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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 19–25 July 2025
Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)
↗️ Over the past week, units of the Vostok Group of Forces advanced to the depths of the enemy's defence, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades.
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 1,360 troops, 21 armoured fighting vehicles, 62 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery guns, five ammunition depots, four electronic warfare and counter-fire stations.
💥 The Dnepr Group's units inflicted losses on one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades.
▪️ The enemy lost more than 420 troops, 37 motor vehicles, and nine artillery guns. Thirty-three electronic warfare and counter-battery stations and 17 ammunition depots were neutralised.
🎯 Air defence systems shot down 27 guided aerial bombs, six U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and one Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectile, four Neptune long-range guided missiles, and 2,049 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
🎯 At night from 24 to 25 of July, four uncrewed enemy boats were neutralised in the north-western part of the Black Sea.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
🔹 664 aircraft,
🔹 283 helicopters,
🔹 72,402 unmanned aerial vehicles,
🔹 624 anti-aircraft missile systems,
🔹 24,324 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
🔹 1,581 MLRS combat vehicles,
🔹 27,815 field artillery guns and mortars,
🔹 38,681 special military vehicles.
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⚡️ From 19 to 25 July, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out ten group strikes, including three with high-precision air-, ground-, sea-based, air-ballistic Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, and attack drones, to hit the following targets:
🔹 Ukranian defence industry enterprises,
🔹 military airfields,
🔹 UAV assembly and storage areas,
🔹 fuel, missile and artillery weapons and ammunition depots,
🔹 territorial centres of recruitment of the AFU,
🔹 temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed groups, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.
In addition, four Patriot anti-aircraft missile launchers and one U.S.-made AN/MPQ-65 multi-role radar have been neutralised during the week.
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⚔️ In Kharkov direction, a Grad MLRS crew of the 44th Army Corps destroyed UAV command posts, manpower positions, and armoured vehicles of AFU units in a forested area.
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📆 Top News Today
▫️ The President held a meeting to discuss the development strategy for the submarine forces of the Russian Navy. Moreover, the President took part in a ceremony for raising the naval ensign on Knyaz Pozharsky nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
▫️ The Ministry of Defence is introducing information communication and situational awareness systems for tactical-level commanders — Andrei Belousov
▫️The Russian Armed Forces liberated Novoekonomicheskoye and Zverevo (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️ Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range high-precision weapons, as well as with unmanned aerial vehicles against Ukrainian defence industry enterprises and power facilities that support the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows engineers, artillerymen, and attack drone operators in the special military operation zone.
▫️ The Iyulsky Shtorm manoeuvres of the Navy continues in the Pacific and Arctic oceans, the Baltic and Caspian seas.
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💥 Fighting the enemy in all directions
00:00 FPV drones of the Rubikon Centre hit AFU personnel in a series of strikes.
00:21 An attack FPV drone of the Zapad Group of Forces destroyed a BTR-4 Bucephalus armoured personnel carrier of the AFU.
00:28 Artillerymen of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on enemy manpower in Kharkov region.
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🚛 Military engineers ensure transport accessibility in the Lugansk People's Republic.
Servicemen of the Zapad Group of Forces, with the help of an engineering vehicle, have laid a soil road for military hardware and civilian transportation in the Lugansk People's Republic.
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In the city of Severodvinsk, the President took part in a ceremony for raising the naval ensign on Knyaz Pozharsky nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
Ships like these are the core of our strategic missile submarine forces, and, thanks to their upgradability, they will be defending the security of our state in the upcoming decades.
🧨 The International Mine Action Centre's engineers as part of the Sever Group of Forces continue demining of border areas of Belgorod region.
▫️ Military engineers defuse improvised explosive devices, unexploded drops from UAVs and other explosive objects, ensuring the safety of civilians.
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00:00 The Giatsint-S crews delivered strikes at AFU temporary deployment areas in South Donetsk direction.
