Alexander Syrsky. Photo: press service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces) The Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, stated on May 12 that the situation in the Kharkov region, where Russian troops went on the offensive two days ago, remains " complicated ". " At present, the battles in the border areas along the state border with the Russian Federation are ongoing there.

Photo: Russian state propaganda news agency TASS On the night of May 12, the Ukrainian drone attacked the Volgograd oil refinery (refineries). This was announced by the head of the Volgograd region Andrei Bocharov. According to him, the drone fell on the site of the plant and exploded. This led to a fire that managed to quickly eliminate. There are no victims and victims, the governor emphasized.

Sergey Shoigu (left) and President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Alexey Nikolsky, Russian State Information Agency TASS President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the appointment of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu Secretary of the Russian Security Council. Having held this post since May 2008, Nikolai Patrushev, by the decree of Putin, was dismissed "in connection with the transition to another job." Which one, in the Kremlin, they promised to name in the near future.

Photo: 28th separate mechanized team named after the Knights of the Winter campaign The Ukrainian project Deepstate, which analyzes the situation at the front from open sources, said that Russian troops captured six settlements in the Kharkov region. According to the project, the army of the Russian Federation advanced in Krasnogorovka, near Vladimirovka and occupied Strelchie, dusty, red, Borisovka, Ogirtsevo and wicker.

Rescue work on the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Belgorod on May 12, 2024. Photo: Pavel Kolyadin, Russian propaganda agency RIA Novosti Rescuers removed the bodies of 12 who died from under the rubble of a partially collapsed residential building in Belgorod as a result of a missile blow. This was reported in the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia. There are still people under the wreckage, the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov noted .

President Vladimir Zelensky during a visit to the suburbs of Kyiv in April 2022 after the retreat of Russian troops. Photo: press service of the President of Ukraine Russia did not abandon its ambitions to capture Kyiv, and the defense of the Ukrainian capital remains one of the main tasks of the army. This was stated by the commander of the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces) Alexander Pavlyuk in an interview with The Economist.

Destroyed entrance. Photo: Official telegram channel of the Governor of the Belgorod Region In Russian Belgorod on the morning of May 12, the entrance of a multi -storey residential building fell. Shortly before that, a missile danger signal was announced in the city. "The city of Belgorod and the Belgorod district was subjected to massive shelling by the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces [Armed Forces of Ukraine].

North Korean leader Kim Jong -un. Photo: Official Korean Central News Agency North Korea has developed a new 240-mm reactive system of salivary fire (MLRS) with “controlled” shells that can be transferred to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine this year, reports The Moscow Times with reference to the Yuzhno Korean agency Yonhap News. The final tests of the "technically updated" artillery system were held in the DPRK on May 10.