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This timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine covers the period from 1 January 2025 to the present day.
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January 2025
1 January
A drone attack in Kyiv killed two people and injured at least six others, and also damaged the main building of the National Bank of Ukraine.
Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi claimed that Russia had lost some 38,000 soldiers in Kursk, while 700 others were captured and over 1,000 pieces of equipment destroyed.
2 January
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike on Stepnohirsk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Geo-located footage confirmed Russia's control over the village of Vozdvyzhenka in Donetsk Oblast.
A Ukrainian strike against Ivanovskoye in Kursk Oblast reportedly killed seven Russian servicemen.
Ukrainian authorities announced an investigation following reports that hundreds of soldiers had defected from the 155th Mechanized Brigade during training in France.
3 January
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Kyiv Oblast. One person was killed in a missile attack on Chernihiv.
Russian captain was critically wounded in an explosion in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia according to the HUR. He was a battery commander in the , 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District of Russia, the unit accused of killing 59 civilians in the 2023 Hroza missile attack in Kharkiv Oblast.
A Ukrainian military observer said that Russian forces captured the village of , west of Stari Terny, and the Kurakhove Power Station. Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces captured the village of Vovkove, south of Pokrovsk.
4 January
A drone attack caused a two-hour suspension of operations at Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg. The drones attacked the seaport at Ust-Luga, damaging a window. Four drones were downed over Leningrad Oblast with "electronic warfare and firearms" according to the local governor.
, a Russian freelance reporter, was killed by a Ukrainian drone while returning from reporting in Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast. Four other media workers were also injured according to RIA Novosti.
The Russian defense ministry claimed to have shot down eight US-made ATACMS missiles and 72 UAVs launched by Ukraine in Russian territory, with some drones being shot down in Leningrad and Kursk Oblasts.
Russian forces claimed to have captured the village of , east of Pokrovsk.
The 155th Mechanized brigade was effectively disbanded, with remaining elements assigned to other brigades.
5 January
Ukrainian forces launched a renewed offensive "in several directions" in Kursk Oblast. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces repulsed attacks in two of these directions. The Russian Defense ministry said that at 09:00 Moscow Time, Ukrainian forces started attacking from their bases in Sudzha towards the villages of Berdin and Bolshoye Soldatskoye consisting of two tanks, one counter-obstacle vehicle, and 12 armoured fighting vehicles. Later Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces captured the settlements of , Martynovka, and .
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces likely captured the villages of and near Pokrovsk and the village of near Stari Terny.
The HUR issued a report claiming that the Ukrainian Kraken Unit killed the chief of staff of the Storm Ossetia Battalion, , and his driver using drones along the Vasylivka-Tokmak highway in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed 3,800 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded out of the original 12,000 sent to fight Ukrainian forces.
6 January
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike on a bus in Kherson.
Russian forces claimed to have taken Kurakhove. Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces took the village of Russkoye Porechnoye in Kursk Oblast.
Ukraine claimed to have destroyed or damaged two Russian Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile systems and one OSA anti-aircraft vehicle using sea-launched aerial drones in occupied Kherson Oblast.
The SBU said it had discovered a Russian plot to bomb a military installation in Kyiv Oblast by hiring a 16-year-old boy to deliver explosives, leading to the arrest of four suspects.
7 January
Ukrainian forces conducted a "precision strike" on the headquarters of the Russian 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade in Belaya, Kursk Oblast.
In Kursk Oblast, Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces recaptured the hamlets of , and Berdin, and the villages of Russkoye Porechnoye, Makhnovka and .
8 January
Thirteen people were killed in a Russian airstrike on an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia.
Ukrainian forces attacked the Kristal oil depot in Engels, Saratov Oblast, supplying fuel to the Engels-2 air base and Russian strategic bombers based there. Approximately 800,000 tons of jet fuel was reportedly destroyed by the fire.
Ukrainian special forces destroyed various Russian equipment in Donetsk Oblast with drones, including a Pole-21 Electronic Warfare System, which is used to disrupt GPS signals. Ukrainian forces also claimed to have bombed a command post of the Russian 8th Combined Arms Army in Khartsyzk.
Two paratroopers from the Ukrainian 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade reportedly captured 14 Russian soldiers after throwing grenades at their dugout.
9 January
Ukrainian officials confirmed that Russian forces had established a bridgehead across the Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast near Dvorichna.
In Kursk Oblast, geo-located footage showed that Russian forces captured the hamlets of and . Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces captured the village of .
At the Ramstein meeting, Norway pledged a military aid package of 2 billion euros for Ukraine over 2025. Canada pledged $330 million in military aid, while the US announced an aid package of $500 million. The UK announced it, and other allies, would send 30,000 fpv drones to Ukraine. Germany would deliver 6 IRIS-T launchers as well.
Zelenskyy claimed North Korea lost 4,000 soldiers killed and wounded.
10 January
Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk Oblast claimed that three people were killed in Ukrainian airstrikes in Donetsk city and Svitlodarsk. The Ukrainian military claimed it had carried out a strike on a command post of the Russian 3rd Army Corps in Svitlodarsk.
A Ukrainian drone and Neptune missile attack hit a Russian ammunition depot in the village of Chaltyr, Rostov Oblast, according to the HUR. Other drone attacks were reported in Leningrad Oblast, with one strike causing a fire at an industrial area in Gatchina that burned 1,900 square meters.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said that the Polish-trained Ukrainian Legion had received 1,300 applications from Ukrainians living abroad wanting to join, including women.
Russian forces claimed to have captured the villages of , east of Pokrovsk and Yasenove, southwest of Pokrovsk.
11 January
Russian officials claimed that three people were injured after a drone crashed into an apartment in Kotovsk, Tambov Oblast.
Zelenskyy claimed that two North Korean soldiers had been captured in Kursk Oblast.
Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian port of Novorossiysk, causing a massive fire.
An oil-processing plant in Tatarstan, Russia was struck by Ukrainian drones, prompting evacuations.
Syrskyi ordered the transfer of additional Ukrainian Air Force personnel to ground infantry units, reportedly numbering 5,000 soldiers.
A Ukrainian military observer claimed that Russian forces took the village of Hryhorivka, north of Chasiv Yar. Russian forces captured the village of Neskuchne, south of Velyka Novosilka.
