News Feed

General Staff reports Russian attacks in 8 areas of front line

1 min read
General Staff reports Russian attacks in 8 areas of front line
A Ukrainian infantryman walks through a forest towards his infantry position in the direction of Kreminna, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Feb. 15, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russian forces attacked Ukraine in eight areas of the front line over the past day, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on May 11.

President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed earlier reports on May 10 that Russia was carrying out new offensive operations in Kharkiv Oblast, opening another area of the front to heavy fighting.

The General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces had repelled nine attacks in Kharkiv Oblast over the past day.

The report indicated that the heaviest fighting took place in the Avdiivka area of the front, where Ukrainian forces repelled 24 attacks, followed by the Bakhmut section, where Ukrainian troops repelled 18 attacks.

According to the General Staff's report, there were 104 combat engagements across the entire front line on May 10.

More than 120 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts came under artillery fire, and Russia launched 108 air strikes, the General Staff said.

Avatar
Elsa Court

Audience Development Manager

News Feed

"I'm grateful to the president for all the options offered. However, today there are only three positions in the country that, alongside the troops on the battlefield, actually shape the course of the war: the President of Ukraine, the defense minister, and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," Mykhailo Fedorov said.

Video

The Kyiv Independent's Martin Fornusek speaks with Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chair of the NATO Military Committee, at the 2026 NATO Summit about the lessons NATO is drawing from the war in Ukraine and how the alliance is preparing for the future of warfare.

Show More