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Russo-Ukraine War - 03 July 2025 - Day 1226

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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 the Defense Forces are directing efforts to disrupt the execution of Russian invaders' offensive plans and exhaust their combat potential.

110 combat clashes have taken place since the beginning of the day. The Russian enemy launched two missiles and 51 air strikes, using two missiles and dropping 79 controlled bombs, carrying out 1120 kamikaze drones and 4500 shells to the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

Ukrainian defenders repelled eight Russian attacks in the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursky directions. The enemy launched 9 air strikes, dropped 16 controlled air bombs in total, and carried out 178 artillery shells, including one from a reactive arsenal.

In the South-Slobozhansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled eight Russian assaults in the areas of Vovchansk and Barnoy. Aviation strikes suffered settlements of vovchans Оkí farms, odnorobivka, vodâne, odradne, ohrímívka and vílhuvatka.
The Russian enemy four times attacked Ukrainian fortifications in the Kupyans чоkomu direction in the areas of Kindrashivka, Zagrizovoye and towards Petropavlivka.
In the Lyman direction today Russian troops 18 times stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders near the New Peace, Grekivka, Ridkoduba, Karpivka, Kolodyaziv, Green Valley, Torsky, Nadia, Serebryanka and in the direction of Dronivka and Shandrigolovy. Three clashes are ongoing so far.
In the sívers лиkomu direction Ukrainian warriors repelled three Russian attacks near viymki and fedorívka.
Ukrainian troops repelled one attack in the direction of the White Mountain in the Kramatorsky direction.
In the Toretsky direction, the Russian occupiers today six times stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of Rusynoy Yar, Yablunivka and towards Pleschievka, Oleksandro-Kalinovogo, Katerynivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction throughout the day, Russian forces committed 35 assault and offensive actions.
The activity of Russian occupiers was observed in the areas of settlements Mirne, Novotoretske, Mirolûbívka, Malinivka, Razine, Beam, Udachne, Novosergíivka, Gorihove, Oleksiyivka, Dachne and in the direction of Novopavlivka, Mirnohrad, Novopídgorodny and Sofiyivka. The fights have not subsided so far in three locations. The Russian enemy's aviation struck controlled air bombs on the settlements of Poltavka, Bilitske, Mirnograd, Novopavlivka, Filiya, Dachne.
According to preliminary calculations, Ukrainian warriors eliminated 69 and wounded 48 Russian invaders in this direction, destroying four vehicles, two self-propelled stations of Thunder radio-electronic combat, two satellite terminals, seven motorcycles and three unmanned aircraft. In addition, one combat armored car, four motorcycles and a Russian cannon were significantly damaged.
In the Novopavlovsky direction, the Russian invaders carried out nine attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops, trying to advance in the areas of settlements Zaporizhia Komar, Vilne Pole, Mirne, Piddubne and towards the settlement of Andriyivka-Klevtsove.
In the direction of Gulyaipils .komu, Russian forces once tried to advance in the area of Novozlatopol.
Ukrainian defenders repelled one attack of Russian zagarbnikív towards Novopavlivka in the orihiv direction.
In the Pridniprovsk direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled three Russian attacks.
In other directions, there have been no significant changes in the environment.