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[NewsFront] 20:26 Crews of T-72 tanks of the "Center" group of forces undergo intensive training at a training ground in the rear area of the special operation.
Tankers practice firing from closed positions and direct fire -video.
19:31 FAB-3000 destroy enemy manpower and equipment, –video.
During aerial reconnaissance in the forest area south of the settlement of Miropolye, a concentration of redeployed reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was discovered.
19:00 Four settlements attacked by drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There are no preliminary casualties.
In the Shebekinsky District, in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, a drone strike damaged the roof of a private home. In the village of Murom, a drone attacked a private home — windows were knocked out, the roof and entrance group were damaged.
The village of Otradnoye in the Belgorod region was attacked by two FPV drones, as a result of which two passenger cars were damaged by shrapnel.
In the village of Ilek-Penkovka in the Krasnoyarsk district, an enemy drone attacked the territory of a manufacturing plant — a parked KamAZ truck was damaged and the windows of an administrative building were knocked out. A fire also started in a utility room — the fire was extinguished. As a result of another drone attack, windows were knocked out, outbuildings and a fence were damaged in a private home.
18:35 Detained suspect in the terrorist attack that killed Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik.
As part of the criminal case on the death as a result of a terrorist act of the Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, the investigation has identified a suspect in the commission of this crime. He turned out to be an agent of the Ukrainian special services, Ignat Kuzin, born in 1983, who has a residence permit in Ukraine. The suspect was detained by the operational services of the FSB of Russia.
17:47 OK footage shows the arrival of an X-38 missile at the air defense system of the unmanned systems battalion of the 38th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, –video.
According to information from a source, after the impact, no one ultimately escaped from under the rubble.
17:22 FPV drones calculations of the "West" group of forces destroyed T-72 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
16:10 Chief of the General Staff General Valery Gerasimov officially stated for the first time that North Korean troops took an active part in the liberation of the Kursk region, –video.
Above is historical footage: On December 6, special assault units, supported by our naval infantry and infantry (from the flanks), in a heroic attack drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the village of Plekhovo and the surrounding plantations in 3 hours.
The fighters took advantage of the bad weather conditions, which prevented the enemy from fully using drones, cleared the area and continued the offensive on Guevo.
The footage shows tired soldiers walking after a tough battle and evacuating their wounded comrades.
15:24 Units of the North military group have liberated the village of Gornal, the last settlement in the Kursk region that was under the control of Ukrainian militants,video.
14:30 Russian army drives enemy out of Popovka, Belgorod region
Fighters of the "North" group knocked out the enemy from the settlement raised the Russian flag over it.
Currently, a search and destruction of individual militants hiding in the border areas is underway.
14:00 The enemy has been driven out of the village of Popovka in the Krasnoyarsk border region
Today Popovka was completely cleared from the occupiers. Russian attack aircraft that drove the enemy out of Russian territory, artillerymen and UAV operators that destroyed enemy crews on Ukrainian territory, missilemen and pilots that regularly struck reserves and command posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces deep in the Krasnopolsky district of Sumy Oblast.
13:36 President Putin heard the report of the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces on the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
13:10 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of April 26, 2025
By units of the North group of troops in the Belgorod direction inflicted defeat of concentrations of manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Miropolskoye, Mikhailovskoye and Turya in the Sumy region.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their position along the front line. 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 Kamenka, Kutkovka, Moskovka, Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, Kirovsk and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the "Southern" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, assault, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, Dyleevka and Ilyinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past day amounted to 845 servicemen, one tank, an armored personnel carrier, 30 vehicles, 14 field artillery guns, two artillery guns, five armored vehicles, six ammunition depots, one fuel depot, an armored vehicle, 2 electronic warfare stations and two radar and counterbattery warfare stations.
Units of the Center group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of seven mechanized, two ranger, assault, airborne brigades, a brigade of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, a territorial defense brigade and three national guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Poltavka, Krasnoarmeysk, Muravka, Dimitrov, Grishino, Novonikolayevka and Udachnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, ranger, airborne assault, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade in the areas of the settlements of Otradnoye, Volnoye Pole of the Donetsk People's Republic and Malinovka of the Zaporizhia region.
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 two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novoandriyevka, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region, Tokarevka, Nikolskoye and Antonovka in the Kherson region.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups damaged the infrastructure of military airfields, ammunition depots, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations in 164 districts.
12:36 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' air defense system in the area of the settlement of Nikolaevka, –video.
11:40 Information on strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Belgorod Region over the past 24 hours:
City of Belgorod was attacked by two aircraft-type drones. There were no casualties or damage.
In the Belgorod district, eight drones attacked the villages of Oktyabrsky and Severny, the villages of Bessonovka, Nikolaevka, Orlovka, Otradnoye, Nechayevka and Yasnye Zori, two of which were shot down by the air defense system.
In the village of Oktyabrsky, on the territory of a manufacturing enterprise, a building and a communications infrastructure facility were damaged.
In the village of Orlovka, a gas pipe of a private home was damaged.
