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Russo-Ukraine War - 20 April 2025 - Day 1152

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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 86 combat clashes, the Russian enemy has used 704 kamikaze drones and carried out 1519 shelling of settlements and positions of Ukrainian troops.

One Russian attack was repelled by Ukrainian defenders in the Kupyansky direction, in the Golubivka area.

Eleven assault actions were stopped by Ukrainian soldiers near the settlements of Nadia, Mirne, Grekivka, Katerynivka, Nove and Yampolivka in the Lyman direction. One confrontation is ongoing so far.

In the Sivers Дkomu direction, the opponent committed two offensive actions in the area of Bilogorivka and Ivano-Daryivka.
In the Kramators Наkomu direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled four Russian attempts to advance in the area of Time Jar and towards Stupochok and White Mountain.
In the Toretsky direction, Russian today eight times stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders near Friendship, Toretsk and Leonidivka. Defense forces are steadily holding back the pressure and repelled seven assaults, two clashes are still ongoing.
Intensely attacks the opponent of Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. During the day, Russian committed 36 offensive actions. The activity of Russian occupiers was fixed in the areas of the settlements of Suha Balka, Mirolyubivka, Elizabethtivka, Lisivka, Kotline, Udaachne, Novooleksandrivka, Uspenivka, Preobrazhenka, Andriyivka and Rozliv. Four clashes are still ongoing.
According to preliminary calculations, today in this direction Ukrainian warriors eliminated 131 occupiers and wounded 121. Destroyed the cannon, four BPLAs, five BPLA control points and 10 cars. A tank and three occupant cars were also significantly damaged.
Ukrainian units repelled five attacks in the area of Konstantinopol, Skudnogo and towards Odradnogo.
In the Orihiv direction Russian zagarbniki four times advanced in the position of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Malih Scherbakiv and Stepovoye.
The enemy did not carry out any active offensive actions in Kharkiv, Gulyaipil and Pridniprovsky directions.
In the Kurs аkomu direction Ukrainian defenders repelled 14 attacks of zagarbnikív. Russian launched 163 artillery shells on settlements and positions of the Defense Forces, including 16 from the reactive systems of assault fire.
In other directions, there have been no significant changes in the environment.