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Current information on the situation on the front line on July 24 (updated)
2025-07-25
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:35 Russian troops started to the assault on Dimitrov DPR.

Assault units of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Center group of forces are already fighting in the eastern part of the city.

20:22 In the Rubtsovsk direction, units of the West group of troops advanced up to 400 meters west of Petrovskoye (Grekovka) and consolidated their positions in the vicinity of Novy Mir.

20:09 Published footage of the coordinated work of the reconnaissance and strike crews of the Russian Armed Forces.

19:50 Posted another video of Russian UAV operators working in the area of the village of Belitskoye in the DPR.

19:45 Servicemen of the "West" military group with the help of an engineering vehicle paved a dirt road for military equipment and civilian transport in the Luhansk People's Republic.

19:42 RF Armed Forces hit at an industrial enterprise near the Rogatinsky residential complex in Khar'kov.

18:00 RF Armed Forces completed combat missions in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

As a result of offensive actions by the Center group of forces, the settlements of Novoekonomicheskoe and Zverevo of the Donetsk People's Republic were liberated.

17:24 Footage of the FPV drone of the 37th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Vostok group has been published. Operator spent the drone is almost at ground level.

16:52 Sappers of the International Anti-Mine Center as part of the North group of troops continue demining of border areas of the Belgorod region.

16:29 Russian Armed Forcesare moving forward near the settlements of Kamenskoye and Plavni.

And also Russian military are moving forward in the South Donetsk direction.

15:58 Units of the "South" group of forces continue successful offensive in the area of Chasov Yar in the direction of Kramatorsk and in the southwestern part of the city.

15:44 Units of the "East" group of forces continue their offensive in the eastern part of Dnipropetrovsk region and in the western part of the DPR –map.

15:41 Far Eastern soldiers advance west of Voskresenka. Assault groups came out to the eastern outskirts of Yanvarsky.

14:57 Assault units of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division completed the most difficult task.

The village of Yablonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic has been liberated.

14:02 In the period from 12.20 Moscow time to 12.40 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:

Two over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
One over the territory of the Belgorod region.


13:44 Sumy direction. Near Kondratovka, the Russian Aerospace Forces are using heavy aerial bombs –video.

12:59 Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with long-range precision weapons, as well as strike unmanned aerial vehicles, against enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine and energy complex facilities that support the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Units of the North group of forces have improved their tactical position.

The manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Radyanskoye, Korchakovka, Khrapovshchina, Maryino and Ryzhevka in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Velykyi Burluk and Melove in the Khar'kov region.

Units of the West group of forces have improved their position along the forward edge.

Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Srednee, Karpovka, Shandrigolovo, Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People's Republic and Andreyevka in the Khar'kov region.

Units of the Southern group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions.

The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, mountain assault, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Pleshcheyevka, Seversk, Zvanovka and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the Center group of forces have improved their tactical position.

Formations of two mechanized brigades, an airborne brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Udachnoye, Rodinskoye, Stepanovka, Svetloye, Poltavka, Krasnoarmeysk and Artema of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses.

The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the populated areas of Novogeorgievka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Iskra, Zeleny Gai in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novoselivka in the Zaporizhia region.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka and Belozerka in the Kherson region.

12:46 Posted work of the aviation of the Southern Group of Forces at the temporary deployment point and the control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV in the settlement of Kleban-Byk.

12:35 Air battles in Khar'kov region: "Sever" destroyed heavy enemy copters.

12:03 The first assault groups entered Zeleny Gai in the south of the Donetsk People's Republic –map.

11:55 Russian army takes uplandings west of Petrovskoye, gradually bringing closer the complete liberation of the LPR territory.

11:26 There appeared information about a hit on a Ukrainian thermal power plant. Details are awaited.

11:25 Fighting in Sumy Oblast: Northern Fleet naval infantry destroy enemy armored vehicle –video.

10:35 Changes in the front line over the past 24 hours –map.

10:35 Published footage of the results of Russia's night strikes on the port of Odessa.

10:15 Armed Forces of Ukraine equip fortifications in the border area: "North" group destroy enemy manpower.

After the liberation of the villages of Degtyarnoye and Melove, the enemy has noticeably become more active in the Khar'kov border area. However, at the moment, all attempts to strengthen their presence in the state border area end for the Ukrainian Armed Forces only with losses among personnel.

10:03 Russian troops continue attacks, confidently advancing beyond Kamenskoye on the left flank of the Zaporizhzhya Front.

Airborne units successfully drive the enemy out of the settlement of Plavni. Only the northern part of the settlement remains for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the enemy's resources admit this.

9:40 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes of Ukrainian armed groups against civilians of the DPR and Bryansk region

According to information from executive authorities, a civilian resident of Gorlovka was killed in the residential area of Solnechny in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of Ukrainian armed aggression.

In the Bryansk region, as a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones on a car in the village of Lemeshovka in the Sevsky district, three people were injured, including a seven-year-old child.

8:58 FPV drone operators of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army in the area of the settlement of Yablonovka with the help of a kamikaze drone destroyed a heavy drone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Baba Yaga type, designed for reconnaissance or strikes.

8:25 From 6.20 Moscow time to 07.20 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:

Two over the territory of the Republic of Crimea and
One over the territory of the Belgorod region.

8:10 Frontline summary on the morning of 24.07.25

Zaporizhzhya Front. There are reports of offensive actions by the Russian Armed Forces north of Kamenskoye, in the area of the village of Plavni.

Donetsk Front. Intensive positional battles are taking place in the South Donetsk direction in the area of Zeleny Gai.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops have advanced in the area of Zverevo and Pervogo Maya. Fierce battles are continuing in the Konstantinovsk direction.

Units of the Russian Armed Forces are strengthening their positions in Yablonovka, advancing from the south on Aleksandro-Kalinovo, and continuing military operations in Dyleevka.

Chasovyar direction. The Russian army is strengthening its positions in Chasovy Yar. There are reports of local encirclement of the Yuzhny microdistrict.

Khar'kov direction. Fighting continues in the Vovchansk and Velykoburluk directions.

Ukrainian troops have resumed counterattacks on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces south of the village of Melove, while our troops are advancing between the settlements of Melove and Chugunovka.

Sumy direction. The Russian Defense Ministry officially announced the liberation of the settlement of Varachino. Fierce fighting continues in the Kondratovka area, our aviation is actively working
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8:05 During the past night from 20:40 Moscow time on 23.07 to 01:40 Moscow time on 24.07, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 39 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

– 21 – over the Black Sea,
– 11 – over the Azov Sea,
– Seven – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai.

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