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Russo-Ukraine War - 27 April 2025 - Day 1159

A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While GlobalSecurity.org takes utmost care to accurately report this news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

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 UK Ministry of Defence reported that more than 1,500 foreign nationals were recruited in Moscow between April 2023 and the end of May 2024 to participate in Russia's illegal war against Ukraine, according to recent research by independent Russian media outlet Vazhnyye Istorii. The highest number of volunteers reportedly came from South and East Asia (771), followed by former Soviet republics (523) and Africa (72).

Russian military recruitment of foreign nationals is probably largely non-systematic, with most attracted to sign contracts on the basis of financial incentives and a prospective pathway to Russian citizenship. It is likely that many foreign nationals are recruited through Moscow due to the city's higher signing-on bonuses, and relative international accessibility.

Foreign nationals almost certainly make up a very small proportion of the Russian Armed Forces' total recruitment numbers, with a significantly greater emphasis placed on recruiting from within Russia. Nonetheless, some recruitment of foreign nationals will almost certainly continue in the medium term as Russia maintains its current recruitment strategy, intended to replace heavy battlefield losses without resorting to a second wave of mobilisation.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that since the beginning of the day, there have been 123 combat clashes, the Russian enemy launched 57 air strikes at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, using 106 controlled air bombs, 785 kamikaze drones strikes, and over 3,700 artillery shells.

In the Kharkiv direction, the Russian opponent six times attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of Vovchansk, Red First and Little Shapkivka, two confrontations are ongoing.
In the Kupyans боkomu direction, Russian forces tried three times to push Ukrainian units out of occupied positions near Nova Kruglyakivka, Petropavlivka and Zagrizovy, currently one confrontation is ongoing.
Twenty times, Russian forces attacked in the Lyman direction, trying to advance near the settlements of Nadia, Nove, Ridkodub, Kolodyazi, Yampolivka, Mirne and in the direction of the New Peace.
In the Sívers комуkomu direction, Ukrainian warriors repel the attack of the Russian enemy in the direction of Verkhnyokamiansky.
In the Kramators бkomu direction, the Defense Forces stopped 15 Russian attempts to advance near the Time Yar, Andriyivka, Kurdyumivka and in the directions of Maysky, Stupochok, White Mountain.
The Russian enemy has tried seven times to infiltrate Ukrainian defense in the Toretsky direction in the regions of Ozorianivka, Cherbinivka and Toretsk, one confrontation is ongoing.
Intensely attacks the Russian enemy of Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. Here, during the day, the aggressor committed 42 assault and offensive actions. High activity of Russian occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Elizabethtivka, Lisivka, Kotline, Udaachne, Novosergiyivka, Katlyarivka, Trinity Novooleksandrivka, Novopavlivka, Bogdanivka, Andriyivka, Bagatyr, Nadiivka and in the direction of Oleksiyivka, Malinivka. The seven clashes are underway. Konstantinivka and Zyrka were under the hits of Russian CABs.
According to preliminary calculations, for today Ukrainian soldiers in this direction have defecated 222 Russian invaders, 104 of them - irrevocably. Also Ukrainian defenders destroyed four cars, six motorcycles, three BPLAs and three BPLA control antennas, in addition, significantly damaged two tanks and two Russian motorcycles.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped seven attacks in the settlements of Konstantinopil, Privilne, Vilne Pole and in the direction of Odradnoy, three more clashes are ongoing. Novopil suffered an air strike by unmanaged aviation missiles, and the Russian enemy dropped Kabi on the Green Field.
In the direction of Gulyaipil, Russian forces struck Gulyaipol, Malinivtsi and Zaliznychny.
In the oríhiv direction of air strikes controlled air bombs suffered nuts, small tokmačka and primors Наke. Russian forces did not carry out offensive actions.
In the pridniprovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders have successfully stopped one Russian attack.
Twenty-one clashes took place today on the Kursk direction, four of which are still ongoing.
During the day, Russian forces carried out 262 artillery shells, including nine from the jet-fire systems, launching four air strikes and dropping seven controlled bombs.