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Current information on the situation on the front line on May 6 (updated)
2025-05-07
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 06.05.2025 to 00:00 07.05.2025.

A total of 26 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces

There were reports of three civilians being injured.

Damaged:
12 civil infrastructure facilities,
Seven residential buildings,
One passenger car,
construction equipment.

A total of 26 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 97 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:32 During the evening of May 6 after 18:40 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty interceptedand destroyed and 57 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

31 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
14 – over the territory of the Kursk region,
Seven – over the territory of the Oryol region,
Two - over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Two - over the territory of the Ryazan region,
One - over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

20:45 Volunteers of the BARS-9 detachment were handed over state awards. The representative of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces thanked the detachment personnel for their dedication and high professionalism.

19:26 from 17.21 to 18.40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 13 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Seven over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Four over the territory of the Tula region,
Two over the Moscow region.

18:16 From 16.40 to 17.20 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles over the Moscow region.

16:41 The Russian army continues its offensive in the Novopavlovskoye direction. The enemy has been effectively driven out of Kotlyarovka. They have reached the outskirts of Troitskoye. The advance towards the border of the Dnipropetrovsk region continues, – MAP.

15:51 Calculations of FPV drones of the Vostok group destroyed enemy UAV control points in the South Donetsk direction.

14:47 Army aviation crews on Mi-28NM helicopters hit at the strong point with the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

14:14 Footage released of destructionThe air defense system and control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV with the Krasnopol-M guided artillery projectile of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Bogatyr.

14:07 From 9.30 to 13.10 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 25 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

15 – over the territory of the Oryol region,
Seven – over the territory of the Kursk region,
Three – over the territory of the Bryansk region.

13:28 Pokrovskoe direction. Russian group "Center" liberated the settlement of Lysovka –MAP

12:44 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of May 6, 2025

Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on concentrations of manpower and equipment of three mechanized, motorized infantry, airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Iskriskovshchina, Rechki, Yablonovka, Yunakovka, Miropolye, Turya in the Sumy region and Kazachya Lopan in the Khar'kov region.

Units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of three mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Podliman, Gorokhovatka, Druzhelyubovka in the Khar'kov region and Karpovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, airmobile, mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Minkovka, Chasov Yar, Kurdyumovka, Konstantinovka and Ivanopolye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

As a result of decisive actions by units of the Center group of forces, the settlement of Lysovka in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Bogatyr, Fedorovka, Volnoye Pole and Novopol of the Donetsk People's Republic.💥

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades and two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriyevka, Pavlovka in the Zaporizhia region and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the infrastructure facilities of the military airfield, the workshop for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in the 151st district.

Air defense systems destroyed four US-made JDAM guided air bombs and 202 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Muravka, Dimitrov, Mirolyubovka, Zverevo, Novosergeevka and Alekseevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to 1,425 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, six vehicles, 11 field artillery pieces, including two US-made 155mm M198 howitzers. Four electronic warfare stations and seven ammunition depots, two tanks, 16 armored combat vehicles, 10 engineering mine clearing vehicles, a UR-77 mine clearing unit, 42 vehicles and three field artillery pieces, including a UK-made 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery piece and a French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery piece, were destroyed.

11:49 "Geraniums" smashed temporary enemy deployment point in the DPR

Attack drones hit the air defense post of the 117th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Vladimirovka area in the occupied part of the DPR.

11:03 Unmanned aerial vehicles "Geran-2" struck temporary deployment point of the 117th Separate Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Vladimirovka in the Donetsk direction.

10:02 Crew of the 120mm 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar of the Vostok group of forces destroyed a disguised command post of Ukrainian militants in the area of ​​the village of Bogatyr in the South Donetsk direction.

09:04 Assault units of the 29th Guards Combined Arms Army of the "East" group of forces continue to knock out formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from strongholds in the South Donetsk direction.

07:40 During the past night from 21:00 to 04:00, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyedand 105 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

  • 32 UAVs were shot down over the territory of the Bryansk region,

  • 22 over the territory of the Voronezh region,

  • 19 over the territory of the Moscow region,

  • 10 UAVs were shot down over the territory of the Penza region,

  • Nine over the territory of the Kaluga region,

  • Six over the territory of the Belgorod region,

  • Two UAVs over the territory of the Lipetsk region,

  • Two UAVs over the territory of the Samara region,

  • One UAV over the territory of the Vladimir region,

  • One UAV over the territory of the Kursk region,

  • One UAV over the territory of the Rostov region.

06:05 Sniper pairs of the "Center" group of troops are being destroyed enemy personnel, supporting the advancing assault groups in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

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