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Current information on the situation on the front line: May 11 (updated)
2024-05-12
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
23:05 An explosion occurred in Khar'kov in north-eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian publication “Public” reports this.

21:43 As a result of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Belgorod, 49 apartments in 22 apartment buildings and 4 commercial facilities were damaged

21:40 One woman was killed, 29 people were injured during artillery attack of Belgorod and the Belgorod region by the Ukrainian Armed Forces - governor

21:12 Explosion occurred in Khar'kov - local authorities

An air raid alert has been announced.

19:48 UAV operators struck APU pickup truck on the right bank of the Kher'son region.

19:24 About the capture of the industrial zone in the village by the Russian Armed Forces. Netaylovo reports Whisper Front. The situation in the Avdeevsky direction for the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues to deteriorate.

19:10 Combat Job of special forces of the 14th Special Forces Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces to destroy enemy armored vehicles and personnel in the South Donetsk direction.

18:27 The initiative and advantage in the Kharkov region remains with the Russian military, said the head of the regional administration Ganchev.

17:40 After the work of the Solntsepek TOS, the attack aircraft have practically no one to step on: the carburns out. I'll clean everything up. Combat missions of equipment are carried out daily. Thermobaric rounds are used, which penetrate any cover.

17:35 UAV operators of the 57th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Vostok group destroyed field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ugledar area.

17:30 RF Armed Forces covered parking for Ukrainian Armed Forces helicopters. An accurate strike from the Iskander missiles struck the location of the Ukrainian helicopters. As “Iznanka” writes, the area of the settlement Manvelovka, Zaporozhye region, a Mi-8 (one unit), a Mi-24 (three units), an aircraft launch unit (two units), a tanker (one unit) and about 15 personnel were hit.

17:27 Zaporozhye direction:

Northwest of the village Verbovoe daily artillery works in a two-way manner, the enemy also uses cluster munitions and remote mining. At night, drones like Baba Yaga fly and drop various types of explosive packages onto our positions, mine our positions and drop mines on the way to approach forward positions.

Russian sappers work every day and clear all roads. During the daytime, kamikaze drones and reconnaissance drones fly with drops in a two-way manner. UAV operators of the Russian Armed Forces conduct aerial reconnaissance without interruption, identifying a huge number of targets.

17:19 The number of victims in the attack on a restaurant in Donetsk has increased to nine. The death of three people was also confirmed, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.

16:50 Another crossing on the supply route of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed by our fighters -video.

16:27 Explosions in Krivoy Rog.

16:16 Explosions in Odessa and Sumy.

An air raid alert has been declared in Odessa, Sumy, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev, Kirovograd regions, as well as in the Kyiv-controlled territories of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.

15:54 Soldiers burned the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS with Lancet in the village. Losevka, Kharkov region –video.

15:30 27th Artillery Regiment, 6th Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Group of Forcesd estroyed enemy tank in the Stopuchek area.

15:10 Captured Ukrainian tank T-72AV with KMT-6 in the Artemovsk direction -video.

13:48 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 160 military personnel per day as a result of the actions of the Vostok group of troops;

The “West” group occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the formations of four brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the military defense, and the National Guard;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 300 servicemen in the area of responsibility of the West group;

Russian troops destroyed an aircraft warehouse of the Ukrainian Air Force and a workshop for the production of attack drones;

The southern group of the RF Armed Forces improved the position along the front line and repelled four counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

Russian troops destroyed a Patriot air defense system battalion in a combat position;

The Russian Armed Forces repelled 10 counterattacks near Ocheretino, Semenovka, Solovyevo, Netailovo and Berdychi in the DPR;

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 390 servicemen in the area of ??action of the Russian group “Center” per day;

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 170 soldiers per day in the zone of operations of the Russian Armed Forces group “North”, 34 were captured;

The Russian Armed Forces group “North” destroyed 2 firing installations of the Buk air defense system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces within 24 hours;

During the day, air defense systems shot down 46 Ukrainian UAVs, an ATACMS missile, and eight Hammer guided bombs.

12:50 Units of the Vostok group of troops occupie dmore advantageous positions, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Staromayorsky area.

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 50 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, a 155mm self-propelled artillery mount "Crab", a 155mm howitzer M777 and a 155mm towed howitzer "FH-70".

12:40 APU inflicted strike from the HIMARS MLRS on the Leninsky district of Donetsk, where a motor rally was being prepared in honor of the 10th anniversary of the republic.

