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Actual information about the situation on the front line: May 11 (updated)
2023-05-12
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

The usual summary of military news on the breakaway republics did not show up today. I know. Waah.

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:03 Russian Defense Ministry: Statements circulated by individual telegram channels about “defense breakthroughs” that took place in various parts of the contact line do not correspond to reality.

— As of 22.00 on May 11, 2023, no active operations are underway in the Kupyansk direction. During the day, the "Western" grouping of troops stopped the actions of three enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups.

- In the Krasno Limansky direction, the grouping of troops "Center" repelled two attacks by company tactical groups of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya and Chervonaya Dibrova.

- In the Donetsk direction, three enemy attempts to conduct reconnaissance in force were thwarted, and eight attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the positions of Russian troops were successfully repelled.

- Assault detachments continue to liberate the western part of Artemovsk with the support of aviation and artillery.

- Subdivisions of the "Southern" group of troops are active in blocking Avdiivka and capturing Maryinka.

- At present, a battle is underway to repel an attack by a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of the settlement of Maloilinovka. Army and assault aviation, as well as artillery are involved. The enemy suffers significant losses in manpower and equipment.

— There are no active operations in the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions.

“The general situation in the area of the special military operation is under control.


23:00 VladimirBalance: according to the Dnepr grouping of troops, the situation on the contact line is currently stable. Our military are at their combat posts directly along the banks of the Dnieper and occupy echeloned defense lines.

All enemy movements are recorded, reconnaissance is carried out in a constant mode both with the help of technical means, including drones, and visually - directly by the fighters. In the event of an attempt to cross the Dnieper or other major activity, the enemy will be given a crushing rebuff. However, I repeat, now the situation is calm.

Unfortunately, even some of our opinion leaders are prone to spreading unverified information that they consider sensational.

Trust only official sources of information and do not succumb to provocations, spreading panic!

22:59 Svatovo-Kremennaya: No changes, taking into account the fact that the paratroopers took a couple of the enemy's defenders. Our artillery is working intensively.

22:55 Kherson region:

22-16. Golaya Pristan. Everything is quiet. Callsign "Kardan"

22:50 While the enemy is trying to attack on the flanks, PMC “Wagner” breaks through the key stronghold “Nest” in the block of high-rise buildings. According to Yevgeny Prigozhin, today the advance of the Wagner assault groups in the city amounted to 220 meters.

“We are moving forward like a horse with blinders,” the head of the Wagner PMC.

22:32 Military correspondent Andrei Rudenko said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not conducting any counterattacks, the situation is under control. This was reported by his sources from Majorsk.

Everything is normal on the Zaporozhye Front: local clashes and artillery duels are taking place along the line of contact. Near Belgorod, the situation is now normal, as well as near Kherson.

Volodymyr Rogov confirmed that the situation on the line of contact in the Zaporozhye region remains calm, and there is no evidence of a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

22:30 Alexander Kharchenko:

“Do not forget that the Ukrainians first of all attack in the information space. There will be a huge number of releases in order to sow panic. This tactic needs to be studied. The most highly qualified specialists in the world are working against us (and they do not speak Ukrainian).”

22:20 Dear readers!

The TsIPSO officers, to the best of their meager capabilities, are trying to disperse the panic about the allegedly impending crossing of the river Dnieper by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to information from the field - as of 22.00 there is no reason to trust this information! The military personnel of the RF Armed Forces, as always, are on the lookout and are ready to provide the attackers with an explosive reception.

Trust trusted sources of information. Opponent specialists work in comments and dubious channels.

22:17 Svatovo - Kremennaya - Lisichansk and up to Soledar - everything is normal, special maneuvers among enemy forcesnot observed.

The guys on the Maryinsky and Ugledarsky directions also say that everything is relatively calm.

22:11 The most dangerous areas for a breakthrough in the LPR (Svatovo-Kremennaya and Lisichansk) are still in order.

Kremennaya is a traditional evening art duel.

The offensive was stopped near Belogorovka, after which they entered the positions left by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the water canal on the outskirts of Belogorovka.

22:07 Official comment of the head of Novaya Kakhovka Vladimir Leontiev:

Good evening. No0vaya Kakhovka 22 hours everything is absolutely calm. All utilities are in place, electricity, water, gas internet, everything is there, no panic, no fear. Tomorrow everyone is back at work. Good night everybody.

