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[Regnum] A hurricane with strong winds and heavy rains caused power outages and disruptions to life support systems in 15 cities and districts of the Rostov Region. This was reported by regional Governor Yuri Slyusar on July 25.
"Power supply problems, according to emergency services, have now been recorded in at least 15 cities and districts: Rostov-on-Don, Azov, Bataysk, Taganrog, Shakhty, Novocherkassk, Novoshakhtinsk, Azovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Matveyevo-Kurgansky, Neklinovsky, Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky, Tarasovsky, Ust-Donetsky, and Myasnikovsky districts," Slyusar clarified on his Telegram channel.
The governor noted that power outages disrupted water supply equipment. Water supply problems arose in Rostov-on-Don, Gukovo, Zverevo, Shakhty, Novoshakhtinsk, Novocherkassk, Azov, and the Azovsky, Krasnosulinsky, and Kamensky districts.
Slyusar emphasized that emergency services are actively carrying out restoration work despite the extremely adverse weather conditions in the region. The governor strongly recommended that citizens stay home and not go outside unless absolutely necessary.
Earlier, the hurricane damaged 152 roofs in the villages of Krasnoshchyokovo and Maralikha in the Krasnoshchyokovsky District of the Altai Krai. Efforts are underway in the Krasnoshchyokovsky District, where wind gusts reached over 40 meters per second on July 22. Municipal task forces have identified damage to 152 roofs of various buildings in Krasnoshchyokovo and Maralikha, and a state of emergency is in effect in these villages.
In late June, severe weather affected many regions in Russia's Northwestern, Central, and Ural Federal Districts. In the Sverdlovsk Region, a powerful tornado knocked out power to over 4,000 homes. Winds damaged 40 roofs, knocked down 25 trees, and knocked down nine power line poles. In early July, a hurricane in the Moscow Region almost completely destroyed an animal shelter. Also in the Moscow Region, strong winds tore off roofs and siding from houses, damaged fences, and toppled trees.
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[Korrespondent] 22.41 The Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Robert Brovdi, call sign "Magyar", reported that Russia continues to increase the number of troops directly on the front line. According to him, this is a consequence of covert mobilization and attempts by the Russian command to demonstrate successes on the battlefield. According to the commander of the UAS, the number of occupiers on the contact line is already 18% higher than two months ago.
22.21 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine will share intelligence information about new facts of cooperation between Russia and Iran with international partners. According to him, Moscow is helping Tehran, in particular through satellite reconnaissance of American military facilities in the Middle East. He specified that on July 19-20 alone, four air bases were in the zone of interest of Russian satellites: two in Bahrain, as well as one each in Jordan and Kuwait.
21.53 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Ukrainian intelligence records Russia's preparations for expanded mobilization in the fall. According to him, Moscow does not demonstrate readiness for peace, so international pressure on the Kremlin needs to be increased. He noted that in less than seven months of 2026, 221 thousand people were recruited into the Russian army. At the same time, according to Ukrainian data, the losses of Russian troops during this period amounted to almost 225.5 thousand people, of whom about 131 thousand were killed, almost 93 thousand were wounded, a significant part with serious injuries. The President believes that the Kremlin is preparing to recruit new military personnel, although it masks these intentions with other formulations.
21.32 Russian troops struck a logistics center in Zaporizhia. The attack caused a fire, damaged warehouses, and destroyed cars. There is currently no information about possible casualties. Relevant services are working on the scene to eliminate the consequences of the attack and determine the extent of the damage.
21.10 Throughout Saturday, Russian troops launched nearly 50 strikes on three districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The shelling killed two women, injured three more people, and damaged residential buildings, civilian infrastructure, and cars.
20.46 The Kremlin responded to the call of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to freeze the war against Ukraine and return to the negotiation process. They stated that such a scenario is currently impossible due to Kyiv's position. According to Dmitry Peskov, during a meeting in Omsk, Vladimir Putin "informed Tokayev in detail about the progress of the SVO" (this is what Russia calls the war in Ukraine. - Ed. ) in response to his proposal to freeze the conflict. He also stated that, given the position of the Ukrainian side, "freezing the conflict as such is impossible." At the same time, hostilities "can be stopped by the end of the day if the Kyiv authorities make appropriate decisions."
20.23 Russian forces struck a civilian ship under the flag of Palau, which was carrying almost 2.8 thousand tons of corn and was leaving the port of Odessa region. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out, two crew members are considered missing. This was reported on the evening of Saturday, July 25, by the Minister of Recovery, Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine Mykola Kalashnyk. According to him, the ship was attacked twice while leaving the Ukrainian port. After the hits, a fire broke out on board. It was previously possible to rescue seven crew members and a Ukrainian pilot. Two more sailors are currently considered missing.
