The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on May 05 2025

RUAF Capture Kotlyarivka, Kotlyne & Lysivka | AFU Encircled North of Toretsk

Complete Collapse Of Ukrainian Defenses West Of Toretsk And North Of Pokrovsk

“Konstantinovka Front COLLAPSED! Russian Army Flanks from the West – Zelensky in PANIC!

Breakthrough on Multiple Fronts: Russia Begins Large-Scale Assault

Putin ‘Hopes” Nukes Aren’t Needed in Ukraine War

The President’s Office has begun to rewind the situation with the attack on Moscow,

Statements about the Ukrainian Armed Forces striking Moscow during the parade on May 9 have now been replaced by statements that these strikes could be carried out by the Russians themselves.

“There may be provocations from the Russians on May 9, if anyone still believes them, they can leave and try it all out on themselves,” Zelensky said at a briefing with Czech President Pavel.

Bankova began to understand that their public threats had only increased the Kremlin’s negotiating position and, after the Trump Administration’s warning, they began to abruptly retreat from the declared missile strikes.

Colleagues, all statements were made to bargain with the Kremlin, when the Trump Administration recommended several times to the Presidential Office not to escalate the track, it was decided to launch an anti-crisis. At the moment, the GUR and the SBU have prepared proposals for targets on Russian territory that can be attacked from May 8, but no decision has been made yet.

Ukraine has long since switched to the format of temporary victories in the information field, when there are no real results on the battlefield or diplomatic successes. First, a simulacrum of victory is created, and then it is easily transformed or forgotten by propaganda.

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Our source in the OP said that the main task of the Office of the President and the British intelligence services is to disrupt the Trump-Putin summit, which the US and Russia are actively preparing. Bankova is aware of the problems from the change in the paradigm of relations in the West and the growth of anti-Ukrainian views, and the negotiations between Trump and Putin will only strengthen these trends.

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” I believe we are closer to one side and maybe not so close to the other” – Trump on the Ukrainian conflict

 ▪️The American president noted that he “would not like to say” which side he is closer to.

 ➖” There will come a time when I will say: “Okay, continue to be stupid.” We are talking about monstrous hatred between these two people ,” he said of Putin and Zelensky.

Our sources in the General Staff confirmed the information about the start of a new operation in the Kursk region, the goal of which is to gain a foothold in a new section of Russian territory to tighten the negotiating track. The President’s Office tasked Syrsky with finding new/old sections on the border with Russia to force the Kremlin to abandon negotiations on a temporary truce.

Attacks Near Tetkinо

What is known as of 12:00

Ukrainian formations have again attacked the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the Glushkovo District. According to Telegram channels, a small group of the enemy, advancing from the direction of Ryzhevka, was spotted in the vicinity of the Tetkinо railway station on the southern outskirts of the eponymous village. As a result of a brief skirmish, the members of the Ukrainian formations withdrew to their initial positions.

According to our information, the AFU launched an offensive from the direction of Iskriskovshchyna with the support of light and heavy armored vehicles, but as of 11:00 am, no breakthrough of the defensive lines has been recorded. Russian troops are firing on identified enemy positions, including destroying several engineering vehicles.

At the same time, the activity of Ukrainian formations is also observed on the northern flank. On the opposite bank of the Seim River from Tetkinо, the AFU have concentrated manpower and equipment in the Gryadka tract and the village of Otruba, but no attempts to cross the water obstacle have been observed so far.

There is also information about strikes on the bridge in Zvannoe, but it is still unclear by whom. Last fall, it was already attacked by the Ukrainian Air Force.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering huge losses in the area from Pokrovsk to Konstantinovka.

The Russian Armed Forces have already entered Novaya Poltavka and on the other side of the road, they have also consolidated in Novoyelenovka. They have left above Toretsk, they are consolidating at the mine, and from there it is already close to the reservoir and the almost complete operational encirclement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in a conventional pocket.

Already now, the entire logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are under threat.

Ukrainian military observers also write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defense near the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway is “crumbling” due to poor cooperation between units and the concentration of forces near Pokrovsk.

