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Russo-Ukraine War - 28 April 2025 - Day 1160

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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 133 combat clashes, the Russian enemy launched 80 air strikes at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, using 112 controlled air bombs, 1103 kamikaze drones strikes, carrying out 4296 artillery shells.

Eight assault actions of the enemy took place in the districts of Vovchansk, Vovchans Віkih Hutoriv, Western and Small Shapkivka. The two clashes are still ongoing.

In the Kupâns драkomu direction, Russian forces six times tried to push Ukrainian units out of occupied positions in the area of Zagrizovoye, Kindrashivka, Petropavlivka and New Kruglyakivka. Two clashes are currently underway.
In the Lyman direction, Russian forces attacked 16 times, trying to advance in the areas of the settlements of Katerinivka, Nove, Kolodyazi and in the direction of Linden, Green Valley and New Peace. Seven clashes are underway.
In the Sívers ріkomu direction, Ukrainian warriors successfully stopped three attacks near Ivano-Daryivka and towards the settlements of Grigorívka and Verkhnyokamianske. Three more clashes are ongoing so far.
In the Kramators проkomu direction, the Defense Forces stopped seven Russian attempts to advance in the direction of Markovoye and near the Time Yar and the White Mountain. The two clashes are still ongoing.
The enemy tried 13 times to infiltrate Ukrainian defense in the Toretsky direction in the areas of Toretsk, Friendship and towards Diliyivka and Dachny. Four clashes are currently ongoing.
Throughout the day in the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian aggressor carried out 52 assault and offensive actions in the areas of settlements of Sukha Balka, Elizabethtivka, Sukhi Yar, Malinivka, Lisivka, Kotline, Udaachne, Novosergiyivka, Novooleksandrivka, Nadiivka, Troyitske, Kotlyarivka, Silver, Andriyivka and towards Pokrovsk, Stara Mykolaivka, Oleksandropol, Novopavlivka, Bogdanivka. Fifteen clashes continue to date. Popov, Volodymyrivka, Poltavka, Nova Poltavka , Malinivka, Cossack, Hrodivka, Novoekonomíčne, Mirnograd, Lisivka, Suhiy Yar, Pokrovsk, Zvirove suffered aviation.
According to preliminary calculations, for today Ukrainian soldiers in this direction zneškodilí 124 Russian occupiers, 63 of them - irrevocably. Also Ukrainian defenders destroyed four units of automotive equipment, one motorcycle and three unmanned aircraft.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 21 Russian attacks in the areas of settlements Privilne, Konstantinopil, Vilne Pole and towards Odradnoy, Bagatyr, Shevchenko. At the same time, Russian forces launched air strikes on the settlements of Zelene Pole, Novopil, Piddubne and Novodarivka.
In the direction of the aviation strike, the settlement of Gulyaipole suffered.
Four combat clashes took place in the Orihivsky direction, Russian forces tried to advance near the settlements of Sherbaky, Stepovo and Lobkove.
Five clashes with the Russian opponent took place in the Pridniprovsk direction. Russian forces caused an air strike in the area of olgívki.
Fourteen combat clashes took place today on the Kursk direction. During the day, Russian forces carried out 228 artillery shells, one of them using a jet-fire system, launching 12 air strikes and dropping 18 guided bombs.