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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,175: regiment of Federal Security Service (FSB) to Donetsk Oblast frontline [1]
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Date: 2025-05-12
Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of May 11 to 12.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 108 Shahed and decoy drones from the directions of Bryansk and Oryol cities; Shatalovo, Smolensk Oblast; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea. [68] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 55 Shahed and other drones over northern, eastern, southern, and central Ukraine and that Ukrainian forces lost sight of 30 decoy drones during the strike. The Russian drone strikes affected Odesa, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, and Sumy oblasts. [69]
Russia has reportedly deployed a largely ceremonial regiment of the Federal Security Service (FSB) to the frontline in Donetsk Oblast, likely in an effort to generate fear of more rapid future Russian advances. The spokesperson of a Ukrainian brigade operating in the Chasiv Yar direction reported on May 12 that elements of the elite Russian FSB Presidential Regiment are reinforcing Russian forces attempting to seize Chasiv Yar. [8] This regiment reports directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin and is primarily responsible for fulfilling honor guard duties at state functions and guarding Russian officials, the Kremlin, and the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall. [9] ISW has not previously observed the regiment operating in Ukraine. Russian state media reported in 2014 and 2016 that the unit is approximately the size of a motorized rifle brigade and is composed of conscripts and contract soldiers. [10] Putin and other Russian officials have repeatedly promised the Russian population that conscripts, whose military service is mandated by Russian law, will not be deployed to fight in Ukraine after utilizing conscripts in combat operations during the initial months of the war. [11]
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