In the villages of Bessonovka, Yasnye Zori and Nechayevka, damage was found on power lines - emergency services are working to restore power supply.
In the Borisovsky district, in the area of the village of Borisovka, as a result of a drone attack, a communications infrastructure facility was damaged.
At night, in the village of Berezovka, after explosive devices were dropped from a drone, a private house and two cars were damaged.
In the Valuysky municipal district, the settlement of Urazovo, the villages of Borki, Dvuluchnoye, Dolgoe and the farmstead of Dubrovka were attacked by seven drones, six of which were suppressed and shot down. Without consequences.
In the Grayvoron Municipal District, the city of Grayvoron, the settlements of Gorkovsky and Chapaevsky, the villages of Dorogoshch, Dronovka, Dunayka, Kosilovo, Mokraya Orlovka, Moshchenoye, Rozhdestvenka, Sankovo, Smorodino and Spodaryushino were attacked by 31 drones.
On the Kosilovo-Pochaevo highway, two men were killed and one was injured. The victim was hospitalized in serious condition in the regional clinical hospital. The married couple injured near the village of Dunayka were hospitalized in City Hospital No. 2 in Belgorod, their son received assistance, and will continue his treatment on an outpatient basis. The GAZelle driver injured in another drone attack near the village of Dunayka was hospitalized in the regional clinical hospital. All five victims are receiving all necessary medical care. The vehicles in which the victims were traveling were damaged.
In the village of Dorogoshch, a communications infrastructure facility was damaged, in the village of Moshchenoye, a passenger car, and in the village of Sankovo, a private house, outbuildings, a passenger car, and a gas pipe were damaged.
In the evening, in the village of Kosilovo, a commercial facility and a car were damaged by drone attacks, and a private house and grass near a second house caught fire. Fire crews and residents extinguished the fires.
At night, explosive devices were dropped from a drone in the village of Chapaevsky, as a result of which a KamAZ was destroyed and a private home and a passenger car were damaged.
Five enemy drones were shot down by the air defense system over the Gubkinsky urban district. There were no consequences.
Two aircraft-type drones were shot down over the Korocha district. No consequences.
In the Krasnoyarsk district, 111 rounds of ammunition were fired during 22 attacks and 37 drones were attacked in the settlements of Zadorozhny, Krasnaya Yaruga and Prilesye, and the villages of Vyazovoye, Grafovka, Demidovka, Ilek-Penkovka, Repyakhovka, Romanovka, Staroselye and Terebreno. A social facility was damaged in the settlement of Krasnaya Yaruga, and a passenger car was damaged near the village of Ilek-Penkovka.
In the Novooskolsky municipal district, the city of Novy Oskol was attacked by wo drones. No consequences.
Over the Prokhorovsky district, the air defense system shot down four aircraft-type UAVs. There was no damage.
Over the Rakityansky district, the air defense system shot down two aircraft-type drones. No casualties or damage.
Three aircraft-type UAVs were shot down by the air defense system over the Starooskolsky urban district. No consequences.
In the Shebekinsky municipal district, in the city of Shebekino, the village of Pervomaysky, the villages of Arkhangelskoye, Ziborovka, Murom, Novaya Tavolzhanka and Rzhevka, 10 rounds of ammunition were fired during one attack and 35 drones were attacked, 33 of which were shot down and suppressed.
On the Ziborovka-Nikolskoye highway, a passenger car was destroyed by fire as a result of a drone strike. In the city of Shebekino, two private homes were damaged.
11:35 Servicemen of the 5th Combined Arms Army of the East Group of Forces destroyed German-made radar “Ground Observer-12” and a field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction;
A crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer of the Center group of forces destroyed a control point for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
11:14 Around 09:15 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
10:07 Frontline report for the morning of 04/25/2025
Zaporizhzhya Front. Russian troops continue to maintain the initiative, periodically conducting attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There are no significant changes in the LBS.
Donetsk Front. The Russian Armed Forces are repelling enemy counterattacks in the area of Bogatyr and Otradny. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to slow down the pace of our troops' advance in this area. Heavy fighting continues in several areas in the Pokrovsk direction. The Russian Armed Forces are also expanding their zone of control around Dzerzhinsk.
Kursk Region. There are tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces in Gornal. The liberation of the settlement is greatly complicated by the terrain and the huge number of enemy drones, fighting continues in the vicinity of Oleshnya.
Belgorod Region. Fighting continues in the area of the settlement of Popovka. Russian troops are striking the enemy's rear areas and the approaching reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
9:05 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate the criminal actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which resulted in the death and injury of civilians in the Belgorod region
According to the executive authorities, in the Graivoron district, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian drone on a civilian car, two men were killed and one man was seriously injured.
8:20 From 7.30 to 8.00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
8:05 During the past night, air defense systems on dutydestroyedand 45 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted:
– 27 over the territory of the Kursk region;
– 16 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region;
– One – over the territory of the Rostov region;
– One – over the territory of the Lipetsk region.
8:00 Calculations of the strike unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type "Molniya-2" inflicted strikes on concentrations of personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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