[NewsFront] 21:46 Night shots works of the Inokhodets UAV on Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the area of the settlement of Vorozhba in Sumy Oblast.
20:41 Servicemen of the tank regiment of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group of forces are improving skills in conducting combat at a training ground in the rear area of the SVO zone.
The assault troops train in taking an enemy stronghold while dismounting from an infantry fighting vehicle, firing small arms and grenade launchers, passing through an obstacle course, and overcoming water obstacles.
19:40 Sappers of the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Dnepr group of forces daily discovering and destroying enemy mines in the Orekhov direction of the Zaporizhia region.
18:39 FPV drone operator of the Vostok military group destroyed Stryker armored personnel carrier and disrupted the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.
Scouts discovered a US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier transporting Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters near the village of Komar. The target was hit by an FPV drone with a night camera. The surviving enemy personnel fled, abandoning the wounded and dead.
17:51 Konstantinovskoye direction. Advance of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division to Poltavka –MAP.
17:33 South Donetsk direction. Russian Armed Forces storm Zelenoye Pole and Novopol –MAP.
16:36 Rear paratroopers of the Dnepr group of forces equipped a protected underground complex for restoring the unit's combat capability.
15:40 Night shots works UAV "Inohodets" on the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Vorozhba, Sumy region.
15:11 Around 12:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
13:15 Footage of the liberation of the settlement of Bogatyr has been published by the Russian Armed Forces –VIDEO.
12:35 The Russian Armed Forces were able to clear a large “pocket” southwest of Makeyevka, which had been held by Ukrainian occupiers for a long time –MAP.
12:20 From 9.30 to 11.00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
12:19 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of May 18, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of a tank brigade, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Bessalovka, Ryzhevka, Sadki, Zapselye, Yunakovka and Volfino in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, formations of three mechanized and a motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Chugunovka, Otradnoye, Volchansk and Vasilenkovo in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 160 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 11 automobiles, four 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, mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade, a national guard brigade and two border detachments of the border service of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kolodeznoye, Dvurechanskoye, Novoosinovo, Kutkovka, Peschanoye, Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, Kirovsk and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 240 servicemen, three infantry fighting vehicles, seven cars, a 155mm self-propelled artillery unit AS-90 made in the UK, two electronic warfare stations "Quertus" and "Anklav", as well as three ammunition depots. Units of the "Southern" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of six mechanized, airmobile, motorized infantry and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Serebryanka, Belaya Gora, Pleshcheyevka, Zarya, Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Zaliznyanskoye, Kleban-Byk and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 200 servicemen, an Italian-made Puma armored personnel carrier, an armored combat vehicle, six cars, three artillery pieces and three electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated formations of four mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three brigades of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Koptevo, Novoekonomicheskoe, Novosergeevka, Popov Yar, Udachnoye, Ulyanovka, Kotlino, Zverevo, Dimitrov and Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 420 troops, seven armored combat vehicles, including an M113 armored personnel carrier and a US-made HMMWV armored car, two Canadian-made Senator armored personnel carriers, eight pickup trucks, two field artillery guns and an Israeli-made RADA tactical airborne radar system.
As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the "East" military group, the settlement of Bogatyr in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.
The manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the territorial defense brigade and the national guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Temirovka in the Zaporizhia region, Otradnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Berezove in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 175 servicemen, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, seven cars and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades, the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Pavlivka, Kamenskoye, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilovka in the Zaporizhia region, Ponyatovka and Tokarevka in the Kherson region.
More than 50 servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored fighting vehicle, four vehicles, a US-made M777 155mm howitzer, an electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot 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 military airfield infrastructure facilities, ammunition and fuel depots, storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles, radar stations, as well as temporary deployment points of units of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 139 districts.
Air defense systems shot down seven US-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and 75 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:
662 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
57,591 unmanned aerial vehicles,
605 anti-aircraft missile systems,
23,384 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
1,563 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
25,019 field artillery pieces and mortars,
35,641 units of special military vehicles.
12:08 As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the "East" group of forces released the settlement of Bogatyr in the Donetsk People's Republic.
11:18 A light guided missile (LMUR) strike in Zarechny (Kirovsk) was destroyed UAV control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:46 Oskol area. The Russian Armed Forces have taken up new positions south of Grekovka –MAP.
10:45 From 8.20 to 9.00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
09:15 From 7.15 to 8.20 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
07:33 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Advance west of the village of Bogatyr
Liberated np Bogatyr
Russian Armed Forces entered Romanovka
Advance west of Novaya Poltavka
Russian Armed Forces storm Dyleevka railway station
New Poltavka has been liberated
Russian Armed Forces entered Romanovka
07:08 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
Four UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region.