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Russo-Ukraine War - 20 July 2025 - Day 1243

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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 in total, there have been 122 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 zagarbniki made two missile strikes using 5 missiles, 53 aviation strikes, dropping 71 controlled bombs. In addition, 1,427 kamikaze drones were recruited and carried out 4,327 shelling at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

In the North-Slobozhansky and Kursky directions, 18 clashes with Russian zagarbnikami, five of which continue so far. The Russian enemy launched nine air strikes, dropped 12 controlled bombs, fired 229 artillery shells.
Today, Russian forces attacked four times in the South-Slobozhansky direction, in the areas of the settlements Vovchansk, Krasne Pershe, Kutkivka and Staritsa.
In the Kupiansk direction, Russian forces carried out four offensive actions in the area of Kindrashivka, Green Grove and in the direction of Kupiansk, one confrontation is still ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, the Defense Forces have already repelled 17 Russian attacks in the areas of settlements Karpivka, Kolodyazi, New Mir, Ridkodub, Shandrigolove, Torske and in the direction of Serebryanka, three clashes are still ongoing.
In the sívers Верkomu direction, Russian forces six times attacked in the areas of viymki, verkhn Наkamâns комуkogo, fedorivka and grigorívka, three combat still ongoing.
Since the beginning of the day, in the Kramatorsky direction, Russian forces once attacked in the direction of the Predtechiny.
Eight boêzítknen бо took place in the Toretsky direction today. The Russian enemy tried to storm the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Diliyivka, Scherbinivka, Rusynoy Yar, Toretsk and in the direction of Katerynivka, two attacks are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of this day, Russian forces attacked 36 times positions in the areas of settlements Poltavka, Udačne, Novoekonomíčne, Lisivka, Zvirove, Novopavlivka, Gorikhove, Oleksiyivka and in the direction of Pokrovsk, Mirnohrad. Ukrainian defenders have repelled 34 assaults, two more clashes are ongoing so far.
Today in this direction, according to preliminary data, 209 Russian occupants were defecated, of which 130 - irrevocably. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed two units of automobile equipment, five motorcycles, three cannons, 14 unmanned aircraft, three APL control antennas, two APL control points, also damaged three units of automobile machinery, two cannons and two APL control antannas of the Russian occupiers.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 10 Russian attacks in the areas of settlements Yalta, Mirne, Tolstoy,
Resurrection, Maliivka, Green Field, Temirivka and Novopil. Three more clashes are underway.
In the Gulyaipilsky and Orikhivskky directions, Russian forces did not carry out offensive actions, but launched air strikes on settlements of Plavna and Primorsky.
In the pridniprovsky direction, there was one battle encounter, in addition, Russian forces caused an air strike unkekorovanim aviation missiles on odradokamâncí.