Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 occurred in the Lankaran region of Azerbaijan, the Republican Seismological Service Center reported on May 11.
“An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 occurred in the Lankaran region,” the report says.
It is noted that the source of the tremors was located at a depth of 18 km. The earthquake was felt at the epicenter with a magnitude of 6, and in the surrounding areas - 5.3.
There was no information about damage.
As reported by Regnum news agency, on May 11, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 occurred in the Kamchatka Territory in the Avacha Bay.
The day before, May 10, an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 occurred off the east coast of Taiwan. The tremors were recorded off the coast of Hualien County. The source of the earthquake was at a depth of 10 km.
In Kyrgyzstan, on the border with Tajikistan, an earthquake of magnitude 4 occurred on May 1. The earthquake occurred at 4:37 Moscow time (7:37 local time) 18 km southwest of the village of Karamyk, 25 km southwest of the village of Shibee, in 105 km from the city of Batken.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:34 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today maximum attention is paid to the situations in those areas where there is currently the greatest risk of Russian offensive actions: “Our defense operations continue in the Kharkiv region, in the area of the villages of Strelechye, Krasnoye, Morokhovets, Oleynikovo, Lukyantsy, Gatishche, Pletenovka. These are border villages. Our troops have been conducting counterattack operations there for the second day, defending Ukrainian territory. The situation in the Donetsk region, in particular, is in Semenovka, Netailovo. There are more than 30 military clashes there every day. Of course, attention to all other areas of our defense actions: Kupyanskoye, Limanskoye, Seversk, Kramatorskoye, Vremevskoye."
18:02 During the day, the Russians released more than 20 cabs in Volchansk and surrounding settlements. The enemy also uses MLRS, artillery, and UAVs. Two people were killed and two more were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
17:37 The Russians launched a missile attack on the infrastructure of the Sumy suburb, one person was killed, OVA reported.
16:40 The UK Ministry of Defense announced the provision of the largest package of military assistance to Ukraine: “Together with £500 million in military funding, the UK is providing vital equipment: 4 million ammunition, more than 1,600 missiles, 400 vehicles, including 160 Husky vehicles ".
15:59 From Belopolye and Vorozhba, Sumy region, a temporary evacuation of the population will be carried out to the regional center with the opportunity to leave from there for free to other regions of Ukraine, said the mayor of Belopolye Yuriy Zarko.
14:38 The Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the area of Donetsk, where participants in a motor rally in honor of the 10th anniversary of the “DPR” were gathering, Russian media and telegram channels write. It is noted that the strike was delivered from HIMARS. According to local public reports, the Paradise restaurant was hit - one person was killed and four were injured.
14:26 The enemy is localized in the “gray zone” in the Kharkov region, it is not expanding, said Nazar Voloshin, spokesman for the Khortytsia military group: “By the decision of the command, our defense units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been strengthened, and it is already being implemented. The enemy is localized in the “gray zone”, it is not is expanding. However, there is a question of completely destroying it and catching it in those forest plantations where it could hide.”
13:57 On the night of May 11, power steering drones attacked the LUKOIL oil refinery - Volgograd Oil Refinery. The primary oil refining units AVT-1 and AVT-6 were damaged, Ukrainian media write, citing intelligence sources. The current state of the installations is being clarified, but it is known that the control cable for the air coolers was damaged, resulting in the shutdown of seven refrigerators. The chimney of the P-1 furnace was also damaged.
10:34 The European Union plans to sign an agreement on security guarantees with Ukraine no later than the beginning of July, writes Welt am Sonntag. However, the document will not be legally binding or contain a clause on sending troops to Ukraine. The agreement "concerns political, military and economic assistance and is intended to apply until Ukraine joins the EU and NATO." According to the publication, the text has already been agreed upon by the EU and is now being discussed with Kiev.
09:27 In the Kherson region, as a result of Russian shelling over the past 24 hours, four people were wounded, said the head of the OBA Alexander Prokudin. Three private houses, an administrative building, and a storage facility were damaged.