12 January
Russian forces claimed to have taken the villages of Yantarne, ten kilometers southwest of Kurakhove, along the Oskil River, and , south of Pokrovsk.
Russian-installed authorities in Kherson Oblast claimed that one person was killed and three others were injured in Ukrainian drone strikes.
A Russian source claimed that Russian forces crossed the international border into Sumy Oblast and advanced south of the village of .
13 January
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces had captured the village of Pishchane, south of Pokrovsk, and severed two highways leading east (to Kostiantynivka) and west (to Mezhova) out of Pokrovsk.
Russia accused Ukraine of using drones to inflict minor damage on infrastructure of the TurkStream gas pipeline near Gaikodzor, Krasnodar Krai.
Ukraine received its first RCH 155 from Germany.
South Korean intelligence claimed that 300 North Koreans had been killed and 2,700 wounded in Kursk Oblast.
Lithuania announced 4,500 drones would be sent to Ukraine.
Reuters, citing unnamed industry sources, reported that the Pokrovs'ke coal mine had halted production due to the approaching front line. The mine was Ukraine's sole coking coal-producing facility, from which 3.5 million tons of coke were produced in 2023.
An unidentified North Korean surface to air missile system similar to the Russian Tor missile system was destroyed by a Russian drone in what appeared to be a friendly fire incident.[self-published source?]
14 January
Drones attacked the town of Aleksin in Tula Oblast. Ten explosions were heard. Other attacks occurred in Bryansk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast and Crimea.
Ukrainian drones attacked the Kristal oil depot in Engels after a fire that burnt for five days was extinguished. However the regional governor said only that an "industrial facility" had been hit.
Drones struck the Kazanorgsintez industrial facility in Kazan, Tatarstan, causing a fire.
The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces had captured Terny in Donetsk Oblast.
Ukrainian drones struck a distillery in the village of Novaya Lyada, Tambov Oblast. Local officials claimed a drone hit a tree and exploded.
15 January
Russia launched another missile attack on energy infrastructure across Ukraine, causing power grid shutdowns. Two critical infrastructure facilities in Lviv Oblast were struck.
Lukoil's oil refinery in Volgograd caught fire. Local officials blamed the fire on "technical issues". However locals reported an explosion before the fire and speculated "something fell onto the plant".
Zelenskyy announced a prisoner exchange with Russia that resulted in the release of 25 Ukrainians for the same number of Russian POWs.
The Liskinskaya oil depot in Liski, Voronezh Oblast caught fire after a drone attack, according to Alexander Gusev, the local governor.
A Russian air defense captain was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for the shooting-down of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter that was mistaken for a Ukrainian drone over Crimea in October 2023 that killed three people.
16 January
Russian media said that drones targeted a gunpowder factory in Kuz'mino-Gat village, Tambov Oblast. Air defence was activated and locals reported "aircraft-type UAVs". The Ukrainian military claimed it launched a drone strike on the Liskinskaya oil depot in Voronezh Oblast and destroyed radar equipment belonging to an S-400 air defense system in Belgorod Oblast.
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine received a 155-mm DITA self-propelled artillery howitzer from the Czech Republic.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited Kyiv and announced £4.5 billion (€5.34 billion) in aid, including 150 artillery barrels made in the UK and 15 additional Gravehawk air defence systems.
The United States declassified that it had provided substantial support for Ukraine's drone industry, beginning in late 2022 including $1.5 billion in support for drone production sent in September 2024.
17 January
Four people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih.
Russian forces captured the village of Vremivka, west of Velyka Novosilka, and were confirmed to have captured Yasenove, southwest by south (SWbS) of Pokrovsk.
Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in Lyudinovo, Kaluga Oblast, with falling debris causing a fire.
According to the HUR, partisans burned down two communications towers in Krasnodar.
18 January
A Russian missile strike on Kyiv damaged residential buildings, the Lukianivska metro station and the oldest McDonald's outlet in Ukraine, killing three people.
Ukrainian forces confirmed their withdrawal from the Chasivoyarsk Refractory Plant in Chasiv Yar, adding that they launched an airstrike against Russian forces inside the facility.
Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in Uzlovaya, Tula Oblast, according to the HUR and the local governor.
Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces had entered Velyka Novosilka from the east.
The SBU arrested two people in Kyiv and Kharkiv on suspicion of leading a spy network for Russia. One of the suspects was an engineer of the Kyiv Metro.
19 January
Zelenskyy signed a decree imposing sanctions on 18 pro-Russian Ukrainian individuals, including politicians Yuriy Boyko, Nestor Shufrych, and Yevhen Murayev.
The Ukrainian military launched an investigation into its 156th Mechanized Brigade following "a number of significant shortcomings" that were raised over its leadership and performance during inspections.
Syrskyi claimed that Russian forces had suffered 434,000 casualties, including 150,000 killed, in 2024, which he said was "more than the previous two years of the war combined".
20 January
The Liskinskaya oil depot was struck by Ukrainian drones again.
The Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast claimed that two people were killed in a Ukrainian cluster munitions attack on a school near .
A drone attack was reported in Kazan, causing a fire in the and the closure of Kazan International Airport and Begishevo Airport in Nizhnekamsk.
Two Ukrainian generals and a colonel were detained by the State Bureau of Investigation for alleged negligence that led to Russia seizing territory in northern Kharkiv Oblast in May 2024. The SBI also detained the commander of the 155th Mechanized Brigade for failing to report desertions from the unit and other violations.
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces captured the village of near Pokrovsk.
21 January
Ukrainian drones struck the Smolensk Aviation Plant. Seven explosions were reported and air defence was activated according to locals. The Ukrainian military also claimed an attack on a command post of the Russian 29th Combined Arms Army in Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast.
Former television host was arrested by Ukrainian authorities on suspicion of spreading pro-Russian propaganda on his YouTube channel.
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces captured the village of Nikolayevo-Darino in Kursk Oblast. Russian forces claimed to have captured the village of Zelenyi Hai in eastern Kharkiv Oblast.
The SBU arrested the Ukrainian army's chief psychiatrist, identified by local media as , on corruption charges linked to his involvement in a panel that determined "whether individuals were fit for military service." Authorities found $152,000 (£124,000) and €34,000 in cash in his house as well as other assets valued at $1 million (£813,000).
