[NewsFront] 21:58 In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 56 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Leningrad, Kaluga, Kursk, Novgorod, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region and the Republic of Crimea.
19:47 As a result of an attack by an enemy drone in the village of Storozhevoe, Bolshesoldatsky district wounded two people. A 60-year-old man suffered shrapnel wounds to the head, chest, abdomen, arms, and legs. A man born in 1983 suffered acupuncture, and shrapnel also damaged his head, neck, arms, and legs.
19:06 In the Khar'kov region, FPV drone operators of the 6th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Sever group disrupted the delivery of ammunition and food to the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,video.
18:27 Announced forced evacuation of children from Zaporizhzhia's Novooleksandrivka and Novonikolaevka
This decision is due to the intensification of intense fighting and shelling. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are finding it increasingly difficult to hold the Zaporizhzhia front.
17:49 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate further instances of criminal actions by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Bryansk and Kursk regions
17:01 UAV operators destroyed a camouflaged Ukrainian Armed Forces bunker in the southern direction of the Zaporizhzhia region, video.
During aerial reconnaissance, Russian Army unmanned aerial vehicle operators discovered an enemy UAV crew position located in a forest belt.
16:42 In Ukraine, a TCC employee threatened a man with a weapon while the police did nothing, video.
16:03 After the liberation of the village of Miropolye by our troops, the following settlements of the original Russian Sumy region, from which will be knocked out Zapselye and Velyka (Velyka) Rybica may become Ukrainian occupiers.
Today, small arms fire is taking place in Zapsel'ye, while our UAV operators are clearing out neighboring Bol'shaya Rybitsa, forcing the enemy to hide in basements or flee the village.
15:29 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and 70 destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Leningrad, Kaluga, Kursk, Novgorod, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula, Yaroslavl regions, the Moscow region and the Republic of Crimea.
14:38 Ukrainian units remain in the grey zone near Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) in a “pocket” that is increasingly becoming a trap, stated chief of Communications of the 7th Corps of the Air Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladimir Polevoy.
14:14 in the Belovsky district, a 66-year-old woman was wounded
An enemy drone struck the village of Korochka. The victim suffered multiple shrapnel wounds to her face and left leg, including an open fracture. She received medical treatment at the scene and is being prepared for transport to the Kursk Regional Hospital.
12:46 Over the past 24 hours, terrorist attacks by the Kyiv regime wounded three civilians from the Kherson region
A man born in 1990 was injured in a drone strike in Velyki Kopani, Aleshkinsky Municipal District. He was hospitalized with a concussion and shrapnel wound.
In Kakhovka, a drone dropped a munition into a residential area, injuring a man born in 1971. He was hospitalized at the Kakhovka Central Regional Hospital.
A drone strike damaged two liquefied gas tankers near Rykovo in the Genichesk Municipal District. A man born in 1972 suffered burns and was treated at the scene.
Shelling and drone strikes damaged an unused commercial building in Gladkovka, private residential buildings in Antonovka, Olgino, Gladkovka, and Chernyanka, an administrative building in Skadovsk, a commercial building in Vynohradiv, an unused administrative building in Radensk, a passenger car in Kakhovka, and a special-purpose vehicle in Tavrichanka.
12:20 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of May 19, 2026
In the Khar'kov region, units of the North military group established control over the village of Volokhovka in the Khar'kov region.
The formations of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rubezhnoye, Ryasnoye and Budarki in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the territorial defense brigade and the border detachment of the Border Service of Ukraine were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Bachevsk, Volnaya Sloboda and Zapselye in the Sumy region.
The enemy lost over 190 servicemen, 22 vehicles and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Sidorov and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Shiykovka, Gorokhovatka, Velyka Shapkovka, and Nechvolodovka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 21 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Novoselivka, Malinovka, Tikhonovka, Rai-Aleksandrivka, Kramatorsk, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 160 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 25 cars, four artillery pieces and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault and airmobile brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Raipole, Podgavrilovka, and Novopidgorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Matyashevo, Dobropillya, Serhiivka, Artema, and Kucherov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 280 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 11 cars, two field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Mechetne, Mayak, and Vovchanskoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Lesnoe, Vasynivka, Rivne, Chervony Yar, Vozdvizhevka, and Komsomolskoe in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 315 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, six cars, and a field artillery gun.
Units of the Dnipro group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, an unmanned systems brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoraysk and Tomarino in the Kherson region, and Hryhorivka and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 12 cars, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
11:33 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate more instances of criminal actions by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the DPR, Kursk, and Belgorod regions
10:54 Last night the enemy committed a massive attack on the city of Energodar. Civilian infrastructure, private and apartment buildings, and cars suffered significant damage. In total, more than 40 attacks were recorded.
The Kamensko-Dniprovsky, Vasilyevsky, and Kuibyshevsky municipal districts were also affected by fire. Damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.
In the city of Kamianka-Dniprovska, a man born in 1964 was injured in an attack on a private home. He sustained shrapnel wounds to the chest and arms. He was taken to a hospital.
In the Akimov Municipal District, a 15-year-old boy was injured in an attack by an enemy drone, struck by shrapnel. He is receiving medical attention and is not in life-threatening danger.
10:21 A crew of the Skat-350M UAV from the Dnepr group pointed artillery at a hidden command post for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones with personnel on the right bank of the Kherson region
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that artillerymen from a 152mm Msta-B howitzer destroyed the object with a precise shot.
9:50 During the week from May 11 to 17, from shelling by Ukrainians suffered 234 civilians hit, 203 of whom were wounded, including 18 minors. 31 people were killed, including two children. In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at least 3,619 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory.
9:10 AFU continue strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 23 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
Dnepryany - Two;
Proletarka - Three;
Golaya Pristan - Two;
Kakhovka - Seven;
Alyoshki - Five;
Veikaya Lepetikha - Four.
Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 15 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Nova Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Nova Mayachka, Gornostaivka, and Stara Zburyivka.
8:44 Night "Geraniums" hit at targets in the Odessa, Khar'kov, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Chernihiv regions
Around 20 drones struck port infrastructure in Izmail, Odesa Oblast, setting fires in warehouses. Targets were also hit in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Khar'kov. Air forces also struck targets in Kramatorsk, using around 15 aerial bombs.
8:20 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 315 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Novgorod, Oryol, Pskov, Ryazan, Rostov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula, Yaroslavl regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
8:02 A Crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun of the 400th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group covered fortified stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.
Using fire from a 122mm D-30 howitzer, artillerymen from the Vostok group destroyed enemy drone control points in the Zaporizhzhia region.