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There’s quite a history of Ukrainian women going into prostitution, one way or another. Russian women, too. Also Nigerian women, Latin American women, English girls…
[REGNUM] The accidental admission by the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, Danylo Getmantsev, that he communicates with Ukrainian models of the OnlyFans service and discusses taxation issues with them, greatly amused the public.
The obscene laughers in color assumed how exactly such communication takes place and how exactly Getmantsev maintains the conversation, but in fact the MP from the "Servant of the People" is very serious and thanks the girls who paid taxes "for their responsible position and contribution to the victory."
But the main message is not this, but that a certain group of deputies is lobbying for the decriminalization of such activities. After all, according to the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the production and distribution of pornography is a criminal offense and is punishable by a large fine or imprisonment.
That is, it turns out that the payment of UAH 59 million in income tax and military duty by 350 OnlyFans models is an illegal substitute for a criminal case. The State Tax Service (STS), which asked its colleagues in Britain to provide information about Ukrainian citizens earning money on this British platform, is actually engaged in ordinary racketeering, extortion.
According to the head of the State Tax Service, Ruslan Kravchenko, almost 5,500 Ukrainian citizens earned their "copy money" on OnlyFans in 2020–2022. Having received this data, the service began sending "letters of happiness" to account owners, because, according to tax analysts, "with the right" approach, this service alone can bring hundreds of millions of hryvnias to the treasury every year.
But this is only the tip of the iceberg of the opportunities that can be had in the porn industry. It is literally blooming and smelling in Ukraine, which is facilitated by the total impoverishment of the population and law enforcement agencies saturated with corruption. Therefore, the state, unable to ensure its existence, has not simply started a conversation about decriminalizing various types of prostitution - it is popularizing it in every possible way, involving Ukrainian women in the trade of themselves.
Since it still cannot offer any alternatives.
DEAD-END PROSTITUTION
In the old days, there was a crude joke that if you gathered all the Ukrainian prostitutes in Moscow, it would turn out that it was already under occupation. But the changed circumstances have radically changed the situation.
Prostitution and filming explicit content have always been under the control of crime and criminalized cops. The rapid impoverishment of the Ukrainian population since 2014 and the collapse of everything since 2022, the movement of a large number of young women to large cities and abroad, where there are also few opportunities for them, allowed the business to scale up many times over.
For example, the largest tenant of the Arena City business center in Kyiv is an online dating company that constantly needs both employees and managers to direct the process of taking money from lustful foreigners. It is also an analogue of OnlyFans, only illegal - and there are tons of such companies.
Working "offline" girls in individual creativity do not last long, through simple intimidation they are driven under the "roof". And in the same Poland, where one and a half million citizens of Ukraine live and among adult holders of the registration number (analogous to INN) PESEL UKR 77% are women, "part-time jobs" almost immediately began to be controlled by dispatchers.
Prostitution in Poland is not officially prohibited, and, as everywhere in Europe, it is more like a sport - 15-20 minutes for a client's visit with prepayment. So money literally flows like a river for business owners, and for Ukrainian women the situation is hopeless.
In Germany, as the daily newspaper Die Welt reported last year, every second worker in Berlin's brothels is from Ukraine. After all, there are no prospects for career growth and increased earnings abroad anyway.
The same thing happens at home. Only there are more offers.
Lawlessness and total corruption from top to bottom have turned Ukraine into a huge porn studio for filming content of any severity. The author managed to talk to a representative of the Lviv sex industry, 35-year-old individual Dasha. She confirmed that various "highlights" are in special demand.
"There are such studios in Kiev, Lvov, Odessa. I was also offered, but I flatly refused. My friend took part in something similar - she visited doctors later, underwent surgery. I know one alcoholic, a young one. At first I laughed a lot when I found out that she was being taken on the set. But several foreigners came there personally, so to speak, to "be present" at the "highlights". I know that actresses from such studios simply disappeared," says Dasha.
In Europe, this kind of "creativity" is quickly shut down by the police. And Ukraine, which has gained its freedom, has become a real paradise for all sorts of perverts and sex tourists, where you can "cheaply" realize all your most disgusting intimate dreams.
