Russian troops intensify attacks in southern Ukraine – military spokesperson
Russian occupation forces have significantly increased their firepower on the southern front, with the heaviest activity observed in the Huliaipole sector.
14 April 2025
Russian occupation forces have significantly increased their firepower on the southern front, with the heaviest activity observed in the Huliaipole sector.
Since the beginning of April, Russian forces have launched nearly 2,800 aerial bombs, over 1,400 attack drones, and about 60 missiles of various types, including ballistic missiles, against Ukraine.
Since the beginning of April, Russian forces have launched nearly 2,800 aerial bombs, over 1,400 attack drones, and about 60 missiles of various types, including ballistic missiles, against Ukraine.
Russian forces targeted the settlement of Stepnohirsk and the city of Zaporizhzhia with FPV drones on April 14, causing fires in both locations.
On April 14, Russian forces attacked a passenger train in the town of Semenivka, Chernihiv region, using strike drones just 30 minutes before its scheduled departure.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russian forces have killed 618 children in Ukraine.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine shot down 40 Russian drones overnight, while 11 other enemy UAVs were lost from radar tracking.
Over the past day, April 13, there were 158 combat clashes between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders on the frontline.
In the morning, enemy drones attacked Zaporizhzhia. The attack resulted in a fire at a gas station.
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to April 14, 2025, amount to about 933,980 people, including another 1,310 people over the past day.
On the night of April 14, Russian troops fired on two districts of the Dnipro region, injuring a man and causing fires.
Russians fired 105 times at Sumy region, 285 explosions were heard.
During an enemy drone attack in Odesa, a drone hit a hospital, damaged infrastructure, and injured five people.
Drone operators of the Ivan Franko Group unit in the Donetsk region destroyed two D-30 howitzers and a self-propelled artillery unit of the Russian invaders in one day, and hit several enemy Ural trucks.
Soldiers of the 141st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully destroyed a Russian tank using a Javelin anti-tank missile system, as the enemy attempted to breach Ukrainian defenses in the Pokrovsk sector.
The Russian state continues to carry out terrorist drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and villages, demonstrating that nothing is truly sacred for it.
13 April 2025
A Russian drone attack on the city of Odesa has resulted in damaged civilian infrastructure, vehicles, and fires, according to preliminary reports. At least four people were injured.
On April 13, as many as 117 combat clashes occurred on the frontline, with the Pokrovsk sector accounting for 38 enemy assaults on Ukrainian Defense Forces positions, resulting in 196 Russian casualties.
This week saw key decisions made regarding new support packages for Ukraine — both following the Ramstein meeting and on a bilateral level. Reliable security guarantees for Ukraine are also in progress.
Russia has rejected the proposal for a ceasefire, continuing attacks on ordinary Ukrainian cities and assaults on the front line -- and only decisive action can change this.
The Russian military carried out an airstrike on the village of Novokhatske in the Volnovakha district of Donetsk region, killing one civilian and injuring three more.
A civilian was injured following Russian shelling of the village of Kivsharivka in the Kupiansk district.
A Russian artillery strike on Kherson’s Central district has left a 62-year-old woman dead and a 47-year-old man injured.
Russian forces have resumed a more typical strike pattern in late March and early April 2025 after a temporary spike in the size of Russian long-range strike packages in mid-February and early March 2025.
More than 40% of the weaponry used by Ukraine's Defense Forces is currently produced domestically.
Eight civilians were injured in the Kharkiv region on April 12 as a result of Russian attacks in Kupiansk and the village of Slatyne, Derhachi community.
Ukraine's air defense forces shot down 43 drones launched by Russian forces against Ukraine on the evening of April 12, while 12 additional enemy decoy drones disappeared from radar and failed to reach their targets.
As many as 120 combat engagements were recorded on the front lines in the past 24 hours, with the most intense fighting recorded in the Pokrovsk and Kursk sectors.
On April 12, Russian forces killed three residents of the Donetsk region and injured five others in a series of attacks.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces launched attacks on 31 settlements in the Kherson region, resulting in the deaths of three people and injuries to seven others.