22:00. Situation by directions at 22:00:

- Kherson - everything is calm.
- Ugledarskoe - everything is calm.
- Kupyanskoye - everything is calm.
- Avdeevskoe - everything is calm.
- Orekhovskoye - silence.

21:51 Archangel special forces: APU strikes only on the flanks in Bakhmut. Wagner forces. Hold on, men!

“From Berislav they report about the accumulation of small boats on the Dnieper, they write about the landing operation - who reports? To whom are they informed? We are here!"

We do not confirm this information, we check, we conduct reconnaissance. The fighters on the ground told us.

21:52 Report about mass arrivals of planning bombs in the Chernihiv region.

21:49 It is reported that Russian aviation is flying out to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to preliminary data, the sounds of flights of fighters, bombers and ground attack aircraft were recorded in a southerly direction near the Kherson region and Zaporozhye. In the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, an air raid and the first explosions at the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - warehouses, hangars with equipment and temporary deployment points.

21:44 APU attack or not: analysis Military chronicle.

After reports of an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to advance in the vicinity of Artyomovsk, information is received about clashes in other sectors of the front. Can this be considered a counteroffensive?

Where are the fights recorded?

In addition to Artyomovsk, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine twice attacked the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the north-west near Bogdanovka and in the south-west near Kleshcheevka, clashes and artillery attack were recorded in the area of Berkhovka and Yagodnoye, liberated by Wagner PMC at the end of 2022.

Clashes are also recorded in the Mayorsk region (north of Gorlovka), however, in this area the attack bogged down - units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine covered with artillery, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit Gorlovka itself from multiple launch rocket systems. Previously, the Ukrainian army made attempts to advance in the area of Soledar, Ugledar, as well as in the Orekhov direction in the area of Pologov.

What forces are involved in the Armed Forces?

In most cases, we are talking about the use of limited forces - armored groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to find a weak spot in the defense and wedge in with two or three tanks and two infantry fighting vehicles.

In a number of cases, the breakthroughs had a short-term effect - after advancing several hundred meters, the strongholds where the Armed Forces of Ukraine had advanced were covered with artillery fire. More than 25-30 people Ukrainian troops are not yet thrown into the attack.

What is the purpose of these strikes?

As in the case of the previously repelled attacks in the Zaporozhye direction, the task of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is to look for weak spots in the defense, including on the flanks, and try to break through these positions for a public demonstration of success.

Purely military targets have been known for a long time: in the Artyomovsk area - a blow to the flank from two sides - north-west and south-west, at the junction of units of the Wagner PMC and the RF Armed Forces, probably with access to Popasna, in the Zaporozhye area - a blow in the area Kamensk, Orekhov and (or) Pologov with subsequent access to Berdyansk and Melitopol, in the LPR - access to Svatovo, Kremennaya, Severodonetsk and Lysichansk.

The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has begun or not yet?

The general plan for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will become clear later. Six months ago, information was received that in order to deliver the main blow, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine could organize several major attempts to break through in several places at once.

One of the most likely diversion operations is the landing of tactical troops on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, controlled by the RF Armed Forces. The main forces necessary for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will presumably be assembled for an attack within 24-72 hours before the start of active hostilities.

Based on the accumulation of equipment and the activity of ground forces, the direction of the main attack will also be clear. So far, the forces that are used to "noise" in some directions are too small to break through the defense.


21:27 Attention! Now there will be a lot of information stuffing, including from the real, not illusory, IPSO.

The task is not even to create anxiety in society, but to divert attention from the direction of the main blow.

The enemy launched a "creeping counteroffensive", masking the main blow with a series of small

Now a series of yet small-scale attacks are being recorded without the use of main strike forces with Western armored vehicles (“Leopards”, “Challengers”, BMP “Bradley” and other new armored vehicles on the front line have not yet been noticed).

The enemy launched a series of counterattacks on the flanks of Bakhmut. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to counterattack in several areas in the Avdievka direction.

There is no data on the advance of the enemy in the Maiorsk area near Gorlovka, we are told that attacks are not recorded here, only positional battles and artillery duels are going on (we are still checking the information).

There is a lull on the southern front, probably the enemy is preparing his attacks on the Zaporozhye and possibly Kherson sectors of the front. Maybe some hits will be false.


21:20 There is information that offensive Ukrainian army began

According to preliminary data, the main part of the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the Donetsk direction. There are also reports of the movement of convoys with military equipment in other directions.