A saleswoman at one of the retail chains, 65-year-old Inna, once admitted in a conversation that she had beaten her 14-year-old granddaughter severely: “A friend of hers suggested that she ‘take part’.”
"She says that you have to undress completely, touch yourself. For one shoot she was paid 1500 hryvnia. This girl's father went missing at the front, her mother is in Poland, she is being raised by her grandmother," the woman says.
Considering that hundreds of thousands of families in the country have lost their breadwinners, missiles and UAVs are finishing off the remains of industry, and a corrupt government is taking the shirt off citizens’ backs, the number of girls wanting to star in “adult films” is only increasing.
And they always have “examples of success” in front of them, which the authorities and the media promote in every possible way for the sake of their immediate goals: in essence, the million-dollar earnings that the State Tax Service reported are also advertising.
"SUCCESSFUL SUCCESS"
The driving force behind pornography advertising in Ukraine, characteristically, is Yulia Senyuk, a native of the provincial town of Zolochiv in the Lviv region - Galicia, who sets the "advanced trends" here.
The girl graduated from the Institute of Trade and Economics, worked as a maid in Europe, and then, on the advice of friends, began to shoot in the nude style and quickly began filming in porn. She is not distinguished by her charming beauty, but in general she works on the positive side, so under the stage name Josefina Jackson she gained her popularity on porn sites.
Already in 2020, Senyuk began actively giving interviews to Ukrainian media, talking about the intricacies of the "work": supposedly, you need to endure a lot, be "very artistic". And thanks to this, not only have big earnings (several thousand dollars for one video), but also fame:
"If once all of Zolochiv was saying how bad she was, now they are trying to tie me to themselves. "Oh, but I sat at the same desk with her, and I lived next to her."
For the Western Ukrainian consciousness, if you earned a “kopiychyna,” then the method is unimportant, the main thing is that you became a lord.
And with the start of military actions, the porn actress already joined the process as a “sincere patriot”: she collected money for the Ukrainian Armed Forces herself, “dressed” her “colleagues in the shop” in T-shirts with Ukrainian symbols, participated in various fundraising events, and personally came to console wounded soldiers, assuring them that they were still wanted.
Josephine began to be invited to broadcasts, she began to appear on screens more and more often in clothes. Eventually, it got to the point that in May 2024, the management of the Pereyaslav University named after G. Skovoroda invited her... to become a speaker of the "Platform of Opportunities" and communicate with students.
The popularization of porn is obvious. Why should a young girl start a family, have children, become a teacher, an athlete, a doctor - and get pennies for it? After all, you can follow the path of this aunt with reduced social responsibility, learn to spread your legs in the frame or something else and become a popular porn star with a decent income.
Senyuk herself has repeatedly stated in interviews that her dream is to legalize porn in Ukraine so that more young girls could find themselves in this profession and earn a good income. And, as a result, their number is really growing.
But she is certainly not the only one. For example, another porn star from Dneprodzerzhinsk, Adel Asanti, in the worldly real name Anastasia Rasputina, starred in the TV series "Gods vs. Bloggers" and in the entertainment program "Dinner Party".
In 2021, she took part in the TV show “The Bachelor” and said that her dream is to organize real sex education in Ukraine, “so that a plump girl at 16 years old does not have complexes about her figure, but understands that she is still sexy and beautiful.”
In general, it is already shameful to sleep with a man for free and in private, girls consider their body exclusively as a way to earn money. The same idea is used (albeit not directly) by the entertainment program "Super-Mom" on the STB channel, where a significant part of the main characters create Internet content and "live by it", naturally involving their children in putting their lives on display.
Thanks to new technologies, when anyone can buy a video camera, smartphone and other equipment, creating porn content has become quite simple. But amateurs quickly come to the conclusion that the content is not very good and there is no demand for it, so they are already looking for a "job" in a full-fledged porn studio, where there is an organizer, PR people, "protection" and so on.
