At night, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with drones, the Armed Forces are advancing in two directions – the General Staff

The 517th day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation has begun.

Tonight, the Russian Federation struck another blow with Iranian attack UAVs of the “Shahed” type Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, and are entrenched at the achieved boundaries. During the past 24 hours, more than 35 combat clashes took place.

Meanwhile, the Russian Federation continues to kill the civilian population of Ukraine, continues to ignore the laws and customs of war, and uses terror tactics. The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high, the General Staff emphasizes.

More details about the situation at the front – in the morning summary General Staff on July 25.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched one missile and 72 air strikes, launched more than 50 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.

“Unfortunately, children and civilians have been killed and injured, port infrastructure and grain storage facilities in the south of Ukraine, residential buildings have been destroyed and damaged,” the report says.

The situation at the front

On Volyn and Poliske directions operational situation without significant changes.

On Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions the enemy carried out airstrikes in the districts of Guryiv Kozachok and Pishchane of the Kharkiv region. He carried out mortar and artillery shelling of more than 30 settlements, in particular, the territory northeast of Leonivka, Chernihiv region came under fire; Seredyna-Buda, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Bilopillya, east of Uhroidy, southeast of Popivka of the Sumy region and Strelecha, Ohirtseve, Bochkove, Nesterne and Budarka of the Kharkiv region.

On Kupyansk direction airstrikes were recorded near Terni, Vilshanaya and Kislivka, while Krasne Pershe, Figolivka, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kupyansk, Odradne, Kislivka of the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy artillery and mortar fire.

On Lyman direction the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Bilogorivka, Luhansk region, and Lyman, Yampol, Siversk, Spirny, and Rozdolivka, Donetsk region. The settlements of Nevske, Bilogorivka in the Luhansk region and Torske, Verkhnokamianske, Spirne, Rozdolivka in the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.

On Bakhmut direction our defenders successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas northwest of Orihovo-Vasylivka, south of Ivanivskyi and west of Klishchiivka. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the districts of Dilyivka and Predechyny of the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements, including Klishchiivka, Chasiv Yar, Kostyantynivka, Kramatorsk, Severnye, and New York of the Donetsk region, were affected by enemy artillery shelling.

On AVdeiv direction, under heavy fire from the enemy’s aircraft and artillery, our defenders successfully repelled attacks by Russian troops in the Pervomaisky area. The enemy carried out airstrikes near Novokalynovy, Avdiivka and Nevelskyi. At the same time, he carried out artillery shelling of more than 10 settlements, including Avdiivka, Lastochkine, Vodyane, Pervomaiske and Karlivka of the Donetsk region.

On Maryinsky direction Defense forces continue to hold back the advance of Russian troops in the Krasnohorivka and Maryinka districts. Vopog shelled more than 10 settlements, among them Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pobyeda, Georgiivka, Maksimilianivka of the Donetsk region.

On Mining direction the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the Rivnopol area of ​​the Donetsk region. He shelled more than 10 settlements, including Paraskoviivka, Novomykhailivka, Vugledar, and Blagodatne in the Donetsk region.

On Zaporizhia and Kherson directions the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on preventing the further advance of our troops.

He carried out airstrikes in the regions of Mala Tokmachka, Orikhov, and Lobkovo of the Zaporizhzhia region. More than 35 settlements, including Novodarivka, Levadne, Stepove, Lobkovo, Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region, were hit by artillery fire; Burgunka, Lviv, Tyaginka, Mykilske, Dniprovske, Stanislav of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.

Over the past day, the aviation of the defense forces struck the enemy’s control point, eight strikes on personnel concentration areas, and six strikes on enemy anti-aircraft missile complexes. During the day, our defenders destroyed three enemy attack UAVs of the “Shakhed-136” type.

During the past day, units of missile troops and artillery hit four control points, three anti-aircraft defenses, nine artillery weapons in firing positions and four radio-electronic warfare stations of the occupiers.

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