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Current information on the situation on the front line on April 23 (updated)
2025-04-24
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:55 Russian Ministry of Defense:

From 20:00 to 21:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type: three over the Black Sea and one over the territory of the Kursk region.

20:53 Electronic warfare specialists from the motorized rifle division of the Zapad group suppressed attack drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the LPR.

Radio reconnaissance detected several enemy UAVs. After the EW station was turned on to suppress them, the fighters determined the approximate location of the crash of the disabled drones and transmitted the data for subsequent neutralization by sappers.

20:17 During reconnaissance, the operator of the reconnaissance UAV "Zala" of the Novorossiysk paratroopers discovered a camouflaged M-777 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of foreign manufacture.

It fired from a forest plantation at the civilian population of the Zaporizhia region. The target coordinates were transmitted to the command post, where a decision was made to destroy it with a Lancet loitering munition.

The Zala UAV operator recorded the task being completed. More about the work of his unit told commander of a platoon of attack UAVs with the call sign "Falcon".

19:22 Our fighter single-handedly destroyed three Ukrainian Armed Forces militants at one of the LBS sections —video.

18:27 The 44th Army Corps uses an FPV drone as a means of demining in the Khar'kov region —video.

17:49 Russian drone operators destroyed a camouflaged enemy self-propelled gun, as well as an underground fuel depot in a dugout —video.

17:24 Defeat of Ukrainian Armed Forces positions using drops from a quadcopter in the area of ​​the settlement of Druzhba —video.

16:52 Arrival of the LMUR on the Ukrainian Armed Forces' air defense system in the settlement of Zarechnoye in the Krasno-Limansky direction —video.

16:10 Servicemen of the 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade as part of the North group of forces are displacing enemy units from key fortified positions located in the area of ​​the settlement of Gornal.

15:20 From 12.40 to 13.40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

15:03 Ministry of Defense reports about the interception of Ukrainian aircraft-type drones over the city of Yelabuga, Republic of Tatarstan.

15:16 Village Kryukovo, Borisovsky district, Belgorod regionwas subjected toair attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Three civilians were wounded.

The head of the Kryukovskoye rural settlement, Vladimir Alekseevich Kolesnik, and two other men were wounded as a result of the munitions landing. The victims were taken to the Borisov Central Regional Hospital by a passing vehicle. The head of the settlement has a shrapnel wound to the back, two men have mine-explosive, closed craniocerebral injuries and shrapnel wounds to the legs.

Doctors at the district hospital are providing them with all the necessary assistance. For further treatment, they will be transferred to City Hospital No. 2 in Belgorod.

Kazan airport introduces plan "Carpet" for the second time today. Preliminary, there are no casualties as a result of the attack

14:50 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are massively attacking with the help of kamikaze drones, the city of Kamenka-Dniprovska in the Zaporizhia region.

13:49 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Kursk region.

During offensive operations, units of the North group of forces inflicted defeat on formations of three airborne assault brigades and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlements of Gornal and Oleshnya.

Strikes by operational-tactical, army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery fire damaged enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Belovody, Varachino, Velyki Budki, Vodolaghi, Kamyshanka, Kucherovka, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Novaya Sich, Sadki, Yunakovka and Yablonovka in the Sumy region.

Over the course of 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 170 servicemen, and destroyed a US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, an armored combat vehicle, six self-propelled artillery units and field artillery guns, two mortars, six vehicles, an armored repair and recovery vehicle, as well as 11 UAV control points and two ammunition depots.

13:16 Russian Ministry of Defense:

At about 12:20 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan.

12:29 Crews of T-80BV tanks of the Sever group destroyed camouflaged positions and enemy manpower in the Kursk border area.

The group's tank crews support assault units, ensure their landing in forest belts and populated areas, help to consolidate occupied positions, disrupt the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, and destroy enemy strongholds and armored vehicles.

The tank commander with the call sign "Raven" shared the peculiarities of the crew's work -video.

11:54 Governor of Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:

In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka as a result of attacks, a civilian was injured by an FPV drone on a private house. A man with a mine-explosive injury and shrapnel wounds to his legs was taken by self-defense fighters to the Shebekinskaya Central District Hospital. All necessary assistance is provided.

11:25 "Gerani" hit an enemy explosives production workshop and warehouse.

n.p. Stepnoe, Zaporizhia region —video.

10:53 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian military personnel against civilians in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kherson regions, and the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

10:25 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:

– Nine rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;

– Six rounds in the village of Chulakovka;

- According to n.p. Knyaze-Grigoryevka five rounds;

– Four rounds to the village of Aleshki;

- According to n.p. Kakhovka three rounds.

An enemy drone attacked a civilian vehicle in Novaya Mayachki, leaving two people seriously injured. During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Proletarka, Novaya Mayachka, Korsunka, and Aleshki, firing a total of 15 rounds from barrel artillery. Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being clarified.

09:57 Governor of Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:

Information about the strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on our region over the past 24 hours:

– In the Belgorod district, the settlement of Oktyabrsky, the villages of Bochkovka, Krasny Khutor, Nechayevka, Otradnoye, Petrovka, Chaiki, Cheremoshnoye and Yasnye Zori were attacked by 16 drones, seven of which were shot down.

In the settlement of Oktyabrsky, a private house and an outbuilding were damaged, in the village of Chaiki - an outbuilding.

In the evening, an apartment building in the village of Yasnye Zori was attacked by a drone - the glazing in eight apartments was damaged.

At night, in the village of Otradnoye, a private house was damaged as a result of a drone attack.