19.45 Ukraine and the American defense company Raytheon discussed the possibility of increasing the supply of missiles for Patriot air defense systems, as well as expanding weapons production on the eve of the winter period. The talks were also attended by the acting Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yevheniy Khmara. This was announced by Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky after a meeting with Raytheon representatives.
18.34 Problems with sea exports have already led to a sharp drop in purchase prices for grain and oilseed crops in Ukraine. Some items have become cheaper by 30-40%, and without the restoration of stable supplies, the situation may worsen. This was stated by the deputy chairman of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council, Denys Marchuk. According to him, difficulties with exports did not arise suddenly. Due to regular Russian attacks on port infrastructure, the rate of export of agricultural products gradually decreased, which led to the accumulation of about 11 million tons of transitional grain residues in Ukraine.
17.48 Russian troops struck again in the Odessa region on the evening of Saturday, July 25. The attack damaged a private residential building and about ten nearby buildings and infrastructure, and one person was injured. This was reported by the head of the Odessa regional military administration, Oleg Kiper.
17.26 Units of the 1st Corps of the Azov NGU, together with other defense forces, stopped the offensive of two Russian armies and a tank division, destroying dozens of pieces of equipment and over a hundred occupiers. According to the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine, Oleksandr Pivnenko, on July 22, Russian troops with the forces of the 8th and 41st combined arms armies, as well as the 90th tank division, carried out a large-scale mechanized assault in the area of responsibility of the 1st Corps of the Azov NGU. The occupiers involved dozens of armored and light vehicles for the offensive. Seven tanks, two multiple launch rocket systems, over 50 pieces of equipment and 123 eliminated occupiers - such losses were suffered by the Russian troops during the major assault.
16.24 The Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out strikes on a number of important Russian military facilities and occupied territories on July 24 and on the night of July 25. The targets hit included an early warning radar station in Crimea, an ammunition depot, drone control points, and a command and observation post. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
16.03 The administration of US President Donald Trump has urged Ukraine to refrain from attacks on non-Russian tankers after a ship chartered by the American company Chevron was damaged in a strike on a terminal near Novorossiysk. According to the publication, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth this week appealed to representatives of the Trump administration after Ukrainian drones attacked a Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal near Novorossiysk. Among the four damaged tankers was a ship used by the company to transport oil.
15.22 The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Saturday, July 25, the repeated defeat of the Tyumen Oil Refinery in Russia. According to the military, the strike was carried out by the Deep Strike SSO units in cooperation with the Chernaya Iskra rebel movement. The Special Operations Forces Command noted that Ukrainian drones traveled more than two thousand kilometers to the target and hit the Tyumen Oil Refinery, located in the Tyumen region of the Russian Federation. Despite the fact that the key installations of the enterprise were protected by anti-drone nets, this did not prevent the task from being completed. According to the SSO, after the attack, a large-scale fire broke out on the territory of the plant.
14.32 The Head of the European Council, António Costa, commented on the incident with a drone that violated Romanian airspace and was shot down by the country's Air Force.
"We express our full solidarity with Romania and its people. Romania's security is Europe's security. We will continue to strengthen the security, resilience and deterrence potential of the EU, in particular along our eastern border," Costa said.
14.05 On the night of July 25, long-range drones of the Security Service of Ukraine struck a number of military facilities in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, and in the waters of the Caspian Sea.
As a result of the strike in Rostov-on-Don:
The 92Н6Е Grave Stone multifunctional radar station and its antenna tower were hit. They are components of the S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile system. Russia uses these systems to fire on Ukraine;
the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system and the Pole-21 electronic warfare complex were destroyed;
Two warehouses with FPV drones were hit.
In the Caspian Sea, SBU drones struck:
Filanovskoye oil production platform;
the cargo ship Port Olya 2 and the dry cargo ship Begey. Both ships are under international sanctions and were used to transport military cargo between Iran and the Russian Federation;
Project 12418 missile boat Molniya.
13.46 One person was killed and nine others, including children, were injured in a Russian strike on Zaporizhia, the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Ivan Fedorov, reported.
"At this moment, nine people need medical help, including three children. Unfortunately, one woman died," he wrote on Telegram.
