War - Field Reports - 2025-05-20

May 19, 2025

Russian Defense Ministry Reports Top News Today

▫️As a result of operations, the Vostok Group of Forces liberated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21316) Bogatyr (Donetsk People's Republic). Russian servicemen within several days took the village under control and go on ramming ahead. They are smashing enemy’s defence (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21319) and liberating Donbass.

▫️Air defence systems shot down (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21318) seven U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and 75 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows UAV (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21320) pilots and EOD (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21321) specialists in action.

▫️The commander of the 20th Combined Arms Army (Zapad Group of Forces) presented state awards (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21315) to the personnel distinguished during assault operations in Krasny Liman direction.

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🎮 Yug Group's FPV drones destroy enemy communication means and EW stations

00:00 Drone pilots destroyed two electronic warfare stations near Serebryanka in Seversk direction.

00:12 FPV drone operators delivered targeted strikes at communication antennas, UAV control and radio relay stations near Bogatyr. The AFU lost at least three communication systems.

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🪖 Servicemen of the 242nd Motorised Rifle Regiment of the Tsentr Group of Forces spoke about the liberation of Aleksandopol (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21300) in the Donetsk People's Republic.

💥 The assault detachments performed an unexpected manoeuvre: they crossed two fields on two armoured personnel carriers and rushed into the settlement. In the course of the battles, several armoured vehicles and pickup trucks of the enemy were neutralised. FPV drones and reconnaissance drones with payload release systems were actively used to disrupt enemy rotation and eliminate manpower.

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💬 Servicemen of the Vostok Group of Forces spoke about the liberation of Bogatyr (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21316).

00:00 A platoon leader with the call sign 'Leo' analysed the work of his unit.

00:11 The assistant grenadier with the call sign 'Leshy' told how the servicemen supported by reconnaissance mopped up house by house.

00:33 A machine-gunner with the call sign 'Mishanya' assessed the enemy's actions: 'In most cases, they flee abandoning everything behind'.

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

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on the progress of the special military operation (19 May 2025)

👮‍♂️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

🚩 As a result of resolute actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated Maryino (Sumy region).

💥 Losses were inflicted on clusters of manpower and hardware of two AFU air assault brigades and two territorial defence brigades near Proletarskoye, Pavlovka, Atinskoye, Ryzhevka, Sadki, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).

🔥 In Kharkov direction, strikes were delivered at formations of one mechanised brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one territorial defence brigade near Bologovka and Volchansk (Kharkov region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, five field artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.

📍 The Zapad Group's units improved the tactical situation. They hit formations of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, one National Guard brigade and one border guard detachment near Kupyansk, Sobolevka, Glushchenkovo, Novy Mir, Novoosinovo (Kharkov region), Redkodub, Yampol, Karpovka, Kirovsk (Donetsk People's Republic) and Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 230 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, one Western-made artillery gun, one Kraken electronic warfare station, and one ammunition depot.

↗️ The Yug Group's elements took more advantageous lines and positions. They inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, and one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Serebryanka, Seversk, Chasov Yar, Markovo, Stupochki, Predetchino, Minkovka, Grigorovka, Dyleyevka, and Verkhnekamenskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The enemy has lost over 210 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, including two M113 armoured personnel carriers, and two U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicles. In addition, the enemy losses included five pickup trucks, one artillery gun, three electronic warfare stations, and one ammunition depot.

🚩 As a result of intensive and bold actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Novoolenovka (Donetsk People's Republic) has been liberated.

💥 The Group hit formations of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and two National Guard brigade close to Razino, Krasnoarmeysk, Grodovka, Novaya Poltavka, Mirolyubovka, Petrovskogo, Novoekonomicheskoye, Novosergeyevka, Ulyanovka, and Koptevo (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The enemy losses amounted to up to 455 troops, three pickup trucks, as well as one Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, two M113 armoured personnel carriers, and one MaxxPro armoured vehicle.

👉 (https://t.me/mod_russia/52871) See Part 2 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21330)

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on the progress of the special military operation (19 May 2025)

Part 2 (👉 (https://t.me/mod_russia/52870) see Part 1 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21329))

↗️ The Vostok Group's units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of one AFU mechanised brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Novoukrainka, Novopol, Zaporozhye, Aleksandrograd, Yalta, Zelenoye Pole (Donetsk People's Republic), Gulyaipole, and Chervonoye (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to over 150 troops, four motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns. Two electronic warfare stations and one ammunition depot were neutralised.

💥 Elements of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on units of one mechanised brigade and one coastal defence brigade of the AFU near Blakitnoye, Novoandreyevka, Pavlovka (Zaporozhye region) and Otradokamenka (Kherson region).

▪️ Moreover, up to 30 troops, one motor vehicle, and three ammunition and materiel depots of the enemy have been neutralised.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on the infrastructure of military airfields, ammunition and materiel depots, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.

🎯 Air defence systems shot down five U.S.-made JDAM aerial bombs and 127 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

▫️ 662 aircraft,

▫️ 283 helicopters,

▫️ 57,718 unmanned aerial vehicles,

▫️ 605 anti-aircraft missile systems,

▫️ 23,399 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,

▫️ 1,563 MLRS combat vehicles,

▫️ 25,028 field artillery guns and mortars,

▫️ 35,668 special military vehicles.

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

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🎮 Drone pilots start the week with flying colours

00:00 A Molniya UAV team (Vostok Group of Forces) obliterated AFU MaxxPro armoured vehicles in South Donetsk direction.

00:08 Paratroopers from Ussuriysk use UAVs to eliminate enemy weapons and military hardware in Kursk border area.

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

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🎮 Drone pilots of the Sever Group of Forces eliminated clusters of AFU militants in the forested area of Sumy region.

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💥 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on a number of critical enemy facilities close to Gulyaipole.

The following targets were destroyed:

▪️ communications hub,

▪️ UAV command posts,

▪️ electronic warfare positions.

Moreover, artillery fire disrupted the enemy equipping new fortifications.

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

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🏳️ A Ukrainian prisoner of war spoke about how commanders were indifferent towards their subordinates.

Nazar Stetseshin, a prisoner of war, got into the 425th Separate Assault Regiment (Skala Regiment) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the drills, he witnessed the commanders and instructors committing atrocities against sick servicemen:

'There was a guy with an armache and we were shooting rifles. He couldn't pick it up. The instructor wasn't happy about it. He yelled once, then a second time. The fourth time, he approached him, knocked him to the ground, and broke his collarbone'.

Nazar Stetseshin claims that commanders ignored requests from their subordinates for rotation, and the wounded and killed were not evacuated.

'They evacuate neither the wounded, nor the killed', the POW says.

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💥 A Grad MLRS crew of the Dnepr Group of Forces destroyed two enemy drone teams and one UAV command post on the right bank of the Dnepr River.

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📆 Top News Today

▫️ The Russian Defence Minister congratulated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21331) servicemen of the 36th Separate Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade on liberation of Bogatyr, the Donetsk People's Republic.

▫️ As a result of intensive and bold actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Novoolenovka (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21328) (Donetsk People's Republic) has been liberated, and units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated Maryino (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21327)(Sumy region).

▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows Akatsiya (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21335) self-propelled artillery systems, a Grad (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21337) MLRS crew, and attack drones (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21324) in action.

▫️The large landing ship Peresvet performed artillery firing (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21334) at coastal, air, and sea targets in the Sea of Japan.

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