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Russo-Ukraine War - 20 May 2025 - Day 1182

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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 129 combat clashes, the Russian enemy launched one missile and 57 air strikes, using one missile and 78 KABs, also used 984 kamikaze drones for strikes and carried out more than 3,500 shells on settlements and positions of Ukrainian troops.

In the Kharkiv direction Ukrainian units prevented two Russian attacks in the direction of Stroivka and in the area of Vovchansk.
Twenty-four assault actions of the zagarbnik were stopped by Ukrainian soldiers near the settlements of Kopanka, Ridkodub, New Mir, Grekivka, Green Valley, Yampolivka, Torske in the Lyman direction. Eight clashes continue so far.
In the Siversky direction, the Russian opponent committed offensive actions in the area of Bilogorivka, was stopped, was unsuccessful.
In the Kramators ківkomu direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled six attempts by the Russian harbinger to advance in the areas of Time Jar, Kurdyumivka and towards the Predtečiny and White Mountain.
In the Toretsky direction, Russian occupiers today ten times stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders near Friendship, Petrivka and Toretsk. Defense forces are steadily suppressing the pressure and repelling all Russian attacks.
Intensely attacks the Russian opponent of Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. During the day, Russian forces committed 37 offensive actions. The activity of Russian occupiers was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Yablunivka, Novoolenivka, Malinivka, Shevchenko the First, Peace, Beam, Fox, Zvirove, Lucky, Novosergiyivka, Trinity, Kotlyarivka and Andriyivka. Four clashes are still ongoing.
According to preliminary calculations, today in this direction Ukrainian warriors eliminated 144 Russian invaders and wounded 155. Destroyed a combat armored car, three cars, five motorcycles, ATV, 11 bpla and antenna management bpla.
In the Novopavlovsk direction Ukrainian units repelled 22 attacks in the area of Free Field, Privilne, Green Field of Constantinopil, Bagatyr, Burlatske, Vesele and in the direction of Odradnogo. There are still fights that do not subside in four locations.
In the Orihivsky direction, Russian zagarbniki twice advanced in the position of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of Novoandriivka and Maliy Scherbak, had no success.
In the Kurs комуkomu direction Ukrainian defenders repelled 13 attacks of Russian zagarbnikív. Russian forces launched 13 air strikes, using 23 KABs, also carried out 213 artillery shells on settlements and positions of the Defense Forces, including three from the reactive systems of arson fire.
Russian forces did not carry out any active offensive actions in Kupiansky, Gulyaipilsky and Pridniprovsky directions.