22 January
Russian forces captured the village of Novovasylivka in Donetsk Oblast. Russian forces also claimed to have taken the village of Zapadne, four kilometers west of the Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast.
Russian authorities ordered the evacuation of residents from the border village of in Belgorod Oblast amid Ukrainian attacks.
The SBU arrested a lawyer from Dnipro on suspicion of aiding a Russian missile strike on the city in December 2023 that killed six people.
23 January
One person was killed in a Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia.
Authorities ordered the evacuation of children and their families from 16 settlements in the Kupiansk area amid Russian attacks that left one person dead.
In Russia, a fire broke out at the Ryazan oil refinery during a drone strike, with ten drones reportedly shot down over the facility.
North Korean forces began deploying MLRS disguised as civilian trucks in Kursk Oblast.
The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces captured the village of , southwest of Pokrovsk.
24 January
Three people were killed in Russian drone strikes on Kyiv Oblast.
Ukraine launched 121 drones over thirteen regions in Russia, which the latter claimed to have destroyed, including six in Moscow Oblast and one over Moscow city. Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports were closed. A power station in Kursk and a power plant was destroyed in Ryazan, while the microchip plant microchip factory in Bryansk Oblast was damaged.
Ukrainian authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of children from more than 20 settlements in the areas of Komar and Kryvorizhzhia in Donetsk Oblast due to Russian attacks.
The remains of 757 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were repatriated to Ukraine in exchange for the remains of 49 Russian soldiers.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a stop on all US foreign aid awards for 90 days, with the exception of Israel and Egypt. According to Politico it "appears to include funding for military assistance to Ukraine".
Ukrainian defense minister Rustem Umerov announced the non-renewal of the tenure of Maryna Bezrukova as head of the Defense Procurement Agency (DPA), despite the DPA's board voting to extend her tenure, amid a dispute over the ministry's procurement of weapons. However, Bezrukova refused to leave her position, while Umerov also removed two members of the DPA board for supporting Bezrukova.
25 January
The Russian-installed head of Kherson Oblast claimed that three people were killed in a Ukrainian cluster munitions attack on Oleshky.
The SBU arrested a military cadet in Lviv Oblast on suspicion of spying for Russia.
Russian forces claimed to have captured the village of Novoandriivka, south of Pokrovsk.
A boat-mounted Vampire missile equipped with APKWS shot down a Russian Kh-59 cruise missile over the Black Sea.
26 January
Russian forces claimed to have taken Velyka Novosilka and , south of Pokrovsk.
The Ryazan oil refinery was struck again by drones, causing a fire. Thirty-two Ukrainian drones struck 5 regions in Russia according to Russian officials. Russian air defences claimed to have downed all 32 over Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol and Tver oblasts. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed more than 200 Shahed drones were destroyed in a drone attack on a warehouse in Oryol Oblast.
Zelenskyy announced Brigadier-General Andriy Hnatov would be replaced by Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi as the commander of the Khortytsia operational-strategic group operating in the Eastern front. Drapatyi will remain as Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
27 January
The EU renewed sanctions against Russia.
The Ryazan Oil Refinery ceased operations due to Ukrainian drone strikes, according to Reuters.
North Korean soldiers withdrew from frontline positions in Kursk Oblast due to heavy losses, according to Ukrainian soldiers.
Ukrainian forces claimed to have destroyed an S-400 missile system during a "precision strike" at an undisclosed date and location unknown.[self-published source?]
28 January
Two people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Mykolaiv.
Debris from a Russian drone damaged 36 cars of a vintage car museum in Kyiv Oblast as well as residential buildings.
Russia claimed to have taken Dvorichna in Kharkiv Oblast, located across the Oskil River. The Ukrainian General Staff posted a map confirming Russia's control over Novoandriivka, and on the Pokrovsk front.
Two Ukrainians working with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) were detained by the SBU for spying on Ukrainian F-16 fighter jets.
Dmytro Klymenkov was dismissed as Ukrainian deputy defense minister amid a dispute over the ministry's procurement of weapons.
29 January
The Lukoil Kstovo Refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast was heavily damaged after a fire broke out during a wave of drone attacks that also targeted Smolensk, Tver, and Bryansk Oblasts. No casualties were reported by Gleb Nikitin, governor of Nizhny Novgorod, however drone debris started a fire in an enterprise at the Kstovo industrial zone. Russian officials also claimed that the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant was also targeted. The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that two people were killed while two others were injured after a drone struck a house. Flights were also suspended at Kazan and Pulkovo airports. The Russian defense ministry reported that two drones were shot down in Murmansk Oblast.
The Moscow Times, citing multiple sources from Russia, Ukraine and other European countries, reported that Russian forces had taken Chasiv Yar. Ukrainian military officials denied the claim.
Ukrainian media reported that the HUR carried out a cyberattack on the Russian gas firm Gazprom and its subsidiary Gazprom Neft.
Israel transferred some 90 Patriot missiles to the United States, which were then to be transferred along with supporting equipment to Ukraine.
Bloomberg reported that Russian oil shipments through the port of Ust-Luga were suspended due to an overnight strike by Ukrainian drones. The SBU claimed the Andreapol oil pumping station was struck. The is part of the Baltic Pipeline System-II run by Transneft, a Russian state owned company. A fire and oil spill were reported. Fixed-wing UAVs that dropped FAB-250 bombs were used in the attack, indicating the usage of reusable drones instead of a "kamikaze-type".
30 January
Nine people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Sumy.
A Russian drone strike on an evacuation vehicle in Pokrovsk injured three people including a British volunteer.
31 January
Seven people were injured and historic buildings (including the Bristol Hotel and the Philharmonic Theater) were damaged in a Russian missile attack on Odesa.
The Ukrainian military claimed to have destroyed a Russian command post in Rylsk, Kursk Oblast in an airstrike.
According to Russian locals an oil refinery in Volgograd was targeted by Ukrainian drones, causing a fire and an explosion.
Sweden announced a military aid package worth 13.5 billion Swedish kronor ($1.23 billion) for Ukraine, the largest aid package thus far from Sweden.
February 2025
1 February
A Russian missile attack on a residential building in Poltava killed at least 14 people. Energy infrastructure in the city was struck in a separate attack. One person was killed in a Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, while three police officers were killed in a separate attack in Sumy Oblast.
