Timeline: day 152 of Ukraine’s defense against russia’s aggression

Today is July 25. russia's military attack on Ukraine has been going on for 152 days. We're reporting on the current news. The article will be updated.

What about today?

Key points

The sixth month of the war began. It's high time to stop calling the enemy orcs, horde, or other names. We all know the real name of those who came to destroy Ukraine, bomb our cities and villages, shell high-rise buildings, schools, hospitals, and museums, burn crops and kill Ukrainians. These are the russians. 

President Zelensky urged Ukrainians in his daily address to be collected and do everything to inflict the tremendous possible losses on the enemy as they have done every day for the past five months and gather the most significant possible support for Ukraine.

Panic is growing in the russian information space due to Ukraine's using HIMARS, the Institute for the Study of War reports.

Ukraine's Air Force hit three enemy strongholds in the Beryslav district, and two Mi-8 and two Mi-24 were destroyed in the Kherson district, the South Operational Command reports.

In the past 24 hours, the enemy army was reduced by:

• 66 invaders;
• five tanks;
• two Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers;
• one Fagot ATGM system;
• three armored vehicles and nine units of automobile equipment;
• two ammunition warehouses.

The Ukrainian troops also destroyed the command and observation post of the 785th special unit of the enemy's national guard.

According to reports from Ukraine's General Staff, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed three enemy assaults on the eastern front:

• The Ukrainian military repelled the assaults in the directions of Berestove–Ivano-Daryivka and Verkhniokamianka–Ivano-Daryivka and forced the occupiers to roll back.
• The assault in the Vershyna–Luhansk direction ended for the enemy in failure and retreat. russia is on the offensive in the direction of Myronivske–Luhansk; hostilities continue.

The russians tried to reach the border of the Luhansk region, but after an unsuccessful offensive, they retreated with losses. "The occupiers are not abandoning their intentions to launch an attack on the large cities of Donetsk region, but for now, they have 'frozen up' in our region. They are dying without ever seeing the neighboring region," says the head of the Luhansk region, Serhii Haidai.

The russians continue to steal Ukrainian grain: it will be exported through Mariupol. The occupiers have restored the power supply in the port and are preparing for grain transshipment. The city mayor's advisor Petro Andriushchenko reported: "Yesterday in Mariupol, the first grain trucks moving towards the port were recorded. They entered the city from the Donetsk direction. russia's state looting by sea has resumed after a short pause."

Ukrainian strikes over the past week have damaged all three russian-controlled bridges leading to Kherson, ISW reports.

While you are reading this, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces are working behind enemy lines. Together we will win! Believe in the Ukrainian forces!

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On financial and information aid, weapons and politicians

The British L119 lightweight howitzer of 105 mm caliber was seen on the frontline. Britain will give Ukraine 36 howitzers, and the United States of America will provide 72,000 shells of 105 mm caliber. Such guns can significantly improve the offensive potential of our army.

Poland confirmed the transfer of a batch of PT-91 Twardy tanks to Ukraine. The main feature of the PT-91 is Twardy protection using ERAWA's proprietary active armor of 394 blocks, which increases the tank's safety by 30-70% depending on the type of projectile. The shortage of tanks, which arose in Poland because of this, is to be closed at the expense of South Korean K2 Black Panther tanks.

Pope Francis once again announced that he wanted to visit Kyiv. According to him, he plans to do this to end the brutal war in Ukraine.

News from partners

In a new summary, British intelligence writes that "inconclusive fighting" continues in the Donbas and the Kherson area. russian commanders "continue to face a dilemma; whether to resource the offensive in the east, or to bolster the defense in the west."

Intelligence reports that on July 18, the intelligence discovered 10 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, near Barvinok, russia's Belgorod oblast, a russian military equipment repair base, where at least 300 damaged vehicles, including tanks, armored personnel carriers, and trucks, were located. The British Ministry of Defense concludes that, in addition to personnel problems, russia probably "continues to struggle to extract and repair the thousands of combat vehicles which have been damaged in action in Ukraine."

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that Europe should be ready for russia's completely stopping gas supplies, which will happen "sooner or later."

What about russia?

Ukraine has collapsed russian arms exports, Foreign Policy reports. Significant losses of russian equipment on the battlefield in Ukraine lead to a substantial slowdown in arms deliveries, particularly to Africa.

Life considering hostilities

The share of the Ukrainian language in social media is growing. The infographic shows that Ukrainians communicate more in Ukrainian on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Due to the war, the Odesa International Film Festival program will be broadcast this year at film festivals in Norway, Canada, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, and Poland.