13:30 Ukraine continues to apply long-range sanctions in response to Russian strikes, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
"This is again an enterprise in Kirov, from where they supply components for the means with which Russia strikes our people. The distance from the state border of Ukraine is about 1,200 kilometers. Also, a refinery in Tyumen, a logistics facility in Yekaterinburg, a fuel and lubricants warehouse in Rostov-on-Don," the head of state wrote on social networks.
Also, according to Zelensky, there are good results of long-range strikes in the waters of the Caspian Sea. In particular, these are vessels that were involved in the transportation of military cargo with Iran, and a warship.
A fire broke out at the Tyumen refinery today after a drone attack. Governor Alexander Moor said that "a drone crashed on the territory of the Tyumen refinery" and a fire broke out.
Ukrainian drones have also again attacked a warehouse of the Wildberries marketplace in Russia. This time in Yekaterinburg, a fire was recorded at the site of the strikes.
12.33 The organizer of an arms exhibition in the Kyiv region, where 10 people were killed and about 100 others were injured in a Russian strike on July 24, was detained and charged. The man is currently under escort at a medical facility because he received minor injuries from the Russian strike.
12.19 On the morning of July 25, the Romanian Air Force again shot down a drone that violated the country's airspace during another Russian attack on Ukraine.
A drone shot down a Romanian pilot aboard an F-16 fighter jet, and it happened 10 km west of the city of Sfintu Gheorghe.
11.58 The Russian army received Starlink terminals through smuggling, and not directly from the company. This was stated by American inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk.
According to the businessman, Starlink never sold its terminals to Russia, and the Russian military obtained them through smuggling.
"We never sold Starlink to the Russians. They essentially received Starlink terminals that were ordered through Ukraine, and then smuggled them into eastern Ukraine, where Russian troops are located. And then in some cases used them to carry out attacks," Musk said.
The entrepreneur noted that to solve this problem, the company, together with the Ukrainian government, introduced a "white list" - a list of approved Starlink terminals that can work. At the same time, Musk acknowledged that this decision also had negative consequences for civilian users.
"However, there is a downside to this: a lot of people who were regular Starlink users and were just trying to access the internet for work or school now no longer have access to Starlink," the trillionaire said.
11.30 Military counterintelligence of the Security Service detained a Russian agent in Dnipro who, at the request of the enemy, organized a large-scale scheme for illegal verification of Starlink systems.
The suspect turned out to be a native of Luhansk Oblast, who came to the attention of Russian intelligence officers through Telegram channels looking for "easy money." In exchange for money, the attacker used the details that the curator from Russia gave him and initially registered the Starlink station in his name.
The agent was later instructed to involve as many people as possible in the clandestine verification of satellite equipment. To accomplish this task, he decided to activate Starlink systems in postal operators' offices using the data of fake individuals.
It was established that in this way the organizer of the criminal scheme verified over 1,000 satellite communication terminals for Russians.
SBU officers exposed the agent, documented his crimes, and detained him at his residence. During the search, a smartphone containing evidence of his work for the enemy was seized.
In addition, the SBU blocked all Starlink stations that were illegally registered by the attacker.
Currently, investigators from the Security Service have informed the defendant of suspicion of aiding an aggressor state. The perpetrator faces up to 12 years in prison.
10.51 A Russian drone strike on Sumy killed three people - Nova Poshta drivers, said Oleg Grigorov, head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration.
"A large-scale fire broke out at the impact site. Due to the threat of repeated attacks, rescuers could not fully work and quickly eliminate the consequences of the impact. The bodies of two dead were found at the epicenter of the impact. Another man with extremely serious injuries was evacuated from the impact site by police. He died on the way to the hospital. The dead were 43, 53, and 48 years old," he wrote on Telegram.
10.14 The largest Russian oil port on the Black Sea, Sheskharis, has not been loading oil onto tankers for the past few days following Ukrainian drone attacks in the area.
Sheskharis has not been loading oil in Novorossiysk since the morning of July 22. This is evidenced by vessel traffic data, as well as satellite images, which confirm the terminal's suspension of operations.
If the Sheskharis outage drags on, it could increase pressure on the global oil market, which already remains tense due to the situation in the Middle East.
09.38 One person was killed and two others were injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on Sloviansk in the Donetsk region on the night of July 25. This was reported by the head of the MVA, Vadym Lyakh.
"It was noisy again at night. There is information about a Geran-2 UAV hitting a private house. Unfortunately, one person died and two were injured," he said.
In total, six people died and 27 were injured in the community within 24 hours. In the past week, nine residents have died and 45 have been injured.
