The situation 1511 – May 11, 2026

1. Russian and Ukrainian forces continued limited offensive operations throughout the theater on the final day of the May 9 to 11 ceasefire.
2. Recent reports of Ukrainian drones operating near occupied Mariupol as part of battlefield air interdiction (BAI) efforts targeting Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) in occupied Donetsk Oblast and Crimea are raising significant concerns among Russian milbloggers.
3. Russian forces recently advanced in the Pokrovsk direction.
4. Neither Ukrainian nor Russian forces conducted long-range strikes on May 10 to 11.

The full update of the Russian offensive 1511 is available on UNDERSTANDING WAR.