The monthly earnings of such agencies can reach several million dollars, a third of which goes to the "roof". Small agencies can boast monthly earnings of tens of thousands of dollars.
Working in such an office, the model receives only a part of the earnings - 20-30%, and this is the biggest disadvantage for the girls. They cannot leave and post their own content. They will not allow it. But at the same time, the agency provides a stable income, promotion of the material and protection. Although no one guarantees that behind the promise of easy and quick money there are no tortures and abuses, for which no one asks the consent of the object of filming.
Satisfying the needs of sexual perverts of all stripes, which have become very common in the "developed countries" that have grown sluggish from their oversaturation and impunity, is paid for many times (if not orders of magnitude) more generously than banal "porn". Such videos are mainly bought on the darknet.
Aspiring porn actresses do not understand that at best only a few dozen of them will reach Senyuk's level. The overwhelming majority will face illness, disability, debt, mental trauma and even a terrible death.
But if it will regularly bring the Ukrainian anti-state income to the budget and additional money to continue the war - why not? As the famous poet Taras Shevchenko said, "everyone has his share and his own wide path." But only on one condition: if you do not share - they punish, like the disabled cleaner from Nikolaev, who received a suspended sentence of one year for selling two photographs of "pornographic content" for a total of 750 hryvnia.
And if you think about it, all this is also “like in Europe” – which is what was promised to the Ukrainian people.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:35 Austria is ready to become a platform for negotiations on the settlement of Russia's war against Ukraine. This was stated by Chancellor Christian Stocker.
The politician noted that he is focusing on trying to move peace talks on Ukraine to Vienna.
"Vienna remains a good place for negotiations on international issues in the future. This would also be possible for a war in Ukraine," Stocker said.
21:45 The President held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
"The key issue is Ukraine's missile program and our drones, all types of drones that we need. There were reports on the use of drones, on accuracy, on the results of defeats at the front," he said.
The head of state thanked domestic producers. "We are also working to protect our infrastructure so that we can defend ourselves in the long term, and these are systemic solutions, and responsibility for implementation is personal," Zelensky added.
21.38 President Volodymyr Zelensky heard reports from the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky on the situation at the front.
"Donetsk region and Kursk direction - the most brutal battles continue there. Our guys - 33rd, 225th, 425th assault regiments - thank you. Kramatorsk direction - soldiers of the 24th separate mechanized brigade - well done! Pokrovsk direction - 14 117th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - thank you!" - said the head of state.
21:30 The world has still not received a response from the Kremlin about a ceasefire. Russia will need to end the war it has unleashed against Ukraine in any case. It is better to do it sooner. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an evening video address.
"Moscow has been silent all day about the proposal for a direct meeting. A very strange silence. Russia will have to end the war anyway, and it would be better to do it sooner. There is no point in continuing the killing. President Erdogan has expressed his full readiness to accept the meeting. It is important that President Trump fully supports the meeting, and we would like him to find a way to be in Turkey."
21.17 The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has held Russia responsible for the downing of passenger plane flight MH17 in July 2014 in Donbass.
The ISAO Council has made a decision on the dispute initiated by the Netherlands and Australia in March 2022 against Russia over the downing of flight MH17 on 17 July 2014.
The ruling also said Russia violated the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation because it unlawfully used its weapons against a passenger plane.
The next step should be to determine the form of compensation from Russia. First, the ISAO should oblige the Russian Federation to start negotiations with the Netherlands and Australia and facilitate this process.
20:45 State institutions of the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan have publicly acknowledged the death of 5,000 servicemen in the war against Ukraine. This is reported by Russian media.
Several schools and libraries in the republic held memorial events dedicated to the 5,000 residents of the region killed at the front. During the events, schoolchildren created portraits of the dead, and libraries presented citizens with detailed statistics broken down by age, military rank, and areas of residence of the military. The materials were accompanied by the hashtag #5000Bashkir.
According to the Telegram channel Alien War Bashkiria , the number of dead residents of the republic currently stands at over 5,500. According to the Mediazona project and the BBC Russian Service, the names of 4,888 deceased natives of Bashkortostan have been established to date. Aspects Bashkortostan reports 5,188 officially confirmed deaths as of May 8, 2025.