Near Majorsk, the enemy also went on the attack. There are active clashes since the morning.

There are reports from sources on the front line about local successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on this sector of the front as well. At the moment, our units are trying to push the neo-Nazis back - they have not yet succeeded in gaining a foothold, the progress was relatively insignificant.

20:51 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Zapad group

- In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, the military personnel of the Zapad group of forces delivered two missile strikes with Iskander OTRK cruise missiles at the accumulation of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the 112th brigade in the city of Balakliya.

- In the defense zone of the 1st tank army, an attempt by the enemy to conduct reconnaissance in force in the area of the settlement of Stelmakhovka was thwarted by artillery fire.

In the area of the village of Staritsa, a mortar crew was destroyed by fire from the 152mm Msta-S self-propelled guns.

- Ground attack aviation delivered strikes on the location of the 14th brigade in the village of Ivanovka and the 103rd Brigade of TerO in the village of Kotlyarovka.

A reconnaissance quadcopter-type UAV was destroyed by small arms in the area of the settlement of Gryanikovka.

20:41 Video– In Tbilisi, in the Vake park, local men tore down the flag of Ukraine.

20:23 Video- Tanks of the 1st Slavic Brigade are working with the PDO on the Ukrainian positions in the Avdievka direction.

20:09Video– In touch with home: specialists of the courier and postal service of the RF Armed Forces work around the clock

The service premises of the FPS nodes resemble a hot shop. The volume of processed correspondence has increased several times, and the staff has significantly increased work.

The staff of the Central Node in the Moscow-400 postal department alone processes hundreds of letters daily addressed to military personnel performing tasks in the areas of the special military operation.

For the purpose of prompt processing of postal items, workplaces have been automated, they have been equipped with mechanization and communication facilities. The work of the courier-postal service is organized around the clock.

Delivery of postal items directly to the areas of the special operation is organized by air, rail and road courier-postal routes and is carried out daily.

Mail is delivered by all means of transport, and if these are places that are located near the line of fire, then on armored cars.

19:41 Video- The 96th Operational Regiment of the VNG in the North Caucasian Federal District advanced to the front.

19:18 Video- they say that impressive reinforcements with Russian armored vehicles are coming to the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

19:00 Video- Drops from a copter 2AK on Ukrainian infantry.

18:25 Video– Arrival along the Ukrainian Gvozdika during the counter-battery fight in the Zaporizhia region
... and EPIC PIDRYV!

18:15 This morning APU went two armored groups in the attack on Kurdyumovka, which is the southwestern flank of Bakhmut.
In the morning the first roll was repulsed, there were artillery duels. There are no details right now.

17:55 Arrival by landat your disposal in an educational building in temporarily occupied Kherson.

17:25 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group

- The missile unit of the Southern Group of Forces in the Soledaro-Bakhmut operational direction attacked the ammunition depot of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk and the point of temporary deployment of the 28th Mechanized Brigade in Konstantinovka.

- Artillery units of the "South" grouping carried out fire raids on accumulations of enemy manpower in the areas of the settlements of Belaya Gora, Bakhmut, Kurakhovo and Avdeevka.

During the counterbattery fight, a 105mm American-made M119 towed artillery gun was destroyed near the village of Aleksandro-Shultino, and in the village of Ivano-Daryevka - an enemy 120mm mortar.

- Special forces units of the Southern Group of Forces uncovered an attempt to rotate Ukrainian units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Marinka.

The replacement of personnel at the forefront was disrupted by the impact of artillery and tanks, the enemy suffered significant losses in manpower. Also, special forces soldiers of the “South” group destroyed an armored car and personnel of Ukrainian units at a stronghold in Avdiivka.

- The calculation of the BUK-M3 air defense system of the missile brigade of the Southern Military District destroyed a projectile fired from the Himers rocket launcher in the Bakhmut area.


16:58 More consequences of the artillery attack of Slovyansk, as a result of whichperisheda woman born in 1930 and a woman born in 1959 was wounded.

16:21 British Minister of Defense: Everyone has arrived in Ukraine promised London Kyiv tanks Challenger 2

We look forward to seeing them in Patriot Park at the exhibition of captured weapons.

15:47 Video– Two war rats – Hillary Clinton and Chrystya Freeland – sit and talk about how the war in Ukraine is THEIR signals of containment to China.

“I agree with you, Madam Secretary, that the single strongest deterrence signal we can send to China is a decisive victory for Ukraine.”

