Combat Operations
Ukraine
Russia
United States
NATO
United Nations
Foreign Reactions
News Reports

Combat Operations

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on April 25, 2022 Ukraine MOD 25 Apr 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 25.04 Ukraine MOD 25 Apr 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00 on April 25, 2022 Ukraine MOD 25 Apr 2022
• Russia announces ceasefire around steel plant in Ukraine's Mariupol to allow civilian evacuation Press TV 25 Apr 2022 -- Russia's Defense Ministry has announced a ceasefire around the giant fortress-like Azovstal steelworks in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol to allow a civilian evacuation from the flashpoint industrial area, almost a week after Moscow said it had fully seized the city.
• Day 61: US raises ante with high-level visit to Kiev, more military aid Press TV 25 Apr 2022 -- Washington's top diplomat and the Pentagon chief have pledged additional military aid, including advanced weapons, and a return of US envoys to Kiev on their first wartime visit to Ukraine.
• Russia Says It Is Opening A Humanitarian Corridor From Mariupol RFE/RL 25 Apr 2022 -- The Russian military says it will open a humanitarian corridor for civilians to evacuate from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
• No Significant Russian Breakthrough In Donbas, British Defense Ministry Says RFE/RL 25 Apr 2022 -- Moscow has only achieved minor advances since shifting its military focus on completely occupying eastern Ukraine, Britain's Ministry of Defense said in its regular bulletin on April 25.
• Ukraine Denies Deal Reached On Humanitarian Corridor For Mariupol, Says Assault Continues RFE/RL 25 Apr 2022 -- Ukraine has denied that an agreement was reached with Russia to form a humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to escape a steel plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol, and said Russia continued to attack the plant on April 25 and also hit Ukrainian rail and fuel facilities far from the front lines.

Ukraine

• Ukraine is a real symbol of struggle for freedom - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2022
• Andriy Yermak held a meeting on the creation of the Book of Torturers to bring to justice all Russian war criminals President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2022
• Russians continue to destroy Ukrainian cities and kill people, so it is clear that the existing sanctions are not enough - Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2022
• Ukraine has prepared the necessary documents for the launch of a special tribunal on the crime of aggression as soon as possible - Andriy Smyrnov President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2022
• The one who finances the Russian Federation is the accomplice of war crimes committed by Russia - Oleg Ustenko President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2022
• The Orthodox world has seen that Easter means nothing to Russia - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2022
• President of Ukraine met with the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense of the United States of America President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2022

Russia

• Kiev Imitates Negotiations, Zelensky Often Contradicts Himself - Russian FM Sputnik 25 Apr 2022 -- Kiev imitates negotiations, while Volodymyr Zelensky, being an actor, plays, often contradicting himself, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
• FSB Detains 'Neo-Nazis' Plotting to Kill Russian Journalist Solovyev on Kiev Instructions Sputnik 25 Apr 2022 -- "Neo-Nazis" from "National Socialism/White Power" (banned in Russia), who planned the murder of prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov on the instructions of Kiev, were detained on Monday, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said.

United States

• Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks to Traveling Press DoD 25 Apr 2022
• Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin's Travel to Ukraine US Dept. of State 25 Apr 2022 -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III visited Kyiv, Ukraine yesterday to demonstrate the United States' unwavering commitment to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in their struggle against Russian aggression.
• Blinken, Austin Meet Ukraine's President in Kyiv DoD News 25 Apr 2022 -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III traveled by train yesterday to Ukraine's capital Kyiv, to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
• Ukraine - Non-Standard Ammunition DSCA 25 Apr 2022 -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine of various rounds of non-standard ammunition for an estimated cost of $165 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on April 24, 2022.
• White House Says Not in Position to Put Limit on Assistance Sent to Ukraine Sputnik 25 Apr 2022 -- White House Jen Psaki said the Biden administration is not in a position to discuss imposing a limit on the amount of assistance the United States will provide Ukraine pending consultations between President Joe Biden and Congress.
• US to Host Military Talks on Ukraine in Germany VOA 25 Apr 2022 -- The United States is planning to host dozens of countries in Germany on Tuesday for talks focused on arming Ukraine. The plans come after top U.S. diplomat and defense officials traveled to Kyiv to promise more U.S. military assistance for the country.

NATO

United Nations

• Update 63 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 25 Apr 2022 -- The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, is today travelling to Ukraine to lead the IAEA's first full-fledged assistance mission of safety, security and safeguards experts to the country.
• UN Secretary-General Stops in Ankara on Way to Kyiv, Moscow VOA 25 Apr 2022 -- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Monday, ahead of planned visits to Ukraine and Russia in efforts to end the Ukrainian conflict.
• Humanitarians seek $2.25 billion for Ukraine response UN News 25 Apr 2022 -- Humanitarians have launched a renewed appeal for war-ravaged Ukraine that calls for $2.25 billion to provide assistance and protection to nearly nine million people, the UN announced on Monday.
• Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: UN chief to visit Turkey before having talks in Russia, Ukraine People's Daily 25 Apr 2022 -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will pay a visit to Turkey on Monday before having talks in Moscow and Kiev as part of efforts to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The following are the latest developments:
• UN secretary-general to visit Turkey before having talks in Russia, Ukraine: ministry People's Daily 25 Apr 2022 -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will pay a visit to Turkey on Monday before having talks in Moscow and Kiev as part of efforts to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Foreign Reactions

• PACE President urges members to help restore peace in Ukraine Council of Europe 25 Apr 2022 -- At the opening of the PACE spring session in Strasbourg, President Tiny Kox urged members to help restore peace in Ukraine and the entire continent, and to assist Council of Europe member State Ukraine "to regain its national sovereignty and territorial integrity and rebuild its society, which is suffering from a terrifying and brutal assault by the Russian army."
• Russian war crimes in Ukraine: Commission proposes to reinforce the mandate of Eurojust to collect and preserve evidence of war crimes European Commission 25 Apr 2022 -- Today, the Commission has proposed to amend the Eurojust Regulation to give the Agency the legal possibility to collect, preserve and share evidence on war crimes.
• Defence Secretary statement to the House of Commons on Ukraine: 25 April 2022 UK MOD 25 Apr 2022 -- Defence Secretary Ben Wallace gave a statement to the House of Commons on Ukraine.
• Foreign ministry to pay for delivery of donated supplies to Ukraine CNA 25 Apr 2022 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Monday it will pay for the delivery of supplies for Ukrainian refugees to Europe out of its own budget even though it could cost as much as NT$200 million (US$6.81 million).

News Reports

• ICC Joins 3 Countries in Probing Possible Russian War Crimes in Ukraine VOA 25 Apr 2022 -- The International Criminal Court said Monday that for the first time it will be part of a multination investigative team to probe whether Russia committed war crimes during its two-month invasion of Ukraine.
• State Security Building In Transdniester Damaged By Rocket-Propelled Grenades RFE/RL 25 Apr 2022 -- The Ministry of State Security in Tiraspol, the main city of Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region, has been hit by a series of explosions, according to news reports.
• Series of Explosions Rock Transnistria's Ministry of State Security Building: Correspondent Sputnik 25 Apr 2022 -- Transnistria, formally known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, is a breakaway region sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine. The region split from Moldova in 1990 after Kishinev declared sovereignty from the USSR, sparking an armed conflict. Russian peacekeeping forces were deployed in Transnistria in 1992.