20:20 President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan key details of the meeting in Turkey, in particular the need for a ceasefire and its monitoring.
"I spoke with President Erdogan. We discussed key details of the meeting in Turkey, which could help end the war. I am grateful for the support and readiness at the highest level to facilitate diplomacy. We still see the need for a ceasefire," the head of state said.
According to the president, it is also necessary for partners to ensure monitoring of the ceasefire.
19.02 The presence of US President Donald Trump at possible direct negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine and Russia in Turkey is very important and can change a lot. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this in Telegram.
18:20 US President Donald Trump does not rule out a visit to Turkey on May 15, where the leaders of Ukraine and Russia may meet. He said this at a briefing in the White House. The American leader may attend the meeting of the delegations of Ukraine and Russia if he decides that it will be useful.
17:50 A possible meeting between Ukrainian and Russian representatives in Turkey this week could lead to positive results, US President Donald Trump said during a briefing at the White House.
17:30 According to the Security Service, a traitor who adjusted Russia's strikes on the Odessa region while working in an ambulance received 15 years in prison. The convicted person is a 40-year-old former paramedic at a local emergency medical station, who was remotely recruited by the occupiers in April 2024.
The agent was collecting coordinates for air strikes on one of the region's port cities. Among the enemy's main targets were the bases of the personnel and ships of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service's maritime security.
17.24 Since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, more than 110,000 Ukrainians from various components of the defense and security forces have received state awards. This was reported by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
16.27 Russian troops attacked a school in the Koryukov district of Chernihiv region with drones at night. Windows, doors, roof and facade were damaged. This was reported on May 12 by the chairman of the Chernihiv OVD Vyacheslav Chaus.
16.09 Russia considers "unacceptable" the ultimatum statements from European countries to introduce additional sanctions if Moscow does not agree to the ceasefire. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. At the same time, he assured that Moscow seems to be "set on a serious search for ways of long-term global regulation."
15.37 The increase in Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian territory indicates that Russia's defense industry is overextending itself, The Economist reports.
15.14 The aggressor country Russia completely ignores the demand for a complete ceasefire and continues attacks. This was written on the social network X by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiga following a meeting with the ministers of European countries who gathered in London.
14.44 The German government, in coordination with its partners in Europe, will prepare new sanctions if a ceasefire in Ukraine is not reached today. This was stated by the German government spokesman Stefan Cornelius at a briefing in Berlin, Bild reports .
14:22 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has come under fire in Italy after skipping a personal visit to the European leaders' summit in Kiev and joining the meeting remotely, the European publication Euraktiv reports.
13.52 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky presented the Cross of Merit to the head of the Armed Forces of Norway Eirik Christophersen. The commander-in-chief wrote about this on his Telegram channel following the meeting.
13.51 The Chinese government supports all ideas aimed at stopping the war in Ukraine. This was stated by the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Lin Jian at a briefing, Global Times reports . Journalists asked him how China feels about the fact that some European countries have asked Russia to agree to a 30-day ceasefire, as well as the US President's call for major countries to more actively participate in resolving the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
13.30 The Ministry of Defense has codified and approved the Spider ground robotic complex for use in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported on May 12 by the Main Directorate for Support of the Life Cycle of Weapons and Military Equipment.
11.30 A volunteer from a humanitarian organization from Australia died near Izyum. This was reported by Sky News, citing a statement from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
11.22 Russian aggressors attacked a service vehicle of power engineers with a drone on the territory of the Sumy community. One person was killed and three more were injured.
11.05 In the temporarily occupied Crimea, hackers from Cyber ATESH attacked the Kremlin news platforms crimea.mk.ru and krym.top24.news. This was reported by the ATESH partisan movement.
10.36 Russian agents who committed a terrorist attack against law enforcement officers in the Rivne region have been detained. This was reported on May 12 by the SBU.
