesdestroyedAn enemy UAV control point near the village of Verkhnyaya Tersa in the Zaporizhzhia region.