09:25 On the evening of May 10, the Russians fired at the village. Liptsy, Kharkov district - two people were wounded, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. As a result of a series of massive shelling of the city of Volchansk from different types of weapons during the day on May 10, two people were killed and four were wounded, and dozens of private houses were damaged.
09:11 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 11:
personnel - about 481,030 (+1320) people,
tanks - 7449 (+15),
armored combat vehicles - 14,353 (+40),
artillery systems - 12 442 (+55),
MLRS - 1064 (+2),
air defense systems - 796 (+1),
aircraft - 349 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 9868 (+42),
cruise missiles - 2193 (+1),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 16,755 (+64),
special equipment - 2040 (+9).
08:45 Over the past 24 hours, 104 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Slobazhansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine attacks in the areas of the settlements of Strelechye, Krasnoye, Morokhovets, Oleynikovo, Lukyantsy, Ogurtsovo, Gatishche, Pletenevka in the Kharkov region.
In the Kupyansk direction, 13 attacks were repelled in the areas of Sinkovka, Berestovo in the Kharkov region and Stelmakhovka in the Lugansk region; in Limansky - 11 attacks in the areas of Makeyevka, Luhansk region and Torsky, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - 18 attacks in the Belogorivka districts of the Luhansk region, as well as Verkhnekamensky, Razdolovka, Grigoryevka, Bogdanovka, Kalinovka, Vyemka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka of the Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - 24 attacks in the Kalinovo, Novoaleksandrovka, Sokol, Umansky districts of the Donetsk region; on Novopavlovsky - three attacks in the areas of Krasnohorivka, southwest of Novomikhailovka and Sladkoye, Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - 14 attacks in the area of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - one attack on the left bank of the Dnieper.
08:28 Ukrainian fighters of the Gostri Kartuzi unit from the National Guard report that in the Kharkov region the Russians occupied several villages located almost on the border. They were strategically difficult to hold. The fighters also claim that the defense line has not been broken, and now the fighting is much less active than yesterday. The situation has been completely stabilized.
07:56 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Russian offensive operations along the border in the Kharkov region have a strategic goal of attracting and consolidating Ukrainian forces on this axis in order to enable Russian advances into other areas of eastern Ukraine. According to military analysts, Russian troops have achieved significant tactical successes in the north of the Kharkov region.
Russian forces have now launched two limited operations in the area: one north of Kharkov towards Liptsov, and the other northeast of Kharkov near Volchansk. NASA Fire Information for Resource Management (FIRMS) data from May 10 indicates that there was likely heavy fighting in and near the communities of Strelechye, Krasnoye, Pylnaya and Borisovka.
ISW believes that Russian troops will use their tactical bridgehead in the north of the Kharkov region in the coming days to intensify offensive operations and carry out the initial phase of offensive actions, which are likely aimed at pushing Ukrainian troops back from the border with the Belgorod region and advancing so that they can reach with artillery to Kharkov. However, the limited efforts that Russian forces are currently making do not indicate that they are conducting a large-scale offensive operation to encircle and capture the city of Kharkov, analysts say.
06:09 Australia will transfer to Ukraine a large batch of RBS 70 NG man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems, writes Defense Industry Europe. These Swedish-made complexes are capable of destroying targets at a distance of up to 9 km and at an altitude of up to 5 km.
01:32 The US State Department approved Germany’s proposal for the urgent sale of three HIMARS systems to Ukraine for approximately $30 million. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the emergency required an "immediate sale." The systems will come from US Army stocks.
01:17 Russian forces are likely preparing for a larger offensive on Kharkov, US National Security Council coordinator John Kirby said: “They now appear to be preparing to - at a minimum - use long-range fire to try to break through to Kharkov. And we must assume that you will not do this if you are not thinking about some other larger-scale attack directly on the city."