10.13 A 10-year-old girl was injured in the village of Belozerka due to Russian shelling. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA, Alexander Prokudin. According to him, as a result of an enemy shell hitting the house, the child ended up under the rubble of the destroyed house. Rescuers freed the victim and handed her over to doctors. The girl received an explosive and craniocerebral injury, concussion, and shrapnel wounds to the legs.
9.42 On the morning of May 12, Russian troops attacked the city of Belgorod-Dnistrovsky in the Odessa region. This was reported by the Belgorod-Dnistrovsky City Council. As a result of the Russian strike, a number of civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged, including private residential buildings.
9.20 The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 55 Russian drones, and another 30 enemy UAVs were lost. This was reported on May 12 by the Ukrainian Air Force.
8.45 Over the past 24 hours, the Russians have attacked nine directions of the front and the Kursk bridgehead. The hottest situation is now in the Pokrovsk direction, where Ukrainian soldiers have repelled 70 enemy attacks. In total, 155 combat clashes occurred. This is evidenced by the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on the Facebook page.
8.28 The driver of a civilian freight train was injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on a locomotive in the Donetsk region. This was reported by Ukrzaliznytsia on Telegram.
7.46 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have eliminated 1,170 Russian invaders. This is evidenced by the data of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on its Facebook page.
7.23 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky seized the initiative, offering Russian dictator Vladimir Putin a personal meeting for peace talks in Istanbul, and is now putting pressure on the latter. This is reported by The Guardian.
04.44 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Turkey, where an informal NATO meeting will take place. First, from May 11 to 14, Rubio will accompany US President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Washington will seek to strengthen ties with the Gulf countries. And on May 14-16, the official will travel to Antalya, Turkey, for an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers, where they will discuss the Alliance's security priorities, including increasing investment in defense and ending the Russian-Ukrainian war.
03.23 Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga doubts that the Russian side has even a fraction of the courage of President Volodymyr Zelensky, who offered Russian leader Vladimir Putin a personal meeting in Turkey.
"This is what a real leader does. He does not hide behind anyone or anything. It is unlikely that the Russian side has even a crumb of such courage," he said.
02.12 On Monday, British Foreign Secretary David Lemmy will host his European counterparts to discuss support for Ukraine and increased defence cooperation. Lemmy will hold talks with representatives of France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland and the EU.
"The challenge we face today is not just about the future of Ukraine - it is existential for Europe as a whole."
01.00 On the night of 12 April, when the great ceasefire was supposed to begin, Russian occupation forces launched Shahed-type kamikaze drones into Ukraine. Several groups of UAVs were spotted in the Kharkiv region, northern Donbas, Mykolaiv region, north-eastern Vinnytsia region, southern Kyiv region, southern and central Zhytomyr region, northern Kherson region and in the Black Sea.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding back the Russian offensive in the east and south of Ukraine.
Two-thirds of Russian attacks are concentrated in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlovsk directions. Nine battles are currently ongoing there.
Since the beginning of the current day, 69 combat clashes have occurred on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Monday, May 12.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, our soldiers are repelling one attack by the Russians near Volchansk.
In the Kupyansk direction, the invading army carried out two attacks in the directions of Peschanoye and Novoosinovy.
In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked seven times in the areas of the settlements of Zeleny Gay, Grekovka, Ridkodub, Torskoye, Kolodyazy, Zelenaya Dolina and in the direction of Olgovka. Two clashes are ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy carried out five offensive actions in the areas of Belogorovka and Grigoryevka. One combat clash is still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling two assaults near Vasyukovka and Chasovy Yar.
In the Toretsk direction, our defenders repelled one attack by the occupiers near Dilievka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian invaders carried out 29 assaults, trying to displace our soldiers from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Poltavka, Mirolyubovka, Promen, Lisovka, Mirnograd, Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Novoaleksandrovka, Kotlyarovka, Troitskoye, Andreyevka and in the directions of Zorya and Popovy Yar. The defense forces have already repelled 23 enemy attacks.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attempted to break through the defense of our defenders 11 times in the areas of Constantinople, Bogatyr, Razdolnoye, Zelenoe Pole, Novosyolki, three of which are still ongoing.
