[NewsFront] 21:10 FPV drone crews of the 44th Army Corps of the North Forces Group support their comrades on the front lines.
Onvideo- drone operators prepare and send food rations to the sniper pair, who are in hidden positions.
19:55 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system of the Dnepr group destroyed two crews and a control point for enemy UAVs on the right bank of the Dnieper.
18:29 Russian Armed Forces are advancing near Otradnoye and Bogatyr, –MAP.
17:33 Clarification of the front line northwest of Dzerzhinsk –MAP.
17:29 Crews of the 152mm 2S3 self-propelled howitzer "Acacia" of the "East" group of forces inflicted fire damage to a number of critically important enemy targets in the area of the Gulyaipole settlement.
17:26 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Fedorovka area –MAP.
15:59 Units of the "Vostok" group lead successful offensive operations and regularly replenish the fleet of equipment by evacuating damaged and abandoned Ukrainian vehicles.
15:22 After the liberation of Novaya Poltavka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance in the direction of Popov Yar, – MAP.
14:47 Drone drivers of the "North" liquidated a concentration of several groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in a wooded area of Sumy Oblast.
13:45 Around 12:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.
13:07 Artillery crews and FPV drone strike teams of the 35th Combined Arms Army in the area of Gulyaipole and Komsomolskoye destroyed six UAV launchers.
In the area of the village of Bogatoe, an FPV drone hit a trench electronic warfare (EW) station and a Vampire hexacopter.
12:17 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of May 19, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
As a result of decisive actions, units of the North military group liberated the settlement of Maryino in the Sumy region.
Concentrations of manpower and equipment of two airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Proletarskoye, Pavlovka, Atinskoye, Ryzhevka, Sadki and Yunakovka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, the formations of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Bologovka and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 140 servicemen, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, nine cars, five field artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of two mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a brigade of the National Guard and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Sobolevka, Glushchenkovo, Novy Mir, Novoosinovo in the Khar'kov region, Redkodub, Yampol, Karpovka, Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novoyegorovka in the Luhansk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 230 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, five cars, a Western-made artillery piece, a Kraken electronic warfare station, and an ammunition depot.
The units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airmobile and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Serebryanka, Seversk, Chasov Yar, Markovo, Stupochki, Predtechino, Minkovka, Grigorovka, Dyleevka and Verkhnekamenskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 210 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, including two M113 armored personnel carriers and two US-made HMMWV armored vehicles. Five pickup trucks, an artillery gun, three electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the Center group of forces, the settlement of Novoolenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.
Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two brigades of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Razino, Krasnoarmeysk, Grodovka, Novaya Poltavka, Mirolyubovka, Petrovskoye, Novoekonomicheskoye, Novosergeevka, Ulyanovka and Koptevo of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 455 servicemen, three pickup trucks, as well as US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, two M-113 armored personnel carriers and a MaxxPro armored vehicle.
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 the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the territorial defense brigade and the national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoukrainka, Novopil, Zaporizhia, Aleksandrograd, Yalta, Zelenoye Pole of the Donetsk People's Republic, Gulyaipole and Chervone of the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 150 servicemen, four vehicles and two field artillery guns. Two electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Blakytnoe, Novoandriyevka, Pavlovka in the Zaporizhia region and Otradokamenka in the Kherson region.
Up to 30 servicemen, a vehicle, and three warehouses of ammunition and supplies were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted damage on infrastructure facilities of military airfields, ammunition depots and material and technical equipment, as well as temporary deployment points of units of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.
Air defense systems shot down five US-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and 127 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:
662 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
57,718 unmanned aerial vehicles,
605 anti-aircraft missile systems,
23,399 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
1,563 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
25,028 field artillery pieces and mortars,
35,668 units of special military vehicles.
12:08 As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the Center group of forces released settlement of Novoolenovka, Donetsk People's Republic.
12:07 Units of the North group of forces as a result of decisive actions released settlement of Maryino, Sumy region.
11:55 The Molniya crew of the Vostok group of forces destroyed MaxxPro armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.
UAV units of Ussuri paratroopers destroy enemy weapons and military equipment in the Kursk border area.
10:56 Russian Armed Forces advance near Ozaryanovka, – MAP.
10:10 Yolka interceptor drone shoots down enemy aircraft-type reconnaissance drone –VIDEO.
08:31 FPV drones calculations of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed enemy communications equipment and electronic warfare stations.
07:49 During the past night, air defense systems on dutydestroyed 35 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
26 UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Eight over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One was flying over the territory of the Belgorod region.
07:32 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Advance south of Grekovka
Control zone southwest of Makeyevka has been expanded➡️
Russian Armed Forces entered Novoalekseevka (administratively part of Yablonovka)
Russian Armed Forces storm Novopol and Zelenoye Pole➡️
Advance to Poltavka
Expansion of the control zone north of Kotlyarovka