00:11 The Msta-S guns of the Vostok Group of Forces hit enemy UAV command posts in Zaporozhye region.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 24 July 2025
💥 Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range high-precision weapons, as well as with unmanned aerial vehicles against Ukrainian defence industry enterprises and power facilities that support the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
✅ The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
📍 The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. The Group hit manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one air assault brigade, and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Radyanskoye, Korchakovka, Khrapovshchina, Maryino, and Ryzhevka (Sumy region).
💥 In Kharkov direction, Russian units inflicted fire damage on one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade have been hit near Veliky Burluk and Melovoye (Kharkov region).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 160 troops, seven motor vehicles, and five artillery guns. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
📍 The Zapad Group's units improved the situation along the front line. They hit formations of three mechanised brigade, one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defence brigade close to Sredneye, Karpovka, Shandrigolovo, Drobyshevo (Donetsk People's Republic) and Andreyevka (Kharkov region).
▪️ The enemy losses amounted to more than 230 troops, 13 motor vehicles, and one S-60 anti-aircraft gun. Eight ammunition depots were neutralised.
📍 The Yug Group's units took more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade near Pleshcheyevka, Seversk, Zvanovka, and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️ The enemy lost up to 215 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.
📍 The Tsentr Group's units improved the tactical situation. Strikes were launched at formations of two mechanised brigades, one airborne brigade, one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one marine brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade close to Udachnoye, Rodinskoye, Stepanovka, Svetloye, Poltavka, Krasnoarmeysk, and Artema (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️ The Ukrainian formations lost up to 420 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, six pickup trucks, and three artillery guns.
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💥 Precise drone strikes disrupt enemy plans
00:00 UAV operators of paratroopers from Tula wiped out a camouflaged mortar and hexacopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sumy region.
00:26 A Molniya-2 drone team precisely hit an AFU artillery gun on the right bank of the Dnepr River in Kherson region.
00:31 The Yug Group's drones destroyed an AFU pickup truck and a materiel depot in Seversk direction.
00:55 Tsentr Group's UAV teams shot down several AFU heavy drones in Krasnoarmeysk direction.
01:06 FPV drone operators wiped out the enemy's camouflaged motor vehicles, thus foiling the rotation and delivering of Ukrainian troops.
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⚔️ The Tsentr Group's Grad MLRS crew destroyed an AFU stronghold in Krasnoarmeysk direction.
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⚔️ A D-30 howitzer crew of the Dnepr Group of Forces eliminated the enemy's manpower in Zaporozhye region.
🎯 The artillerymen promptly deployed the gun and delivered precise strikes.
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🎮 UAVs leave no chances to enemy troops
00:00 FPV drone teams of the 44th Army Corps as part of the Sever Group of Forces wiped out a platoon stronghold and manpower clusters of the AFU in Kharkov direction.
00:11 UAV operators of the Vostok Group of Forces shot down enemy drones over the Donetsk People's Republic.
00:20 Interceptor drones of the paratroopers from Ivanovo have neutralised over 60 reconnainassance UAVs of the AFU over Chasov Yar over the past week.
00:26 FPV drone operators of the Yug Group of Forces eliminated two Ukrainian Kozak armoured vehicles by precise strikes near Ivanpolye.
00:31 Drone operators of the 3rd Combined Arms Army as part of the Yug Group of Forces destroyed one ATV of the AFU near Konstantinovka.
00:38 Attack FPV drone teams of the Tsentr Group of Forces thwarted an attempt to deliver manpower and ammunition in Krasnoarmeysk direction.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 19–25 July 2025
❗️ From 19 to 25 July, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out ten group strikes, including three with high-precision air-, ground-, sea-based, air-ballistic Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, and attack drones, to hit the following targets: Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, military airfields, UAV assembly and storage areas, fuel, missile and artillery weapons and ammunition depots, territorial centres of recruitment of the AFU, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed groups, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.
🎯 In addition, four Patriot anti-aircraft missile launchers and one U.S.-made AN/MPQ-65 multi-role radar have been neutralised during the week.
🚩 During the week, units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated the settlement of Varachino (Sumy region).
💥 Russian troops inflicted fire damage on clusters of manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, one jaeger brigade, one unmanned aerial vehicle brigade, and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
↗️ In Kharkov region, the Group's units improved the tactical situation and defeated one AFU mechanised brigade and two territorial defence brigades.
