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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of October 11 (updated)
2026-10-12
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[NewsFront] 21:46 Destroyed eleven more drones were flying toward Moscow. Emergency services are working at the site of the crash.

21:06 Air Defense Forces of the Ministry of Defense destroyed ten UAVs flying toward Moscow. Emergency services are working at the site of the crash.

20:46 Drone operators of the Vostok group burned automatic grenade launchers and mortars at Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Zaporizhzhia region.

20:15 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty destroyed 112 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Smolensk regions, the Moscow region and the Republic of Crimea.

19:51 In the Rylsky district a woman was wounded

In the village of Malogneushevo, a drone attacked an administrative building. A 51-year-old woman was injured. She suffered lacerations. She received first aid and will be undergoing outpatient observation.

19:13 Today afternoon the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles on logistics centers, port infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, and sea vessels involved in the delivery of military cargo to Ukraine.

The strike damaged a logistics center in the village of Ternovka in Mykolaiv Oblast, which is used to store military and dual-use cargo intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In addition, a dry cargo ship, which was delivering military cargo to the port of Chernomorsk, was hit during the sea crossing.

18:45 Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russiaexciteda criminal case on murder, attempted murder and intentional destruction of property (Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Article 30, Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) in connection with a massive attack by armed formations of Ukraine on civilian objects in the LPR.

Investigators and forensic experts from the Russian Investigative Committee are conducting a series of measures to collect and record evidence, as well as identify specific units and individuals among the Ukrainian militants involved in the crimes committed.

Their inhumane actions will be given a fundamental criminal-legal assessment.

17:10 Calculation of the 152mm 2S43 self-propelled gun "Giatsint-K" of the 11th Army Corps destroys surrounded enemy forces in the Volchansk Cauldron

16:40 Calculation of drone interceptors of the Center group rammed an enemy aircraft-type UAV carrier that carried out the delivery of FPV drones and served as a repeater.

14:39 Two drones flying towards Moscow,destroyed by the Ministry of Defense's air defense system. Emergency services are working at the site of the fallen debris.

14:10 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Bryansk and Belgorod regions

According to local authorities, a man was killed and two women were injured in attacks by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Bryansk region.

According to the operational headquarters of the Belgorod region, the Ukrainian strikes

12:58 Summary on the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours

In total, 188 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 a.m. on October 10 and 9:00 a.m. on October 11. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 91 times. Drones attacked our territory 13 times using explosive devices.

A 40-year-old man was injured in the village of Belaya in the Belovsky district, and a 23-year-old man was injured in the village of Pakhonok in the Timsky district.

As a result of the attacks in the village of Peschanoye in the Belovsky District, a gas distribution cabinet was damaged, but the gas supply was not disrupted. In the village of Belaya, the roof and façade of a community center were damaged, while the balcony windows of two apartments and the entrance hall windows were damaged in an apartment building. In the village of Maloye Soldatskoye, the windows of a house, a garage, and two cars were damaged.

12:30 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 11, 2026

Units of the "North" military group in the Khar'kov region are tightening the encirclement and expanding the external control zone.

As a result of active military operations, control has been established over the settlements of Reznikovo and Kupino in the Khar'kov region within the encirclement ring.

Fighting is underway to liberate the settlements of Nikolaevka, Varvarovka, Nefedovka and Chernoye in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 65 servicemen and two ground robotic systems in the encirclement ring in one day.

The external control zone is expanding. Fighting continues for the control of the villages of Prikolotne, Kotovka, and Gogino in the Khar'kov region.

Also in the Khar'kov region, manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an artillery brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Timofeevka, Khotollya, Izbitskoye, Dergachi, Goryanoe, Revolyutsionnoye, and Velykyi Burluk in the Khar'kov region.

In the Sumy region, two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Vorozhba, Velyka Rybitsa, Vakalovshchina, Barilovka and Khoten in the Sumy region.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost over 270 servicemen, 10 vehicles and a radar reconnaissance station.

Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge and defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Maleevka, Peski-Radkovskie, Grushevka, Novonikolaevka, Vovchiy Yar, and Kapitolovka in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 12 cars, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and an unmanned aerial systems brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Druzhkovka, Novoselovka, Belokuzminovka, Semenovka, Kramatorsk, Vysokoivanovka, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 160 soldiers, 21 vehicles and a field artillery gun.

Units of the Center group of forces, as a result of active operations, liberated the settlements of Novotroitskoye and Petrovskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades in the areas of the populated areas of Novoyavlenka, Rohanske, Svyatogorovka, Belozerske, Veselaya Gora of the Donetsk People's Republic, Demurino, and Tarasovka of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

In the village of Dobropillya in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 51st Army advanced in the central and northwestern parts of the city. Naval infantry units continued clearing the western districts of the city and the Dobropilska mine. An attempt by the enemy, using platoon-sized forces and armored vehicles to relieve encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces units was thwarted.

Within 24 hours, 137 buildings were liberated, including three industrial facilities, and up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored vehicles, and a pickup truck were destroyed.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the losses of Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 495 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, 14 cars, and four electronic warfare stations.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade, an assault brigade, three airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Orestopol, Ivanivka, Velykymykhaylivka, Skotovatoe, and Medichnoye in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Volnyanka and Myrolyubivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 230 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, seven cars and a field artillery gun.

Units of the Dnipro Forces Group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and mountain assault brigades, as well as the territorial defense brigade, near the villages of Orekhov, Preobrazhenka, and Novooleksandrivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

More than 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 23 vehicles and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

11:40 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Donetsk People's Republic, Kursk and Belgorod regions

According to local authorities, a man was killed in the Telmanovsky District of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) when a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV struck a tractor.

In the village of Belaya in the Kursk region, a Ukrainian drone attacked a shopping center, injuring a civilian.

According to the Belgorod Region operational headquarters, seven people were injured as a result of the latest strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

11:02 In the forest belts of the Zaporizhzhia region, scouts of the Vostok group discovered enemy UAV operators. The coordinates were sent to the "thirties."

The 122mm D-30 gun crews launched a series of strikes, destroying the targets.

10:23 Drone operators of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group knock down enemy heavy attack drones in the Kherson direction.

9:49 Civilian died in the Bryansk region, as a result of a Ukrainian drone strike on the village of Sluchok, Governor Yegor Kovalchuk reported.

Two women in the region were also injured in a Ukrainian drone attack.

9:20 Russian Armed Forces released Reznikovo and Kupino in the north-east of the Khar'kov region

As a result of fierce fighting, assault units of the 344th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 69th Motorized Rifle Division, 6th Guards Army, and 34th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (Mountain) Group "North" liberated the villages of Reznikovo and Kupino.

9:00 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 479 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Tula, Ryazan, Oryol, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Tambov, Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir, Saratov, Samara, Penza, Volgograd, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black Sea.

8:13 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against data centers, port infrastructure facilities of Ukraine, as well as sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The following were injured as a result of the strike:

Tenet data center in Odessa, used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine for processing, transmitting and storing information;

In the port of Chernomorsk, a dry cargo ship delivered military cargo.

7:52 Wreckage of a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone fell on an administrative building and caught fire at the Sochi airport, the Krasnodar Krai task force reported.

The fire has now been extinguished, and there are no injuries. Debris also fell on private buildings and hotel grounds.

7:14 Fire ignited in the suburbs of Vladimir after the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on infrastructure, Governor Alexander Avdeev reported.

Residents are being evacuated from nearby homes. There are no reports of casualties. No residential buildings were destroyed. Two electrical substations were shut down, leaving 5,000 people without power.

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