One person was killed in the bombing near a military enlistment office in Rivne that was blamed on Russia by the SBU.
Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Krymske, northeast of Toretsk.
An airstrike was launched on a boarding school in Sudzha, Kursk Oblast, killing four people according to Ukrainian authorities. Over 100 Russian civilians were "evacuated" by Ukraine to Sumy Oblast, making it the largest movement of civilians into Ukraine since the start of the incursion.
2 February
Ukrainian drone attacks killed two persons in Belgorod Oblast, including one in the village of Malinovka, according to governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
, the deputy governor of Primorsky Krai and commander of the "Tigr" Battalion of the 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade, was killed in Kursk Oblast.
3 February
Russian air defence claimed to have downed 70 drones over Volgograd, Rostov and Astrakhan Oblasts, targeting oil facilities in these regions. An oil refinery in Volgograd was set on fire. In Astrakhan, Governor Igor Babushkin confirmed that a "fire broke out" while Ukraine said it had targeted a gas processing plant there. No casualties were reported.
The Ukrainian military claimed to have inflicted significant losses during a strike by the Ukrainian Air Force on a Russian command post near .
Armen Sargsyan, founder of the Arbat Battalion that had fought in Ukraine, was killed along with a bodyguard by a bomb left in the lobby of the Aliye Parusa residential complex in Moscow.
The SBU arrested a man in Sarny, Rivne Oblast on suspicion of plotting to blow up a railway line on behalf of Russia.
Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces had taken the villages of and near Pokrovsk.
Prominent Russian soldier and veteran of the Russo-Georgian War, Tasbolat Ibrashev was killed fighting in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast. Ibrashev was famous in the Russian army for single-handedly stopping a Georgian military column in 2008.
4 February
A Russian missile attack on Izium killed at least five people and injured at least 55 others.
Brigadier General Hennadii Shapovalov resigned as commander of the Ukrainian Operational Command South following his appointment as a liaison to the NATO military aid coordination center for Ukraine based in Germany.
Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of , south of Pokrovsk.
Zelenskyy said that 45,100 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since the full-scale invasion by Russia, while 390,000 soldiers had been wounded. He also claimed that 300,000 to 350,000 Russian soldiers had been killed, 600,000 to 700,000 wounded and 50,000 to 70,000 missing in the war so far.
5 February
The Russian governor of Krasnodar Krai claimed Ukrainian drones set fire to an oil storage tank at an oil depot, adding that the fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries reported. Russia claimed to have downed four drones overnight. Ukrainian drones struck a "mini-refinery" in the village of . A Buk-M3 was also reported damaged by Ukrainian drones in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces had taken the village of in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast and , north of Ocheretyne. A Ukrainian military observer reported that Russian forces had taken the village of Zapadne in Kharkiv Oblast while a Russian source claimed that Russian forces had crossed the Oskil river near the village of Topoli.
Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange mediated by the UAE that saw the release of 150 POWs held by each side.
Ukraine imposed sanctions on 57 ship captains involved in the illegal export of Russian oil to bypass price caps. It also imposed sanctions on 55 Russian officials and figures involved in illegal excavations and removal of artifacts from occupied areas of Ukraine, including officials of the Hermitage and Pushkin Museums.
6 February
The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that three people were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike near the village of .
The Ukrainian military claimed to have struck the Primorsko-Akhtarsk air base in Krasnodar Krai, causing a fire.
Russian forces captured the village of Dachne, west of Kurakhove, and Fyholivka, west of the Oskil River.
Ukrainian forces launched a new offensive in Kursk Oblast, capturing the settlements of and . Russia claimed to have repulsed the offensive southeast of Sudzha, in the villages of Ulanok and . Russia claimed Ukrainian forces deployed "two mechanized battalions, tanks, and armored vehicles" in the attack.
The first Mirage 2000-5s fighter jets sent by France arrived in Ukraine, as well as another round of F-16s from the Netherlands.
Vadym Sukharevsky, commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, said that the Ukrainian laser (Trident) was being used operationally and "already striking certain targets at certain altitudes."
The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed a Russian KAB bomb was shot down over Zaporizhzhia Oblast, possibly with "experimental weapons".
7 February
Three people were killed in a Russian airstrike on Myropillia, Sumy Oblast.
Russian forces claimed to have taken Toretsk, which the Ukrainian military denied.
President Zelenskyy said that North Korean troops had been redeployed to Kursk Oblast. Approximately 60,000 soldiers have currently been deployed against Ukrainian units in Kursk.
Two Russian Valdai radars used to intercept drones headed to Moscow were destroyed by the HUR using explosives near Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast.
8 February
Russian forces claimed to have intercepted a Ukrainian drone over an oil refinery in Kumylzhensky District, Volgograd Oblast, and shot down a total of 36 drones over Krasnodar Krai and Rostov, Volgograd, and Belgorod Oblasts. Ukrainian officials said that drones were used to attack two military airfields, the Russian Southern Military District headquarters and S-400 missiles located in Rostov-on-Don.
Russian authorities were reported to have discovered a plot in which a shipment of FPV drone headsets loaded with explosives were sent to Russian soldiers. Each headset had 10-15 grams of explosives and were programmed to detonate on activation. Officials compared it to the 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks by Israel. Subsequent reports claimed eight Russian FPV pilots lost their eyesight due to explosions between 4 and 7 February. The first explosion was reported on 4 February in Belgorod Oblast, subsequent explosions occurred in Kursk, Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts.
Ukrainian forces claimed to have shot down a Russian Su-25 fighter jet using an Igla missile and damaged an Mi-8 helicopter sent to rescue the pilot in a drone strike, forcing it to retreat near Toretsk.
9 February
Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, ten kilometers north of Chasiv Yar.
Russian forces claimed that 14 buildings were damaged in a drone attack on Rostov-on-Don.
10 February
Russian forces claimed to have recaptured the settlement of in Kursk Oblast.
The in Krasnodar Krai was attacked by Ukrainian drones. A high-rise building in Krasnodar city was also damaged.
An F-16AM was spotted flying low over Ukraine. The F-16 was not equipped with air to air missiles but with a "full loadout" of Small Diameter Bombs. This is the first footage of a Ukrainian F-16 being used on a strike mission, instead of for air defence.
