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Russo-Ukraine War - 15 April 2025 - Day 1147

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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

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that in Belgorod direction, the Sever Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, a coastal defence brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade close to Miropolskoye, Malaya Rybitsa, Petrushevka, Krasnopolye, and Yamnoye (Sumy region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 90 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns. Two ammunition depots and one materiel depot were eliminated.

Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units engaged three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade close to Kamenka, Doroshovka, Radkovka, Moskovka, Podoly, Senkovo, Boguslavka, Novay Kruglyakovka (Kharkov region), Karpovka, Redkodub, Kirovsk, and Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).

The enemy has lost more than 250 troops, a UK-made Snatch armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, five NATO-made field artillery guns including two Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a UK-made 155-mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, and a U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer. Four electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were eliminated.

The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and a national guard brigade close to Seversk, Minkovka, Markovo, Chasov Yar, Kurdyumovka, Ivanpolye, Yablonovka, Tarasovka, Ulyanovka, and Valentinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 285 troops, a Swedish-made CV-90 infantry fighting vehicle, a M113 armoured personnel carrier, and a HMMWV armoured vehicle made in the USA.

Nine motor vehicles, ten field artillery guns including two UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzers and a U.S.-made Paladin self-propelled artillery system as well as five ammunition depots, two materiel depots, and a fuel depot were eliminated.

The Tsentr Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit two mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, a jaeger brigade, an unmanned aerial vehicles brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, and a national guard brigade near Lysovka, Zverevo, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Preobrazhenka, Bogdanovka, and Alekseyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The enemy lost more than 335 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles including a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, and two U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicles, two pick-up trucks, and seven field artillery guns including a U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin and a Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery systems.

Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian forces damaged manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, an airmobile brigade, an air assault brigade, and a territorial defence brigade near Bogatyr, Otradnoye, Burlatskoye, and Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic).

The enemy's losses amounted to up to 155 troops, two armoured vehicles, a pick-up truck, and two field artillery guns including a U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system.

The Dnepr Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation. Russian formations engaged a mechanised brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades near Novodanilovka, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), Tokarevka, Sadovoye, Antonovka, and Dneprovskoye (Kherson region).

Up to 100 troops, nine motor vehicles, three artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-fire radar, and three ammunition depots were neutralised.

Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of a military airfield, assembly facilities for MLRS and strike drones, a drone training center as well as temporary deployment areas of the Ukrainian armed formations in 144 areas.

Russian air defence means have shot down four U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and five HIMARS MLRS projectiles during the day as well as 304 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 661 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 51,866 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,846 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,536 MLRS combat vehicles, 23,667 field artillery guns and mortars, and 34,127 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 units of tank brigade, two mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, two territorial defence brigades, and an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Gornal and Oleshnya.

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, UAVs, and artillery fire engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Belovody, Velikaya Rybitsa, Zapselye, Kiyanitsa, Maryino, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Novaya Setch, Sadki, and Yablonovka in Sumy region.

In the past 24 hours, AFU losses amounted to up to 200 troops, a tank, an armoured personnel carrier, two armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, two HIMARS multiple rocket launcher systems with a transport-loading vehicle and an escort vehicle as well as two artillery guns, and a mortar.

Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 74,450 troops, 407 tanks, 333 infantry fighting vehicles, 304 armoured personnel carriers, 2,270 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,717 motor vehicles, 612 artillery guns, 57 MLRS launchers including 15 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, 123 EW stations, 18 counter-fire radars, ten air defence radars, 57 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.