Ukrainian Defence Ministry’s update as of 18:00 11/05/2022
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
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Recent warfare developments in Ukraine
Today is the seventy-seventh day of the Ukrainian people’s heroic resistance to Russian military invasion.
The enemy does not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone. The greatest activity of the occupiers is further observed in the Slobozhanshchyna and Donetsk-bound direction.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the enemy did not take any active action. Measures of engineering equipment of defence positions along the state border in the Brest and Gomel regions are underway. They also hold training camps involving conscripts in the Brest and Grodno regions.
The threat of missile and air strikes from the territory of the Republic of Belarus at sites within our State still remains.
In the northern direction, the enemy continues ensuring enhanced protection of the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. In order to prevent the regrouping of our troops and their transfer to other areas, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue performing some demonstrative action. In the regions bordering Ukraine, the enemy is bolstering the air defence system.
The enemy did not carry out any offensive operations in the Kharkiv-bound direction. The occupying forces switched to defending in order to slow down the pace of the offensive of our troops. In the course of successful actions, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the settlement of Pytomnyk in the Kharkiv region.
In the Slovyansk-bound direction, the enemy troops focussed the main efforts on creating conditions for the resumption of their offensive. Enemy units continued to replenish their material and technical supplies in order to increase the offensive capabilities.
In the vast majority of the temporarily occupied territories in the Kharkiv region, the occupiers jammed cellular communication in order to prevent the spreading of information about the movement of Russian troops. Locals in many settlements have no electricity and water. The Russian occupiers forbade them to go to the territory controlled by Ukraine.
In the Donetsk-bound direction, the main efforts of the enemy are focused on gaining full control over the city of Rubizhne and conducting an offensive in the direction of the settlement of Lyman. The enemy is trying to retain its positions on the right bank of the Siverskyi Donets river. The enemy troops continue preparing for the offensive towards Kurakhove and Novopavlivka.
The enemy troops continue firing on the positions of our troops. They increased the intensity of air reconnaissance with the use of UAVs.
In the Bakhmut-bound direction, in order to prepare for the offensive, the Russian occupiers continue artillery shelling of the positions of our troops in the areas near the settlements of Svitlodarsk and Troyitske. The enemy carried out assault operations in the directions of Orikhove and Toshkivka, but was unsuccessful.
In Mariupol, the enemy's main efforts are focused on blocking and trying to destroy our units at the Azovstal iron & steel works. The enemy continued to launch artillery and air strikes.
In the Kryvyi Rih and Mykolayiv areas, the enemy troops did not carry out any active hostilities, firing at our units with artillery and mortars. They also conduct engineering equipment of their advanced positions.
In the Black Sea and Azov Sea zones, enemy naval groups perform the task of isolating combat areas and conducting reconnaissance. The Russian occupiers are launching missile strikes on important infrastructure in Ukraine, providing support to their ground forces in the coastal area and blocking civilian shipping.
The enemy troops continue to suffer losses. They are disorganized and demoralized. According to the available information, the servicemen of certain units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation performing tasks in the territory of Ukraine, have informed about the impossibility of rotation until the end of the so-called "special operation".
We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Together we will win! Glory to Ukraine!
The enemy does not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone. The greatest activity of the occupiers is further observed in the Slobozhanshchyna and Donetsk-bound direction.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the enemy did not take any active action. Measures of engineering equipment of defence positions along the state border in the Brest and Gomel regions are underway. They also hold training camps involving conscripts in the Brest and Grodno regions.
The threat of missile and air strikes from the territory of the Republic of Belarus at sites within our State still remains.
In the northern direction, the enemy continues ensuring enhanced protection of the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. In order to prevent the regrouping of our troops and their transfer to other areas, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue performing some demonstrative action. In the regions bordering Ukraine, the enemy is bolstering the air defence system.
The enemy did not carry out any offensive operations in the Kharkiv-bound direction. The occupying forces switched to defending in order to slow down the pace of the offensive of our troops. In the course of successful actions, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the settlement of Pytomnyk in the Kharkiv region.
In the Slovyansk-bound direction, the enemy troops focussed the main efforts on creating conditions for the resumption of their offensive. Enemy units continued to replenish their material and technical supplies in order to increase the offensive capabilities.
In the vast majority of the temporarily occupied territories in the Kharkiv region, the occupiers jammed cellular communication in order to prevent the spreading of information about the movement of Russian troops. Locals in many settlements have no electricity and water. The Russian occupiers forbade them to go to the territory controlled by Ukraine.
In the Donetsk-bound direction, the main efforts of the enemy are focused on gaining full control over the city of Rubizhne and conducting an offensive in the direction of the settlement of Lyman. The enemy is trying to retain its positions on the right bank of the Siverskyi Donets river. The enemy troops continue preparing for the offensive towards Kurakhove and Novopavlivka.
The enemy troops continue firing on the positions of our troops. They increased the intensity of air reconnaissance with the use of UAVs.
In the Bakhmut-bound direction, in order to prepare for the offensive, the Russian occupiers continue artillery shelling of the positions of our troops in the areas near the settlements of Svitlodarsk and Troyitske. The enemy carried out assault operations in the directions of Orikhove and Toshkivka, but was unsuccessful.
In Mariupol, the enemy's main efforts are focused on blocking and trying to destroy our units at the Azovstal iron & steel works. The enemy continued to launch artillery and air strikes.
In the Kryvyi Rih and Mykolayiv areas, the enemy troops did not carry out any active hostilities, firing at our units with artillery and mortars. They also conduct engineering equipment of their advanced positions.
In the Black Sea and Azov Sea zones, enemy naval groups perform the task of isolating combat areas and conducting reconnaissance. The Russian occupiers are launching missile strikes on important infrastructure in Ukraine, providing support to their ground forces in the coastal area and blocking civilian shipping.
The enemy troops continue to suffer losses. They are disorganized and demoralized. According to the available information, the servicemen of certain units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation performing tasks in the territory of Ukraine, have informed about the impossibility of rotation until the end of the so-called "special operation".
We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Together we will win! Glory to Ukraine!