Russian forces set up netting over the road between Bakhmut and Chasiv Yar, installing a two-kilometer tunnel made up of poles with mesh netting being placed over the most vulnerable section of road to protect against drones.
11 February
Ukrainian drones struck Saratov Oblast setting fire to the , according to locals. Explosions were also reported around the perimeter of Engels-2 air base.
The Deputy Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Pavlo Palisa said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would no longer create new Brigades.
12 February
One person was killed in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv. Other strikes damaged infrastructure in the Holosiivskyi, Podilskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Obolonskyi districts.
Five people were injured by Russian shelling on 13 villages in Sumy Oblast.
A Russian attack drone was intercepted by an APKWS-fired Vampire missile over Ukrainian airspace.
The Ukrainian 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade claimed to have destroyed a Russian Smerch-2 anti-submarine rocket launcher in the Lyman sector of the Donetsk front.
SBU head Vasyl Malyuk announced that the chief of its counter-terrorism department, Col. had been arrested on suspicion of working for Russia since 2018.
US President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the Ukraine war will start immediately after holding a telephone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces had taken the village of Makiivka in Luhansk Oblast.
13 February
The Novolipetsk Steel mill in Lipetsk was targeted by Ukrainian drones in a "massive raid", according to the local governor Igor Artamonov. Drone debris damaged a power station injuring an employee and cutting power to several districts of Lipetsk city.
Two Russian drones believed to have been deployed in an attack on Reni crashed over the border in Moldova.
Zelenskyy imposed sanctions on multiple oligarchs and individuals including former president Petro Poroshenko, Viktor Medvedchuk, Kostyantyn Zhevago, Ihor Kolomoyskyi and Gennadiy Bogolyubov on suspicion of "high treason" and "assisting a terrorist organization", particularly their role in compromising national security through unfavorable business agreements with Russia.
Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of , near Pokrovsk.
14 February
Zelenskyy said that a Russian drone attack significantly damaged the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement covering Reactor No. 4 of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was installed following the 1986 disaster. Russia denied responsibility, while the International Atomic Energy Agency said that radiation levels at the site remained normal.
The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Kukuyevka.
The remains of 757 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were repatriated in an exchange which also saw the repatriation of the remains of 45 Russian soldiers.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said that the prohibited CS gas was found in samples supplied to it by Ukraine from frontline areas.
The Ukrainian Air Force bombed a Russian drone base in the border village of , Kursk Oblast.
The first Russian TOS-2 MLRS was destroyed by artillery fire in the “Pokrovsk region”.
15 February
Russian officials claimed that a drone strike in Kaluga Oblast caused a fire at an industrial facility in Dzerzhinsky District, while another series of drone strikes hit an oil refinery and an apartment building in Volgograd.
16 February
Ukrainian forces claimed to have retaken the village of near Pokrovsk.
Zelenskyy said that more than 46,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and that nearly 380,000 others had been injured since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022.
The Czech-led artillery initiative delivered 1.6 million rounds of "large-caliber ammunition". Czech President Petr Pavel said Ukraine has “sufficient resources to cover Ukraine's need" until April 2025.
The Ukrainian 65th Mechanized Brigade claimed to have destroyed a Tor missile system and two Buk missile systems using drones during fighting in Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the course of one day.
Trump said he would allow European countries to buy US weapons on behalf of, or transfer them to, Ukraine.
17 February
The governor of Krasnodar Krai claimed that one person was injured while 12 homes were damaged following a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks on the region. Russian forces claimed to have "neutralized" a Neptune-MD over the Sea of Azov and 90 drones across the Black Sea, Crimea, Krasnodar Krai and in Bryansk, Belgorod, Krasnodar, Rostov and Kursk Oblasts. The Ilya oil refinery was reported to be on fire after locals reported hearing explosions. A drone also hit the in Krasnodar Krai, part of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium running from Kazakhstan to Novorossiysk. According to an official the attack had reduced the flow through the pipeline which will affect Chevron and Exxon. The operator stopped the pipeline while damage was investigated. They claimed seven drones were involved but an unclear number struck the pipeline.
The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces retook the village of Sverdlikovo in Kursk Oblast. Russian sources claimed that Russian forces captured the village of Novosilka in southern Donetsk Oblast.
Over 10,000 Ukrainians, aged 18 to 24, have applied to join the Ukrainian military according to a spokesperson for the Ukrainian MoD. The “special contracts” contain free higher education, interest free mortgages and an annual salary of Hr 1 million ($24,000).
The Ukrainian 156th Mechanized Brigade received some 100 BTR-60s from Bulgaria which had been overhauled and modernised with new engines, radios, optics and anti-drone netting.
18 February
The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces had retaken the village of , near Terny.
In Donetsk, Ukrainian drones destroyed a S-350 missile system, believed to be the third of the war so far destroyed. Only six are known to be in service.
Russia and the United States began official discussions in Saudi Arabia on ending the war in Ukraine.
The HUR said a new turbofan jet-powered Shahed-238, called Geran-3 by the Russians and with a range of over 2,500 kilometers and a maximum speed of 600 km/h is in production.
19 February
Drones struck the Syzran oil refinery in Samara Oblast. Locals reported three explosions and the governor, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, confirmed a fire broke out at the refinery without casualties.
The Ukrainian military said that it had destroyed a North Korean-built M-1978 Koksan artillery system for the first time.
The Romanian parliament passed a bill allowing its military to shoot down Russian drones entering Romanian airspace from Ukraine after Romanian military units were unable to do so due to Romania and Russia not being at war.
Putin said that Russian forces had crossed the international border into Ukraine's Sumy Oblast, which was denied by Ukraine.
Zelenskyy said that Ukraine was “running dangerously low” of Patriot missiles. Citing a call with a “field commander”, Zelenskyy is seeking a licence to build Patriot missiles in Ukraine and an additional 20 Patriot systems.
20 February
The FSB claimed to have killed an alleged Ukrainian operative accused of plotting to assassinate an unidentified official in Saratov Oblast.
The HUR claimed that an explosion in Russian-occupied Berdiansk killed the deputy head of the city administration, .
Russian forces captured the village of Novoocheretuvate, northwest of Velyka Novosilka. Russian sources claimed that the village of Basivka in Sumy Oblast had been captured.
An electrical substation that powered the Novovelichkovskaya oil pumping station in Krasnodar Krai was attacked by SBU drones, causing a fire and a shutdown of the refinery.