In the Orekhov direction, three assaults were stopped in the areas of Malaya Tokmachka and Malye Shcherbaki.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy attacked twice towards the positions of our defenders, but had no success.
In the Kursk direction, six armed clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day, two of which are still ongoing.
Let us recall that on May 11, Russia lost almost 1,200 soldiers killed and wounded on the front in 24 hours. Since the beginning of the war, Russian losses are approaching 1 million people.
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[NewsFront] 20:56 Attack aircraft crews on Su-25 aircraft struck astronghold and enemy manpower in the area of responsibility of the Southern troop group.
The strike was carried out by aircraft missiles. According to intelligence reports, all indicated targets were destroyed.
20:24 Servicemen of the 137th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "Center" group told on the liberation of the settlement of Lysovka in the DPR.
During the battles, a significant amount of enemy equipment was destroyed, as well as small enemy groups that had taken up positions in the basements of destroyed houses. The battles with them continued for several days. Despite desperate attempts to hold their positions, the enemy was forced to retreat, suffering serious losses.
“It was only thanks to ingenuity, courage and various tactical actions that we were able to liberate this settlement,” said the deputy commander of the assault battalion for military-political work, Sergei Batsulin.
19:45 Military priest Antony Savchenko died while performing pastoral duties in the Special Operations area under attack by HIMARS.
19:10 Calculations of barrel artillery of the "East" group of forces continue to destroy the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.
18:25 Crews of the Molniya UAV of the Vostok group disrupted rotation of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction.
Drone operators destroyed temporary enemy deployment points in the area of the village of Bogatyr using anti-tank mines installed on Molniya UAVs.
17:10 Today enemy drone attacked Glushkovo settlement, Glushkovsky district. As a result of the FPV drone strike, a residential building was destroyed, and another one caught fire.
16:10 Units of the Russian Armed Forces continue storming Malinovka and advance towards the center of the village.
In Mirolyubovka our assaults are fighting in the area of the village center. To the south our units have reached the western bank of Mirolyubovsky Stavka between Mirolyubovka and Grodovka, taking the dam.
15:00 Today around 7:30 Ukrainian servicemenhita drone hit a local resident's car near the village of Pokrovskoye in the Tokmak MO.
14:20 Calculation of the 220mm BM-27 MLRS "Uragan" completed a salvo at enemy positions in the Krasnoarmeysk direction
As a result of the fire strike, buildings containing enemy personnel and several units of camouflaged equipment belonging to Ukrainian militants were destroyed.
13:25 Servicemen of the special forces unit of the "Southern" group captured a large stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of one of the settlements in the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction.
12:40 Ministry of Defense summary of the progress of the Special Military Operation as of May 12, 2025.
By units of the North group of forces inflicted defeat of concentrations of manpower and equipment of a mechanized brigade, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Iskriskovshchina, Wolfino, Pavlovka and Katerinovka in Sumy Oblast.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of four mechanized, airmobile, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Sadovod, Kutkovka, Kupyansk, Gorokhovatka in the Khar'kov region, Redkodub and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Zvanovka, Konstantinovka, Kleban-Byk and Pleshcheyevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Formations of five mechanized, a Jaeger, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and two National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rusin Yar, Novaya Poltavka, Ulyanovka, Razino, Mirolyubovka, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Zverevo, Novosergeevka and Alekseevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past day amounted to 1,285 servicemen, 57 vehicles, two tanks, 19 field artillery guns, 11 armored combat vehicles, six artillery guns, six ammunition depots, seven electronic warfare stations and three supply depots.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, two territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Bogatyr, Volnoye Pole, Komar of the Donetsk People's Republic and Temirovka of the Zaporizhia region.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novodanilovka, Pavlovka, Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Tokarevka, Sadovoye and Dneprovskoye in the Kherson region.
