On Tuesday, October 25, the Ukrainian military prevented the Russians from advancing in Donetsk region, in particular near Bakhmut and Avdiivka. They also carried out 15 effective airstrikes. This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The enemy is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the defense forces from certain directions. At the same time, he does not stop trying to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, carrying out fortification equipment of the area in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it continues to strike critical infrastructure and civilian homes.
The situation has not changed significantly on the Volyn and Polissky directions. The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The threat of missile strikes and the use of attack UAVs on Ukrainian territory remains.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Siversky direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, within the settlements of Senkivka and Kamianska Sloboda of the Chernihiv region and Rozhkovichi, Basivka and Popivka of the Sumy region. Used shock UAVs;
in the Slobozhansk direction - with the use of mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Dvorichna, Chervone, Ohirtsovoe and Strilka settlements;
in the Kupyansk direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Vyshneve, Kislivka and Stelmakhivka settlements;
in the Lyman direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of settlements of Novoyehorivka, Terny, Zarichne and Yampolivka;
in the Bakhmut direction - from the armament of tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmutske, Ivangrad, Bilogorivka, Mayorsk, Soledar and Opytne;
in the Avdiivsk direction, the enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of Avdiivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Pervomaiske with tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery.
The enemy did not conduct active offensives in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya directions. Fired at the positions of the Defense Forces and civil infrastructure in the areas of more than 20 settlements along the entire contact line.
More than 30 settlements were destroyed by fire in the South Buz region. The Russian occupiers continue to mine areas along the coastline of the Dnipro River. They are trying to restore the affected pontoon-bridge crossings. To conduct aerial reconnaissance, the enemy made up to 55 sorties of UAVs of various types.
Aviation of the defense forces during the current day struck 15 strikes. The defeat of 12 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 2 strongholds, as well as the positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile system was confirmed. Air defense units shot down the UAV.
Soldiers of missile forces and artillery hit the command post, 8 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, ammunition and other important military objects of the occupiers.
