Ukrainian army repelled 97 Russian attacks over last day
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Ukrainian army repelled 97 Russian attacks over last day

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

According to the General Staff, Ukrainian troops engaged in combat with units of the Russian occupation army 97 times over the past day. The most tense situation remains in the area of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region.

What is known about the consequences of Russian attacks in Ukraine

It is noted that during the day, the enemy fired 2 missiles at Ukraine, carried out 83 air strikes and fired 101 MLRS attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), critical and civilian infrastructure.

Unfortunately, Russian terrorist attacks have resulted in civilian casualties.

Residential buildings and other objects of civil infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.

What is known about the situation in certain areas of the front

  • In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes.

  • In the Siversk and Slobozhanske directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage activities to prevent our troops from moving to dangerous directions, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border.

  • In the Kupyansk direction, our soldiers repelled 14 attacks in the areas of Sinkivka, Pishchane, Berestov in the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region.

  • In the Lymanske direction, the Defense Forces repelled 7 attacks in the areas of Nevsky, Serebryansk Forestry in Luhansk Region, and Terny and Yampolivka in Donetsk Oblast.

  • In the direction of Bakhmut, our soldiers repelled 17 attacks in the areas of settlements of Bilohorivka, Luhansk region; Verkhnokamyanske, Viymka, Rozdolivka, Novyi, Klishchiivka and Andriivka of the Donetsk region.

  • In the Avdiivka region, our defenders repelled 31 attacks in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Novopokrovske, Sokil, Umanske, Yasnobrodivka, Netaylove and Nevelske settlements of the Donetsk region.

  • In the Novopavlivskyi direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Paraskoviivka, Kostyantynivka, Vodyane and Urozhaine settlements of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried 15 times to break through the defenses of our troops.

  • In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 6 times in the Staromayorske area of the Donetsk region and near Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region.

  • In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not give up its intention to knock out our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. So, during the past day, the enemy launched 3 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops.

What is known about the current and total losses of the Russian army

It is noted that during the day the aviation of the Defence Forces struck 11 areas of concentration of enemy personnel, units of the missile forces damaged 2 artillery pieces of the enemy, and the forces and means of air defence of Ukraine destroyed 1 guided air missile Kh-59.

During the day, the Ukrainian military eliminated another 1,160 Russian invaders.

The total losses of the occupation army of the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war are:

  • personnel — about 476,460 (+1,160) people,

  • tanks — 7,405 (+25) units,

  • armored combat vehicles — 14 thousand 227 (+14) units,

  • artillery systems — 12 thousand 287 (+37) units,

  • MRLS — 1 thousand 57 (+0) units,

  • air defence equipment — 792 (+1) units,

  • aircraft — 349 (+0) units,

  • helicopters — 325 (+0) units,

  • UAVs of the operational-tactical level — 9 thousand 717 (+34),

  • cruise missiles — 2 thousand 149 (+1),

  • ships/boats — 26 (+0) units,

  • submarines — 1 (+0) units,

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks — 16 thousand 509 (+32) units,

  • special equipment - 2 thousand 17 (+9)

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"Push Putin." Boris Johnson urged Trump to focus on countering Russia

Boris Johnson
Source:  Daily Mail

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was time for US President Donald Trump to "take the noose off Ukraine's neck" and put pressure on illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Points of attention

  • Boris Johnson noted that Putin, during his attack on Kyiv this week, showed his contempt for Western public opinion and his complete superiority over those trying to achieve peace.
  • It's time for Donald Trump to remove the noose from Ukraine's neck and put pressure on Putin, Johnson believes.

 

Boris Johnson urged Trump to pressure Putin

The former UK prime minister noted that Putin, in this week's attack on Kyiv, which Johnson called "an act of supreme contempt", showed contempt for Western public opinion and his complete superiority over those trying to achieve peace.

Putin believes he is winning. He thinks, wrongly, I still hope and pray, that he has brought Donald Trump to where he wants to be. He thinks he has nothing to fear. He thinks that the more brutal and violent he is, the more civilians he kills and maims with his missiles and drones, the more respect he will command in the West and the more intimidated and humiliated we will all be.

He noted that the proposal for a “peace” deal that Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff brought from Moscow was “an undisguised capitulation to aggression.” According to Johnson, the current proposals provide neither reliable Western security guarantees for Ukraine nor a reliable long-term plan for military assistance from the West.

There is nothing in this agreement that could stop a third invasion. All Putin needs to do is rebuild his military, wait for the next opportune moment, and strike again.

He drew attention to Putin's 2021 essay on Ukraine, in which the Kremlin leader "vehemently denies the existence of a separate Ukrainian identity," as well as his interview with American TV host Tucker Carlson, where he says Ukraine is an "artificial country."

The former British prime minister noted that Putin could swear to the White House that the terms of this agreement are the last territorial demand he will make in Europe, and compared the Russian dictator's words to a statement made by Adolf Hitler in 1938.

Hitler lied, just as Putin lied and lied before his invasion in 2022. He lies again. He wants Kyiv, he wants everything, and he is willing to wait,” Johnson stressed, suggesting that Putin could wait until the end of Trump’s presidency or the 2026 midterm elections to attack again.

He also noted that concessions to Putin “cannot and will not work.” They are completely unnecessary, as the Russian dictator’s real position is “much, much worse than is commonly believed,” Johnson added.

According to the British politician, Putin's greatest advantage is not military power, but the West's "strange and superstitious" belief, despite all the evidence, that Russia was somehow destined to win the war against Ukraine.

Why do people keep saying this? It's nonsense. Putin will not win, and he cannot win. He has awakened patriotic feelings in Ukraine that cannot and will not be defeated.

Johnson outlined two ways to improve current proposals for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. The first is to drop any hint of legal recognition of Ukrainian territories seized by Russia and return to Trump’s original proposals for a ceasefire and freeze along the current contact line “without inflammatory erosion of Ukrainian sovereignty and with the prospect of the ultimate return of lost territory.”

The second way is to give Ukraine “much greater clarity” about its long-term security and defense. Johnson wrote about the possibility of deploying troops from the UK or other “like-minded countries” in Ukraine, a ten-year plan for significant Western military support for Ukraine, and a condition under which any third Putin invasion would trigger automatic Ukrainian membership in NATO.

At the same time, according to Johnson, Putin will do everything possible to block the agreement he described, because he knows that if Ukraine survives as an independent state, which it will do under the listed conditions, it will "slip out of his hands."

That's why it's finally time for Donald Trump to do what only he can do, and for the rest of us to give him the support he needs. It's time to take the noose off Ukraine's neck and put Putin under pressure.

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