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Russo-Ukraine War - 16 March 2025 - Day 1117

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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 in total, there have been 99 combat clashes since the beginning of this day. Ukrainian defenders continue to decisively interrupt the attempts of the Russian enemy to advance into the depths of Ukrainian territory, giving him a fiery impression.

For today, Russian terrorist troops have launched one rocket (one rocket) and 64 aviation strikes, dropping 97 controlled aviation bombs. In addition, more than 900 kamikaze drones were engaged for impressions and carried out more than 4,300 shelling at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

In the Kharkiv direction, the Russian opponent four times stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of vovchansk, kamâanka and towards kutkívka. One confrontation is currently underway. The enemy launched an air strike on Udah.
In the direction of Kupyansky, Russian forces carried out offensive actions in the areas of Petropavlivka, Boguslavka, Lozova, Zagrizovy and in the direction of kupyansky. Ukrainian defenders have already stopped eight of nine Russian attacks.
In the Lyman direction, Russian invaders nine times attacked the positions of the Defense Forces near the settlements of Novoyegorivka, Green Valley and towards Novomikhailivka and Novoy. Three clashes are still ongoing.
Three Russian assaults were repelled by Ukrainian defenders in the Siversky direction, the occupiers tried to advance in the areas of Bilogorivka and Ivano-Daryivka.
In the direction of Kramators мкуkomu, Russian forces three times attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the area of the Time Yar and in the direction of the Predtečinyo. Defense forces repelled two attacks from the Zagarbnikív, the battle is ongoing.
Fourteen times the Russians advanced on the position of Ukrainian units in the Toretsky direction in the areas of Toretsk and Friendship, currently three clashes are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of this day, the Russian invaders tried 15 times to advance on the position of Ukrainian units, Russian forces attacked in the areas of the settlements of Suha Balka, Zvirove, Elizabethtivka, Beam, Kotline, Novooleksandrivka, Uspenivka, Yasenove, Andriyivka. Ukrainian defenders have stopped 14 assault actions, the battle is currently being sharpened. Pokrovsk suffered airstrike by KABAMA.
Today, according to preliminary data, 303 Russian occupants were defecated in this direction, of which 152 - irrevocably. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed six units of automobile equipment, 11 motorcycles, two means of satellite communication, four control points of BPLA. In addition, damaged a tank, a mortar, a motorcycle and one car of the Russians.
In the Novopavlívs Наkomu direction, Russian forces nine times tried to break through the defense of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of Konstantinopol, Skudny and in Shevchenko. One battle has not subsided so far. If the opponent dropped on Novopavlívku.
In the direction of Gulyaipils піkomu, the defender attacked in the areas of Privilny, Vilny Pol and in the direction of Novopol. Defense forces repelled all six invaders' attacks. Uncontrolled aviation missiles, the enemy also hit Novopol, Novodarivka, Gulyaipol, to drop on Shevchenko.
In the Orihiv direction, the Russian aggressor six times attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders towards the settlements of Stepovo, Mali Scherbaki and Zherebanka. The fights continue in three locations. An air strike was hit by the Comishuvah.
In the Pridniprovsk direction, Russian forces did not carry out offensive actions, but made air strikes on Olgivka, Tokarivka and Nikolaivka.
In Kur відiní since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 13 assault actions of the occupiers. In addition, Russian forces launched 11 air strikes, dropping 18 controlled bombs, and also carried out 247 shelling positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that in Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one assault battalion of the AFU and one border detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine close to Perovskoye and Kazachya Lopan (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 70 troops, six motor vehicles, four artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.

Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade and one artillery brigade of the AFU near Izyumskoye, Vyssheye Solenoye, Borovaya, Druzhelyubovka, Katerinovka (Kharkov region), and Novoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 240 troops, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, one armoured fighting vehicle, ten motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, one Grad MLRS launcher, and two Kvertus electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of seven mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one assault brigade, one UAV brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade were hit near Seversk, Novaya Poltavka, Krymskoye, Novoolenovka, Gorkogo, Pleshcheyevka, Dronovka, Konstantinovka, Nikiforovka, Stupochki, and Ivanpolye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 305 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, seven field artillery guns, to include four Western-made artillery guns and one Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 MLRS launcher. One materiel depot was destroyed.

Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian troops launched an attack on four mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, one assault brigade, one UAV brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, two marine brigades and one national guard brigade near Shevchenko, Krasnoarmeysk, Zverevo, Sribnoye, Petrovskoye, Udachnoye, Ulyanovka, Peschanoye, Uspenovka, Dimitrov, and Alekseyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 450 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, eight pickup trucks, five artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.

The Vostok Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, defeated formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and one marine brigade near Veseloye, Volnoye Pole, and Konstantinopol (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 150 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.

The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and three coastal defence brigades close to Pridneprovskoye, Nikolskoye, Tokarevka (Kherson region), and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).

Up to 90 troops, five motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and three electronic warfare stations were neutralised.

Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, assembly plants for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 151 areas.

Air defence systems shot down four U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and 141 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 658 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 46,917 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,297 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,529 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,620 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,940 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.

During the offensive, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one mechanised brigade, two air assault brigades, two territorial defence brigades, and one assault regiment of the AFU close to Gogolevka, Gornal, Guyevo, and Oleshnya.

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware near Gogolevka, Gornal, Guyevo, Zapselye, Loknya, and Oleshnya as well as Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Novaya Sech, Novenkoye, Obody, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka (Sumy region).

Over the course of the day, the AFU losses were over 220 troops, one tank, two armoured personnel carriers, one armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, three artillery guns, and one UAV command post.

Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 67,850 troops, 394 tanks, 317 infantry fighting vehicles, 285 armoured personnel carriers, 2,200 armoured fighting vehicles; 2,442 motor vehicles, 558 artillery guns, 52 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 26 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 120 EW stations, 16 counter-battery warfare radars, ?ten air defence radars, 56 units of engineering and other materiel, including 23 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 15 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.

The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.