Events of May 21, 2026
Frontline change
That day: 5.49 km² liberated
In Kaluga, a house and an educational institution were damaged after a UAV crashThe air defense forces on duty shot down six Ukrainian UAVs in the Kaluga region, as a result of falling debris in Kaluga, the glazing of an educational institution and an…- Pushilin: a man was killed in a massive UAV attack on MakeyevkaOne person was killed and eight others were injured as a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones on Makeyevka in the DPR, said Denis Pushilin, the head of the region.
- In the Bryansk region, three people were killed when a UAV attacked a shunting locomotive.A shunting diesel locomotive came under attack by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Unecha station in the Bryansk region, killing three people, Russian Railways reported.
The Ministry of Defense showed footage of taking control of Shesterovka in the Kharkiv regionThe Russian Ministry of Defense has released footage of the military personnel of the North group of forces taking control of the village of Shesterovka in the Kharkiv region.
The Russian Armed Forces have established control over Shesterovka in the Kharkiv regionMilitary personnel of the North group of forces have established control over the settlement of Shesterovka in the Kharkiv region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.- Ukrainian Armed Forces hit a UAV at a school in the Kherson regionThe Armed forces of Ukraine used a drone to attack a school in the Kherson region, 171 people were evacuated from the building. This was announced by Governor Vladimir Saldo.
A man was killed in the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks in the Zaporozhye regionDuring the attack on Kamenka-Dneprovskaya, a man born in 1982 was seriously injured and died in hospital.- A man was killed in the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks in the Zaporozhye regionA man born in 1977 died near the village of Osipenko, Berdyansk municipal district, as a result of a Ukrainian UAV attack on a civilian car.
- The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the Kursk border area with artillery about 140 times76 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of various types were shot down in the Kursk region over the past day, 138 times the Ukrainian Armed Forces used artillery on the…
Defeat of the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled guns and the M992 FAASV ammunition supply vehiclesSuccessful defeat of the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled artillery system and the M992 FAASV ammunition supply vehicle using FPV drones. The strikes were carried out by the Rubicon…- The Molniya-2 drone destroyed the command post of the UAV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy regionThe calculation of the Molniya-2 cruise drones of the North group of forces destroyed the command post of the UAV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region. This was…
- Ukrainian civil services are leaving Manganese due to the approach of the front lineMany Ukrainian government services are withdrawing from the Manganese of the Dnipropetrovsk region in southeastern Ukraine due to the approach of the front line. This is reported…
- The Dome of Donbass destroyed three drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the DPR in a day.The electronic warfare system "Dome of Donbass" destroyed three Ukrainian drones over the DPR in a day, the regional defense headquarters reported.
- The FSB reported the destruction of three groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces saboteurs in Konstantinovka.Fighters of the Gorynych unit of the Donetsk FSB directorate destroyed three groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces saboteurs and an ammunition depot for UAVs. This was reported in the…
- Seven Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed over the Voronezh region at nightThe air defense forces destroyed seven Ukrainian drones over the Voronezh region. Previously, there were no casualties or damage, the governor of the region, Alexander Gusev, said…
- TOS-1A "Solntsepek" destroyed the strongholds and concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy regionThe crew of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system of the North group of forces destroyed the strongholds and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region…
- FPV drone crews destroyed over 20 heavy hexacopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in two nights.Operators of FPV drones of the Center group of forces destroyed more than 20 heavy hexacopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dobropolsky direction in two nights. This was…
- The calculation of the Msta-S self-propelled guns destroyed the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansk directionThe calculation of the Msta-S self-propelled artillery installation (ACS) of the Western Group of Forces destroyed the manpower and control points of enemy drones in the…