Kirby also noted that some of the weapons from the previous package of military support have already arrived at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and now the Pentagon is working to transfer the remaining weapons from the previous package and from the new one worth $400 million. Kirby called the new package "serious."
00:09 Russia has neither the intention nor the ability to attack NATO countries, Deputy Secretary General Mircea Joane said: “Russia does not intend and does not have the ability to attack any NATO country militarily, but a total hybrid war has been unleashed against the Alliance.”
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian fighters resist hostile pressure.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, carried out attacks in the areas of the settlements of Strelka, Krasnoye, Morokhovets, Oleynikovo, Lukyantsy, Gatishche, Pletenevka in the Kharkov region. [Korrespondent] The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Saturday evening, May 11.
“During the day, 108 military clashes were recorded. In total, the enemy launched 7 missile and 74 air strikes, carried out 83 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there were wounded among the civilian population. Multi-storey and private houses, as well as other infrastructure facilities, were destroyed and damaged,” the General Staff said in the evening report.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, carried out attacks in the areas of the settlements of Strelka, Krasnoye, Morokhovets, Oleynikovo, Lukyantsy, Gatishche, Pletenevka in the Kharkov region.
In the Kupyansky direction, our soldiers repelled 15 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Novoegorovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov region; Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 6 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka, Nevskoye and Serebryanskoye forestry in the Lugansk region; Terny Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repelled 28 attacks in the areas of Belogorovka settlements in the Lugansk region; Verkhnekamennoye, Spornoye, Vyemka, Razdolevka, Andreevka, Ivanovskoye, Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Novy Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled more than 20 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novoaleksandrovka, Evgenievka, Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, Novoselovka Pervaya, Semenovka, Umanskoye, Netaylovo, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to oust our units from their occupied lines.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Krasnogorovka, Vodyanoye, Urozhainoye, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 7 times to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, attacked the positions of our defenders 11 times in the area of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region, and Robotinoye, Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, made 2 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of the village of Krynki, Kherson region.
During the day, aviation of the Defense Forces and units of the missile forces attacked 1 artillery weapon, 3 radar stations and 4 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated.
Let us remind you that the Ministry of Defense reported that Russian invaders are trying to break through the defense line of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkov region.
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[Korrespondent] Heavy fighting continues in the Kharkov region.
The Defense Forces note that the Russians are suffering heavy losses, but are advancing, which is why the defenders have to lose some positions and some settlements.
Heavy fighting continues in the Kharkov region. Due to great pressure from the Russian occupation forces, the Ukrainian defenders had to withdraw from some positions. This was reported on the evening of Saturday, May 11, by the Gostri Kartuz unit of the Omega special forces detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine.
It is noted that at 2 p.m., fighting began for the village of Glubokoye, which is of strategic importance.
“The Russians are dying in batches, but they are still pressing and in some places succeeding. The night will be very difficult,” the message says.
The fighters also released a video in which they spoke about the situation in the region. Another settlement today has completely fallen under Russian control. As of 20:00, there were battles for the settlement of Glubokoye, leading to the dam of the Travyanskoye Reservoir.
“Now the situation with Glubokoye is very difficult, but our defenders, the soldiers of the Troops, the Kraken, are holding this settlement. The Russians are stubborn, they are suffering heavy losses, but they are advancing, advancing, advancing. Therefore, we have to lose some positions, some settlements. But right now a time when we need to unite and all together repel enemy attacks in all directions of the front,” the military man emphasized behind the scenes.
The DeepState project reported that in one of the videos of the Gostri Kartuz unit, an enemy infantry column is moving south of the village of Morokhovets.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
As a result of offensive operations, units of the Sever Group of Forces have liberated Borisovka, Ogurtsovo, Pletenevka, Pylnaya, and Strelechya (Kharkov region).
Russian troops have defeated manpower and hardware of 23rd and 43rd Mechanised brigades, 120th and 125th brigades of the AFU and the 15th State Border Covering Force close to Volchansk, Vesyoloye, Glubokoye, Neskuchnoye, and Krasnoye (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 170 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles.
