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Russo-Ukraine War - 26 July 2025 - Day 1249

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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.

Zagarbniki committed one rocket and 52 aviation strikes, using 27 rockets and dropping 93 controlled air bombs. In addition, the Russians engaged 1,329 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,550 shelling of positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

Ukrainian units repelled nine Russian attacks in the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursky directions today. The enemy launched eight air strikes, dropping 17 controlled air bombs, and carried out 270 artillery shelling, three of which were from reactive systems of arson fire.
Since the beginning of the day in the south-Slobozhans .komu direction, the Russian enemy three times attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders near Staritsa and in the area of Vovchansk.
In the Kupiansk direction, Russian units carried out five assault actions, trying to break through the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the regions of Radkivka, Kupiansk and Zagrizovy.
In the Lyman direction since the beginning of the day, Russian zagarbniks 11 times attacked the positions of Ukrainians near the settlements of New Mir, Zeleniy Gorge, Grekivka, Shandrigolove, Kolodyazi, Karpivka and Torske.
In the sívers Наkomu direction, Russian forces twice tried to break through in the area of grigorívka.
In the Kramators проkomu direction, Russian forces once unsuccessfully attacked the positions of the Defense Forces.
In the Toretsky direction, Russians once attacked the positions of Defense Forces in the Toretsk area.
Since the beginning of the day in the Pokrovsk direction, Russians 55 times tried to break through Ukrainian defense in the areas of settlements Poltavka, Volodymyrivka, Novotoretsk, Novoekonomíčne, Lisivka, Novoukrainka, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Udaachne, Kotline, Novopavlivka, Oleksiyivka and in the direction of Novopidgorodny. Fighting is ongoing in five locations.
Defense Forces hold back enemy attacks, the Russian enemy suffers significant losses - today in this direction 182 Russian invaders have been defecated, of which 123 are irrevocable. Ukrainian defenders destroyed a combat armored car, two cars, one buggy, six motorcycles, two cannons, 12 unmanned aircraft, two satellite terminals, antenna control of BPLA, one ammunition warehouse. One car, four motorcycles, four artillery systems and seven personnel shelters were also significantly damaged.
In the Novopavlovsky direction, Ukrainian units stopped ten Russian attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops near the settlements of Temirivka, Tolstoy, Novohatske, Mirne, Maliyivka, Voskresenka.
Russian aviation struck Bilogirû in the direction of Gulyaipilsky.
In the Orihiv direction, the Russian zagarbniki tried to advance in the area of Kamiansky.
In the pridniprovsk direction, Russian forces made eight unsuccessful attempts of attack, suffered losses and retreated. Odradokamianka suffered an air strike.