Two people were killed in a Russian bombing of Kherson.
21 February
Russia claimed to have taken the village of in Donetsk Oblast, located ten kilometers from the border with Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Russian forces seized the village of Ulakly following the closure of the pocket west of Kurakhove.
Geolocated footage confirmed the Russian recapture of in Kursk Oblast. Russian milbloggers claimed that had been recaptured.
22 February
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Kyiv Oblast. Two others were killed in Russian airstrikes in Kostiantynivka.
Russian sources claimed that Topoli in Kharkiv Oblast had been recaptured. Russia claimed to have recaptured the village of near the Zherebets River in Luhansk Oblast.
23 February
Russia launched its largest single drone attack on Ukraine for the war, with Ukrainian Air Force Command spokesman Yurii Ihnat counting 267 drones and claiming that 138 of them had been intercepted. Two people were killed in Kherson, while a third person died in a missile attack in Kryvyi Rih.
Russian forces recaptured the settlement of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast.
24 February
Two people were killed in Russian airstrikes in Sumy Oblast.
The Ukrainian military claimed to have set fire on the Ryazan oil refinery following a drone strike. The local governor Pavel Malkov confirmed falling debris set fire to an "industrial facility in the region".
An Italian defence analyst identified Italian-made B1 Centauro tank destroyers headed to Ukraine in a convoy, however the Italian government is yet to confirm their delivery.
25 February
One person was killed in a Russian attack on Kramatorsk.
The Ukrainian military claimed to have repelled a Russian attack near the village of Novenke in Sumy Oblast.
Ukrainian forces destroyed a S-300VM missile system in Zaporizhzhia Oblast using a bomber drone.
Ireland donated four Giraffe Mk IVs in its first delivery of military equipment to Ukraine.
Geolocated footage confirmed that Russian forces had captured Andriivka in Donetsk Oblast.
26 February
Ukrinform journalist Tetiana Kulyk was killed along with her husband in a Russian drone strike on their residence in Kriukivshchyna, Kyiv Oblast. Five others were killed and 11 people were injured in separate attacks in Kostiantynivka.
Ukrainian forces claimed to have retaken , near Pokrovsk.
Russian officials claimed that 128 drones were shot down over Crimea, the Sea of Azov, the Black Sea, Krasnodar Krai and in Bryansk and Kursk Oblasts. Sochi Airport suspended flights, explosions were reported in Anapa and the governor of Krasnodar Krai, Veniamin Kondratyev, reported three private homes were damaged across the area. In Crimea explosions were reported in Kerch, where the Crimean Bridge was temporarily closed to traffic. Local partisans reported Russian military personnel were trying to avoid reporting for duty due to ongoing drone attacks. The Ukrainian military claimed that it had targeted Saky and Kacha air bases in Crimea as well as the port of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai.
The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces had retaken the settlements of and in Kursk Oblast.
The Ukrainian Air Force struck a Russian drone command post attached to the 19th Motor Rifle Division in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. A Russian command post attached to the 14th Army Corps in Ivanivka, Kherson Oblast, was struck by an HUR bomber drone.
27 February
Russian officials claimed that one person was killed in a drone strike in Belgorod Oblast.
South Korean intelligence claimed that North Korea is sending an unspecified number of additional soldiers to fight in Kursk Oblast, alongside Russian forces.
Syrskyi visited , in Donetsk Oblast. He claimed the Russian advance had been slowed and Ukrainian forces had "regrouped". Russian forces are in places 4.5 km (2.8 miles) from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Russian forces claimed to have retaken the settlements of and Novaya Sorochina north and northwest of Sudzha.
Geolocated footage confirmed that Russian forces had captured the village of , north of Velyka Novosilka and the village of , southwest of Pokrovsk.
Dozens of Ukrainian drones struck a Russian ammunition dump in Kurchatov, Kursk Oblast according to unofficial sources. A fire and secondary detonations were reported. The Russian defense ministry said that 22 drones were shot down over Krasnodar Krai and Oryol, Kursk, Bryansk, and Smolensk Oblasts.
28 February
The Ukrainian military claimed to have destroyed a Russian thermobaric munitions depot near Selydove, Donetsk Oblast.
The FSB arrested two church officials on suspicion of trying to kill a Russian Orthodox bishop, Tikhon Shevkunov, who is close to Putin. The HUR denied the accusations saying they were "absurd" and "lies".
Russian forces launched nine drone strikes in the Kyivskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi Districts of Kharkiv, damaging a medical facility and civilian infrastructure and injuring seven people.
A car bomb seriously wounded a Russian FSB officer in Mariupol.
Kongsberg announced that it was working on integrating Ukrainian missiles into a NASAMS launcher. A joint venture involving the production of Ukrainian missiles is also being discussed.
March 2025
1 March
Russian forces captured the village of , near Velyka Novosilka.
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Odesa Oblast. In the evening, a ballistic missile attack was made on the port of Odesa, injuring two port employees and damaging the Swiss-owned and Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel .
Ukrainian forces were attacked with a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile at a training ground in Cherkaske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, resulting in an unspecified number of casualties.
2 March
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Kherson.
Russian forces claimed to have taken the town of after crossing into Sumy Oblast. Russian forces also claimed to have taken the town of , northwest of Velyka Novosilka.
British prime minister Keir Starmer announced a £1.6 billion agreement allowing Ukraine to purchase over 5,000 Lightweight Multirole Missiles.
Czech citizens raised 70 million koruna ($3 million) to purchase an UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for Ukraine.
3 March
The Ufimsky refinery plant in Ufa was set on fire by Ukrainian drones.
Kongsberg Gruppen announced a plan to build hundreds of NASAMS missiles in Ukraine.
The US government suspended all military aid to Ukraine, including what was approved under President Biden.
4 March
Drones struck an oil refinery in Syzran, Samara Oblast. Locals reported explosions and a fire. Further attacks were reported in Rostov Oblast with an "industrial complex" and oil pipeline in the village of being set on fire by drones, according to the regional governor Yury Slyusar.
The Ukrainian military claimed to have killed 30 Russian soldiers in an airstrike on a military facility near Troitskoye, Kursk Oblast.
Russian forces claimed to have captured the town of , southwest of Sudzha.