In addition, one Czech Vampire multiple-launch rocket system, one French-made Caesar 155mm self-propelled artillery system, one Bogdana 155mm self-propelled artillery system, four D-20 152mm howitzers, one D-30 122mm howitzer, and two self-propelled launchers of the Buk surface-to-air missile system were destroyed.
A total of 34 Ukrainian servicemen have been taken prisoner.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and defeated formations of 66th and 115th Mechanised brigades of the AFU, the 117th Brigade of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence, and the 13th Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard close to Makeyevka, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Sinkovka (Kharkov region), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops have repulsed one counterattack by an assault group of the 14th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Olshana (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 300 soldiers, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, 10 motor vehicles, one Verba multiple-launch rocket system, two Msta-B 152mm howitzers, and two D-30 122mm howitzers.
Two AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved their position along the front line and also defeated manpower and hardware of 81st Airmobile, 92nd Air Assault, 28th, 93rd Mechanised brigades of the AFU and the 115th Territorial Defence Brigade near Andreyevka, Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka, and Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counterattacks by assault groups of the 33rd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, the 114th Territorial Defence Brigade, and the 1st National Guard Brigade have been repelled close to Belogorovka, Razdolovka, and Pobeda (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 550 troops, four tanks, including three German-made Leopard tanks, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, and six motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-made M198 155mm howitzer, three Polish-made Krab 155mm self-propelled artillery systems, one Msta-B 152mm howitzer, two D-20 152mm howitzers, and four Gvozdika 122mm 2S1 self-propelled artillery systems.
In addition, three field ammunition depots and one Nota electronic warfare station were destroyed.
As a result of successful actions, the units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have liberated Keramik (Donetsk People's Republic), improved the tactical position and defeated formations of 71st Jaeger, 59th Motor Infantry, 100th Mechanised brigades of the AFU and the 109th Brigade of the AFU close to Novoaleksandrovka, Vishnyovoye, Karlovka, and Rozovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Ten counterattacks by units of 92nd Air Assault, 68th Jaeger, 142nd, 143rd Infantry, 23rd, 24th, 47th, and 110th Mechanised brigades of the AFU have been repelled near Ocheretino, Semyonovka, Solovyovo, Netailovo, and Berdychi (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 390 servicemen, five armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one Paladin 155mm self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made M777 155mm howitzer, one UK-made Braveheart 155mm self-propelled artillery system, one Gvozdika 2S1 122mm self-propelled artillery system, two D-30 122mm howitzers, and one Bukovel electronic warfare station.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and also defeated manpower and hardware of the 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, the 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, and the 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade close to Ugledar, Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Chervonoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 160 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system launcher combat vehicle, one Polish-made Krab 155mm self-propelled artillery system, two Msta-B 152mm howitzers, and one D-20 152mm howitzer.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have defeated formations of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, the 121st Territorial Defence Brigade, 3rd and 15th National Guard brigades close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region), Zolotaya Balka, and Ivanovka (Kherson region).