15:29 Video- Ukrainian says that as a result of the artillery attack of a tank of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were missing three wounded in action and one KIA.

15:06 Video- Work from a 30mm autocannon 2A72 BMD-4.

The driver, of course, is equanimity itself, given that large-caliber red-hot rounds are pouring on his head.

14:45 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (05/11/2023)

- In the Kupyansk direction, air strikes, artillery fire of the "Western" group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Timkovka of the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoe of the Luhansk People's Republic.

- In the area of the settlement of Ivanovka, Kharkov region, the actions of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.

Enemy losses per day amounted to 125 Ukrainian servicemen, four vehicles, and an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount.

- In addition, an ammunition depot of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Neskuchnoye, Kharkiv region.

- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the "Center" group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

During the day, up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, as well as two 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.

- In the Donetsk direction, assault detachments continue to conduct an offensive in the western part of the city of Artemovsk. The airborne troops supported them and pinned down the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the flanks.

Aviation in the area over the past day made eight sorties. The artillery of the "Southern" group of forces completed 95 fire missions.

- The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire hit the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoe, Kalinovka and Chasov Yar of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Over the past 24 hours, up to 230 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, six vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar were destroyed in this area.

- In addition, in the area of the city of Kramatorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, an artillery ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.

- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar, Prechistovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malinovka, Gulyaipole, Novodanilovka and Kamenskoye of the Zaporozhye region.

During the day, over 110 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as seven vehicles, were destroyed in these areas.

- An ammunition depot of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the village of Gulyaipole, Zaporozhye region.

In the Kherson direction, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, one US-made M777 artillery system, an 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed in a day as a result of fire damage.

- In addition, an ammunition depot of the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the city of Kherson.

- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day hit 96 Artillery unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 123 districts.

A Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by means of air defense in the area of the village of Chervony Mayak, Kherson region. During the day, 12 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted.

- In addition, 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Opytnoe, Valerianovka, Novobakhmutovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Rabotino, Chubarevka, Novoprokofievka and Chapaevka of the Zaporozhye region.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 421 aircraft, 230 helicopters, 4,074 unmanned aerial vehicles, 421 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,069 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,098 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,787 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 10,124 units of special military vehicles.


14:25 The battle for Avdievka situation on condition as of May 11, 2023

- To the north of Avdievka, positional battles continue to the west of the section of the H20 highway near Novobakhmutovka. Naval infantry of the 35th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine built a defense around Novokalinovo and Keramik, using a slight advantage in the terrain.

To the east of the Avdeevsky fortified area, the Russian fighters pushed through the defenses of the 59th Brigade, operating from Krutaya Balka and Kamenka. At the moment, positional battles are taking place east of the sand pit.

- To the south, at the turn of Kashtanovoye - Spartak, Russian reconnaissance and sabotage groups are actively working. They are combing the southern outskirts of Avdiivka, moving through the gray zone.

Thanks to the active actions of reconnaissance groups, the RF Armed Forces leveled the front line southwest of Avdiivka, expanding the control zone from Opytny and approaching the 9th quarter.

- Russian advanced gunners and reconnaissance groups are moving along the outskirts of the Avdeevsky fortified area, "probing" the enemy's defenses.

At the same time, Ukrainian artillerymen, supported by several tanks, are firing barrage at the areas of the offensive of Russian troops from Tonenkoe.

14:00 Video- Such a picture is now all over Ukraine

Because of Zelensky's criminal orders, every day Ukraine's cemeteries are replenished with fresh graves of those who refused to lay down their arms and raise their hands in the air.

13:45 Photo- Consequences of the artillery attack of the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka DPR.

13:38 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group

- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery units of the "Center" group of forces inflicted fire damage on the areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of the enemy.

- The crew of multiple launch rocket systems "Smerch" struck at the accumulation of enemy equipment in the area of the settlement of Yampol. Bomber aircraft of the Russian grouping attacked the strongholds and places of temporary deployment of the nationalists.

Air defense systems destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

- In the Chervonopopovsky area and in the area of Serebryansky forestry, the forces and means of intelligence of the Center group revealed the movement of personnel of the 25th Airborne Brigade, 58th motorized infantry brigade and 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As a result of fire damage to aviation and artillery of the "Center" grouping, the enemy suffered losses in personnel and equipment.


13:04 Ukrainian monitoring groups report that the Russian Aerospace Forces are striking with gliding bombs at Orekhov in the Zaporozhye region and Belozerka in the Kherson region.