▪️ Over the week, the enemy's losses in the Sever Group's area of responsibility have amounted to more than 1,150 troops, two tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, and 37 motor vehicles. Twenty-nine field artillery guns, two ammunition depots, and two electronic warfare stations were neutralised.
📍 The Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on formations of four mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defence brigades.
▪️ The enemy lost more than 1,610 troops, nine armoured fighting vehicles, including one HMMWV armoured vehicle, and one U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured vehicle. Ninety-seven motor vehicles, nine artillery guns, 42 ammunition depots, 20 electronic warfare and counter-battery warfare stations of the enemy, including two U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare stations, were neutralised.
🚩 Elements of the Yug Group of Forces continued to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence and liberated Belaya Gora (Donetsk People's Republic).
💥 Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and military hardware of five mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade.
▪️ In this direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 1,135 troops, 14 armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, and one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle. Twenty-four motor vehicles, nine field artillery guns, and 12 ammunition depots of the enemy were neutralised.
↗️ The Tsentr Group's units continued offensive operations on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic and Dnepropetrovsk region.
🚩 Russian troops liberated Novotoretskoye, Novoekonomicheskoye, and Zverevo (Donetsk People's Republic).
💥 Strikes were delivered at formations of five mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, three assault brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airborne brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades.
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 2,975 troops, 22 armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, and two MLRS fighting vehicles. The AFU losses amounted to 55 motor vehicles and 30 artillery guns, including two U.K.-made 155-mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery systems and two U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery systems.
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⚓️ Iyulsky Shtorm exercises continue
00:00 The Northern Fleet's ships repelled a mock enemy air attack.
00:22 Nuclear submarine missile cruiser Orel of the Northern Fleet has begun missions in the Barents Sea.
00:41 The Northern Fleet's large anti-submarine ship Admiral Levchenko fought against a mock enemy.
01:09 The Pacific Fleet forces launched a joint strike by cruise missiles against maritime targets in the Sea of Japan.
01:58 The Baltic Fleet's mine countermeasures vessels practised manoeuvring, laying trawls, searching for sea mines, and conducted minesweeping in a certain area of the seawater.
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🪖 Servicemen of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army who signed a contract to perform military service undergo training in assault tactics at one of the rear training grounds in the LPR.
🪖 Experienced military, along with instructors, train the servicemen to assault enemy strongholds.
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🏳️Eduard Zver, an AFU POW: those smarter went abroad
The prisoner said that as a result of the mobilisation, there are practically no young people left in Ukraine:
'Those smarter went abroad before the war. And now there are almost no young people. There must be children left, that's all'.
'Nobody was looking for me until they turned me in,' the prisoner said.
The President held a meeting to discuss the development strategy for the submarine forces of the Russian Navy
The meeting began with a moment of silence for the victims of the plane crash that occurred in the Amur Region.
We must have a well-equipped, modern fleet that can adequately respond to any threats and risks both today and tomorrow. That is why improving the capabilities of our Navy, including our submarine fleet, is one the priority goals for us.Читать полностью…
⚡️ In Krasnoarmeysk direction, as a result of the offensive actions, the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Novoekonomicheskoye and Zverevo (Donetsk People's Republic).
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⚡️The Ministry of Defence is introducing information communication and situational awareness systems for tactical-level commanders — Andrei Belousov
🔌 Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, during a working visit to the troops of the Moscow Military District, inspected the progress of work on the introduction of automated command and control systems in the zone of combat operations. This project is being introduced following the Defence Minister's instructions together with defence industry enterprises.
🖥 The head of the military department was presented with the sought-after samples of systems for information interaction between command posts. These systems include components of technological infrastructure and software for various missions. A training cluster was also showed during the inspection.
'The provided infrastructure allows officials of command posts to have access to various digital services in real time, so that they can interact quickly, both horizontally and vertically,' a representative of the unit responsible for deploying the infrastructure reported to the Russian Defence Minister.
