April 25, 2024

Ukrainian General Staff:  About 1,040 Russian troops killed or wounded in 24 hours; 25 tanks or APCs destroyed or disabled

Ukraine Defense Ministry

Operational information as of 10.00 April 25, 2024 on the Russian invasion

Spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Kovalov.

Glory to Ukraine! The seven hundred ninety-second era of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine began.

During the past day, there were 104 combat clashes.

In total, the enemy fired 13 missiles and 56 aviation strikes, executed

105 shelling from reactive systems of volcano fire on the positions of our troops and settlements. As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Destruction and damage were suffered by residential multi-storey buildings and other objects of civil infrastructure.

During the past day, the Russian occupiers’ air strikes have suffered settlements: Vesele, White Kolodyaz, Vovchansk, Kirylivka Kharkiv region; Serebryan forestry, Belogorivka Luhansk region; Ivanivsk, Chasiv Yar, White Mountain, Andriyivka, Evgenivka, Ocheretino, Berdychi, Semenivka, Kalinove, Vovche, Alexandropil, Arkhangelsk, Krasnogorivka, Konstantinivka, Staromayorske, Harvest Don Etsky region; Robotine Zaporizhia region; Berislav, Olgivka, Krynki of Kherson region.

More than 110 settlements of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions will be under artillery fire by Russian occupiers.

In the Volyn and Polish directions, the operating environment remains without significant changes.

In the Siver and Slobozhansky directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts diversionary activities in order to prevent the transfer of our troops to threatening directions, increases the density of mine-explosive fences along the state border.

In the Kupians пkomu direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 1 attack in the area of the settlement of Brestove Kharkiv region.

In the Limans Наkomu direction Russian occupiers 19 times attacked the positions of Ukrainian troops in the areas of Serebryans облаkogo forest, Nevsky Luhansk region; Terniv and Torsky Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 25 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka Luhansk region; Verkhnyokamianske, Vyimka, Novy, Ivanivskke, Klishchiyivka Donetsk region.

In the avdííí̈vs діkomu direction, Ukrainian soldiers fought off 27 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Ocheretyne, Solovyove, Novokalinove, Berdychi and Netajlove of Donetsk region.

In the Novopavlivsk direction, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to restrain Russian occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorivka, Georgiyivka, Novomykhaylivka, Urozhaine Donetsk region, where the enemy 21 times tried to break through the defense of Ukrainian troops.

In the Orihiv direction, the enemy once attacked the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area of Staromayorskogo Donetsk region.

In the Kherson direction, the opponent tries to knock out Ukrainian units from placdarmív on the left bank of the Dnieper. Yes, over the past day, the enemy has carried out 4 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops in this direction.

During the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine has struck 11 areas of concentration of enemy personnel. Also, one H-59 guided aviation missile and 3 reconnaissance drones of the enemy were destroyed by the forces and means of air defense of Ukraine.

Units of the rocket troops affected the area of focus of the enemy personnel.

Last day, the total losses of the enemy were 1040 Russian invaders, 13 tanks, 14 combat armored vehicles, 28 artillery systems, one reactive volcano fire system, one air defense device, 10 operational-tactical drones, one rocket, 57 cars and 2 special equipment units.

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