A S-400 missile system in Crimea caught fire in unknown circumstances, engulfing its antenna.
5 March
Five people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih.
The Ukrainian military said it carried out an airstrike on the command post of the 17th Tank Regiment of the Russian 70th Motorized Rifle Division in Oleshky, Kherson Oblast.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe confirmed that the US paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
Russian forces claimed to have crossed the international border into Kharkiv Oblast and captured the Nekhoteyevka international border crossing checkpoint east of Kozacha Lopan.
6 March
Norway announced that it would increase its military aid to Ukraine from $3.2 billion in 2024 to $7.7 billion for 2025.
7 March
Maxar Technologies stopped supplying the Ukrainian government with satellite images after a request from the US Executive Office.
Mirage 2000 fighter jets sent by France to Ukraine were used in combat against Russian air attacks for the first time.
Russian forces made a breakthrough south of Sudzha threatening to encircle Ukrainian units in the area and were also advancing in the villages of and . Russian forces also recaptured the town of .
Ukraine received $1 billion from the British government, the first payment of money to Ukraine secured from the profits from seized Russian assets.
Russian forces carried out a missile and drone attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Major General and commander of Ukraine's Operational Command North, Dmytro Krasylnykov told Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne that he was dismissed from his post for "unclear reasons".
8 March
Eleven people were killed in a Russian attack on Dobropillia, Donetsk Oblast, while three others were killed in a drone attack in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast.
The Kirishi oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast was struck by falling drone debris, damaging a storage tank according to governor Aleksandr Drozdenko.
In Kursk Oblast, geolocated footage showed that Russian forces had recaptured the settlements of and , while Russian forces further claimed to have retaken the settlements of , , Martynovka and . Geolocated footage also confirmed Russian control over in Sumy Oblast.
Russian forces claimed to have taken the town of Kostyantynopil in Donetsk Oblast.
9 March
Atesh said it burned down a relay cabinet near , Crimea, that services a railway connecting Crimea and Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Ukrainian drones hit an oil refinery in Chuvashia in the first such attack in the Russian autonomous republic.
Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces had captured the settlements of Malaya Loknya and Novaya Sorochina in Kursk Oblast, as well as Kostyantynopil in Donetsk Oblast.
10 March
Ukrainian drones struck the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in Samara Oblast. Locals reported several explosions in the city.
The SBU arrested a resident of Kharkiv on suspicion of plotting attacks on soldiers on behalf of Russia.
Russian forces claimed to have taken the towns of , and in Kursk Oblast.
11 March
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed Russian air defences shot down 69 drones over Moscow. Flights from Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports were restricted. Three people were killed and 20 were injured. Sobyanin said it was the "most massive" attack on Moscow. Several high rise buildings were damaged by falling debris and over 20 cars were destroyed by a fire in a parking lot. The Ukrainian general staff claimed to have targeted various oil refinery and pipelines in Moscow and Oryol. Russian air defense further reported to have shot down 337 drones in other regions, including 91 over Moscow Oblast, 126 over Kursk Oblast, and 38 over Bryansk Oblast.
Russian forces recaptured the towns of , , , , and in Kursk Oblast. Russian millbloggers further claimed that Russian forces took the towns of and .
Russian forces captured a fully intact Ukrainian M1A1 Abrams tank in Kursk Oblast.
The SBU accused Russian intelligence of recruiting two teenagers to carry out bomb attacks in Ivano-Frankivsk that killed one of the teenagers and injured the other along with two bystanders.
12 March
Four Syrian nationals were killed in a Russian missile attack on the port of Odesa which damaged the Barbados-flagged bulk carrier , which was loading wheat bound for Algeria.
The governor of Kursk Oblast claimed that four people were killed in a Ukrainian attack on a feed mill in . The governors of Rostov and Voronezh Oblast claimed that infrastructure facilities were set on fire by drone attacks.
After talks between US and Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the US restarted military aid to Ukraine as well as intelligence support. Maxar also confirmed that it had restored Ukrainian access to its satellite images.
According to DeepState's map, Ukrainian forces lost control of Sudzha in Kursk Oblast. Russian forces also captured Dniproenerhiia in Donetsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade claimed to have destroyed a Russian S-400 battery in an undisclosed location.
The Ukrainian Air Force stated that the SAMP/T downed a Russian Sukhoi military aircraft without providing further details.
13 March
Russia claimed that its air defences shot down 77 drones, while its operation to retake Kursk Oblast entered its last phase.
Russian forces claimed to have captured and cleared the towns of Sudzha, , , , and in Kursk Oblast.
HUR drones struck a Russian drone factory in , Kaluga Oblast. Explosions and a fire were reported at an industrial site.
The announced a mandatory evacuation from eight settlements in and hromadas of Sumy Raion.
The former leader of the Right Sector's Odesa Branch, Demyan Hanul, was assassinated in Odesa.
The US started resupplying Ukraine with GLSDBs due to a shortage of ATACMS missiles.
It was reported that a captured Crimean Tatar, who fought in the Ukrainian Army, died in a Russian penal colony in Dimitrovgrad, Russia.
14 March
The governor of Krasnodar Krai stated that the Tuapse Refinery was struck by Ukrainian drones, causing a 1,000 square meter fire that took until 17 March to extinguish. The mayor of Moscow claimed that four drones were shot down in a separate attack near the capital. The attack was believed to have been conducted by a R-360 Neptune missile.
Yan Petrovsky, and former commander of the Russian paramilitary Rusich Group who was arrested in Finland in 2023, was sentenced by a court in Helsinki to life imprisonment for war crimes committed in Ukraine.
Russian forces likely captured the town of in Kursk Oblast.
15 March
Ukraine said that it downed 130 drones launched by Russia in overnight strikes, while Russia claimed that it intercepted 126 drones fired by Ukraine.
One person was killed in a Russian attack on Nikopol.
Russian forces claimed to have taken the town of in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Russian MoD claimed to have shot down an Ukrainian MiG-29.
Ukraine claimed that Aster-30 missiles for SAMP/T are at a "critical low" and the two batteries they operate will soon become "inoperable".
16 March
Andriy Hnatov was appointed as Chief of General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, replacing Anatoliy Barhylevych.
17 March
Russian forces claimed to have taken the towns of and in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The governor of Astrakhan Oblast claimed that an oil refinery was set on fire by drones.
