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May 16, 2025

Grad MLRS crews of paratroopers from Kostroma hit enemy positions near Chasov Yar

✅Objective control systems confirmed the target engagement.

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Orlan-10 UAV detects, Lancet loitering munition destroys

Servicemen of the 20th Combined Arms Army (Zapad Group of Forces) destroyed AFU hardware and artillery guns using the Orlan-10 UAV and the Lancet loitering munition.

💬 Orlan-10 UAV team leader with the call sign 'Medved' spoke about the features of the drone, noting its easy maintenance and high reliability.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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🎮 Yug Group of Forces' UAV operators eliminate AFU hardware and manpower during rotation

📍 Aleksandro-Kalinovo direction, Aleksandro-Shultino district

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 10-16 May 2025

💥From 10 to 16 May 2025, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered six group strikes by high-precision weaponry and strike unmanned aerial vehicles to hit: an enterprise of the Ukrainian defence industry, which produces components of Neptune anti-ship missiles and uncrewed surface vehicles; infrastructure of military airfields, assembly and repair workshops for weapons and military hardware, storage and training areas for the use of UAVs and uncrewed surface vehicles, ammunition depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.

🔥The Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on clusters of manpower and hardware of one tank brigade, five mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, four assault regiments of the AFU, and four territorial defence brigades in Sumy and Kharkov regions.

▪️The enemy has lost more than 1,330 militants, five tanks, 20 armoured fighting vehicles, and 81 motor vehicles. One U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS launcher, 36 field artillery guns, two radar stations, nine electronic warfare and counter-battery stations, and seven ammunition, fuel, and materiel depots were neutralised.

🚩 As a result of active actions of units of the Zapad Group of Forces, Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) has been liberated.

💥The Group's strikes defeated units of five mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, two assault brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, four territorial defence brigades, one national guard brigade, and the Stugna Special Operations Center Formation.

▪️The enemy losses amounted to more than 1,490 troops, three tanks, 12 armoured fighting vehicles, and 64 motor vehicles. Two MLRS launchers, 18 field artillery guns, to include five Western-made guns, four electronic warfare stations, and 13 ammunition depots were neutralised.

📍Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units hit manpower and hardware of six mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade.

▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 1,400 troops, one tank, 23 armoured fighting vehicles, 50 motor vehicles, 23 field artillery guns, 11 electronic warfare stations as well as 12 ammunition and materiel depots.

👉 See Part 2 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21278)

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 10-16 May 2025

Part 2 (👉 see Part 1 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21277))

🚩 As a result of resolute actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Kotlyarovka, Mirolyubovka, Mikhaylovka, and Novoaleksandrovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥 The units of eight mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, two assault brigades of the AFU, two marine brigades, and four national guard brigades were hit.

▪️Over the past week, the enemy losses were over 3,040 troops, 26 armoured fighting vehicles, 66 motor vehicles, and 14 field artillery guns.

🚩 The Vostok Group of Forces' units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence and liberated Volnoye Pole (Donetsk People's Republic).

🔥The Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airmobile brigade, one air assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade.

▪️The enemy lost more than 1,130 troops, 15 armoured fighting vehicles, 41 motor vehicles, 22 artillery guns, and five electronic warfare and counter-battery stations.

🔥The Dnepr Group of Forces' units inflicted losses on formations of three mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, three coastal defence brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, and three territorial defence brigades.

▪️Up to 380 troops, 39 motor vehicles, eight field artillery guns, seven electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition and materiel depots of the enemy were neutralised.

🎯️Over the past week, Russia's air defence systems have shot down 35 JDAM guided aerial bombs and five U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles as well as 930 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:

▪️ 662 aircraft,

▪️ 283 helicopters,

▪️ 57,436 unmanned aerial vehicles,

▪️ 605 anti-aircraft missile systems,

▪️ 23,354 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,

▪️ 1,563 MLRS combat vehicles,

▪️ 24,950 field artillery guns and mortars,

▪️ 35,545 units of support military vehicles.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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Geran-2 UAVs wiped out the 117th Brigade's depots of the AFU close to Zolotoy Kolodez in Oktyabrskoye direction.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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🪖 Servicemen of the 177th Separate Guards Marine Regiment of the Caspian Flotilla (Sever Group of Forces) hit firing positions, military facilities, and hardware of the enemy.

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Trenches don't save enemy

Specialists of the Rubikon Centre eliminate AFU manpower near Tarasovka.

#Rubikon

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🇷🇺 Vostok Group's units liberate (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21275) Volnoye Pole in Donetsk People's Republic

🪖 During offensive actions, the assault detachments of the 5th Guards Combined Arms Army using strike unmanned aerial vehicles hit firing points and command and observation posts of the AFU and used artillery crews to destroy detected enemy positions.

🫡 The assault detachments then mopped up the houses and fortified areas of the AFU garrison, which had not been able to flee from their positions, and liberated the occupied the settlement.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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🎮 Sever Group's UAV operators continue to eliminate AFU hardware and manpower in Kharkov region

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💥 Msta-S self-propelled artillery system delivers precise strikes at clusters of manpower and fortified positions of Ukrainian militants in South Donetsk direction

Artillerymen of the 36th Combined Arms Army of the Vostok Group of Forces carried out the combat task.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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Enemy drones won't take off

💥 The Zapad Group's FPV drones eliminated enemy UAV command posts in Kharkov region.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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Mikhaylovka is under control

🪖 During the liberation of Mikhaylovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, servicemen of the 5th Motorised Rifle Brigade of the Tsentr Group of Forces neutralised the enemy mainly in a small-arms battle. As part of small assault groups, the servicemen mopped up houses after houses and inspected each basement of the destroyed buildings.

After the surrender of the neighbouring settlement of Mirolyubovka, the majority of the AFU personnel left their positions in a hurry, and the assault detachments were to suppress the resistance of only small groups of the enemy.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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📆 Top News Today

▫️Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has arrived (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21280) in Belarus on a working visit, where he was welcomed by President Aleksandr Lukashenko and held (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21283) talks with his Belarusian counterpart Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin. Also, the Russian military delegation headed by Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has visited (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21290) the Khatyn State Memorial Complex in the suburbs of Minsk.

▫️The Vostok Group of Forces' units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence and liberated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21275) Volnoye Pole (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️From 10 to 16 May 2025, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21277) six group strikes by high-precision weaponry and strike unmanned aerial vehicles to hit: an enterprise of the Ukrainian defence industry, which produces components of Neptune anti-ship missiles and uncrewed surface vehicles; infrastructure of military airfields, assembly and repair workshops for weapons and military hardware, storage and training areas for the use of UAVs and uncrewed surface vehicles, ammunition depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.

▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows Msta-S (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21291) self-propelled artillery systems, Grad (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21271) MLRSs, Orlan-10, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21273) and Geran-2 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21279) UAVs within the special military operation.

#TopNews

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