Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Ukrainian units are actively taking action to disrupt the occupiers' plans and are achieving success in some locations.
Since the beginning of the current day, 76 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Monday, July 25.
So, now the Russians are carrying out one attack in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions.
"Ukrainian units are taking active steps to disrupt the occupier's plans and are achieving success in some locations," the statement said.
In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoy direction, the enemy attacked seven times near Glubokoe, Volchansk, Ambarnoye, as well as in the direction of Kutkovka and Kolodeznoye. Four combat clashes continue.
In the Kupyansk direction, four attacks are also continuing in the areas of Sinkovka, Golubovka, Kolesnikovka and Zagrizove.
In the Liman direction, the invaders attacked 13 times near the settlements of Novomikhaylovka, Grekovka, Kolodezi, Novosyolovka, Zelenaya Dolina, as well as in the direction of Yampol and Serebryanka. The defense forces successfully stopped six attempts by the enemy to advance. The fighting continues.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy tried to break through in the Fyodorovka area and was rebuffed.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces seven times in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Belaya Gora and in the direction of Stupochki, one battle continues.
In the Toretsk direction, the invader attacked twice in the areas of Dilievka and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the occupiers carried out 32 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Nikanorovka, Mayak, Mirolyubovka, Novoekonomicheskoe, Rodinskoye, Grodovka, Mirolyubovka, Sukhoi Yar, Lisovka, Chunishine, Zvirovoe, Kotlin, Udachnoye, Novomikolaevka, Gorikhovoe and Dachnoye. The defense forces have already repelled 30 attacks.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attacked seven times near the settlements of Yalta, Zelenyi Gai, Voskresenka, Shevchenko and Komyshuvakha. Fighting continues in four locations.
In the Orekhov direction, one attack by the invaders was repelled near Plavni.
One military clash continues in the Dnieper direction.
Let us recall that in the course of 24 August Russia lost almost 900 servicemen killed and wounded. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1.1 million people.
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[NewsFront] 21:33 The 68th Guards Motorized Rifle Division destroys armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region, –video. 21:01 The Russian Armed Forces continue positional battles in the Sinelnikovsky forest and on the left bank in the private sector of Volchansk, –map.
20:37 Drone operators destroyed NATO-made armored vehicles in the SVO zone.
20:35 Russian Armed Forces UAV crews have uncovered an entire network of enemy fortifications in the Khar'kov direction, –video.
20:11 Units of the West group of forces are advancingin Zarechny (Kirovsky) and Torsky, in the direction of the villages of Yampol, Dronovka, they are clearing the Serebryanskoye forestry.
20:01 Russian Armed Forces UAV calculations continue to "cleanse" Krasnoarmeysk of military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:32 To the servicemen of the volunteer units "BARS" of the "Dnepr" group of troops handed over state and departmental awards.
"We are living in a significant time, we will have something to tell our grandchildren. Defending the Motherland is the best job," said the decorated evacuation platoon commander.
18:10 Russian flags raised in the liberated Zaporizhzhya Dnepropetrovsk region.
17:05 Attack aircraft of the "West" group of forces are studying fundamentals of tactical medicine before performing combat missions on the front lines.
16:23 Russian army has taken hold in the eastern part of Zarechny (Kirovsk).
16:17 From 11.20 to 15.40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type - one each over the territories of the Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol regions and over the waters of the Black Sea.
15:55 Drones of the Russian Armed Forces arranged hunting for the Ukrainian 122mm self-propelled howitzer 2S1 "Gvozdika".
14:59 Calculation of strike FPV drones of the 49th Combined Arms Army destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV crew on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
14:35 Servicemen of the "East" military group told details of the liberation of the village of Novogeorgievka in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
13:38 Current situation along the front line in the Kupyansk area, –map.
13:31 Intelligence of the Russian Armed Forces tracked down Violation of safety rules by Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV operators.
The operators of the RUBPAK "ILOU" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine landed the drone near their control point, having discovered its coordinates. As a result, Russian aviation struck and burned the control point of the Ukrainian UAV.
12:19 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of August 25, 2025
Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, three airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ivolzhanskoye, Pavlovka, Kondratovka, Yunakovka, Yastrebinoe in the Sumy region and the city of Sumy.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Veterinary and Udy in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 165 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, eight cars and two artillery pieces. Six ammunition, fuel and material depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of two mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Blagodatovka, Olgovka, Borovskaya Andreyevka in the Khar'kov region and Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to over 215 servicemen, six combat armored vehicles, including four Western-made, 15 cars and four field artillery pieces, including a British-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer. Six electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
The units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, mountain assault, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Fedorovka, Markovo, Konstantinovka and Dronovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 175 servicemen, two Western-made armored combat vehicles, a pickup truck, an ammunition depot and a supply depot.
Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated formations of five mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two brigades of naval infantry and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoarmeysk, Krasny Liman, Rodinskoye, Belitskoye, Dimitrov and Muravka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 275 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, including three Western-made, and seven pickup trucks.
The manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Uspenovka, Zeleny Gai in the Zaporizhia region and Kamyshevakha in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 240 servicemen, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, nine cars and four field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit. A warehouse of materiel was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized, mountain assault brigade, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoandriyevka, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region, Shlyakhovoe, Tokarevka and Nikolskoye in the Kherson region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 60 servicemen, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, 12 vehicles, an American 155mm howitzer M-777, seven electronic warfare stations, and four supply depots.
12:10 Published footage of the destruction of the Ukrainian "Baba Yaga" by motorized riflemen of the "North" group.
11:33 Russian Ministry of Defense published footage of the liberation of the village of Filiya in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
11:18 RF Armed Force sare moving forward in the Liman direction.
