Russo-Ukraine War - 24 February 2025 - Day 1097
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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 UK Ministry of Defence reported that after three years of the conflict, Russia's land forces have been radically altered by the pressures of carrying out operations in Ukraine. Pre-invasion attempts to build a modern, professional force capable of carrying out complex operations have been reversed by substantial losses. Russia is now reliant on mass over quality to prosecute operations against Ukraine.
Russia's personnel casualties of over 860,000 killed and wounded have undermined Russia's force quality. Most personnel currently serving in the Russian military have received minimal training, and Russian commanders use basic tactics to make advances, despite the associated high casualty rates.
Russia has lost at least 3,750 main battle tanks and 8,400 armoured vehicles. Large stockpiles of tanks and armoured vehicles, a legacy of the Soviet Union, have been the only means for Russia to be able to replenish these major losses.
Despite the costs imposed on its land forces, the Russian forces have been able to impose constant pressure on Ukrainian defences. Russian territorial advances in Ukraine accelerated through 2024, although have slowed in early 2025. Continued attacks have been underpinned by the Russian leadership's tolerance for casualties, and Russia's land forces' quantitative overmatch relative to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Ukrainian defenders continue to decisively give an offence to the Russian enemy's attempts to advance deep into Ukrainian territory.
Since the beginning of this day, there have been 92 combat clashes.
Zagarbniki launched 53 aviation strikes on the territory of Ukraine, applying 73 cab. In addition, the Russians have engaged 1171 kamikaze drones and carried out more than three thousand shells on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.
In the Kharkiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled one Russian assault in the area of Vovchansk, another confrontation is ongoing so far.
In the Kupyans тивниkomu direction, the Russian opponent carried out 11 times attacks of the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of Petropavlivka and Zagrizovoye. Ukrainian defenders repelled eight attacks, three combat still ongoing.
In the Lyman direction since the beginning of the day, Russian zagarbniki six times attacked the positions of Ukrainians near the settlements of Green Valley, Borivska Andriyivka, Novolubivka, Dibrova and Katerynivka.
In the direction of Kramators мкуkomu, there is currently one collision near Stupočok.
In the Toretsky direction, Russians attacked the positions of defense forces ten times. The main efforts of the attack were concentrated near Toretsk and Crimea. Three clashes are currently continuing.
Since the beginning of this day, in the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians have 27 times tried to break through Ukrainian defense near the settlements Vodyane Second, Beam, Pokrovsk, Leontovichi, Kotline, Udaachne, Molodetske, Nadiivka, Troitske, Andriyivka, Tarasivka and Ulakly.
The enemy suffers significant losses - today in this direction 137 Russian occupiers were defecated, 84 of them - irrevocably. Also destroyed 18 units of automotive equipment, two motorcycles, two BPLA antennas, a communication antenna and BPLA control point, in addition, mortar and two vehicles of invaders were significantly damaged.
In the novopavlívs Наkomu direction, Russian forces attacked 13 times near konstantinopol and burlac паkogo.
In the Gulyajpíl Наs обоkomu direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled one attack near Novopol. An aviation strike by controlled bombs was suffered by the settlement of Gulyaipole.
In the Orihiv direction, the opponent, supported by aviation, attacked in the direction of Kamiansky.
In the Pridniprovsk direction, Ukrainian troops repelled two Russian attacks towards the settlement of Sadove.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue its operation in the Kursk direction, where during the day the Russian enemy carried out 11 attacks of positions of Ukrainian units, launched 21 air strikes with 26 guided bombs and carried out 329 artillery shelling, including 16 of them from the Russian Federation.
In the sívers наkomu direction Russian forces did not carry out offensive actions.
In other directions, the situation has not changed significantly.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that in Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on units of one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade close to Liptsy and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU lost up to 25 troops and four motor vehicles.
The Zapad Group's units improved the tactical situation and liberated Topoli (Kharkov region).
The Group inflicted fire damage on three mechanised brigades, one airborne brigade, one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one territorial defence brigade near Kupyansk, Kamenka, Stepovaya Novoselovka, Lozovaya (Kharkov region) and Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 200 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, and six field artillery guns, four of which were manufactured by NATO countries.
One Kvertus electronic warfare station and three ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Group hit five mechanised brigades and one airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Seversk, Verkhnekamenskoye, Novomarkovo, Chasov Yar, Stupochki, Chervonoye, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 180 troops and two motor vehicles. A U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station and an ammunition depot were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line. The Group inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one assault brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and two National Guard brigades near Shcherbinovka, Zverevo, Sergeyevka, Shevchenko, Udachnoye, Uspenovka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 315 troops, two Kazak armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and three artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. They hit units of one tank brigade, two mechanised brigades, one airborne brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and three territorial defence brigades near Konstantinopol, Komar, Skudnoye, Volnoye Pole, Burlatskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses amounted to more than 145 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.
The Dnepr Group's units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades and three coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Kamenskoye, Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Stepnoye, Tokarevka, Ponyatovka, and Pridneprovskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, and one ammunition depot.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on infrastructure of military airfields, training areas for operators of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment areas of armed formations of Ukraine in 127 areas.
Air defence systems shot down two U.S.-made JDAM aerial bombs and 71 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 656 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 44,334 unmanned aerial vehicles, 596 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,720 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,521 MLRS combat vehicles, 21,992 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,085 units of support military vehicles of the enemy 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 AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
In the course of the offensive actions, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one heavy mechanised brigade, five mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade, two air assault brigades, two territorial defence brigades and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Pervy Knyazhy, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Maryevka, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Oleshnya, Rubanshchina, Sudzha and Yuzhny.
Operational-tactical and army aviation and artillery hit enemy manpower and hardware close to Zamostye, Kositsa, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Staraya Sorochina, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, as well as Basovka, Belovody, Vladimirovka, Zhuravka, Nizhnyaya Syrovatka, Novaya Sech, Novenkoye, and Novonikolayevka (Sumy region).
Over the past day, the AFU losses amounted to more than 255 troops, three tanks, one armoured personnel carrier, 26 armoured fighting vehicles, 24 motor vehicles, a launcher and a radar of the S-300V SAM system, two artillery guns, three mortars, two electronic warfare stations, and one engineering vehicle.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 63,105 troops, 379 tanks, 288 infantry fighting vehicles, 240 armoured personnel carriers, 2,017 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,167 motor vehicles, 469 artillery guns, 52 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 23 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 116 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, eight air defence radars, 50 units of engineering and other materiel, including 19 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 14 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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