12:58 Video- The moment of arrival at the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions.

12:42 Video- Russian fighters fired anti-tank guided missiles in the Zaporozhye direction.

12:21 Video- Crews of 152mm self-propelled artillery mounts "Hyacinth-S" of the Southern Military District are hitting enemy positions, supporting the actions of Russian motorized riflemen.

The servicemen use the tactics of "roaming guns": within a minute they make 5-6 shots at a target, after which they change firing positions. Adjustment of the fire are the calculations of unmanned aircraft.

11:34 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group

- In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group, with the support of artillery, destroyed an enemy reconnaissance group.

In the area of Velikaya Novosyolka, the calculation of the 240mm self-propelled mortar "Tulip" destroyed the point of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

- In the Zaporizhia direction, a point of temporary deployment of the enemy in the area of Gulyai Polya was opened by means of aerial reconnaissance and destroyed by crews of 122mm self-propelled artillery installations "Acacia".

- Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed the enemy command and staff vehicle in the area of the settlement of Grigorovka.

The crew of the Tor air defense system shot down the Leleka unmanned aerial vehicle.


11:09 Video- "Fox" - junior lieutenant. He received an officer's rank already in the NMD by decision of the command, and began participating in hostilities, being an ensign. Went through many fights.

"Fox" was awarded the Zhukov medal (led the crew without loss after hitting the combat vehicle), the Suvorov medal (for helping the infantry advance), the medal "For Courage" - the soldiers were ambushed by the DRG, fought back "almost without loss." Presented to the Order of Courage.

“Awards are like that, in memory of children and parents,” he says modestly.

10:40 APU per night released 26 rounds from cannon artillery on the civilian infrastructure of the Kherson region.

Arrivals were recorded, including in Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka and Velikaya Lepetikha.

Yesterday, the Ukrainian military shelled the left bank of the region at least 40 times. They beat, including in the settlements of Krynki, Cossack Camps, Alyoshki and Kardashinka.

10:32 Kherson direction.

Yesterday in the area of N. p. Stepanovka (Kherson region) an artillery strike destroyed a 152mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-B with ammunition.

A unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered losses: Four - servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed; three - received injuries of varying severity.

- At night, an artillery strike on an ammunition depot was carried out on an industrial zone in the city of Kherson.

Was destroyed, such ammunition as rockets for the MLRS "Alder", for 152mm howitzers 2A65 Msta-B, rounds for firing from 122mm howitzers D-30., mines for mortars.

- As a result of the fire damage, the APU unit suffered losses: 18 servicemen were killed, 12 were injured and seven units. automotive equipment disabled.


10:03 Photo- Consequences of artillery attack on the street. Tvardovsky,Four in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which three women, a man and a girl born in 2019 were injured.

09:41 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 on May 10, 2023 to 00:00 on May 11, 2023

Over the past day, the Representation reported 33 facts of firing by the AFU.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made four artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 23 artillery attacks from artillery 152mm and 122mm, mortar 120mm.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakhskoe five artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.

Having fired 182 units of various ammunition.

Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Shirokaya Balka, Ozeryanovka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Blagodatnoe, Vladimirovka.

Over the past day, there were no reports of civilian casualties.

Damaged seven residential buildings in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as well as one object of civil infrastructure.

In the previous day, 45 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.

09:38 A Wagner PMC fighter reported that Bakhmut was practically taken. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have the last fortified area in the city -video

09:36 Last day, the criminal Kiev regimereleasedon the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region 70 rounds from cannon artillery, of which 44 rounds during the day, including in settlements:

Aleshki - 10;
Solontsy - 10;
Krynki - 8;
Kardashinka - 6;
Peschanovka - 5;
Kazachi Lagerya - 5.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Velyka Lepetikha, Cairo, Dnepryan, firing a total of 26 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

08:33 "Lancets" destroy enemy "Carnations" -video
In the first video, the fighters of the DPR OBTF "Cascade" with the help of a kamikaze drone "Lancet" disabled a 122mm self-propelled gun 2S1 "Gvozdika" in the Dimitrov (Mirgorod) area east of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk).

The second video also shows the destruction of the 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled guns by the crew of the Lancet loitering ammunition.

08:32 Summary on morning of May 11, 2023

In Artemovsk (Bakhmut), PMC "Wagner" continues to advance in high-rise buildings on the western outskirts of the city. On the flanks (positions of the Russian Armed Forces), wedging the enemy into our defenses is localized, a number of positions were recaptured.

