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Russo-Ukraine War - 25 January 2025 - Day 1067

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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 159 combat clashes, the Russian enemy launched 32 air strikes using 59 CAB, more than 650 kamikaze drones strikes and over 4,000 shells to positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements using different types of weapons.

In the Kupyansky direction, Russian forces tried nine times to push Ukrainian units out of occupied positions near Petropavlivka, Pi зоany, Glushkivka and Lozova.
Twenty-eight times, Russian forces attacked in the Lyman direction, trying to advance in the areas of settlements Tverdohlibove, Novosergiyivka, Shiikivka, Nova Kruglyakivka, Druzhelyubivka, Grekivka, Pershotravneve, Kopanky, Novolubivka, Makiyivka, Green Valley and Torske. Ukrainian defenders repelled 24 Russian attacks, four confrontations continue so far.
In the sívers нашіkomu direction, Ukrainian warriors have successfully repelled one attack of the Russian opponent in the area of verkhn Наkamâanka.
In the Kramators чкиkomu direction, the Defense Forces repelled 32 Russian attempts to advance near the settlements of Orihovo-Vasilivka, Novomarkove, Chasiv Yar, Stupočki, Predtečine and White Mountain, seven clashes are currently ongoing.
The Russian enemy has tried to infiltrate Ukrainian defense nine times in the Toretsky direction in the area of the Toretsk settlement.
Intensely attacks the Russian enemy of Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. Here, during the day, Russian forces committed 48 assault and offensive actions. The largest activity of the Russian occupiers is kept in the areas of the settlements Vodyane Second, Elizabeth, Peace-loving, Beam, Green, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Kotline, Bogdanivka, Andriyivka, Shevchenko, Dachne, Ulakly, Konstantinopilsky and in the directions of Pokrovsk, Renaissance and Uspnivka. Thirty-nine attacks in the direction of Ukrainian defenders have already repelled, nine more clashes are ongoing so far.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled eight attacks in the areas of settlements Novosilka, Novodarivka, Konstantinopil and Velika Novosilka.
In the Orihivs ниkomu direction under the hits of the Russian enemy CAB, the settlement of Mala Tokmachka was found.
Twice unsuccessfully, the troops of the Russian assailants tried to push the Defense Forces units from occupied positions in the Pridnipro direction.
Sixteen fighting clashes took place today on the Kursk direction, two of which are ongoing so far. During the day, Russian forces carried out 420 artillery shelling, including eight - from reactive systems of salpovogo fire, launching 25 air strikes, dropping 42 controlled bombs.
In Gulyaipil and Kharkiv directions from the beginning of the day, the Russian opponent did not carry out offensive actions.

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 were up to 45 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun.

Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and one National Guard brigade close to Dvurechnaya, Glushkovka, Zeleny Gai, Novoosinovo (Kharkov region), Torskoye, and Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were more than 400 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, seven motor vehicles, five field artillery guns, two of them made by NATO countries. One electronic warfare station was eliminated.

Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops delivered strikes at units of three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, and one National Guard brigade close to Belogorovka, Dachnoye, Orekhovo-Vasilyovka, Konstantinovka, Zelenovka, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 210 troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, two motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun.

The Tsentr Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and the Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Zelenoye, Lysovka, Krymskoye, Petrovka, Dzerzhinsk, Novovasilevka, and Novoyelizavetovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 550 troops, one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns.

The Vostok Group of Forces' units continued advancing to the depths of enemy defences, defeated formations of two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Konstantinopol, Razliv, Velikaya Novosyolka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses were more than 170 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles. Six field artillery guns were eliminated.

Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of three coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Tokarevka, Antonovka, Yantarnoye, and Sadovoye (Kherson region).

The AFU losses were up to 45 troops and two motor vehicles.

Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck the infrastructure of military airfields, UAV storage depots and sites where drones were prepared for combat employment as well as engaged manpower and hardware clusters in 132 areas.

Air defence facilities shot down three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 44 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 41,439 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,843 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,510 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,930 field artillery guns and mortars, and 30,776 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 Viktorovka, Zaoleshenka, Kositsa, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Mirny, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Sverdlikovo, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, artillery inflicted losses on enemy manpower and hardware close to Guyevo, Dmitryukov, Zazulevka, Kazachya Loknya, Kruglenkoye, Loknya, Melovoy, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Oleshnya, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Yuzhny as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Miropolye, and Yunakovka in Sumy region.

In the course of the day, the AFU losses were more than 360 troops, one tank, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 27 motor vehicles, one self-propelled artillery system, two mortars, one electronic warfare station as well as six UAV command posts and one ammunition depot. Five AFU servicemen surrendered.

Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 54,820 troops, 319 tanks, 237 infantry fighting vehicles, 183 armoured personnel carriers, 1,622 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,629 motor vehicles, 389 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, 100 EW stations, 14 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 32 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.