'What we have seen today is impressive, a lot has been done. Today, we will discuss the issue of creating an integrated information interaction system at the tactical level - something that should qualitatively increase the situational awareness of tactical commanders,' said Andrei Belousov.
'This system should in no way restrict tactical commanders in making a decision. It should offer additional opportunities, not restrictions,' the Defence Minister stressed.
🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 24 July 2025
Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)
↗️ The Vostok Group's units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two AFU mechanised brigades and two territorial defence brigades near Novogeorgiyevka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Iskra, Zeleny Gay (Donetsk People's Republic) and Novoselovka (Zaporozhye region).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.
💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of one mechanised brigade and two territorial defence brigades near Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka and Belozerka (Kherson region).
▪️ Up to 60 troops, four motor vehicles, one field artillery gun, two electronic warfare stations, and two ammunition depots were neutralised.
✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on UAV assembly and storage facilities, fuel and missile artillery depots, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian troops, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries in 136 areas.
🎯 Air defence systems shot down six guided aerial bombs, one Neptune long-range missile, as well as 217 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
🔹 664 aircraft,
🔹 283 helicopters,
🔹 72,195 unmanned aerial vehicles,
🔹 623 anti-aircraft missile systems,
🔹 24,316 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicle,
🔹 1,581 MLRS combat vehicles,
🔹 27,780 field artillery guns and mortars,
🔹 38,645 special military vehicles.
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⚡️ Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range high-precision weapons, as well as with unmanned aerial vehicles against Ukrainian defence industry enterprises and power facilities that support the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
✅ The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
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⚓️ Ilyusky Shtorm is underway
00:00 The corvette of the Pacific Fleet Gremyashchy launched an anti-submarine missile at an underwater training target in the Pacific Ocean.
00:20 At the entrance to the Eastern Bosphorus, near Vladivostok, patrol boats detected a mock enemy's uncrewed surface vehicle. Mi-8 and Ka-27PS helicopters with anti-terror groups were scrambled and fired small arms to neutralise the uncrewed surface vehicle, and UAV operators eliminated the mock enemy.
00:35 The missile battalion of the Bal coastal missile system of the Caspian Flotilla crossed more than 50 kilometres to the position area and deployed launchers.
00:44 At the Baltic and Leningrad naval bases, the missile artillery combat units gradually practised an algorithm for detecting, tracking, and destroying surface targets.
00:53 The Northern Fleet's ships repelled a mock enemy air attack using air defence systems in the Barents Sea.
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📆 Top News Today
▫️ As a result of resolute actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated Varachino (Sumy region).
▫️ According to the Russian-Ukrainian agreements reached on 2 June 2025 in Istanbul, a group of Russian servicemen was returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime.
▫️ Air defence systems shot down six guided aviation bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, one Neptune long-range guided missile as well as 256 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows TOS-1A crews, Msta-S crews, and UAV operators in action.
▫️ The Russian Navy commenced the Iyulsky Shtorm operational drills.
▫️ Tu-95MS long-range bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces performed a planned flight over neutral waters of the Bering Sea.
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⚡️ According to the Russian-Ukrainian agreements reached on 2 June 2025 in Istanbul, a group of Russian servicemen was returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime.
In exchange, a group of AFU POWs was returned.
At the moment, the Russian servicemen are on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, where they receive the necessary psychological and medical aid.
All Russian servicemen will be transported to the Russian Federation to undergo treatment and rehabilitation in medical instructions of the Russian Defence Ministry.
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🏳️ Got footage of AFU positions and surrendered: one more Ukrainian serviceman made a right choice and saved his life.
According to the UAV operator Sergei Khoroshko, the situation in his company was no different from other units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: their commander sent untrained servicemen on missions, and most of the hardware was faulty. It was not difficult to assess their future prospects in this situation.
'When I got to positions, I realised that certain death awaited me,' he recalled.
'I surrendered. I am treated well here. Surrender, you will survive,' Sergei urged his former comrades.
🎯 A Strela-10 air defence system crew of the Vostok Group of Forces wiped out a Yupiter drone of the AFU in South Donetsk direction.
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