08.31 On the night of July 25, Russia attacked Ukraine with two Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles and 157 attack drones.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed one Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missile and 127 enemy Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas UAVs and drones of other types in the north, south, east, and center of the country.
26 strike UAVs were recorded hitting nine locations, as well as downed UAVs (fragments) falling at four locations. The Kh-59 missile did not reach its target.
08.20 Over the past 24 hours, 230 combat clashes were recorded on the front. Missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit seven UAV control points, five areas of concentration of manpower and six control points of the Russian invaders.
08.01 Russian troops struck several objects in the Poltava region. Enemy UAVs were hit at two gas stations and a fire station building. No information about injuries was received by emergency services.
07.27 From February 24, 2022 to July 25, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,437,550 people (+1,450 per day).
04.58 A large-scale fire broke out in Rostov, Russia, after a UAV attack. A military barracks is on fire in Engels. A fire also broke out in occupied Luhansk after the attack.
02.25 Drones massively attacked the Russian city of Belgorod. OSINT channels write that the following were hit: logistics warehouses, the Yuzhnaya substation, and the Luch CHP area.
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[NewsFront] 21:59 Applied strikes on Nova Poshta logistics centers in Zaporizhia and Sumy
The Geran rockets struck both large warehouse complexes and truck parking areas. Kyiv uses the postal infrastructure itself to transport military equipment.
21:09 Crews of the Geran-4 Seeker jet UAV inflicted strikes on an enemy high-speed landing craft, as well as on three dry cargo ships and a bulk carrier carrying military cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the port of Nikolaev and in the Black Sea.
20:26 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 146 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type were over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Tula, Tyumen regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
20:03 Drone operators continue to work on Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment, ensuring the advance of our troops in the Kramatorsk direction.
18:20 During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of strikes on ports and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As a result of strikes by high-precision air-launched weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, the following were damaged:
in the port of Chornomorsk (state enterprise Sea Trade Port of Odessa) - port infrastructure facilities intended for the storage of military cargo;
At the port of Nikolaev (state enterprise Nikolaev Sea Trade Port) – a dry cargo ship that delivered cargo intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a high-speed landing craft CV-90 of the Ukrainian Navy.
In addition, the following were damaged during transit at sea: a bulk carrier, three dry cargo ships delivering military cargo to the ports of Chornomorsk and Odessa, as well as a high-speed landing craft CV-90 of the Ukrainian Navy.
16:59 UAV operators burned Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck in Druzhkovka and Malotaranovka.
Artillery crews destroyed shelters housing Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, Verolyubovka, and Kondratovka.
14:11 Liquidated FABs: temporary deployment points of the 10th separate mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Vysokoivanovka area in the DPR, UAV control points of the 50th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Svetlichnoye area in the Khar'kov region.
13:23 Sea Hunting: Drone Operators operating a Geran-4 Seeker jet-powered UAV struck a bulk carrier that was delivering military cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:18 Three UAVs "Geranium-4 Seeker" attacked 110 kV substation.
The attacks disrupted the power supply to a number of facilities that the Ukrainian military was using for its own purposes.
09:52 Disruption of military supplies: Geranium calculations inflicted strikes on a sea cargo ship and two tugboats in the port of Nikolaev.
09:15 At night, Geran-4 Siker was attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles got there facility in Mena - after the arrival of a kamikaze drone, the local 110 kV substation was destroyed.
During the day, an attack was launched in Semenovka. There, a Russian drone performed a precise attack on a 40 kV substation, scoring a direct hit.
08:55 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on July 24 to 8:00 Moscow time on July 25, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 328 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kirov, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tula, Ulyanovsk regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, the Chuvash Republic, the Mari El Republic, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Kalmykia and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
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[Regnum] Russian air defense systems shot down 328 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on July 25.
"During the past night, from 8:00 PM Moscow time on July 24 to 8:00 AM Moscow time on July 25, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 328 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles," the department reported.
Drones were shot down in the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov, Oryol, Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Kirov, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Saratov, and Volgograd regions. Air defense forces also destroyed UAVs in the Moscow region, Kuban, Crimea, Kalmykia, Mari El, Chuvashia, and Bashkortostan, as well as over the Sea of Azov.
Last night, the Belgorod region was hit by a massive Ukrainian military drone attack. The injured were hospitalized. The number of casualties is being determined. Streets in Belgorod and the Belgorod district sustained damage, and firefighters are extinguishing the remaining fires.
Five civilians were injured in an attack by Ukrainian drones in the Rostov region.
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