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Russo-Ukraine War - 26 February 2025 - Day 1099

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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 98 combat clashes, the Russian enemy launched four missile and 69 air strikes at Ukrainian troops and settlements, using four missiles and 84 KABs; 1,112 kamikaze drones strikes, carrying out more than four thousand shells using different types of weapons.

Five offensive actions of the Russian enemy towards Vovchansk, Stroivka and Dvorichnaya were repelled by Ukrainians in the Kharkiv direction. Enemy aviation dropped cabs on Vovchans скиkí farms.
In the Kupians нашіkomu direction, Russian forces four times tried to push Ukrainian units out of occupied positions near Petropavlivka and Zagrizovy, one confrontation is ongoing.
Five times Russian forces attacked in the Lyman direction, trying to advance near Kolodyaziv, Novolybivka, Grekivka and Green Valley. Ukrainian defenders repeled three attacks of the Russian opponent, ongoing two combat.
In the sívers Гриkomu direction, Ukrainian warriors have successfully repelled the attack of the Russian opponent in the area of grigorívka.
In the Kramators зуkomu direction of the Defense Forces stopped four enemies attempts to move forward near the Time Yar, Novomarkovoye and Stupok.
The Russian enemy has tried to infiltrate Ukrainian defense nine times in the Toretsky direction in the areas of Toretsk and Crimea. The three clashes are still ongoing.
Intensely attacks the Russian enemy of Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. Here, during the day, Russian forces committed 33 assault and offensive actions. The largest activity of the Russian occupiers is in the areas of the settlements of Tarasivka, Novotoretske, Mirolyubivka, Beam, Leontovichi, Kotline, Udačne, Nadiívka, Uspenívka.
According to preliminary calculations for today Ukrainian soldiers in this direction damaged 321 Russian occupiers, 153 of them - irrevocably. Also, Ukrainian defenders destroyed 13 units of automobile equipment, two cannons and three motorcycles, in addition, significantly damaged the tank and nine units of automobile machinery of the Zagarians.
In the Novopavlovsky direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 17 attacks in the areas of settlements of Konstantinopil, Rozdolne, Shevchenko and Burlatske.
In the direction of Gulyaipil, Russian forces carried out three assault actions in the direction of Charming, at the same time carrying out air strikes on Gulyaipol and Zaliznychnom.
There were two clashes in the Orihiv direction, Russian forces tried to advance in the area of Pyatihatok.
Eighteen combat clashes took place today on the Kursk direction. During the day, Russian forces carried out 415 artillery shells, including 35 from reactive systems of assault-fire, launching 11 air strikes, dropping 13 controlled bombs.
In the Pridniprovsk direction 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 defeated units of a mechanised brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade close to Volchansk, Dolzhik, and Zolochev (Kharkov region).

The AFU lost more than 30 troops, two tanks, an armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, three artillery guns, and a Grad MLRS.

Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defence brigades, and a national guard brigade close to Kupyansk, Petropavlovka, Monachinovka, Kondrashovka, Podvysokoye, Kopanki, and Zeleny Gai (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 200 troops, eight motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns. Two Zakhist-AF and Anklav electronic warfare stations as well as an ammunition depot were eliminated.

Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units hit three mechanised brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an airmobile brigade near Serebryanka, Aleksandropol, Nikolayevka, Seversk, Konstantinovka, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 185 troops, a Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile launcher, a motor vehicle, and three field artillery guns. An electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were neutralised.

The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line. Five mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, a special forces brigade, and two national guard brigades were hit near Mirolyubovka, Zverevo, Novaya Poltavka, Kotlino, Krasnoarmeysk, Novoaleksandrovka, Peschanoye, Uspenovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The enemy losses amounted to more than 325 troops, two tanks including a German-made Leopard tank, two armoured fighting vehicles including a U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured vehicle, a pick-up truck, and two artillery guns.

Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. Russian forces engaged a mechanised brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigades hit near Andreyevka, Burlatskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Gulyapole (Zaporozhye region).

The enemy losses amounted to up to 175 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, a motor vehicle, four field artillery guns including a 155-mm Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, and an ammunition depot.

The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and three coastal defence brigades of the AFU close to Stepnoye, Ponyatovka, Dneprovskoye (Kherson region), Novodanilovka, and Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU lost up to 90 troops, seven motor vehicles, an artillery gun, an electronic warfare station, and a counter-battery radar.

Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, depots of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as clusters of Ukrainian manpower and hardware in 139 areas.

Russian air defence systems shot down five French-made Hammer guided bombs, 19 Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles, and 185 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 656 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 44,616 unmanned aerial vehicles, 597 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,742 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,522 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,042 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,121 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 AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.

The units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated Orlovka and Pogrebki.

Russian units hit formations of a heavy mechanised brigade, a motorised infantry brigade, five mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, two air assault brigades, two territorial defence brigades, and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Gogolevka, Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kubatkin, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Makhnovka, Mirny, Nikolskiy, Novaya Sorochina, Oleshnya, Rubanshchina, Sudzha and Yuzhny. Three enemy counter-attacks were repelled.

Operational-Tactical, Army, and Artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Agronom, Bondarevka, Viktorovka, Dmitryukov, Zamostye, Kazachya Loknya, Kositsa, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Melovoy, Nikolayevka, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).

The AFU lost over 270 troops, two armoured personnel carriers, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 26 motor vehicles, eight artillery guns, a mortar, a radar, 12 UAV command posts, and two ammunition depots during the day.

Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 63,595 troops, 381 tanks, 288 infantry fighting vehicles, 243 armoured personnel carriers, 2,055 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,211 motor vehicles, 485 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.