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Russo-Ukraine War - 29 July 2025 - Day 1252

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 in response to numerous successful Ukrainian one way attack uncrewed aerial system (OWA UAS) strikes, Russia has commenced a programme to protect vulnerable aircraft at a number of airfields close to the Russia-Ukraine border. These airfields include Millerovo, Kursk Vostochny and Hvardiiske, where construction of hardened aircraft shelters has been identified. These hardened aircraft shelters consist of a dome shaped rooftop, thick blast doors and are covered with earth for additional protection.

Millerovo Air Base is situated approximately 17km east of the Russia-Ukraine border and was most recently targeted on 22 July 2025. In addition to the construction of hardened aircraft shelters, eight newly constructed drive-through aircraft shelters are likely nearing operational readiness.

The construction of these hardened aircraft shelters provides a layer of protection to aircraft deployed to Russian airbases against future Ukrainian OWA UAS strikes.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that since the beginning of the day, there have been 139 combat clashes.

The Russian enemy launched three missile and 32 air strikes at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, fired six missiles and dropped 59 controlled air bombs, carried out 1,229 kamikaze drone strikes and 3,919 shells.

In the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursky directions, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 16 assault actions of the occupiers, two more clashes are still ongoing.
In addition, the Russian enemy launched two air strikes, dropped three controlled bombs, carried out 287 shells, eight of which were reactive systems of arson fire.
In the South Slobozhansky direction Ukrainian soldiers repelled four attacks in the Vovchansky district and in the direction of Kolodiazny.
In the Kupians таkomu direction, Russian forces twice tried to push Ukrainian units out of occupied positions in the direction of Pi намагаany and in the area of Golubivka.
In the Lyman direction, the Russian enemy attacked 20 times, trying to advance in the settlements of New Mir, Kolodyazi, Karpivka, Dibrova, Torske and in the direction of Sredny, Shandrigolovy, Yampol.
In the sívers їkomu direction, Ukrainian warriors stopped five attacks near grigorívka, sívers Сіka and fedorívka, two more combat continues.
In the Kramators спроkomu direction, the Defense Forces stopped three Russian attempts to advance in the direction of the White Mountain and in the area of Novomarkovy.
The Russian enemy has tried to infiltrate Ukrainian defense six times in the Toretsky direction - in the Toreck area.
During the day in the Pokrovsky direction, Russian forces committed 48 assault and offensive actions in the areas of settlements:
Popiv Yar, Volodymyrivka, Novoekonomíčne, Mykolaivka, Rodins Зke, Fox, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Kotline, Udačne, Novopídgorodn кра, Muravka, Peace lover, Nut, Dachne, Nikanorivka, Novoukrainka.
Currently, the fight is being sharpened in one location.
According to preliminary calculations, in this direction Ukrainian warriors zneškodili 96 Russian occupiers, of which 56 - irrevocable.
Destroyed 14 unmanned aircraft, two shelters for personnel.
In addition, two units of automotive equipment and two motorcycles of the Russian opponent were damaged.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped seven Russian attacks in the areas of settlements Oleksandrograd, Zeleniy Gai, Vilne Pole, Novohatske and Zelene Pole, another confrontation is still ongoing.
Since the beginning of the day in the gulyajpíl Зs Зkomu direction, boêzitknen чатку has not happened.
The settlement of Bilogir suffered an air strike by unmanned aircraft missiles.
In the Orihivsky direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled two attacks in the area of the settlement of Plavna.
In the Pridniprovsky direction Ukrainian soldiers repelled six attacks of the Russian zagarbnikív.