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Russo-Ukraine War - 12 June 2025 - Day 1205

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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 UK Ministry of Defence reported that the Russian Armed Forces have likely sustained approximately 1,000,000 casualties (killed and wounded) since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Of these, it is likely around 250,000 Russian soldiers are killed or missing (presumed dead), Russia's largest losses in an active conflict since the Second World War.

Russia has likely sustained over 200,000 casualties in 2025 so far, with Ukrainian General Staff reporting a daily average of over 1,250 Russian casualties. Russia's permanent combat losses (killed, missing and irrevocably wounded) are likely currently between 400,000 and 500,000 personnel. Wounded soldiers, especially those who are irrevocably wounded, continue to strain the Russian Military Medical System at all levels of medical care, causing significant logistic problems and resulting in a shortage of military medical personnel.

Russian forces highly likely continue to attempt to stretch Ukrainian forces by utilising mass to overwhelm defensive positions and achieve tactical gains. Russia's senior leadership are almost certainly prepared to tolerate continuously high resultant casualty rates so long as this does not negatively affect public or elite support for the war, and those losses can be replaced.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in total, since the beginning of this day, there have been 168 combat clashes. Ukrainian defenders continue to decisively interrupt the attempts of the Russian enemy to advance deep into Ukrainian territory, giving him a fiery impression.

Russian zagarbniki made 62 air strikes, dropping 92 controlled air bombs. In addition, 863 kamikaze drones were recruited to impress and carried out 3,536 shells on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

In the Kharkiv direction from the beginning of the day the Russian enemy did not carry out offensive actions.
In the Kupyansky direction, Russian forces attacked in the directions of Pi Наany and Novoplatonivka - Ukrainian defenders stopped eight Russian attempts to advance, another confrontation is ongoing so far.
In the Lyman direction, Russian invaders 17 times attacked the positions of Defense Forces in the areas of the settlements of Nadia, New Mir, Yampolivka, Torske and in the direction of the settlement of Shandrigolove. The six clashes do not subside.
In the Sívers Наkomu direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled three Russian assaults in the areas of Serebryanka and Verkhnyokamiansky.
In the Kramators .komu direction, Russian forces six times stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the direction of the White Mountain. Defense forces repelled five Russian attacks, one is ongoing so far.
Twenty times, Russians stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the Toretsky direction - near the settlements of Diliyivka, Toretsk, Cherbinivka, Romanivka and in the direction of the settlements of Rusin Yar, Oleksandro-Kalinove and Yablunivka. The three clashes are not over yet.
In the Pokrovsky direction from the beginning of this day, Russian forces attacked in the areas of settlements Mirolyubivka, Andriyivka, Lisivka, Malinivka, Mirne, Elizabethtivka, Ray, Udaachne, Novosergiyivka, Gorikhove and in the directions of Oleksiyivka, Poltavka and Muravka. Ukrainian defenders have stopped 38 assault actions of the enemy, six more fights continue. Airstrikes were hit by the settlement of Cossack.
Today, according to preliminary data, 169 occupants were defecated, of which 107 - irrevocably. Ukrainian soldiers destroyed one radio station, eight unmanned aircraft, five cars, four motorcycles, a satellite terminal, as well as three cannons and a Russian mortar.
Twenty-eight times Russian forces tried to break through the defense of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of the settlements Vesele, Bagatir, Skudne, Dniproenergia, Fedorivka, Novosilka, Vilne Pole, Noviy Komar, Shevchenko and towards the settlements of Mirne, Zaporizhia , Komar. There are currently seven fighting. Air strikes were suffered by Priyutne, Novopil and Olgivsk.
In the Gulyaipil direction, Russian forces carried out one offensive action near the settlement of Malinivka, in addition, launched aerial strikes in the areas of Novozlatopol, Gulyaipol, Primorsky, Bilogir and Chumakky.
In the oríhívs діkomu direction, Russian forces carried out three offensive actions in the area of novoandriivka and towards pavlivka. Ukrainian units repelled all attacks. The enemy caused air strikes on the settlements of Verhnya Krynytsia and Kamianske.
In the pridniprovsk direction, Russian forces once attacked towards the positions of Ukrainian defenders, unsuccessful. At the same time, the Russian opponent caused an air strike on Lviv.
On the Kurs теkomu direction since the beginning of the day, there have been 22 Russian attacks, three of which continue until now. The Russian enemy also launched 16 air strikes, dropping 33 controlled aviation bombs, carried out 158 artillery shells, including three from jet systems of salvage fire.