One attack of an assault group of the 65th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been repelled near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 50 servicemen, two motor vehicles, one Czech-made Vampire multiple-launch rocket system launcher combat vehicle, one Paladin 155mm self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-made M777 155mm howitzer, one Gvozdika 2S1 122mm self-propelled artillery system, seven D-30 122mm howitzers, and one Buk surface-to-air missile system self-propelled launcher.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have destroyed one ammunition depot of aviation weapons of the Ukrainian Air Force, one workshop for the production of strike unmanned aerial vehicles, one division of the U.S.-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system in a combat position, as well as AFU manpower and military hardware in 133 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down 46 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, one U.S.-made ATACMS tactical missile, eight French-made Hammer guided aircraft bombs, 43 U.S.-made HIMARS rockets, Czech-made Vampire and Olkha,
In total, 594 airplanes and 270 helicopters, 23,951 unmanned aerial vehicles, 515 air defence missile systems, 15,981 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,286 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 9,494 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 21,600 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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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[Regnum] Exactly ten years ago, on May 11, 2014, referendums on self-determination were held in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. In the DPR, with a turnout of almost 75%, more than 89% of those who voted were in favor of independence - this is what the Donetsk Central Election Commission reported the day after the plebiscite. Information came from Lugansk about 94% of those who voted for the LPR. One of the then top officials of the DPR, Boris Litvinov, who oversaw the work of the Central Election Commission in the government of the republic, called the vote a prerequisite for a “civilized divorce” of Donbass from Kiev. Continued on Page 49
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[Regnum] The Marine Corps of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Armed Forces is practicing actions to force water obstacles and land troops on an unequipped shore in the Kherson region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
“Units of a separate guards formation of the Marine Corps of the Northern Fleet from the Dnepr group of troops daily practice actions when crossing a water barrier and landing on an unequipped coast from landing craft in the Kherson region,” the Russian defense department reported.
The Ministry of Defense noted that the training is as close to reality as possible, each military man knows his task and his place, for this they use a mock-up of a boat made of logs.
The department added that the military, in full gear, covering each other with heavy fire, occupied a conditional bridgehead. At the same time, each serviceman carries about 30 kg of cargo, most of which consists of weapons and ammunition.
As reported by IA Regnum, on April 23, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed four boats with a landing force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which were trying to reach the left bank of the Dnieper. According to the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian military attacked temporary deployment points, equipment and artillery positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank, successfully fought enemy reconnaissance and attack drones, and destroyed enemy watercraft on the Dnieper River at night.
On April 20, the commander of the volunteer Cossack sabotage and reconnaissance brigade “Dnepr” Andrei Zhidkov reported that the brigade’s fighters destroyed two reconnaissance boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the Kinburn Spit in the Kherson direction.
On the same day, the head of the press service of the Dnepr group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces, Roman Kodryan, reported that Ukrainian troops lost up to 60 personnel in the Kherson direction per day, as well as three landing boats, 45 reconnaissance and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, seven field artillery guns and mortars and five vehicles.
Volodya will get around to naming the biggies in his good, sweet time, I guess.
[Regnum] The number and names of ministries in the new Russian government will remain the same, follows from the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Thus, the government structure includes 21 ministries, five of which - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Justice - are subordinated directly to the president.
The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Sports, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Digital Development, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Eastern Development are subordinate to the Chairman of the Government.
As Regnum reported, the Russian government in its entirety resigned before President Vladimir Putin, who took office on May 7. The Cabinet of Ministers headed by Mikhail Mishustin worked for more than four years. Putin thanked the ministers for their work and instructed the outgoing government to work until a new cabinet of ministers is formed.
On May 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Mikhail Mishustin as chairman of the Russian government.
The State Duma will consider candidates for the positions of deputy prime ministers on May 13, and on May 14 a plenary meeting will be held at which candidates for the positions of ministers will be discussed, the speaker of the lower house of parliament Vyacheslav Volodin said earlier.
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[Regnum] In Belgorod,
…a city in Russia, about 40 km from the Ukrainian border…
several apartment buildings and cars, as well as socially significant objects, were damaged by direct hits from Ukrainian Armed Forces shells. The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, and the head of the administration of the regional center, Valentin Demidov, announced this on May 11.
Russia began the practice of shelling civilian residences in this war, so turnabout is fair play.
“Four roofs in multi-apartment residential buildings were damaged. In total, 49 apartments in 22 apartment buildings and four commercial properties received various damages,” the governor wrote on his Telegram channel.
He added that the glazing in four socially significant facilities was also damaged - city hospital No. 2 of the city of Belgorod, the children's regional clinical hospital, the Center for rhythmic gymnastics, sports acrobatics and trampolining "Lilac" and secondary school No. 41.
