Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of U.S. Army in Europe
Ukraine defeating Russia is in our best interest
25 July 2025
Ukraine defeating Russia is in our best interest
On July 24, a total of 43 people, including nine children, were injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kharkiv.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have neutralized 54 drones launched by the Russian military in attacks on Ukraine since the evening.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 60 strikes on 26 settlements in Sumy region, resulting in the death of one woman and injury to another. Civilian infrastructure was also damaged.
Baku’s independent policy is annoying to many in Moscow.
The Russian army attacked the Dnipropetrovsk Region at night, and one person was wounded.
The Russian army, using aircraft, drones, and artillery, struck 38 settlements in the Kherson Region in the past 24 hours, resulting in six people being wounded.
Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers have launched 428 strikes on 17 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia Region. A 48-year-old woman was wounded as a result of the enemy attack on the Orikhiv territorial community.
In the first half of 2025, Russian invaders conducted at least 45 military drills in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
24 July 2025
Emergency workers have recovered the body of a man from beneath the rubble of a residential apartment block hit by a Russian drone strike on the night of July 23-24.
As many as seven cultural heritage sites were damaged in Odesa as a result of Russian strikes, including four landmarks of national significance.
In Donetsk region, Russian forces launched a series of strikes at the town of Kostiantynivka, resulting in two civilian deaths and 14 injuries.
The number of people injured in a Russian airstrike on central Kharkiv has risen to 37.
The number of people injured in Russia's July 24 airstrike on central Kharkiv has increased to 33.
Russian troops launched guided aerial bomb attacks at central Kharkiv, injuring at least one person.
During a nighttime attack, the enemy launched 103 attack drones and four missiles. In Kharkiv region, three people were killed, and over ten others were injured across the country, including a nine-year-old child in Cherkasy.
Seven people were injured in a missile strike on Cherkasy, which caused damage to residential buildings, educational institutions, and healthcare facilities.
Over the past day, nine settlements in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region came under Russian attacks, resulting in three deaths and five injuries.
As a result of a massive Russian drone attack overnight on July 24, a nine-story residential building in Odesa was destroyed, there is a risk of structural collapse; fires broke out at a gas station and the local Pryvoz market.
Russian invaders carried out 387 strikes on 14 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region in 24 hours, resulting in injuries to a 43-year-old resident.
The Russian army used drones and artillery to strike 39 settlements in the Kherson Region over the past 24 hours, killing one person and injuring six others, including two children.
Russian army attacked Mykolaiv at night with Shahed 131/136 drones, causing fires at the warehouses of two enterprises.
A woman who organized a fraudulent scheme involving the sale of drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates to Ukraine. The total damages exceed 50 million UAH (approx. 1.25 million USD).
Drone operators from the Phoenix unit of the Pomsta (Revenge) Brigade, part of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service, have struck Russian tanks and a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system, and destroyed a compact 1L122 Garmon radar station belonging to the invaders.
There were 124 combat clashes on the frontline, with the enemy carrying out 36 attacks in the Pokrovsk sector, losing over 200 occupiers.
23 July 2025
The U.S. Department of State has approved the sale of HAWK Phase III Missile System and Sustainment to Ukraine, as well as related equipment and maintenance services, worth over $170 million.
Russian forces shelled Nikopol and Synelnykove districts in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, causing damage in both areas.
An overnight Russian drone attack on Kryvyi Rih has damaged a sports complex, a church, eight private homes, and up to 15 apartment buildings.
An overnight Russian drone attack on Kryvyi Rih has damaged a sports complex, a church, eight private homes, and up to 15 apartment buildings.
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has launched a pre-trial investigation into the crash of a Mirage-2000 military aircraft in Volyn region.