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Current information on the situation on the front line on May 5 (updated)
2025-05-06
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 05.05.2025 to 00:00 06.05.2025

A total of 17 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

There were reports of a civilian being injured.

Damaged:
Two civilian infrastructure facilities.

A total of 17 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 31 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:38 Destruction of a Ukrainian group in the Tyotkino area this morning —video.

20:57 Attack aircraft of the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps are advancing in a residential area in the east of the settlement of Ulyanovka in the Pokrovsky direction —video.

20:26 Destruction of Ukrainian 122mm self-propelled gun 2S1 in the area of ​​Andreevka DPR —video.

19:35 Ukrainian Armed Forces attack Belgorod region continue. Preliminary, there were no casualties.

In the Valuysky District, on the Valuyki-Veydelevka and Urazovo-Dvuluchnoye road sections, two passenger cars were damaged by drone strikes. The village of Dalniy was also attacked by a drone - a technical room was damaged.

In the Belgorod district, the village of Yasnye Zori was attacked by two FPV drones, which damaged a social facility, an administrative building, two cars and two units of agricultural machinery. In addition, a power line was broken. In the village of Golovino, the detonation of a drone damaged the facade of one of the buildings of an agricultural enterprise.

In the city of Grayvoron, as a result of an FPV drone attack, the roof of a private home was pierced.

The village of Vyazovoe in the Krasnoyarsk region was subjected to shelling, as a result of which an inactive warehouse caught fire.

19:17 Acting Governor of Kursk Region Alexander Khinshte in reported about the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the region

In the village of Leshchynivka, Glushkovsky district, a Ukrainian drone attacked a residential building. As a result of the strike, a 61-year-old woman was injured - she has shrapnel wounds, her condition is moderate. She will be taken to a medical facility in the near future.

18:50 Operator of the reconnaissance UAV GV "Sever" caught an attempt to transfer an enemy assault group in a Kozak armored fighting vehicle from Pavlovka in the direction of the state border and the settlement of Novy Put.

18:38 Fighters of the "Center" group of forces are approaching to the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region on another section of the Pokrovsky front.

“In the Novopavlovsk direction, Russian troops captured Uspenovka and entered Novoaleksandrivka,” Ukrainian analysts admit.

17:50 Next targets destroyed by Russian drone operators in the South Donetsk direction

This time, UAV operators of the Vostok group of forces destroyed a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, as well as vehicles used to deliver ammunition and food, along with enemy manpower.

16:49 Crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun of the West group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces bunker using high-precision munitions "Krasnopol".

15:41 During the repulse of the attack of Ukrainian fascists in the direction of the settlement of Tetkino in the Kursk region, the Sever group drone operators detected movement of a group of enemy fighters in an armored personnel carrier.

15:15 Ukrainian soldier convicted for mining roads and preventing the evacuation of civilians in the Kursk region

The evidence collected by the military investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of Russia was deemed sufficient by the court to pass a sentence against Viktor Isaev, a junior sergeant in the grenade launcher unit at the commandant's office of the rapid response of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

14:34 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants lead massive artillery shelling of Kamenka-Dniprovska in the Zaporizhia region. At least six explosions were recorded, 1,152 subscribers were de-energized. The danger of repeated strikes remains, said the region's governor, Yevgeny Balitsky.

14:30 Russian intelligence detected the location of the enemy radar in the area of ​​the settlement Peski. The target was attacked by the "X-ray" aircraft of the "Sever" group, destroying the "Rada" radar station.

13:40 Crews of T-72 tanks of the "East" group of forces inflicted fire damage to the concentration of manpower and vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, disrupting the rotation of Ukrainian militants in the South Donetsk direction.

12:40 Russian Ministry of Defense summary on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of May 5, 2025.

Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on concentrations of manpower and equipment of the mechanized, tank, and ranger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Sadki, Ryasnoye, Velyka Pisarevka in Sumy Oblast and Granov in Khar'kov Oblast.

Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukrainelostup to 1,395 troops, 4 tanks, 28 vehicles, 10 armored combat vehicles, five ammunition depots, two Western-made artillery pieces, 14 field artillery pieces, four artillery pieces, 4 electronic warfare stations, and a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system launcher.

