[NewsFront] 21:59 FPV drone operators of the Sever groupburnedenemy automobile and robotic equipment in the Khar'kov region.
Attack UAV crews from the Vostok group disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone operators from the Kedr battalion of the Center group targeted personnel and positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Dnipropetrovsk direction.
Drone operators from the Center group destroyed enemy bunkers containing manpower in the Dobropillya direction.
21:31 From 16:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 35 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Smolensk, Tula regions, the Moscow region, the Krasnodar Territory, and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
20:03 Crew of the 152mm 2S44 self-propelled artillery unit "Giatsint-K" of the "Vostok" group destroyed strongholds and firing points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Artillerymen from the Sever group used a 152mm Giatsint-B towed gun to hit enemy dugouts and manpower in the Khar'kov region.
17:29 From 07:00 to 16:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 91 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Tula regions, the Moscow region and the Krasnodar Territory.
15:55 Dobropillya direction. Russian Armed Forces advanced east of Kucherov Yar, MAP
15:46 Servicemen of the 30th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group told details of the liberation of the village of Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic.
15:21 Kupyansk. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have resumed offensive operations in the central part of the city, MAP
14:18 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of May 18, 2026).
Last night, in response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike using land- and sea-based precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises, fuel and energy, transport, and port infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as military airfields.
The strike's objective has been achieved. All designated targets have been hit.
Units of the "North" force grouping have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the territorial defense brigade, and the border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service near the settlements of Pisarevka, Bachevsk, and Ryasne in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, formations of two mechanized brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka, Budarki and Zakharovka in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost up to 190 servicemen, 24 vehicles, three field artillery guns and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "West" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Yaremovka in the Khar'kov region, and Krasny Liman, Tatyanovka, Pryshyb, Piskunovka, and Sidorov in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 180 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 22 cars, an artillery piece, and three electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the settlements of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Tikhonovka, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 90 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, 13 vehicles, and an artillery piece.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a Jaeger, an assault, and an airmobile brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and four National Guard brigades were defeated near the settlements of Novohryhorivka, Kucherov Yar, Novy Donbas, Belitske, and Belozerske in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopidgorodne and Raipole in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces lost over 300 troops, four armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system, and three field artillery pieces, including a French-made Caesar 155mm self-propelled artillery unit. Five electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the mechanized, assault, airborne assault brigades, assault regiment, and territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Pokrovskoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Omelnik, Kyivske, and Lesnoye in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 270 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, eight cars, and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zheltaya Krucha and Grigorovka areas of the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 45 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 17 vehicles, two field artillery guns and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
12:18 TOS-1A "Solntsepek" crew of the "Vostok" group destroyed a recessed defensive node of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with an extensive network of concrete shelters.
11:44 "Lancets" in the service of specialists of the 58th Army destroyed two BUK air defense missile systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were installed in the suburbs.
10:23 A Ukrainian artillery position was discovered by reconnaissance in a forested area of the Sumy region.
By target worked out UAV operators from the GV Sever, who destroyed an enemy 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun with several precision strikes.
08:18 In the period from 21:00 Moscow time on May 17 to 7:00 Moscow time on May 18, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 50 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Tula regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
07:31 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Expansion of the control zone in the Pai-Aleksandrovka area
Ukrainian Armed Forces control the Headquarters
Ukrainian Armed Forces control Boguslavka
07:21 A 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew from the Center group destroyed a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Dnipropetrovsk direction.
Artillerymen of the "West" group fire from the 220mm BM-27 Uragan multiple launch rocket system struck an enemy stronghold in the Khar'kov region.
Ivanovo paratroopers used 122mm Grad rockets to cover the enemy concentration area on the right bank of the Dnieper.