War update: 170 combat clashes on front line, Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors remain most active
The enemy carried out nearly 50 attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions.
According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated this on Facebook as of 22:00 on May 12, 2026.
"Since the beginning of the day, there have been a total of 170 combat engagements. The enemy launched 82 airstrikes, dropping 225 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used 5,516 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,296 shelling attacks on populated areas and our troop positions," the military statement said.
According to the General Staff, in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, the enemy carried out five airstrikes today using 15 guided bombs and launched 62 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas, four of them using multiple launch rocket systems. One enemy assault action was recorded.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian units five times near Starytsia, Kruhle, and toward Kolodiazne and Radkivka. One of these attacks is still ongoing.
In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy attacked once toward Novoplatonivka.
In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian forces repelled three assaults by the occupiers near the settlement of Stavky and toward Ozerne.
In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy launched one assault toward Rai-Oleksandrivka.
No attacks by the occupiers were recorded in the Kramatorsk sector.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the occupiers launched 25 assaults today on the positions of Ukrainian defenders near the settlements of Illinivka, Pleshchiivka, Sofiivka, Nove Shakhove, Vilne, and toward Kostiantynivka, Novopavlivka, and Kucheriv Yar. Three of these assaults are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy carried out 24 attacks. The occupiers attempted to advance toward the settlements of Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Shevchenko, Pokrovsk, Hryshyne, Vasylivka, Udachne, Muravka, Molodetske, and Novomykolaivka. One of these attacks is still ongoing.
According to preliminary estimates, 66 occupiers were eliminated and 26 wounded in this sector today. Ukrainian forces also destroyed nine vehicles and one enemy shelter. Additionally, five vehicles, 16 enemy shelters, and one UAV command post were damaged. A total of 208 UAVs of various types were destroyed or suppressed.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, the occupiers conducted no assault operations.
In the Huliaipole sector, 11 enemy attacks were recorded toward Zlahoda, Vozdvyzhivka, Olenokostiantynivka, Charivne, Tsvitkove, Staroukrainka, and Pryvillia. Three of the recorded attacks are still ongoing.
In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy attacked four times near Mali Shcherbaky, Stepove, and Charivne.
No attacks by the occupiers were recorded in the Prydniprovske sector.
No significant changes in the situation were reported in other sectors.
As Ukrinform previously reported, the Unmanned Systems Forces struck two radar stations, warehouses, and Russian deployment points in the Donetsk region.
Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine