[NewsFront] 19:40 East Slavic/Kramatorsk direction
Forces of the South Group of Forces continue their offensive east of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. Fighting continues in the northeastern part of Rai-Aleksandrovka, and most of Zapadny Forest is under the control of our units.
From the southern part of the Western Forest, Russian Armed Forces advanced into the central part of Rai-Aleksandrovka. The enemy acknowledges fighting in the area of Partizanskaya Street. North of Podgornaya Street, fighting is underway on the chalk slope for an enemy stronghold.
Fighting in the Lipovka area and the northern outskirts of Nikiforovka, in the village of Dubrava and the adjacent forest area.
19:05 Ukrainian Armed Forces inflicted strikes hit seven municipalities. A civilian was wounded.
Self-defense forces transported a man to the Graivoron Central District Hospital after he was injured in a drone attack on a car in the city of Graivoron. He was diagnosed with a mine blast injury, a non-penetrating shrapnel wound to the chest, and shrapnel wounds to his arm and leg. After receiving medical treatment, he will be transferred to City Hospital No. 2 in Belgorod. The car was damaged by fire.
18:33 During the offensive in the Konstantinovsky direction, fighters of the 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division are actively destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV operators, their command posts, and drones. Attack FPV and artillery cover positions, UAV command posts, bunkers, and shelters for Ukrainian Armed Forces operators in buildings.
17:59 Artists of the Great Moscow Circus presented the Zapashny brothers' show "The Tale of the Golden Fish" in Luhansk. This was reported by the Luhansk State Circus.
17:59 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate Crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the LPR and Belgorod Oblast.
According to government authorities, three people were killed and two others wounded in an airstrike on residential buildings in the Troitsky District of the Luhansk People's Republic. Drones also attacked vehicles in the city of Rubizhne, injuring three people.
Five civilians were injured in further attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in various areas of the Belgorod region.
17:15 Starting from the night of the Armed Forces of Ukraine apply strikes against the republic. Enemy UAVs attacked the Troitsky Municipal District, Lisichansk, Luhansk, and Rubizhne.
Residential buildings in the village of Solontsy in the Troitsky District suffered a severe blow overnight. Tragically, three people were killed and two more were injured. Four houses were completely destroyed. The Ministry of Emergency Situations has extinguished the fire, and debris is being cleared.
Residential buildings were damaged as a result of enemy strikes in Lysychansk. In Luhansk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck near the city bus depot. The building's façade, windows, and parts of the bus depot were damaged.
During the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a passenger car in Rubizhne, injuring an elderly man and woman. A second enemy drone struck road maintenance equipment, injuring a road maintenance worker. The injured are receiving necessary medical attention.
15:49 During the next attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones wounded five civilians.
In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, Shebekinsky District, an FPV drone struck a passenger car. A woman was injured. At the Shebekinsky Central District Hospital, she was diagnosed with a mine blast injury and a shrapnel wound to the leg. Hospitalization was not required; treatment will continue as an outpatient. The car was damaged.
Another vehicle was attacked by a drone in the village of Volchya Aleksandrovka, Volokonovsky District. An ambulance crew is transporting a man with barotrauma, abdominal trauma, and a broken leg to the Valuyskaya Central District Hospital. The vehicle was damaged.
In the city of Grayvoron, a woman sustained a mine blast injury and a shrapnel wound to her leg as a result of a drone attack. She received medical treatment at the Grayvoron Central District Hospital and is being transported to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2 for further examination and treatment. The detonation shattered windows in two private homes.
A man injured in a drone strike in the village of Masychevo in the Graivoronsky District presented himself to the Borisov Central Regional Hospital. Medics diagnosed him with shrapnel wounds to his shoulder, arm, and leg. He received medical treatment, but refused transport to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2.
