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Russo-Ukraine War - 15 June 2025 - Day 1208

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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) forces have highly likely sustained more than 6,000 casualties in offensive combat operations against Ukrainian forces in the Russian oblast of Kursk.

The total casualties amount to more than half of the approximately 11,000 DPRK troops initially deployed to the Kursk region. Open-source reports suggest DPRK has subsequently deployed limited numbers of additional troops to Kursk. Significant DPRK casualty rates have almost certainly been sustained primarily through large, highly attritional dismounted assaults.

On 04 June 2025, Russian Security Council Secretary and ex-Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reportedly visited DPRK for a meeting with DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, his second in less than three months. Shoigu has highly likely been a key interlocutor with DPRK regarding DPRK's support to Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine.

DPRK operations have thus far been confined to the Kursk region. Any decision to deploy into internationally recognised, sovereign Ukrainian territory in support of Russian forces, would almost certainly require sign-off from both Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in total, there have been 133 combat encounters since the beginning of this day. Ukrainian defenders continue to decisively interrupt the attempts of the Russian enemy to advance deep into Ukrainian territory, giving him a fiery impression.

Today, Russian invaders launched at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements four missiles and 26 aviation strikes, using 11 missiles and dropping 38 controlled aviation bombs. In addition, 1082 kamikaze drones were recruited to impress and carried out about four thousand shells.

In the Kharkiv direction, the Russian enemy carried out offensive actions six times near the settlements of Vovchansk, Staritsa, Kamyanka and towards Dovgenky.
In the Kupyans тиkomu direction, Russian forces six times tried to go forward towards Petropavlivka, Golubivka, Zagrizovoy and New Kruglyakivka. Ukrainian defenders stopped all Russian attacks.
In the Lyman direction Russian zagarbniki 11 times attacked the positions of Defense Forces near Kopanok, Novoyegorivka, Linden and in the direction of Shandrigolovoy, Torsky and Grigorivka. Five clashes are ongoing so far.
In the Sívers купаkomu direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled three attacks of occupation troops near Grigorívka.
In the direction of Kramators торkomu, Russian forces seven times attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders near the Time Yar, the White Mountain and the Kurdûmívka.
Twelve times, Russians stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the Toretsky direction near Toretsk, towards Rusiny Yar, Novospaskky and Yablunivka. So far, two clashes are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of this day, Russian forces tried 39 times to advance in the areas of settlements Malinivka, Mirolyubivka, Beam, Lisivka, Novosergiyivka, Udaachne, Oleksiyivka and in the directions of Mykolaivka, Novopavlivka, Novomykolaivka and Pokrovsk. Three clashes are ongoing so far. Aviation strikes were hit by the settlements of Kopteve, Novopavlivka, Poltavka, Razine and Suhiy Yar.
Today, according to preliminary data, 136 Russian occupants were defecated in this direction, 84 of them - irrevocably. Five cars, three motorcycles, five unmanned aircraft, a satellite terminal, two generators were also destroyed. In addition, two cars and one armored Russian combat car were damaged.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Russian enemy 22 times tried to break through the defense of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of settlements of Konstantinopil, Novosilka, Vilne Pole, Noviy Komar and towards Mirnoy, Shevchenko, Odradnoy, Bagatyr. Four clashes are still going on. Novopil, Tolstoy, Voskresenka and Mirne suffered an aviation strike.
In the direction of Gulyaipils проводиkomu, Russian forces made aviation strikes with unkekorovani aviation missiles on the Railway, the enemy did not carry out offensive actions.
In the oríhivs хіkomu direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled one Russian assault action in the area of novoandrívka.
In the direction of the pridniprovsk, the enemy made an air strike on odradokamâncí.
In the Kurs теkomu direction since the beginning of the day, there have been 21 encounters, six of which continue until now. In addition, Russian forces made 12 aviation strikes, dropping 25 controlled bombs, and carried out 200 artillery shelling, including eight - from the RSZV.