12:20 Personnel defeat of M-777 in the Zaporozhye direction. Let's look at the statistics again: over the past month, the Vostok group has destroyed more than 20 M777 howitzers across the entire LBS with the help of artillery, aviation and UAVs.

12:07 Explosions were heard in Khar'kov, monitoring channels write.

11:50 Frontline summary of war gonzo on the morning of 05/11/2024:

There are no major changes on the Zaporozhye front. Fighting continues in Rabotino and positional battles northwest of Verbovoy.

Donetsk front. The battle for Krasnogorovka continues. There are tactical successes. Also, Russian troops continue their assault on Netailovo. The Russian Armed Forces are slowly but surely moving towards the western outskirts of the settlement. In the Uman region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack - without success. The cleanup of the village continues. Fighting on the outskirts of Novopokrovsky.

There are no significant changes in the LBS in the Chasovoyarsk direction. The Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, are fighting in the eastern suburb of Chasov Yar.

10:58 Explosions in Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region.

10:35 The Russian Army is seeking to advance deeper into Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. Russian troops are advancing towards the settlements of Liptsy and Volchansk, using infantry and equipment;

“The Russian army managed to wedge itself into the Ukrainian defense,” admitted the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

10:10 Units of the Dnepr group of troops applied fire defeat of concentrations of manpower of the 65th Mechanized Brigade, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, 103, 121 and 126 Territorial Defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Rabotino, Kazatsky, Zolotaya Balka, Kapulovka and Novotyaginka.

The enemy lost over 25 military personnel, a car, a 155mm self-propelled artillery mount "Crab", two 155mm howitzers M777, a 152mm gun D-20 and a 122mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S1 "Gvozdika".

09:27 Front-line report as of May 11, 2024 from military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn:

Avdeevskoe direction: the activity of enemy drones inflicting fire damage complicates operations, however, it was possible to occupy half of the forest plantation from Solovyevo to Novopokrovsky. West of Sokol, two enemy artillery installations were destroyed.

Fighting in the area of Arkhangelsk and Uman. Russian troops advanced north of Ocheretino by more than one km and occupied part of Umanskoye. Successes were also recorded in Novopokrovskoye and the forest plantation to the south;

Bakhmut direction: clashes continue in the area of ??Chasov Yar, the Stupki-Golubovskie-2 nature reserve and in Kleshcheevka;

Donetsk direction: breakthrough in Krasnogorovka, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing from the north and northeast. Fighting near the Borisovka pond, advance on the southern outskirts towards Georgievka.

Attacks on the reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Konstantinovka. Fights east of Urozhainy, expansion of the zone of control west of Staromayorsky;

Artemovsk direction: heavy fighting, the Russian Armed Forces are pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces back from the eastern part of the microdistrict. New. The crossings across the canal and the enemy tank were destroyed;

Kupyansk direction: Kislovka and Kotlyarovka have been liberated, but resistance from the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues at Ivanovka. A breakthrough in this section could open up operational space towards Kupyansk.

09:06 Ix-leaders of the “North” group actively destroy enemy equipment in the border area. This time, the Lancet's lens was lucky enough to turn out to be a towed enemy howitzer hiding in the village. Russian Tishki, Kharkov region (25 km from the state border)

09:00 Units of the “Center” group of troops improved tactical situation and eliminated up to 420 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.

The Russian army improved the tactical situation and defeated the manpower of the mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novobakhmutovka and Ocheretino areas. The group's units repelled 11 counterattacks by enemy assault groups in the areas of Keramik, Vodyanoy, Novgorodsky, Solovyevo, Berdychi and Netailovo.

The enemy lost up to 420 military personnel, a Marder infantry fighting vehicle of German origin, an armored fighting vehicle, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled gun, a122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun, two 122mm D-30 howitzers and an RM-70 Vampire MLRS combat vehicle.

08:20 292nd Motorized Rifle Regiment destroys the American-made M-777 howitzer in the Zaporozhye direction -video.

08:17 Destruction a bulk crossing across the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal, an observation post of neo-Nazi formations of the terrorist Kyiv regime and a tank with an adjustable mine "Daredevil".

08:10 Units of the Guards Air Assault Kuban Cossack Regiment from Novorossiysk, operating as part of the Dnepr group of troops, with the support of aviation and artillery firehave takena major stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defense reported

08:04 Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in the zone of responsibility of the Center group of troops. Hit applied unguided aircraft missiles at given coordinates.

08:00 Second in two days destroyed Leopard 2A4 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is on the account of our artillerymen in the Kurakhovsky direction.

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