It is reported that several skirmishes with the enemy took place at night on the border sections in the Belgorod and Kursk regions. It's probably the DRG.

Artillery duels are going on in the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, our aviation is involved. According to the estimates of the enemy general staff of the Russian Armed Forces, air strikes were carried out in a day on the areas of the settlement. Gulyaipole, Malaya Tokmachka, Stepnogorsk, Kizomis and Stanislav. Fired at the settlements of Vremovka, Novopol, Donetsk region; Malinovka, Gulyaipole, Nikolskoye, Malaya Tokmachka, Orekhov, Kamianske, Zaporozhye region; Manganese and Nikopol - Dnepropetrovsk; Dudchany, Berislav, Vesele, Antonovka, Dnieper, Beregovo, Belozerka, Kizomis, Wide Beam, Stanislav and Kherson.

In the Belgorod region (Shebekino) there are two arrivals along the outskirts of the city. A civilian died. Over the private residential sector of the Belgorod region, two drones detonated and fell.

In the Bryansk region at night, an enemy UAV fired at an administrative building in Starodub.

In the Kursk region this morning, an electrical substation in the village of Kursk was shelled. Tetkino, Glushkovsky district. Partially interrupted power supply. Yesterday in the Sudzhansky district near the settlement. Guevo Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at a protective facility under construction. One of the builders was shell-shocked by the explosion. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also fired on the settlement. Krasnooktyabrsky in the Glushkovsky district.

The enemy fired 182 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Gorlovka, Shirokaya Balka, Ozeryanovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Blagodatnoe, Vladimirovka were under fire.

In the LPR, the settlement was shelled. Stakhanov from MLRS HIMARS. A civilian born in 1952 died, three women (born in 1944, 1947, 1953) were injured, an apartment building was partially destroyed,

08:18 Greetings from the front -video

It is important for a soldier at the front to have not only good weapons, but also high-quality food supply.

For catering for servicemen participating in a special military operation, logistics services use mobile kitchens based on modern trucks.

The driver-cook told how the PAK-200M field kitchen is arranged.

The Russian fighter, although not directly on the line of contact, has been participating in a special military operation from the very beginning. He has been serving in the army since 2016. He tells about himself that he has a son: “Three years old baby ... Ilyukha, hello from dad!”

Taking the opportunity, the serviceman also said hello to his comrade-in-arms with the call sign “Kok”: “My friend, my mentor. “Kok”, I’m next to you, come on, recover, gain strength.”

08:09 Frontline summary on the morning of 05/11/2023

In the direction of Kherson, fighting is underway on Bolshoi Potemkin Island. This is already on the left bank of the main channel of the Dnieper. The Ukrainian army is attacking units of the Russian Armed Forces stationed there. If successful, the Armed Forces of Ukraine go to the old channel of the Dnieper in the area of Golaya Pristan and Kardashinka.

Given that the neighboring Belogrudy Island is located in the “grey zone”, Ukrainian troops may try to gain a foothold on it. There, the width of the Dnieper branch is no more than 150 meters. Russian artillery and aviation attacked Stanislav, Kizomys, Kherson, Zelenovka, Molodyozhny, Antonovka and Kozatsky.

In the Uglidar sector, Ukrainian troops attacked from the direction of the Zolothyi Niva and managed to cross the Shaitanka River near the village of Novodonetskoye. Russian artillery fired on Bolshaya Novosyolka, Shakhtyorskoye, Prechistovka, Vuhledar and Vodyany (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northwest of Donetsk).

On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after artillery strikes, continued assault operations in Maryinka. Under artillery attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Georgievka and Avdeevka. The Ukrainian army hit Donetsk and Gorlovka.

To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced in the direction of Kleshcheevka. Russian troops counterattacked a little to the north in the Stupochek area. A dangerous undertaking, given the breakthrough of the enemy on the flank and the protruding positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in this area.

PMC "Wagner" continued assault operations near Ivanovsky, as well as in the southern, western and northern parts of the city. There is progress only on the last section. The "orchestras" also attacked near Khromovoe and managed to take new positions closer to the track at Chasov Yar. Under artillery attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Vesyoloye and Disputable.

In the Lugansk direction, the RF Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, attacked in the area of ??Belogorovka and Makeevka. They also tried to advance at Stelmahovka and Masyutovka.

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