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Russo-Ukraine War - 11 May 2025 - Day 1173

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On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that In total, 111 combat clashes have taken place since the beginning of this day. Ukrainian defenders continue to decisively interrupt the attempts of the Russian enemy to advance deep into Ukrainian territory, giving him a fiery impression.

Russian zagarbniki made 39 aviation strikes, dropping 68 controlled aviation bombs. In addition, 1,1262 kamikaze drones were recruited and carried out 3,821 shelling at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

In the Kharkiv direction, the Russian opponent from the beginning of the day twice conducted offensive actions in the area of vovchanska.
In the kupâns вогоkomu direction Russian forces attacked in the areas of new kruglyakivka and zagrizovoye - Ukrainian defenders stopped two enemies attempts to move forward.
In the Lyman direction, Russian invaders 20 times attacked the positions of the Defense Forces in the areas of settlements of Kopanka, Grekivka, Nove, Ridkodub, Kolodyazi and in the direction of Grigorivka. Four confrontations do not subside.
In the sívers напряkomu direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled four assaults of the Russian occupation troops in the area of bílogorívka, two of which are ongoing.
In the Kramators воkomu direction, Russian forces attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders near Novomarkovoye, Chasovoye Yar and Andriyivka. Defense forces repelled four attacks from the attackers.
Six times Russians stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the Toretsky direction, in the areas of Ozaryanivka, Diliyivka and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsky direction, from the beginning of this day, Russian forces attacked in the areas of settlements Stara Mykolaivka, Vodyane Druge, Nova Poltavka, Myrolyubivka, Elizabethtivka, Lisivka, Kotline, Novooleksandrivka, Kotlyarivka, Troyitske, Andriyivka and Bagatir. Ukrainian defenders have stopped 38 Russian offensive actions, nine more clashes are still ongoing.
Today, according to preliminary data, 368 Russian occupants were defecated, of which 193 - irrevocably. Ukrainian soldiers destroyed five combat armored vehicles, one artillery system, a car, 15 motorcycles, 32 BPLAs, a special equipment unit, BPLA control point; also damaged a combat armored vehicle, a car, four motorcycles and four artillery systems.
In the Novopavlívs воkomu direction, Russian forces seven times tried to break through the defense of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of Konstantinopol, Novosilka, Vilny Pol and Novopol. Three clashes are currently underway.
In the Orihiv direction, Russian forces carried out six offensive actions in the area of Mala Tokmachka, Stepovoye and Malih Scherbakov. Ukrainian units repelled all attacks.
In the pridniprovsk direction, the Russian enemy once attacked towards the positions of Ukrainian defenders, unsuccessful.
On the Kursk direction since the beginning of the day, eight Russian attacks took place, one of which is ongoing until now, also the enemy made two air strikes, dropping four KAB, carried out 134 artillery shelling, including eight - from the RSZV.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Commander–in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, all groups of Russian troops in the special military operation zone strictly observed the ceasefire regime from zero hours on May 8 to zero hours on May 11 and remained on previously occupied borders and positions.

Despite the declaration of a ceasefire, Ukrainian armed formations continued to conduct military operations against Russian troops.

A total of 14,043 violations of the ceasefire regime were recorded.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have made five attempts to break through the state border of the Russian Federation in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, as well as 37 attacks, one reconnaissance mission in the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Budki, Sumy region, Tetkino, Kursk region, Berezniki, Kharkiv region, Novoegorovka, Lugansk People's Republic, Lipovoye, Redkodub, Dzerzhinsk, Romanovka, Ulyanovsk, Novoolenovka, Mirolyubovka, Elizavetovka, Troitskoye, Veseloe, Alekseevka, Novoaleksandrovka, Kotlyarovka and Novosergeyevka of the Donetsk People's Republic, which were reflected.

Along the entire line of contact, Ukrainian units carried out 4,011 attacks from cannon artillery, tanks and mortars on positions of our troops, including 62 using multiple rocket launchers. In addition, the enemy carried out 9918 strikes and dropped ammunition from unmanned aerial vehicles.

From zero o'clock on May 8, Russian air defense units shot down 58 unmanned aerial vehicles of the enemy aircraft type outside the zone of a special military operation.

Under these conditions, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation mirrored the violations of the ceasefire regime by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and acted appropriately to the prevailing situation, responding to the criminal encroachments of the Kiev regime.

With the end of the ceasefire, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of a mechanized brigade, four assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Iskriskovshchyna, Pavlovka, Bessalovka, Volfino and Belopolye, Sumy region.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to up to 200 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles and four field artillery guns. A counter-battery radar station and an air target detection station were destroyed.

Units of the Zapad group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airmobile, mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade in the areas of Kupyansk settlements of the Kharkiv region and Redkodub of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 soldiers, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, an armored combat vehicle, six pickup trucks and an artillery piece. The Quertus electronic warfare station was destroyed.

Units of the "Southern" group of forces defeated formations of four mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Privolye, Dyleevka, Ivanopolye, Kleban-Byk, Berestok, Pleshcheyevka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 80 soldiers and four vehicles. An electronic warfare station, a radar station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

Units of the Center group of forces improved their tactical situation, defeating the manpower and equipment of seven mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoarmeysk, Mirolyubovka, Kotlyarovka, Dimitrov, Novaya Poltavka, Elizavetovka, Alekseevka, Troitskoye and Novoolenovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 460 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks and two artillery pieces.

Units of the Vostok group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized and jaeger brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Poddubnoye, Shevchenko, Bogatyr, Tolstoy, Karl Marx of the Donetsk People's Republic and Temirovka of the Zaporizhia region.

The enemy's losses amounted to over 150 military personnel, an armored personnel carrier, an armored combat vehicle and a car.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Kamenskoye, Zaporizhia region, Antonovka, Kherson region, and the city of Kherson.

Up to 50 military personnel, four vehicles and a field artillery piece were destroyed.

Operational and tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit an aircraft repair shop, a warehouse for unmanned boats, ammunition depots, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 80 districts.

During the day, air defense systems shot down three US-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and 143 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, eight of them outside the area of the special military operation.

In total , since the beginning of the special military operation , they have been destroyed:

• 662 plane
• 283 helicopter
• 56 735 drones
• 605 anti-aircraft missile complexes,
• 23 276 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
• 1 561 war machine jet systems of volley fire,
• 24 671 gun field artillery and mortars,
• 35 262 units of special military vehicles.