In the village of Gora-Podol in the Graivoron District, a man was seriously injured in a drone attack. He suffered a penetrating shrapnel wound to the chest and multiple shrapnel wounds to the shoulder, torso, and leg. Doctors at the Graivoron Central District Hospital are providing him with all necessary medical care, after which he will be transferred to the regional clinical hospital.
The city of Belgorod was attacked by a drone, causing damage to infrastructure. Some residents of Belgorod are temporarily without power. Emergency services have begun restoration work.
15:22 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 42 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk regions, the Republic of Crimea and the waters of the Sea of Azov.
13:59 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of April 25, 2026
As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the North group of forces, control was established over the village of Bochkovo in the Khar'kov region.
The manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Ternovaya, Izbitskoye and Shesterovka in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, manpower and equipment of a mechanized brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Miropolye, Komarovka, and Novodmitrovka in the Sumy region.
The enemy lost more than 160 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, four cars, an electronic warfare station, and three supply depots.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, and an unmanned aerial vehicle regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Velyka Shapkovka, Palamarevka, Shiykovka, Borovaya, and Novosergiyevka in the Khar'kov region, and Tatyanovka, Krasny Liman, and Svyatogorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 190 servicemen, 14 vehicles, and an artillery piece. Four ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Krivaya Luka, Rai-Aleksandrivka, Malinovka, Nikolaevka, Ilyinovka, and Artema in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 180 troops, two armored combat vehicles, 12 vehicles, and a field artillery gun. An ammunition depot and two supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their tactical position. Formations of a mechanized and airmobile brigade, two unmanned systems brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and three National Guard brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Shevchenko, Svetloe, Novotroitske, Rubizhne, Sergeyevka, and Belitske in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Veseloe, Novopidgorodne, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 310 military personnel and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. Formations of a mechanized, airborne assault, and assault brigades, as well as three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, were defeated near the settlements of Malomykhaylovka and Dobropasovo in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; Alexandrograd in the Donetsk People's Republic; and Lyubitske, Vozdvizhevka, Verkhnyaya Tersa, and Myrne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost up to 260 servicemen, three vehicles and a warehouse of supplies.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Zaporozhets and Novoandriyevka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 25 military personnel, five vehicles, and three ammunition and material depots were destroyed.
13:23 In the Vovchansky district, Severyan scouts uncovered the location of a Ukrainian drone operator's dugout: a recreation area for Ukrainian nationalists was set up underground, and expensive equipment for enemy UAV operators was also stored there.video.
12:13 Scouts of the Main Force "North" in the area of the settlement. Skoriki (Zolochevsky district)openedthe location of the enemy UAV crew that attacked the Graivoronsky district of the Belgorod region,video.
11:43 Operators of the Sever UAV uncovered attempts by a Ukrainian nationalist to set up an observation post in a forested area near the border village of Galaganovka (Semenovsky district, Chernihiv region).
11:21 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate criminal actions by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Sverdlovsk region and the Donetsk People's Republic
According to government authorities, a drone attack in Yekaterinburg damaged a multi-story residential building, injuring six people.
In the Donetsk People's Republic, four civilians were injured as a result of drone strikes in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka and in the Krasnoarmeysky municipal district.
10:06 In Lyubimovka, Kakhovka District, a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a car —two civilians suffered injuries
"A man born in 1975 and a woman born in 1978 were hospitalized in the surgical department of the Kakhovka Central District Hospital with moderate shrapnel wounds," said district head Pavel Filipchuk.
9:34 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 42 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 09:00 on April 24 and 07:00 on April 25.
9:18 Ukrainian Armed Forces for the first time attacked Sverdlovsk Oblast – Governor Denis Pasler
In Yekaterinburg, a drone crashed into a residential high-rise building, injuring six people.
8:35 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 127 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Smolensk, Rostov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk regions, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black and Azov Seas.
8:21 A TOS-1A Solntsepek crew from the 35th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Vostok group destroyed a network of concrete fortifications, underground communications, and command posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia direction, video.