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Russo-Ukraine War - 01 July 2025 - Day 1224

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 on 27 June 2025, Ukraine launched a successful Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) attack on Marinovka airfield in Volgograd, Russia. The strike almost certainly destroyed at least two Russian Su-34 FULLBACK fighter bomber aircraft, with unconfirmed loss/damage of two additional FULLBACK. Marinovka airfield is over 270km from the Ukrainian border and 440km from the current front line.

Marinovka is one of many Russian airfields in daily use for combat operations. It is also used as a fallback location for the dispersal of Russian aircraft when other airfields are threatened. FULLBACK aircraft were dispersed to here from Morozovsk airbase following a Ukrainian UAS strike in August 2024. Despite these dispersal efforts to protect their aircraft, Russian aviation remains vulnerable to Ukrainian UAS attacks.

Over the same weekend, Ukraine also launched successful UAS attacks on helicopter operations based at Kirovskoye airfield in Crimea, and an artillery ammunition storage facility in Bryansk, Russia.

Russia has now lost more than 30 Su-34 FULLBACK aircraft during the course of the Ukraine conflict. The FULLBACK fleet is being relied upon to conduct huge amounts of daily sorties launching glide bombs across the frontlines. In total, Russia has now lost more than 135 fixed wing aircraft on operations in Ukraine.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Defense Forces are directing efforts to disrupt the execution of Russian invaders' offensive plans and exhaust their combat potential.

Since the beginning of the day, there have been 112 combat clashes, the Russian enemy launched one missile and 39 air strikes, using two rockets and 73 guided air bombs, used 882 kamikaze drones to strike, carrying out almost 4,000 shells of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

In the North Slobozhansky and Kursky directions, there have been 16 clashes with Russian zagarbnikami, two of which are ongoing so far. The Russian enemy made 12 aviation strikes, dropping 26 controlled bombs, carried out 256 shelling, including two of the reactive systems of the fire.
Today, Russian forces attacked 12 times in the South Slobozhansky direction, in the areas of Vovchansk, Zelenogo, Milovy, Kamyanka and towards Barnoy, four clashes are ongoing so far.
Russian forces attacked Ukrainian fortifications in the Kupyansky direction eight times in the areas of the settlements of Radkivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Sinkivka, Golubivka, Zagrizove, Green Grove and towards Novoosinovoye.
In the Lyman direction today, Russian troops stormed positions of Ukrainian defenders 18 times near the settlements of Kopanka, New Mir, Medium, Green Valley, Kolodyazi, Novovodiyane, Grekivka, Ridkodub, Mirne and towards Serebryanka, one confrontation is ongoing so far.
In the Siver Наkomu direction, the Defense Forces repelled eight Russian assaults troops in the area of Bílogorivka and towards Grigorivka and Viymka.
Today, Ukrainian troops repelled one Russian attack in the area of Chasovoye Yar in the Kramators .komu direction.
In the Toretsky direction, the Russian occupiers for today twice stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders near Leonidivka and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsky direction throughout the day, Russian forces carried out 29 assault and offensive actions.
The activity of Russian occupiers was observed in the areas of the settlements of Mirne, Popiv Yar, Kopteve, Lisivka, Novosergiyivka, Muravka, Gorikhove and Oleksiyivka. The fights have not subsided so far in three locations.
According to preliminary calculations, today Ukrainian warriors eliminated 118 and wounded 84 Russian invaders in this direction; destroyed 11 vehicles, eight motorcycles, five BPLAs, two satellite terminals, BPLA antenna, BPLA control point and four personnel shelters; in addition, four Russian cannons were damaged.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Russian invaders carried out 14 attacks on the position of Ukrainian troops, Russian forces tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Perebudova, Piddubne, Vesele, Maliyivka, Shevchenko and Novopil. One confrontation is currently underway.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled the Russian enemy's attack three times near the settlement of Kamianske.
In other directions, there have been no significant changes in the environment.