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Russo-Ukraine War - 26 April 2025 - Day 1158

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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 162 combat clashes, the Russian enemy launched one missile and 82 airstrikes at Ukrainian troops and settlements, using one missile and 141 guided airstrikes, 919 kamikaze drones strikes, almost 5,000 artillery shells.

In the Kupyans Заkomu direction, the Russian opponent four times tried to push Ukrainian units out of occupied positions near Nova Kruglyakivka and Zagrizovy, currently one confrontation is ongoing.
Twenty-two times, Russian forces attacked in the Lyman direction, trying to advance near the settlements of Nadia, Grekivka, Nove, Novomikhailivka and in the direction of Serebryanka. Ukrainian defenders repelled 21 attack opponent, ongoing one battle.
In the Siver direction, Ukrainian warriors successfully stopped three attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka and Verkhnyokamianske.
In the Kramators сьkomu direction, the Defense Forces stopped 10 Russian attempts to advance near the Time Yar, Kurdûmívka, Stupočok, Predtečinogo and White Mountain.
Russian forces tried 27 times to infiltrate Ukrainian defense in the Toretsky direction in the areas of Friendship, Leonidivka, Crimea and Toretsk.
Intensely attacks the Russian enemy of Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. Here, during the day, the Russian aggressor committed 59 assault and offensive actions. High activity of Russian occupiers in the settlements of Suha Balka, Elizabethtivka, Novotoretske, Ray, Lisivka, Dachenske, Udachne, Uspenivka, Preobrazhenka, Kotlyarivka and Andriyivka. Eight clashes are underway.
According to preliminary calculations, for today Ukrainian soldiers in this direction have damaged 330 Russian invaders, 185 of them - irrevocably. Also, Ukrainian defenders destroyed seven vehicles, 34 motorcycles, one self-propelled artillery rig, 14 BPLAs and BPLA control antenna, in addition, significantly damaged 10 vehicles, the self-proposed artillery rig and the enemy's cannon.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 13 attacks in the areas of the settlements Privilne, Dniproenergiy and Rozliv.
Four clashes took place in the Orihivsky direction, Russian forces tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Mali Sherbaki and Stepovo, at the moment one confrontation is ongoing.
In the pridniprovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders have successfully stopped one enemy attack.
Sixteen fighting clashes took place today on the Kursk direction, two of which are still ongoing. During the day, Russian forces carried out 264 artillery shells, including 14 from reactive salvo systems, launching 14 air strikes and dropping 24 controlled bombs.
In Kharkiv and Gulyaipils неkomu directions today, the Russian enemy did not carry out offensive actions.