In addition, as a result of the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, six cars caught fire. A total of 21 vehicles were damaged.
The mayor of Belgorod said that the authorities were recording the damage. They intend to restore the damaged facilities as soon as possible, Demidov assured.
As Regnum reported, a woman was killed in Belgorod on the evening of May 11 as a result of massive shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In addition, 29 civilians, including one child, were wounded by shrapnel.
On the same day, in the village of Novostroevka-Pervaya, Belgorod Region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces dropped two explosive devices from a drone onto a truck standing by the side of the road. As a result of the attack, a man died; another victim was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.
The Russian Ministry of Defense informed on the evening of May 11 that Russian air defense systems destroyed 12 Vampire MLRS rockets over the territory of the Belgorod region.
[ElPais] GPS is no longer reliable around the Baltic Sea and northern Norway. Interference in the Global Positioning System (GPS), which has affected all NATO members bordering Russia for two years, has worsened in recent months. Alternative systems to GPS have had to be activated on tens of thousands of flights and the main Finnish airline has suspended one of its routes due to the problem, which is also disrupting maritime navigation. Several of the affected countries accuse Moscow of intentionally jamming signals with its electronic warfare systems.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, GPS interference has been recurring in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. These types of disruptions are common in and around conflict zones. Even so, in the last half year, the airspace of the three Baltic countries — in addition to that of Finland, Sweden and Poland — has been much more affected than at the beginning of the war. What’s more, thousands of ships have been navigating the Baltic without GPS since December, when the Russian army’s electronic warfare began in the Kaliningrad enclave. And in remote northeastern Norway, near Russia’s Northern Fleet base — which has eight of the 11 Russian submarines capable of launching long-range nuclear missiles — outages are almost daily.
Last week, two Finnair planes had to turn around and return to Helsinki after failing to reach Estonia’s Tartu airport. The airline suspended the route between the Finnish capital and the second most populous city in Estonia. Unlike the vast majority of European airports, planes can only land at Tartu with a GPS signal. Lauri Soini, chair of the Finnish Pilots Association, told Reuters that for the past six months, GPS jamming has been affecting an “area extending from Poland across the Baltic states to the Swedish and Finnish coasts, also affecting lower altitudes and maritime traffic.”
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna reacted to the decision to pause flights to Tartu with a post on the social network X, in which he accused Russia of jamming GPS navigation devices. Tsakhna said he had spoken with his Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish and Swedish counterparts and insisted that the matter to be discussed among all NATO allies and EU members. In an interview with the Financial Times, the minister said the interferences were part of “Russia’s hostile activities” and “a hybrid attack.”
Losing the GPS signal mid-flight does not, in principle, pose a serious risk. Commercial airliners have several older alternative systems. However, Dana Goward, director of the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation and a member of an advisory council to U.S. President Joe Biden, tells EL PAÍS by phone that interference “inevitably reduces the safety and efficiency of aviation.” Goward points out that in recent months “the risk of an accident occurring has increased” and that Russia has several types of electronic warfare systems that can disrupt GPS signals at different altitudes and distances.
In addition to interference, cases of spoofing — when a device broadcasts a false GPS system to trick the receiver into believing fake location or time variables — have also risen significantly.
Todd Walter, director of the GPS Laboratory at Stanford University, explains that trying to locate exactly where the interference is coming from is a complex process. “Our estimates will never be completely precise, but everything indicates that the focus of the disruptions in the Baltic is located in Kaliningrad,” the researcher tells EL PAÍS in a video call.
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Yes, I have a contact in Vietnam who during the war was in active security. I posted the same thought to him and he agreed with this idea. AI or government actively presenting false information. YouTube is allowing it. Some videos look like war video games. Basic people my age say they don't watch any of it including TV and print medias. Ignorance is bliss.
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[Regnum] An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 occurred in the Lankaran region of Azerbaijan, the Republican Seismological Service Center reported on May 11.
[Korrespondent] The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Saturday evening, May 11.
