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Russo-Ukraine War - 20 January 2025 - Day 1062

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On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that since the beginning of the day, there have been 151 combat encounters, the Russian enemy launched three missile and 46 air strikes using five missiles and 71 KABs, 1065 kamikaze drones strikes and over 4,000 shells of positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements using different types of weapons.

In the Kharkiv direction, there were two combat clashes with Russian zagarbnikami in the area of Vovchansk.
In the Kupâns зуkomu direction, the Russian opponent tried eight times to push Ukrainian units out of occupied positions near Petropavlivka, Kolisnikivka, Lozova and Zagrizovogo. One battle is going on.
Fifteen times Russian forces attacked in the Lyman direction, trying to near Nadia, Novoyegorivka, Makiyivka, Kopanok, Nevsky, Terniv and in the direction of Zarichny. Two clashes are ongoing so far.
In the Siversky direction, the Russian occupiers tried to advance in the direction of Verkhnyokamiansky, Ukrainian soldiers repelled the attack.
In the Kramatorsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine Russian attempts to advance near the settlement of Times of Yar and in the direction of Stupochok. The two clashes are still ongoing.
Russian forces tried to infiltrate Ukrainian defense 16 times in the Toretsky direction. Since the beginning of the day, the Russian occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Toretsk, Crimea, Diliyivka, Cherbinivka and Ozaryanivka received a harsh cut off from Ukrainian defenders 13 times. The three attacks are still going on.
Intensely attacks the Russian enemy of Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. Here, during the day, Russian forces carried out 72 assault and offensive actions. The greatest activity of Russian occupiers is kept in the areas of populated areas Vodyane Druge, Mirolubivka, Romin, Elizabethtivka, Mirnograd, Kotline, Nadiivka, Andriyivka, Shevchenko, Dachne, Ulakly and Yantarne. Sixty-five attacks in the direction of Ukrainian defenders have already repelled, seven more clashes are ongoing.
Ukrainian soldiers are making efforts to prevent the advancement of the Russian opponent into the depths of Ukrainian territory. According to the information available at this time, for today the loss of the aggressor in this direction has been 337, of which 143 are irrevocable. Destroyed 13 cars, three means of satellite communication and 17 bpla. In addition, a combat armored vehicle and the invaders' car were damaged.
Seven Russian assault actions were stopped in the Novopavlovsk direction, the Russian zagarbnik tried to go to the position of Ukrainian units in the area of Konstantinopol, Rozlivu, Velika Novosilka and in the direction of Privilny.
Ukrainian soldiers four times repelled the attacks of Russian zagarbnikív in the pridniprovsky direction.
Eleven combat clashes took place today in the Kursk direction, four of which are ongoing so far, in addition, Russian forces launched 16 air strikes (24 KAB) and carried out 337 artillery shells.
In the Gulyajpil and Orikhiv directions since the beginning of the day, the Russian enemy has not been active, is shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian infrastructure, and applying aviation.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that in Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of one AFU motorised infantry brigade close to Volchansk (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 20 troops, two motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.

As a result of offensive actions, units of the Zapad Group of Forces have liberated Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

Two mechanised brigades and one infantry brigade of the AFU suffered losses near Ivanovka, Yampol, and Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 400 troops, one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, three armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns. One field ammunition depot was destroyed.

The Yug Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions, defeated formations of three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, and two assault brigades of the AFU close to Dachnoye, Fyodorovka, Podolskoye, Nikolayevka, and Mayskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 220 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, and one motor vehicle. Four AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.

The Tsentr Group of Forces' units have continued advancing into the depths of the enemy's defence and liberated Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic).

Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, and two national guard brigades close to Petrovka, Dzerzhinsk, Novoyelizavetovka, Novovasilevka, Lysovka, and Slavyanka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 545 troops, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, three motor vehicles, and one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

The Vostok Group of Forces' units advanced into the depths of the enemy's defence, defeated units of two mechanised brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades close to Konstantinopol, Novy Komar, Bogatyr (Donetsk People's Republic), Gulyai Pole, and Novodarovka (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, one motor vehicle, and two French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery systems.

The Dnepr Group of Forces' units have engaged manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one territorial defence brigade near Tokarevka, Antonovka, Daryevka (Kherson region), and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 65 troops, six motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun. One electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot have been neutralised.

Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, UAV workshops and depots, as well as clusters of enemy manpower and hardware in 152 areas.

Air defence systems shot down one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, eight U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 86 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,878 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,684 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,510 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,809 field artillery guns and mortars, and 30,501 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.

During the offensive actions, the Sever Group of Forces' units inflicted fire damage on formations of one tank brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade, four mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, one marine brigade, and three territorial defence brigades of the AFU close to Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Sverdlikovo, and Yuzhny. Four enemy counter-attacks were repelled.

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU close to Agronom, Viktorovka, Goncharovka, Kazachya Loknya, Pervy Knyazhy, Kubatkin, Lebedevka, Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Mirny, Nikolayevka, Nikolsky, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Belovody, Vodolagi, Veselovka, Zhuravka, and Khrapovshchina in Sumy region.

During the day, AFU losses amounted to more than 460 troops, four tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, one armoured personnel carrier, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 57 motor vehicles, five artillery guns, one mortar, one electronic warfare station, one armoured recovery vehicle, four UAV command posts, and one ammunition depot.

Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 53,330 troops, 308 tanks, 236 infantry fighting vehicles, 175 armoured personnel carriers, 1,581 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,565 motor vehicles, 378 artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading vehicles, 94 EW stations, 14 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 31 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, nine armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.

The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.