[NewsFront] 21:33 In the period from 17:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod and Bryansk regions.
20:45 Servicemen of the 35th Guards Command Brigade of the Center group handed over state and departmental awards (rear area of the special operation zone).
20:07 Servicemen of the Somali battalion of the Center group are passing preparation and combat coordination at one of the training grounds in the rear area of the special operation.
"Somali" is an honorific attached to a Donetsk based tank battalion
Under the guidance of experienced instructors, assault troops practice various combat scenarios: storming trenches, capturing buildings, working in forested areas, or on a "postcard."
19:29 Units of the Ivanovo Airborne Forces successfully apply NRTK "Courier" in the Special Operations zone.
"Couriers" demonstrate high efficiency, performing a wide range of tasks: from destroying the enemy and clearing mines along routes to evacuating the wounded from the front lines.
19:11 In the period from 9:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 40 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Samara, Kursk, Orenburg regions and the Republic of Crimea.
18:57 Intelligence of the Vostok group opened nn enemy attempt to establish supply lines to its positions near the village of Charivne in the Zaporizhzhia region. Using an aircraft-type UAV, not only supply routes but also hidden manpower deployment points were discovered.
18:44 In the period from 9:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 40 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Samara, Kursk, Orenburg regions and the Republic of Crimea.
18:14 Three civilians suffered from further attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Graivoron district, on the Graivoron-Ilek-Penkovka highway, a man suffered a mine blast injury and barotrauma as a result of an explosive device dropped from a drone onto a passenger car.
A man was injured when a drone struck a UAZ vehicle near the village of Sheino in the Korocha District. An ambulance crew transported the victim, who suffered barotrauma and an open leg wound, to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. The vehicle was destroyed by fire.
In the city of Shebekino, a man was mowing his lawn when he discovered an unknown object. He picked it up and struck it with a hammer. The device detonated. It was presumably a drone warhead. The victim, who sustained a mine blast injury, multiple shrapnel wounds to his arms, and a non-penetrating chest wound, was hospitalized at the Shebekino Central District Hospital. Medics are providing him with all necessary care.
17:56 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Kherson region.
18:04 TOS-2 crews from the 58th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhov direction of the Zaporizhzhia region,video.
58th Guards Combined Arms Army was the main operational unit conducting combat during the Chechen Wars and the defensive operation in South Ossetia (Georgia). It It originally had the designation of 58th Army.
16:51 The Investigative Committee of Russia willinvestigatea crime committed by Ukrainian armed forces that resulted in the injury of a civilian in the Zaporizhzhia region
According to government authorities, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants carried out a massive shelling attack on the Kamensko-Dniprovskyi municipal district of the Zaporizhzhia region. A man was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.
16:15 Ukrainian drones attacked a group of utility workers in Oleshky, Kherson Oblast, was injured. Six people were injured, one of whom died from their wounds.
According to local authorities, at approximately 10:00 a.m. in the town of Aleshki, on Golopristanskaya Street, near the Romashka grocery store, a team of housing and communal services employees performing landscaping work came under attack from a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone.
15:10 Crews of the 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled gun destroyed enemy UAV control points (Zaporizhzhia direction)
Reconnaissance from the Vostok group discovered control posts for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the forest belts and transmitted the coordinates to the command post. Crews of 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled guns from the 5th Combined Arms Army then sprang into action.
14:35 Over the past couple of weeks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have launched a series of counterattacks and restored positions in Primorskoye and north of Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhzhia direction, MAP
13:57 The Russian Armed Forces improved their positions west of Grishino, MAP
13:48 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of May 12, 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, all groups of Russian troops in the special military operation zone from 00:00 on May 8 to 24:00 on May 11 strictly observed the ceasefire and remained at previously occupied lines and positions.
With the end of the ceasefire, the Russian Armed Forces continued to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Zapselye in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov region, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and territorial defense brigade were damaged near the villages of Ryasne, Granov, and Volokhivka in the Khar'kov region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 145 service members and 17 vehicles.
Units of the "West" group of forces defeated formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Pristen, Podliman and Druzhelyubovka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 100 servicemen, 21 vehicles and a field artillery gun.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Tikhonovka and Artema in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 75 soldiers, 13 vehicles and two artillery pieces.
Units of the Center group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the naval infantry brigade in the areas of the settlements of Sergeyevka and Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Novopodgorodnoye and Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 290 servicemen, a US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier, five armored combat vehicles, 10 cars, and a field artillery piece.
Units of the "East" group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the airborne assault brigade and assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Charivne, Verkhnyaya Tersa in the Zaporizhzhia region and Dobropasovo in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 230 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight vehicles, and an artillery piece.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Preobrazhenka and Dimitrovo in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 35 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and nine vehicles were destroyed.
12:25 Military personnel of the "North" group are working on various scenarios for using the Kurier NRTK before performing combat missions in a special operation zone.
11:06 Slavyansk direction. Assault units are taking up new positions southeast of Rai-Aleksandrovka, MAP
10:03 Russian fighters dislodged the Ukrainian Armed Forces from NATO-standard fortifications in the Dnipropetrovsk direction,video.
9:47 In response to Russian proposals to introduce a “silence regime” during the Victory Day celebrations on May 8–9, the Kyiv regime answered an increase in the number of attacks on civilian targets, which led to an increase in the number of victims of strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Over the past week, more than 230 civilians were injured, 25 of whom were killed by Ukrainian militants. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also attempted to expand the geographic scope of their strikes on civilian targets. Attacks affected at least 20 Russian regions located outside the SVO zone, including the Moscow region, Chuvashia, and the Chechen Republic.
The largest number of civilian casualties was recorded in the Belgorod, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Bryansk regions, the Chuvash Republic, and the Donetsk People's Republic. Residential areas and infrastructure facilities were hit.
Between May 4 and 10, 234 civilians were injured by Ukrainian shelling: 209 were wounded, including 14 children, and 25 were killed, including one child. During the week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at least 3,594 munitions at civilian targets.
9:08 In the period from 7:00 to 9:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Volgograd and Rostov regions.
8:31 During the past night, in the period from 0:00 to 7:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and 27 destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Voronezh and Rostov regions.
8:08 Frontline summary as of the morning of May 12, 2026
Zaporizhzhya Front
In the Kamensk direction, fighting continues in the Stepnogorsk area.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, clashes are reported in the Verkhnyaya Tersa and Gulyai-Polye areas.
Russian Armed Forces are establishing a foothold southeast of Vozdvizhevka.
Donetsk Front.
Fighting continues west of Rodinskoye in the Krasnoarmeysk sector.
In the Dobropillya sector, Russian forces repelled counterattacks in Belitsky and Novy Donbas.
The Sumy Front
of the Russian Armed Forces is repelling enemy counterattacks in the Miropolsky area.