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Russo-Ukraine War - 18 July 2025 - Day 1241

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 Russia is planning to remove the Ukrainian language from the school curriculum it imposes in illegally occupied Ukrainian territories, according to open-source reports citing a draft Russian Education Ministry order. The ministry reportedly explains the exclusion, expected to take effect from September 2025, as resulting from the 'changed geopolitical situation'.

The proposed change will reportedly primarily affect Ukrainian children in occupied areas of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, where the Ukrainian language has remained a mandatory part of the education curriculum, according to the cited Education Ministry order. The draft order also reportedly significantly reduces the study of Ukrainian literature.

This follows reported long-term Russian efforts to reduce and eliminate the Ukrainian language in schools in other illegally occupied Ukrainian territories, including Crimea, whilst Russia's President Putin has simultaneously repeatedly demanded protections for the Russian language within unoccupied territories of Ukraine.

The Russian Education Ministry's plans as reported amount to a further addition to the senior leadership's long-standing Russification policy in illegally occupied Ukrainian territory, which seeks to extirpate Ukrainian culture, identity and statehood.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in total, there have been 138 combat clashes since the beginning of this day. Ukrainian defenders continue to decisively interrupt the attempts of the Russian enemy to advance deep intoUkrainian territory, giving him a fiery impression.

Russian invaders launched 61 air strikes, dropping 81 controlled bombs. In addition, 1221 kamikaze drones were recruited to impress and carried out 3,949 shells on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

In the North-Slobozhansky and Kursky directions, there have been 26 clashes with Russian zagarbnikami, one of which is ongoing so far. The enemy launched eight aviation strikes, dropped twelve controlled bombs, carried out 192 artillery shelling.
Today, the Russian enemy attacked four times in the South-Slobozhansky direction, in the areas of the settlements Vovchansk and Krasne Pershe.
In the Kupiansk direction, Russian forces made three offensive actions in the direction of Kupiansk and near Stepova Novoselivka, Kindrashivka, one confrontation is still ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 19 Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Korovy Yar, Karpivka, Kolodyazi, Shandrigolove, Torske and towards Serebryanka, eight clashes are still ongoing.
In the sívers таkomu direction, Russian forces attacked three times in the areas of grigorívka, serebryanka and viímki.
Since the beginning of the day in the Kramatorsky direction, Russian forces attacked twice in the areas of the White Mountain, Ukrainian units repelled both attacks of the occupiers.
Six boêzítknen і took place in the Toretsky direction today. The Russian enemy tried to storm the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Sherbinivka and Oleksandro-Kalinovogo. There is currently one combat.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of this day, Russian forces 37 times attacked positions in the areas of settlements Poltavka, Volodymyrivka, Mirolûbívka, Novoekonomíčne, Lisívka, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Kotline, Molodetske, Udačne, Gorihove, Oleksiyivka.Ukrainian defenders have repelled 36 attacks, another confrontation is ongoing so far.
Today, according to preliminary data, 82 Russian invaders have been defiled in this direction, 46 of which are irrevocably. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed one personnel shelter, one drone control point, one motorcycle, three cars, ten unmanned aircraft. In addition, two Russian cars were damaged.
Ukrainian defenders repelled six Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zyrka, Vilne Pole, Novopil and towards Oleksandrograd. Two clashes are still ongoing.
In the Gulyaipil direction, the Russian aviation struck by unkemplified aviation missiles on the settlement of Zaliznychne, Russian forces did not carry out assault actions.
In the Orihivsky direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled three Russian attacks near Kamiansky, in addition, the Russian enemy launched air strikes on settlements Novodanilivka and Plavna.
Six clashes took place in the Pridniprovsky direction, Russian forces tried to advance in the direction of settlements of Dniprovsk, Sadova, Pridniprovske, in the area of the settlement of Gola Prystan and the island of Kozulsky. The settlement of Olgivka suffered an airstrike.