[NewsFront] 21:42 In the period from 14:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 41 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk regions and the Republic of Crimea.
21:24 Far Eastern warriors released the village of Verkhnyaya Tersa in the Zaporizhzhia region. The group gained control of 12.5 square kilometers of territory.
19:29 Servicemen of the North group of forces attacked positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with shells bearing the inscription “For Starobelsk”.
17:40 Calculation The Zala and Lancet UAVs of the Yuzhnaya group burned down an enemy 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS in the Konstantinovsky direction.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, Zala UAV operators from the Vostok group destroyed an enemy MLRS with Lancet missiles, as well as artillery positions and ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with attack drones.
UAV crews from the Center group, using heavy Sova quadcopters, continue to disrupt enemy logistics in the Dobropillia sector, while drone operators from the same group shot down heavy hexacopters belonging to Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Dnipropetrovsk sector. Furthermore, drone operators from the Center's 177th Guards Naval Infantry Regiment adjusted an airstrike on an enemy drone control center.
FPV drone crews of the Novorossiysk paratroopers continue to destroy enemy positions in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
15:51 Fighters of the 137th Ural Brigade continue to develop offensive in the Novopavlovka area.
14:59 On frames: Objective control of the combat work of FPV drone operators who destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in border areas.
14:25 In the period from 8:00 to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 65 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula regions and the Moscow region.
12:39 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (from May 16 to 22, 2026)
Over the past week, as a result of decisive actions by units of the North group of forces, control was established over the settlements of Volohovka and Shesterovka in the Kharkov region.
The manpower and equipment of five mechanized, infantry, airmobile, and airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, five territorial defense brigades, and a detachment of the nationalist group "Kraken" were destroyed. In total, the enemy lost over 1,260 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, 119 vehicles, six field artillery pieces, and 11 electronic warfare stations in the area of responsibility of the "North" group of forces.
Units of the "West" military group continued active offensive operations. They liberated the villages of Borovaya and Kutkovka in the Khar'kov region.
Over the course of a week, five mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, a naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated. Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 1,290 troops, 17 armored combat vehicles, 157 vehicles, 13 field artillery pieces, and four electronic warfare stations in this area.
Last week, units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position.
They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade, a mountain assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, two territorial defense brigades, and two National Guard brigades. In total, the enemy lost over 870 servicemen, 27 armored combat vehicles, 114 vehicles, 20 field artillery pieces, and four electronic warfare stations in the Southern Group's area of responsibility.
Units of the Center group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defenses.
They defeated four mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, a ranger brigade, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, and four National Guard brigades. Over the course of the week, enemy losses in this area amounted to more than 1,965 service members, 33 armored combat vehicles, 62 vehicles, and 15 field artillery pieces. Eleven electronic warfare and counter-battery stations were destroyed.
Yesterday, as a result of active offensive actions by units of the "East" military group, the village of Verkhnyaya Tersa in the Zaporizhzhia region was liberated.
Over the past week, the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, two assault brigades, four airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged. Ukrainian armed forces in the area of responsibility of the "East" group of forces suffered losses of over 2,050 servicemen, 17 armored combat vehicles, 47 vehicles, and six field artillery pieces.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, an unmanned aerial vehicle brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defense brigades.
Over the course of a week, the enemy lost more than 395 service members, six armored combat vehicles, 105 vehicles, five field artillery pieces, and 17 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations in this direction. From May 16 to 22, strike drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed five multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles and a German-made Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. Air defense assets shot down 46 guided aerial bombs, three US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system missiles, a Flamingo long-range cruise missile, a Neptune-MD long-range guided missile, and 4,184 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:22 From May 16 to 22, in response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive and five group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, as a result of whichamazed enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, fuel and energy, transport and port infrastructure facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military airfields, assembly shops, storage and launch sites for unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats, temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries.
10:29 Russian Armed Forces Intelligence received information about the enemy's transfer of another combat group in the direction of the line of combat contact in the Sumy region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces were met by UAV operators from the Airborne Forces unit. Drone operators from the "North" Guards Forces carried out targeted attacks on enemy personnel in the back of an American Humvee.
07:17 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 217 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula, Yaroslavl regions, the Moscow region and St. Petersburg.
06:20 Crews of the 152mm Giatsint-B towed guns of the 83rd separate guards airborne assault brigade of the Sever group destroyed mortar crews and strongholds with manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Sumy region.
Using a 122mm D-30 howitzer, artillerymen from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps of the Vostok group burned down an enemy drone control center in the Zaporizhzhia region.