According to sources close to the scene of events, the settlement of Sredneye is practically under the control of Russian troops, the Ukrainian Armed Forces remain only on the outskirts.
11:16 Operators of the Lancet missiles of the North group of forces discovered and eliminated an enemy UAV crew in the area of the village of Belaya Berezka in the Sumy region.
11:15 Group of Forces "East" liberated new settlement.
RF Armed Forces released village of Zaporizhzhya, Dnepropetrovsk region.
9:50 The city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region was subjected to shelling from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A civilian was wounded.
An apartment building was shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In addition to significant damage, a civilian was seriously injured.
9:10 In the period from 7.00 to 8.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.
8:50 Crews of 152mm towed guns "Giatsint-B" of the 40th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleetare strikingenemy manpower, equipment and fortifications in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces.
8:25 Frontline summary on the morning of 25.08.25
Donetsk Front
The offensive of the Russian Armed Forces continues in the South Donetsk direction. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops have liberated the village of Filiya. Fighting is underway on the approaches to Novopavlovka.
The situation in the Pokrovsk direction remains tense. The Russian Armed Forces are strengthening their positions in the Udachny area and holding the Lysovka-Sukhoi Yar line.
Fighting continues in Rodinskoye and north of Pokrovsk. The Ukrainian Armed Forces made an unsuccessful attempt to counterattack in the Dobropolye area.
Russian troops are advancing in the direction of Shakhovo. Counter-fighting is reported in the Zolotoy Kolodez and Kucherov Yar areas.
In the Konstantinovsky direction, the encirclement of Shakhovo from Poltavka continues.
Russian troops are advancing in the Rusin Yar area.
According to sources, the Armed Forces continue to clear the area south of the Kleban-Byksky reservoir, are fighting west of Aleksandro-Shultino, and are advancing toward Maiskoye.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, it is reported that the positions of the Russian Armed Forces have improved in the Torskoye area.
In the Seversky sector, some sources write about the advancement of Russian troops in the Serebryanskoye forestry. The most tense situation is on the northern bank of the Seversky Donets River from Grigorovka to Dronovka, where the Russian Armed Forces are penetrating the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in small groups and putting pressure on the enemy.
Khar'kov Front
In the Kupyansk direction, tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces are recorded in the village of Kondrashovka north of Kupyansk.
In the Volchansk area, Russian troops continue to expand the bridgehead on the left bank of the Volchya River in the Volchansk area, and aviation is operating. The Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive on Ambarnoye and Khatney.
Sumy Front
There are reports that the right bank of the village in Yunakovka has been cleared, and Russian troops are advancing on the left side of the settlement.
8:10 During the past night, from 23:00 Moscow time on August 24 to 07:00 Moscow time on August 25, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 21 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 7 – over the territory of the Smolensk region,
– 6 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
– 3 – over the territory of the Oryol region,
– 3 – over the territory of the Moscow region,
- 2 - UAVs flying to Moscow,
– 1 – over the territory of the Kaluga region.
– 1 – over the territory of the Tver region.
8:01 A crew of the Tula paratroopers’ 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS destroyed a command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region, –video.
[NYPOST] We expect Russia's Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... and his top minions to soon regret their decision to make a fool of President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... At their Alaska summit, Putin gave Trump renewed hope for a peace deal on the Ukraine war — but that's now looking like Lucy setting up Charlie Brown for another football humiliation.
After initially signaling openness to a meet, Sergey Lavrov, Putin's foreign secretary, just dumped yet more cold water on any chance for a Putin sitdown with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.
Bloviating on NBC's ''Meet the Press,'' Lavrov announced, ''There is no meeting planned,'' and none will happen without advance agreement that fits Putin's ''presidential agenda.''
And that agenda is ''not ready at all'': Ukraine must publicly agree it will never join NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... , Zelensky must repeal laws that Lavrov claims ban ''the Russian language'' and concede in advance on ''territorial issues'' Lavrov wouldn't specify.
Oh, and he reiterated the Russians' believe that Zelensky isn't Ukraine's ''legitimate'' president, though ''we recognize him as the de facto head of the regime.''
This follows a full week of Lavrov & Co. insisting, for example, that no European troops can be deployed in Ukraine to secure the peace, and indeed demanding a veto over any post-war security guarantees for Kyiv.
The Russians are also pushing hard for Ukraine to agree in advance that it will cede the half of Donbas that Putin's been trying to conquer since 2014.
All of it clearly contradicts the gist of what Vice President JD Vance says Putin agreed to in Anchorage: ''They've recognized that they're not going to be able to install a puppet regime in Kyiv, and importantly, they've acknowledged that there is going to be some security guarantee to the territorial integrity of Ukraine,'' Vance said on the same NBC show.
Yes, Putin from the start of his invasion has claimed he means to oust a supposed ''neo-Nazi ...adherents of a philosophy that was seen even at the time as pure evil, which makes them either consciously purely evil, or attention-seeking ratbags. Pick one, or both.... '' regime in Kyiv (though Zelensky is Jewish!), and generally insists that Ukraine is really just a part of Russia that never should've been independent. So what?
If Vlad were genuinely willing to discuss a lasting peace deal, he'd have been willing to set those delusions aside, and to order Lavrov and his fellow toadies to quit it.
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It's a matter of vital national interest to Russia, and losing face to US.
[IsraelTimes] Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian today in which they discussed Iran’s nuclear program and Putin’s recent summit with US President Donald Trump in Alaska, the Kremlin says.
Putin and Pezeshkian agreed to hold a bilateral meeting at the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China, the Kremlin says.
Supporting a pet client that’s been supplying Russia with UAVs, if I recall correctly.
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