Air defense systems shot down nine JDAM guided aerial bombs and two US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, as well as 135 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:10 Decisive actions by units of the Center group of forcesreleasedthe settlement of Kotlyarovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
11:22 Chronicle of the SVO for May 9-11 Telegram channel "Fisherman»:
Despite the declared ceasefire, more than 14,000 violations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been recorded.
– The enemy attempted to attack Russian positions in the Sumy and Slobozhansky directions, but the attacks were thwarted by air and artillery strikes.
– The advance of Russian troops has been noted in the Limansky and Seversky directions: a number of enemy settlements and positions have been taken under control.
– In the Dzerzhinsky and Pokrovsk directions, the Russian Armed Forces successfully repelled attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to counterattack and strengthened their positions, coming close to the outskirts of Pokrovsk.
10:46 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of populated areas on the left bank of the Kherson region.
Yesterday, during the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:
– Eight rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;
– According to n.p. Novofedorovka two rounds;
– Three rounds in the village of Rybalche;
– Four rounds in the village of Novaya Zburyevka;
– Three rounds to the village of Knyaze-Grigorovka;
- Five rounds were fired at the settlement of Kairy.
As a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three civilians were killed in Rybalcha, Novaya Kakhovka and Novofedorovka.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Novaya Kakhovka, Kamenka, Malokakhovka, Kazachii Lageri, Aleshki, Novaya Mayachka and Korsunka, firing a total of 21 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being clarified
10:20 As a result of the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Gorlovka died a man
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has struck 24 times at Gorlovka. As a result of multiple attacks, a teenager was wounded. A man also died from his wounds.
9:40 FPV drone calculations at Rubicon Center continue to destroy unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area where a special military operation is being conducted.
8:22 Frontline report for the morning of 12.05.2025
Zaporizhzhya Front. The fighting here is completelycrossed overin positional. Long-range weapons are actively working on both sides.
Donetsk Front. The Russian Armed Forces continue to storm Bogatyr. According to some reports, up to a third of the settlement's territory is under the control of Russian troops. Heavy fighting continues in the Pokrovsk direction.
The enemy is trying to counterattack in Udachnoye and Kotlino. There are also reports of the Russian Armed Forces advancing in the area of the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region, in the settlement of Novonikolayevka. Less than a kilometer remains to the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Sumy direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to maintain tension in the Tetkino area, periodically trying to attack our positions. But the enemy still has not been able to achieve any results. Strikes at our rear areas continue. Yesterday, the enemy attacked a hotel in the city of Rylsk in the Kursk region. Several people were injured.
8:15 Russian intelligence officers opened the location of the HIMARS MLRS in the vicinity of the village of Nagornovka in the Belopolsky district of the Sumy region. The reconnaissance UAV captured the launch of missiles at Rylsk.
8:05 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the "Dnepr" group of forces destroyed an accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhia region.
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[RUSVESNA] Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his speech on the night of May 11, effectively demanded Ukraine's capitulation, The Times writes.
The Russian leader ruled out an immediate ceasefire (as the Kiev regime and its European masters insisted) and repeated the demand to eliminate the root causes of the conflict.
“This means, at a minimum, the overthrow of the Zelensky regime, Ukraine’s refusal to join NATO and territorial concessions,” The Times lists.
A well-known military correspondent for VGTRK, who has been covering the Donbass war for many years, Alexander Sladkov shared his opinion that Russia needs negotiations, not a temporary truce.
“How important is a 30-day ceasefire for us?
Of course, a bad peace is better than a good war.
But the West and Kyiv, Kyiv and the West repeat and repeat this mantra with a long truce, hoping to hypnotize the Kremlin and impose their initiative on us.
Why do we, who are moving forward, need this truce? One of the arguments: to give politicians the opportunity to negotiate a final peace. Wait, who is stopping us from negotiating peace right now?
Come on, let's sit down and negotiate! But we, Russia, have three conditions that the Supreme Commander voiced long ago:
- five regions become Russian,
- denazification of Ukraine,
- and demilitarization.
What if the truce begins, will these conditions disappear? No. New ones will appear - unlikely.