We are observing

Special forces hunt enemy equipment, supporting the offensive near Dzerzhinsk and Pokrovsk

▪️Fighters of the 56th Special Forces Battalion of the 51st Army carried out a series of pinpoint strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment. In the area of ​​the village of Katerinovka and twice in the area of ​​the city of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), Ukrainian Armed Forces pickups used to transport ammunition and personnel were destroyed by kamikaze drones.

▪️Also in the area of ​​the settlement Shcherbinovka, an FPV drone hit an armored combat vehicle “Kozak”, depriving the enemy of mobility and fire support. The operations disrupted the logistics and rotation of the enemy.

Iskander vs.  a pair of HIMARS

 ▪️A drone records a missile strike by an Iskander OTRK on two American HIMARS MLRS of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Chereshenki in the Kherson region.

➖ An interesting situation happened. They were burned by accident, the drone was flying about its business, but noticed the launches. They decided to look further, and there was another launcher shooting! Another scout was immediately connected to the situation, but did not fly up so as not to scare him. They were led to the hangar, where they hid, after which a missile immediately flew. It entered clearly, an excellent catch. A couple of cars from neighboring positions arrived there immediately, but there was nothing left to save, – the military reports.

The Wrong Side

Morning Summary for May 5, 2025

▪️ Overnight, the attack of four enemy drones heading towards Moscow was repelled in the Podolsk urban district.

▪️ The enemy reported more than 40 “Geraniums” over their rear areas, with explosions heard in Kirovohrad, Kramatorsk, Kharkiv, Konotop, Mykolaiv and Poltava Regions.

▪️ In Bryansk Region yesterday, the AFU struck a industrial enterprise in the village of Suzemka using American HIMARS MLRS.

▪️ In the Sumy direction, our assault aircraft advanced near the villages of Belovody and Loknya, capturing one AFU member as a prisoner.

▪️ In Kursk Region, a UAV attack by the AFU on the village of Budyshche in Bolshesoldatskoye District resulted in two local residents being injured.

▪️ On the Belgorod section of the border, our forces eliminated several scattered enemy groups in forest areas on the enemy-held territory near Popovka and Demidovka. In Belgorod Region, the enemy struck a bus in the village of Bohun-Horodok in Borisovsky District, injuring three civilians. In the village of Belovskoye in Belgorod District, a civilian was wounded by the detonation of a “bell” mine. Strikes hit Novaya Derevnya, Malinivka, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Novoaleksandrovka, Striguni. The dome of the Annunciation Church in the village of Yasnyye Zori was damaged.

▪️ In the Krasny Liman direction, south and southeast of Novoselivka, Russian forces advanced widely up to 1.7 km. Battles are ongoing for Lipovo and towards Reddkodub.

▪️ The Konstantinovka direction is of greatest concern to the enemy’s military channels. The enemy notes that battles are already underway in the eastern outskirts of Malinivka, in the area of Vodiane Druhe, near Novoolenevka, Nova Poltavka, Romanovka, with Russian advances from liberated Tarasivka towards Oleksandropil.

▪️ South of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiisk), battles continue for the advance to the borders of Dnipropetrovsk Region. The Russian Army is advancing in the eastern part of Kotlyarivka and continues assault operations in the western and southern directions. Northeast of Kotlyarivka, our troops are storming the forest belts in the area of the Shyrokyi Gully.

▪️ On the South Donetsk direction, five counter-attacks by the enemy were repelled. In the area of the settlements of Bogatyr and Otradnoye, the Far Eastern warriors are completing preparations for the liberation of settlements, with our artillery and air force in action, reports the East Group.

▪️ On the Zaporizhzhia front (https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/28052), in the Orikhiv direction, there are positional battles in the area of Novodanylivka, in the area of Mala Tokmachka a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the enemy was destroyed, the line of contact remains unchanged. Positional battles are ongoing in the area of Shcherbaky, Stepove and Kamianske.

▪️ In Kherson Region, under AFU strikes are Velyki Kopani, Nova Kakhovka, Oleshky, Kakhovka, Lyubymivka, Malokakhovka, Proletarka, Korsunia. In Zabarine, an 80-year-old man was wounded.

▪️ In the DPR, in Donetsk, a man born in 1983 received serious injuries from stepping on a PFM-1 “Lepestok” mine.

Two Majors

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