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Russo-Ukraine War - 16 May 2025 - Day 1178

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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 in total, since the beginning of this day, there have been 115 combat clashes. Ukrainian defenders are decisively intercepting the Russian attempts to advance deep into Ukrainian territory, giving him a fiery impression.

Today, Russian troops launched one missile and 47 aviation strikes, using one missile and dropping 86 controlled aviation bombs. In addition, more than a thousand kamikaze drones were involved and carried out 3,923 shelling positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

In the Kharkiv direction, the Russian enemy five times stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Vovchansk, Stroivka and Kamyanka.
In the Kupians греkomu direction, Russian forces carried out offensive actions towards Kolisnikivki, Novoosinovoye and near Zagrizovoye. Ukrainian defenders stopped all three enemy attacks.
In the Lyman direction, Russian invaders 16 times attacked the positions of Defense Forces near the settlements of Grekivka, Yampolivka, Kolodyazi and towards Shiikivka, Olgivka, New Mir, Ridkodub and Green Valley. The five clashes are still going.
Four enemy assaults hit off Ukrainian defenders in the Siversky direction - the Russian occupiers tried to advance in the areas of Verkhnyokamiansky and Bilogorivka.
In the direction of Kramators міkomu, Russian forces twice attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of Chasovoye Yar and Kurdûmívka.
Eighteen times the Russians went into offensive on the positions of Ukrainian units in the Toretsky direction - in the areas of Toretsk, Crimea and towards Diliyivka, Katerynivka, Pleschiyivka and Novospaski. Defense forces stopped all enemy attacks.
In the Pokrovsky direction since the beginning of the day, the Russian occupiers 49 times tried to advance on the position of Ukrainian units. Russian forces attacked in the areas of settlements Novoserhiyivka, Malinivka, Elizavetivka, Lisivka, Udaachne, Novooleksandrivka, Zaporizhia Troitske, Bogdanivka, Andriyivka and towards settlements Novoukraina, Oleksiyivka, Poltavka, Yablunivka, Stara Mykolaivka, Nova Poltavka. Nine clashes are still ongoing.
Aviation strikes were affected by settlements Pokrovsk, Oleksandro-Kalinove, Novoukrainka, Shevchenko the First, Stara Mykolaivka and Suhiy Yar.
According to preliminary data, today in this direction 119 Russian occupants were defecated, 63 of them - irrevocably. Also Ukrainian soldiers destroyed one car, two motorcycles, five bpla.
In the Novopavliv direction, Russian forces 16 times tried to break through the defense of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of Konstantinopol, Shevchenko, Novosilka and towards Bagatyr and Green Field. One confrontation is still going on. Enemy aviation struck the settlements of Novodarivka, Novoukrainka and Dachne.
In the direction of aviation strikes suffered malinivka, high and gulyaipole.
In the Orihiv direction, Russian forces twice attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of the settlements of Scherbaky and Mali Scherbaky. Novodarivka settlement suffered an airstrike.
In the Pridniprovsk direction, Russian forces did not carry out offensive actions.
In the Kurs поkomu direction since the beginning of the day Ukrainian soldiers repelled 12 Russian assault actions. In addition, Russian forces launched 16 air strikes, dropping 33 controlled bombs, and carried out 172 shelling positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, including nine from reactive fire systems.