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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of May 11 (updated)
2026-05-12
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:26 Ukrainian Armed Forces drone exploded near a store in Lyubimovka, Kakhovka District

"The shock wave blew out the windows. There were no injuries," said district head Pavel Filipchuk.

Ukrainian militants also struck a farming base and a substation in the village of Chernyanka.

20:53 In early May, Severian scouts in the Slobozhansky area (Khar'kov region) opened the location of the enemy electronic warfare station, which was supposed to protect personnel from our FPV drones.

FPV drone operators from the 11th Air Defense Army "Sever" engaged and destroyed an enemy electronic warfare station using an FPV drone.

19:14 In Khar'kov, six TCC employees forcibly pushed a man into a bus, video.

18:53 Between the villages of Neskuchnoye and Ternovaya (Khar'kov district), our aerial reconnaissance discovered the location of an enemy anti-aircraft gun, whose crew was supposed to counter our UAVs. Drone operators from the Northern Guard destroyed the anti-aircraft gun.video.

17:48 A man was seriously injured on May 7 in the village of Voznesenovka during a drone attack on a service vehicle and died.

In the town of Shebekino, Shebekinsky District, a man was injured as a result of strikes by two FPV drones on a company's premises. At the Shebekinsky Central District Hospital, he was diagnosed with a mine blast injury and shrapnel wounds to his legs. The victim refused hospitalization and will continue treatment as an outpatient. Two trucks and two semi-trailers were damaged at the site of the attack.

Near the village of Zozuli in the Borisovsky District, an FPV drone attacked a service minibus. Two people were injured. The men went to the Borisovsky Central District Hospital on their own. After receiving medical attention, they were taken to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2 for further examination. Medics diagnosed one victim with a mine blast injury, barotrauma, and a penetrating shrapnel wound to the leg, while the other suffered a mine blast injury and barotrauma. The necessary medical care was provided, and further treatment will continue on an outpatient basis. The vehicle was damaged.

17:06 During a forced mobilization, TCC employees sprayed gas in the face of a pensioner, video.

16:49 Russian Su-57 stealth fighter allegedly shot down a Swedish SAAB 340 AWACS aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force over eastern Ukraine using a long-range air-to-air missile R-37M.

16:35 Russian fighters captured a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV control point in the Dobropillya direction, video.

15:57 Sappers of the "Southern" group are clearing roads in the Konstantinovsky direction.

Volunteers from the Bars-Kursk unit, part of the Sever group, continue to clear mines in the Kursk region.

Military engineers from the 6th Tank Regiment of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group are destroying unexploded ordnance of the enemy in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.

14:42 Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate criminal actions by Ukrainian armed groups against residents of the Belgorod, Kherson, and Kursk regions.

13:25 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of May 11, 2026

In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, during the celebration of the 81st anniversary of Victory, from midnight on May 8, all groups of Russian troops in the special military operation zone will continue to strictly observe the ceasefire and remain at previously occupied lines and positions.

Despite the declared ceasefire, Ukrainian armed forces carried out strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles and fired artillery at Russian troop positions.

Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched 12 attacks and carried out 767 attacks on Ukrainian troop positions using multiple launch rocket systems, artillery, and mortars. They also carried out 6,905 strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, during the ceasefire in the special military operation zone, 23,802 cases of ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian side were recorded.

Furthermore, the enemy attacked civilian targets in the Belgorod region over the course of 24 hours using 18 unmanned aerial vehicles, including eight fixed-wing aircraft and 10 helicopters. Two local residents were injured. Three cars, a store building, an apartment building, and two private homes were damaged.

The Russian Armed Forces responded in kind to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' actions. They returned fire on multiple launch rocket systems, artillery, and mortar positions. They also targeted command posts and drone launch sites.

Units of the North group of forces, in response to enemy fire attacks, destroyed the manpower and equipment of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Zapselye in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov region, units of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were hit by return fire in the areas of the settlements of Ryasnoye, Shesterovka and Budarki in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 90 servicemen, five vehicles and two field artillery pieces.

During the retaliatory strikes, units of the "West" force grouping struck formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Krestishche and Mayaki in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 90 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 20 cars, and three artillery pieces, two of which were Western-made.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces repelled three attacks by assault groups of two mechanized and a mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Khimik, Artema and Rai-Aleksandrovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 70 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, 15 cars and two artillery pieces.

Units of the Center group of forces repelled nine attacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and, with return fire, destroyed the manpower and equipment of the formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade in the areas of the populated areas of Novooleksandrivka, Kucherov Yar, Lenina, Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Novopavlovka and Novopidgorodnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 305 military personnel, six armored combat vehicles, 13 cars and two artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" group of forces, in response to enemy fire attacks, defeated formations of an airborne assault brigade, two assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnyaya Tersa, Charivne and Vozdvizhevka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 320 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and four vehicles.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces, with return fire, inflicted damage on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Preobrazhenka and Zaporozhets in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 45 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 17 vehicles and an artillery piece were destroyed.

12:24 Armed Forces of Ukraine continue strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region

Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 31 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:

Aleshki - Four;
Kakhovka - Four;
Velyka Lepetikha - Three;
Gornostaevka - Four;
Dnepryany - Three;
Kairy - Seven;
Novaya Kakhovka - Six.

Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 19 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Nova Mayachka, Peschanivka, Kakhovka, and Nova Kakhovka.

11:56 For the week from May 4 to 10 in the Novaya Kakhovka district recorded more than 170 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. One vehicle, residential areas, and road surfaces were damaged.

"Four unexploded ordnance and a UAV were discovered. The district's territory has been cleared of any danger," said district head Vladimir Oganesov.

11:27 In the village of Voznesenovka, Shebekinsky district, a drone attacked a passenger car. A civilian was injured.

At the Shebekino Central District Hospital, the man was diagnosed with a mine blast injury, barotrauma, and blind shrapnel wounds to his hand. An ambulance crew is transporting him to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2 for further examination and treatment.

10:41 Operation of interceptor drones: "Fox 2.0" and "Yolka", video.

10:02 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.

In total, 20 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 09:00 May 10 and 09:00 May 11.

09:51 Assault units of the 164th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group are improving combat skills at one of the training grounds in the Special Operation zone.

08:02 Servicemen of the 39th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps of the Vostok group restored monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

06:07 Award ceremony for attack aircraft of the 228th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group passed in the rear area of the Special Operations.

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