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Russia – Ukraine war updates as of April 16, 2025

Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of April 16, 2024.

1,148 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,061 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. April 16, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.

The 1148th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 111 combat clashes took place over the past day.

The enemy carried out 109 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, dropping 177 guided bombs. In addition, it carried out almost 6,600 attacks, 126 of them from multiple rocket launcher systems, and used 2,923 kamikaze drones to destroy them.

The russian aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Krasnopillya, Myropylske, Turya, Prokhody, Novodmytrivka, Naumivka, Osoyivka, Malaya Rybytsia, Petrushivka in the Sumy region; Novopil, Zelene Pole in the Donetsk region; Malynivka, Hulyaipole, Novodanylivka in the Zaporizhia region.

Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck six areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, four air defense systems and two artillery systems of the Russian invaders.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy last day carried out offensive actions once in the Vovchansk area.

In the Kupyansk direction, three attacks by the invaders took place. The defense forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions near Nova Kruglyakivka and Zagryzove.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 14 times. It tried to advance near Novomykhailivka, Tverdokhlibovka, Nadiya and towards Novy, Zelenaya Dolyna and Hryhorivka.

In the Siversk direction, our defenders repelled five assaults by the occupation forces near the settlements of Verkhnokamyanske and Bilogorivka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, three clashes were recorded in the areas of the settlements of Chasiv Yar, Predtechyne and Stupochka.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 19 attacks near the settlements of Dachne, Diliyivka, Toretsk and Kurdyumivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 32 assaults by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Sukha Balka, Zelene Pole, Elizavetivka, Lysivka, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Troitske, Vodyane Druge, Bogdanivka, Andriivka and in the direction of Staraya Mykolaivka.

In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy tried to break through 12 times near the settlements of Kostiantynopol, Pryvilne, Rozlyv, Vilne Pole and in the direction of Odradne.

In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy carried out an offensive operation in the Kamyanske area.

In the Prydniprovske direction, the aggressor made one unsuccessful attempt to advance.

In the operational zone in Kurshchyna, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine yesterday repelled 17 attacks by Russian invaders. In addition, the enemy carried out 38 air strikes using 72 guided bombs, and also carried out 407 artillery attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, including five from multiple launch rocket systems.

No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polesie directions.

Ukrainian soldiers inflict significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment and actively undermine the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 1,050 soldiers.

Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized 9 tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles, 87 artillery systems, 146 operational-tactical UAVs, 133 units of automotive equipment, three units of special equipment and one heavy flamethrower system of the invaders.

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