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Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 08:16
20 July 2025
Defense Forces shot down 18 drones used by the Russian army to attack Ukraine since yesterday evening, while seven more enemy UAV simulators were lost/jammed by electronic warfare means.
Four civilians were killed and six were wounded in the Donetsk Region over the past 24 hours.
Over the past day, the Russian army shelled five settlements in the Kharkiv Region, injuring six people.
On July 19, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 154 combat clashes with Russian forces along the frontline.
Over the past day, Russian forces shelled social infrastructure, residential neighborhoods, private homes, and vehicles in Kherson region, resulting in one civilian killed and six injured, including a child.
In Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk region, the number of people injured in yesterday’s missile strike has risen to five.
As of July 20, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine have reached approximately 1,041,990 personnel, with 1,040 killed or wounded in the past 24 hours alone.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, combat units of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have destroyed 2,000 enemy tanks.
In Zaporizhzhia region, a man was injured and private homes were damaged as a result of a Russian drone attack. Several fires were also reported.
Fighters from the Freedom of Russia Legion, a unit of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), carried out a successful ambush against militants from the Russian National Guard's Akhmat unit near the village of Velyka Bilozerka in the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia region.
A critical deterioration in the condition of local water bodies has been recorded in temporarily occupied Simferopol, where sections of the Salhyr River — the longest in Crimea — have completely dried up.
Russian forces have established a field hospital at the storage base of the 810th Marine Brigade in Sevastopol due to a lack of available space for treating wounded soldiers.
19 July 2025
Russian forces shelled the village of Dudchany in the Kherson region, damaging several residential houses. Fortunately, no casualties were reported.
Russian attacks have caused fires in the towns of Huliaipole and Bilenke in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Recovery efforts are ongoing in the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions following Russian bomb attacks.
Russian forces launched a drone attack on the city of Kherson, injuring a local resident.
On July 19, Russian forces shelled several districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in civilian casualties.
In the Donetsk region, Russian forces have once again attacked the city of Kostiantynivka, wounding one civilian.
Operators of the 424th Svarog Battalion of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces have detected and destroyed an experimental Russian electronic warfare system known as the KOP-2.
Drone pilots from the 4th Border Guard Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine used FPV drones to destroy a fuel and lubricants depot, three communication antennas, a UAV launch point, and three combat positions of Russian invaders on the Southern Slobozhanshchyna front.
In Donetsk region, Russian invaders attacked the town of Kostiantynivka with aerial bombs and FPV drones, wounding two civilians.
On July 19, Russian forces shelled residential and private housing areas in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. No casualties have been reported.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 38 combat engagements between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the highest number occurring in the Pokrovsk sector. Battles are ongoing in five sectors.
In Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces are carrying out counter-sabotage operations aimed at detecting and neutralizing enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
A massive enemy attack damaged nine apartment buildings, a private residence, and an educational institution in Pavlohrad.
The information being spread by Russian media about the alleged presence of occupiers in Pokrovsk is false.
Fighters of the 15th Mobile Border Detachment Stalevyi Kordon (Steel Border) used Vampire strike drones to hit six positions of Russian invaders in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna sector of the front.
Kostiantyn Oborin, director of the Odesa Aviation Club and volunteer who rescued 29 Ukrainian soldiers from captivity in 2014, was killed during a combat mission in the war.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian forces launched a missile strike on the Vasylkivka community of the Synelnykove district, killing two people.
In the Donetsk region, fighters from the Prymary special unit of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) destroyed six radar stations and two S-300V missile launchers belonging to Russian occupying forces.