Units of the "West" group of forces took up more advantageous positions and defeated two mechanized, mountain assault, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in Peski, Kupyansk, Grigorovka, Kutkovka in the Khar'kov region and Karpovka in the DPR.

The "South" group improved its tactical position by defeating the manpower and equipment of two mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Serebryanka, Druzhkovka, Seversk and Zarya DPR.

The Center group improved its position on the front line, defeating two mechanized and a ranger brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as a special forces brigade and two National Guard brigades in Udachnoye, Dimitrov, Novopavlovka, Novosergeevka and Grodovka of the DPR.

The Vostok group continued its advance and defeated two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a marine brigade and a territorial defense brigade in Bogatyr, Fedorovka, Komar and Novopol of the DPR.

The Dnepr group defeated a mechanized brigade and two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Malaya Tokmachka, Pavlovka in the Zaporizhia region and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

11:50 The enemy is in the Kursk border areais trying show an offensive in the direction of Tyotkino and Popovo-Lezhachi.

Attacks with the support of armored vehicles. Before this, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to make passages in the minefields with the help of mine-clearing machines.

Russian Army fighters repel a breakthrough attempt. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have already suffered losses in equipment.

11:40 FPV drone calculations at Rubicon Centerare striking manpower, armored vehicles, UAVs and firing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.

11:35 Ukrainian Armed Forces are again trying to break through to Kursk region

New attempt by Ukrainian militants reported to break through to the territory of the Kursk region in the area of ​​the settlement of Tetkino.

This is not the first attempt by the enemy to penetrate our defense in this area. During different periods of the Kursk operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to advance in this direction several times, including using armored vehicles, but each time they failed.

As in previous attacks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are seeking to destroy bridges across the Seim River and its tributaries in order to complicate the logistics of our troops. Russian Telegram channels report the destruction of Ukrainian mine-clearing vehicles and other enemy equipment.

11:20 The enemy is in the Kursk border areais trying to show an offensive in the direction of Tyotkino and Popovo-Lezhachi.

Attacks with the support of armored vehicles. Before this, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to make passages in the minefields with the help of mine-clearing machines.

Russian Army fighters repel a breakthrough attempt. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have already suffered losses in equipment.

10:00 In the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous OkrugdetainedUkrainian agent who planned a terrorist attack on the railway

The detainee received instructions from a member of a banned Ukrainian paramilitary group.

9:30 Unmanned aerial vehicles "Geran-2" destroyed an ammunition depot and repair shop of the 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as a temporary deployment point for a unit of the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk.

8:28 Calculation of the ATGM "Metis" of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed a vehicle supplying ammunition to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Chasov Yar area.

8:20 For the period from 23:00 Moscow time on May 4 to 02:30 Moscow time on May 5, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 26 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

– 17 UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region;
– Five UAVs – over the territory of the Kaluga region;
– Four UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region.

8:10 Frontline morning summary 05.05.2025

Zaporizhzhya Front. In this area, no significant changes in the LBS have been recorded over the past 24 hours. In a number of areas, positional battles continue with the active use of long-range weapons.

Donetsk Front. Fierce battles are taking place in the Bogatyr area, sometimes turning into counter-battles. The Russian Armed Forces are repelling attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to counterattack, continuing to put pressure on the Ukrainian defense.

Also, battles are continuing in the Otradnoye area and in the direction of Alekseyevka.

In Kotlino, assault actions by the Russian Armed Forces are continuing, the enemy is putting up fierce resistance.

Chasov Yar direction. No significant changes in LBS. RF Armed Forces continue to fight in Chasov Yar, gradually dislodging the enemy from the occupied positions.

Sumy direction. The Russian Armed Forces continue to carry out measures to create a buffer zone in the border area. Fighting is underway in the settlement of Belovody. Fighting for Loknya and Vodolaghi also continues

8:05 Activity of NATO spy aircraft. 04.05-05.05

Black Sea Region
US Navy Poseidon 8E flies over Constanta, Romania

Leningrad Oblast
There are two NATO Boeing Sentry E3TF aircraft, one of which is stationed in Estonia and the other in Lithuania

8:00 220mm BM-27 MLRS "Uragan" crews of the "Center" and "West" groups of forces continue to destroy enemy strongholds and manpower in the SVO zone.

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