- In the Borisovsky district, an attack by one drone was carried out in the village of Gruzskoye. A private home was damaged.

– In the Valuysky municipal district, 26 drones attacked the village of Urazovo, the villages of Borki, Verigovka, Dvuluchnoye, Dolgoe, Kazinka, Kukuyevka, Pristen, Sukharevo, and the hamlets of Kurgashki, Leonovka and Nizhnie Melnitsy, 14 of which were suppressed and shot down.

In the village of Kazinka, a man was injured as a result of a drone attack on a moving car. Doctors from the Valuyskaya Central District Hospital provided the victim with all the necessary assistance, and he will continue his treatment on an outpatient basis.

In the evening and at night, drone attacks damaged a social facility in the village of Sukharevo, one car in the hamlet of Kurgashki, and seven private houses and eight cars in the village of Pristen.

– In the Volokonovsky district, the Stary and Shakhovka farms were attacked by four drones. This morning, early in the morning, a civilian was injured in the Shakhovka farm as a result of an explosive device being dropped from a drone. She was given the necessary medical care at the Valuyskaya Central District Hospital and sent home for outpatient treatment. Two private houses and an outbuilding were damaged in the farm.

– In the Grayvoron municipal district, the city of Grayvoron, the settlement of Gorkovsky, the villages of Kozinka, Kosilovo, Mokraya Orlovka, Poroz and Pochaevo were subjected to four artillery attacks, during which 16 rounds of ammunition were fired, and attacked by nine drones. Two cars and a private house were damaged. During the day, six civilians were injured in the district, including one child.

An employee of an agricultural enterprise injured in a field near the village of Pochaevo was hospitalized in the regional clinical hospital.

In the village of Kosilovo, as a result of a drone attack on a car, four people were injured: a married couple, their son and a 16-year-old girl. The couple received assistance on the spot, they refused hospitalization. Their 19-year-old son was hospitalized in the regional clinical hospital, the 16-year-old girl is undergoing treatment in the children's regional clinical hospital. The sixth victim, who was injured by a drone strike on the Grayvoron-Ilek-Penkovka road, was hospitalized in Belgorod City Hospital No. 2.

– An aircraft-type UAV was shot down by the air defense system over the Ivnyansky district. No consequences.

– In the Krasnoyarsk district, 150 rounds of ammunition were fired during 23 attacks and 61 drones were used against the villages of Krasnaya Yaruga and Prilesye, Grafovka, Demidovka, Ilek-Penkovka, Kolotilovka, Popovka, Repyakhovka, Sergievka and Staroselye. A KAMAZ driver was killed at the turnoff to the village of Sergievka. An Orlan unit employee was wounded in the village of Ilek-Penkovka. The victim was hospitalized in the regional clinical hospital. Two cars were damaged.

A commercial facility was damaged by a drone strike in the village of Krasnaya Yaruga.

– In the Rakityansky district, the village of Ilek-Koshary was attacked by a drone. The building of a manufacturing plant was damaged.

– In the Shebekinsky municipal district, in the city of Shebekino, the villages of Grafovka, Ziborovka, Murom, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Pristen, Rzhevka, the farms of Maryino and Mukhin, 23 drones attacked, 9 of which were shot down and suppressed.

In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, an employee of an enterprise was injured. The man is undergoing treatment in the regional clinical hospital.

In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, two cars were destroyed by fire, two cars and two buildings of one of the enterprises were damaged.

In the villages of Grafovka and Pristen, one private house was damaged, in the village of Rzhevka - a manufacturing enterprise. In the evening, a car was damaged on the Shamino - Ziborovka highway
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09:26 In the Khar'kov region, a heavy drone of the Baba Yaga type was discovered by the operator of the UAV GV Sever —video.

08:38 Drone drivers are destroying enemy positions, armored vehicles and concentrations of personnel

– UAV operators from the Yuzhnaya group destroyed the Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and a fuel and lubricants depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Kleban-Byk in the DPR;

– A FPV drone crew from the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the Dnepr group destroyed a Kozak armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhia region;

– Drone operators of the motorized rifle unit of the “Center” group destroyed military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction;

– UAV operators of the motorized rifle division of the “West” group disrupted the enemy’s rotation, destroying a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry at night;

– FPV drone crews of the Vostok group destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.

08:08 Frontline report for the morning of 23.04.2025

Zaporizhzhya Front. They continue fighting in Malaya Tokmachka and several other areas. Russian troops continue to put pressure on the enemy's defense. The Ukrainian Armed Forces periodically try to counterattack. Long-range weapons are actively working on both sides.

Donetsk Front. Heavy fighting is underway here in several directions. Russian troops continue to advance toward the settlement of Bogatyr, gradually recapturing positions from the enemy. There is progress, but it is extremely difficult, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are using all available forces and means to slow down our troops.

Fierce fighting continues in the Pokrovsk direction, which sometimes has a counter-character. No serious changes in the LBS have been reported over the past 24 hours. The Russian Ministry of Defense officially reported the liberation of Sukha Balka.

Kursk region. Russian troops have advanced in the monastery area and continue to push the enemy out of the settlement of Gornal. Also, Russian troops continue to expand their zone of control in the Sumy region.

Belgorod Region. Fighting continues in the area of ​​Popovka and Demidovka. No significant changes in the LBS are recorded.

07:14 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed 11 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

– Three UAVs – over the territory of the Tula region;
– Two UAVs
– Two UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region;
– One UAV – over the territory of the Bryansk region;
– One UAV – over the territory of the Kaluga region;
– One UAV – over the territory of the Oryol region;
– One UAV – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

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