The whole situation shows: Volodymyr Zelensky does not want re-elections, therefore he wants war. Britain wants to get closer to Ukraine, it wants war. Europe, pushed away from the negotiation process in Ukraine, wants, on the contrary, to move closer, therefore it wants war.
We want peace.
We want real negotiations. Every settlement we liberate is an additional argument in the negotiations, and a truce deprives us of these additional arguments and strengthens the enemy.
Starting tomorrow, we await a ceasefire — this proposal is on the table. A full and unconditional ceasefire, one that lasts long enough to provide a necessary foundation for diplomacy, could significantly bring peace closer. Ukraine has long proposed this, our partners are… pic.twitter.com/TVpJbldfh4
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 11, 2025
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[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] Satellite images have revealed how Moscow is bulking up its military presence on the Finnish border - in a chilling echo of pictures taken of Russian bases before Putin launched his war in Ukraine.
Moscow is building troop accommodation, aircraft deployment infrastructure and refurbishing old facilities at key military bases, analysts have said, in a sign it is seeking to reinforce its capabilities in the border region.
The pictures, which were obtained by Swedish broadcaster SVT from Planet Labs, suggest there has been activity at four locations inside Russia - Kamenka, Petrozavodsk, Severomorsk-2, and Olenya.
In Kamenka, which is around 35 miles from the Finnish border and was previously undeveloped, more than 130 military tents capable of housing some 2,000 troops are said to have been set up since February.
Kremlin officials hit back at Finland and Sweden's recent accession to NATO at the time with a vague threat of 'military-technical response measures' - which now appear to be well underway.
'When we applied for NATO membership, Russia said it would take such steps. We are now seeing that happen,' Sweden's Chief of Defence Michael Claesson said.
In November 2021, US officials expressed concern over satellite images showing Russian troops massing on the border with Ukraine - a claim the Kremlin dismissed as unfounded. Less than four months later, Putin launched his full-scale war on Ukraine.
Moscow has accused NATO of acting as an aggressor rather than a defensive alliance, and has repeatedly vowed to defend itself by any means, using GPS jamming and other methods.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics:
[ColonelCassadThe Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate has published an infographic about a new Russian cruise missile codenamed "Banderol", the remains of which, apparently, were preserved as a result of an impact or failure of the warhead to rupture.
What is known about the missile?
▪️This is an air-launched missile developed by the Kronshtadt enterprise. It is about 5 meters long and was first spotted during the visit of Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev to the Kapustin Yar test site.
▪️The warhead for such a missile is not small - about 50 kg. According to the GUR, the "Banderol" is assembled from components from different countries: an engine from China, a Japanese battery, and a Russian "Kometa".
▪️The speed is 500-600 km/h. But the most important thing is that the carriers are not tactical aircraft, but Mi-28 helicopters and Orion unmanned aerial vehicles.
The envisaged possibility of use with UAVs and helicopters is something that absolutely no one in the world has had in working order yet. The Turks are testing the Chakyr cruise missile with the Akıncı, but this has not been observed in real combat.
Also, in theory, it is possible to increase the power of the total salvo of missile weapons: if now only strategic aviation aircraft and the Su-57 launch cruise missiles, now everyone else will be able to, to whom they can be suspended.
Of course, there are quite a lot of imported parts, but in terms of the nomenclature, this is explained by the fact that somewhere there are no analogues that would not worsen the characteristics and would be cheaper. In addition, imports allow for faster serial assembly of the Parcels, because the missiles are needed here and now.
In general, these serial missiles are truly unique weapons in the world and a huge step forward, since their price is much lower than that of the "Caliber" or the X-101. At the same time, its performance characteristics are decent, and there are more potential carriers.
A relatively inexpensive cruise missile is an area that many countries are working on. In the United States, heavy transport aircraft are being used for this task ( https://t.me/rybar/69477 ), while the Turks are using drones. In the future, such weapons will appear everywhere, but it is very pleasing that we were the first in this.
The premiere of these products during the demonstration strikes on military facilities in Odessa was very impressive. The enemy's air defense was completely unprepared to meet the "Panderoly".
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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