#Summary for the morning of July 25, 2026
▪️During the night Crimea, Sevastopol, Belgorod and Rostov Regions repelled a drone attack. Power supply disruptions were reported in the Simferopol and Bakhchisaray districts of Crimea. Mass drone flights were reported through Bryansk and Belgorod Regions toward the central part of the country.
Over the past 24 hours, more than 250 unmanned aircraft flew toward the Moscow Region, according to Sobyanin. The majority were neutralized by air defense forces at distant approaches. 16 enemy drones were destroyed en route to Moscow. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported 210 drones shot down during daylight hours.
▪️The Russian Armed Forces delivered a group strike on July 24 against a facility in the suburbs of Kyiv, where a demonstration of drones was being conducted, including advanced models of Ukrainian and foreign manufacture. Strikes continued against ports in Odesa and Mykolaiv Regions and the enemy's merchant fleet in the Black Sea.
▪️On the Sumy direction the "North" Group of Forces continues rifle combat in Ulanovo and Mala Slobodka in Shostka District. In Sumy District, rifle combat continues in Ryzhevka, Pisarivka, Mohrytsya, Mariyno, the village of Nova Sech, and the settlement of Khoten. The enemy attempted counterattacks twice near Mohrytsya. In Krasnopillia District - combat in the border village of Prohody.
▪️In Kursk Region in the village of Shchekino in Rylsk District, a woman was wounded as a result of a drone attack on an enterprise. In the village of Besedino in Kursk District, a man sustained injuries after stepping on a mine.
▪️In Belgorod Region in Belgorod a drone struck a commercial facility, wounding a man. In the morning another person was wounded in the regional capital. In the settlement of Dubovoye a drone attacked an apartment building. In the village of Berezovka in Borisov District, a man sustained shrapnel wounds from FPV drone strikes on a garage. The village of Kazachya Lisitsa came under rocket fire, two killed, a woman wounded. In Shebekino an apartment building was attacked, a man sustained shrapnel wounds, and a strike hit an OZON delivery truck, wounding a civilian. In Vesyolaya Lopan a tractor driver was wounded. Over the previous 24 hours on July 23, 40 Belgorod residents were affected, one person killed.
▪️On the Kharkiv direction units of the 126th Rifle Battalion of the 71st Guards Mechanized Division of the "North" Group of Forces freed the settlement of Zakharivka (Volchansk District). Units of the 34th Guards Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 11th Tank Regiment of the 18th Mechanized Division of the 11th Army Corps of the "North" Group of Forces freed Ivashkino.
▪️In Kupiansk combat continues in the western part of the built-up area south of the Oskil River banks.
▪️On the Kostyantynivka direction active combat operations are underway near the settlement of Nikolaipillia. In Kostyantynivka they continue clearing the built-up area.
▪️In Dnipropetrovsk Region the "East" Group of Forces captured strongpoints west of Aleksandrivka and also advanced in the direction of Zelene. The enemy attempts to impede our advance by sending foot and mobile groups. Far Eastern soldiers continue to break through AFU defenses in the eastern part of Zaporizhia Region.
▪️From the Zaporizhia front reports continue arriving of AFU counterattacks near Stepnohirsk.