Germany announced an aid package to Ukraine consisting of 10,000 rounds for Gepard air defence, 5,000 155 mm rounds, 2,000 122 mm rounds and ammunition for various fighting vehicles supplied by Germany, and 24 MRAPs.
Zelenskyy signed a law allowing the Ukrainian military to operate overseas in times of martial law.
18 March
Ukrainian Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev said that Ukrainian forces withdrew from an unknown frontline sector in Donetsk Oblast to preserve its forces and obtain better positions.
The Ukrainian military claimed to have destroyed a command post of the Russian 20th Army's 3rd Motor Rifle Division near Demidovka, Belgorod Oblast.
Putin ordered Russian forces to halt attacks targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days after his phone call with Trump.
Russian forces shot down seven Russian drones headed for Ukrainian energy facilities connected to "Ukraine's military-industrial complex" over Mykolaiv Oblast. Six were shot down by a Russian Pantsir missile system and the last by a Russian fighter jet.
Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces attacked from Sumy Oblast into the villages of Demidovka, Grafovka, and Prilesye in Belgorod Oblast. Russian forces later claimed to have repelled the attack.
19 March
Russian authorities reported that Ukrainian drones struck and damaged an oil pumping station in Krasnodar Krai, while Russia launched 145 drones and six missiles into Ukraine. A number of hospitals in Sumy Oblast were attacked by Russian drones, while one person was killed in a separate attack on a residential building.
Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange that saw the release of 175 POWs from their respective sides.
Zelenskyy announced that additional F-16s had arrived in Ukraine from an undisclosed country.
20 March
Russia claimed that it downed 132 drones launched by Ukraine. Explosions were reported near the Engels-2 air base. Ukrainian intelligence stated that a warehouse with guided bombs and missiles was destroyed. The governor of Saratov Oblast, Roman Busargin, confirmed that the attack "left an airfield on fire" and nearby residents had to be evacuated. Fifty drones were reportedly used, targeting ammunition storage at the air base. Satellite images showed several large craters. Reports stated that three service personnel were wounded, while two were killed. Some 120 civilians were evacuated and some 180 private homes were damaged due to the shockwave from the explosion. Clinical Hospital No. 1 in Engels was damaged by falling debris. Five civilians were reported injured. Ukrainian intelligence claimed that the attack on Engels-2 destroyed some 96 cruise missiles.
Russian forces launched over 20 drones overnight and attacked Kropyvnytskyi, injuring 10 people including four children.
The HUR claimed that two Russian officers were killed in a car bombing in Skadovsk, Kherson Oblast.
Two people were injured in a car bombing in Rivne.
21 March
Three people were killed in a Russian drone strike on Zaporizhzhia.
The Sudzha gas pumping and metering station in Kursk Oblast was shelled, with Russia and Ukraine trading responsibility over the attack. DTEK reported that Russian drone strikes caused power outages in at least three districts in Odesa.
The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike in .
The UK government and the Irish subsidiary of the French company Thales signed a contract to manufacture 5,000 NLAWs for the Ukrainian army.
22 March
Ukrainian drones struck the Russian Promsintez explosives factory in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast. The local governor, Vyacheslav Fedorishev, said that the attack resulted in "no damage or casualties", while one drone was shot down. However, footage on Telegram showed explosions in the area of the factory.
23 March
Three people were killed in a Russian drone strike on Kyiv, while three others were killed in a separate attack in Dobropillia.
Ukrainian drones attacked an oil refinery in Volgograd. According to Russian sources the drones were shot down as they approached the facility. The governor of Rostov Oblast claimed that one person was killed in a drone attack on a car.
Ukraine said it had retaken the settlement of Nadiia in Luhansk Oblast following a 30-hour operation.
Atesh claimed to have destroyed a transformer cabinet on a railway line in Smolensk Oblast to disrupt the transport of military cargo toward Bryansk and Kursk Oblasts.
The website of Ukrainian Railways was hit by a massive cyberattack.
24 March
The Ukrainian military claimed to have launched missile strikes that destroyed two Russian Ka-52 and two Mi-8 helicopters at a landing site in Belgorod Oblast. The landing site was struck by "missile strikes", including rockets fired from HIMARS.
Three Russian journalists working for Izvestia and Zvezda were killed in a strike on their car in the Kupiansk sector, according to Izvestia. The head of the Luhansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, and the Investigative Committee of Russia said that they were killed along with three civilians in Kreminna.
25 March
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have killed 30 Russian soldiers during a "precise strike" in in Kursk Oblast.
The United States said it had brokered an agreement for Russia and Ukraine to stop military action in the Black Sea and ensure safe navigation of shipping following negotiations in Saudi Arabia.
Russian millbloggers claimed that Russian forces cleared the villages of Demidovka and in Belgorod Oblast. The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of , northeast of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast.
The SBU arrested a Ukrainian soldier on suspicion of providing coordinates of Ukrainian positions in Kursk Oblast for Russian intelligence.
26 March
Russia's Channel One said that one of its film crew hit a landmine in Belgorod Oblast near the Ukrainian border, killing journalist Anna Prokofieva and injuring a cameraman.
A court in Rostov-on-Don convicted 23 members of the Azov Brigade, including 11 in absentia, of terrorism charges related to the war in Ukraine, and sentenced them to up to 23 years' imprisonment.
The French government announced a 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) military aid package for Ukraine. Including missiles for Mirage-2000 fighters, MILAN anti-tank missiles, AMX-10 RC light tanks, VAB troop carriers and Mistral missiles.
27 March
The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia fired 86 drones and an Iskander-M ballistic missile in overnight attacks.
Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said that Russia had lost more than 55,000 soldiers during the fighting in Kursk, with 970 soldiers surrendering to Ukrainian forces, 22,200 killed and 31,800 as "sanitary casualties".
The Ukrainian military claimed to have killed the commander of the 1st Battalion of the Russian 9th Motor Rifle Regiment in an attack on a command and observation post somewhere between Viktorovka and Uspenovka in Kursk Oblast. It also claimed to have killed between 15 to 40 Russian soldiers in an airstrike on the Pogar border checkpoint in Bryansk Oblast.
28 March
Four people were killed in a Russian drone attack on Dnipro.
Soldiers from the Ukrainian 101st Territorial Defense Brigade planted and detonated anti-tank mines beneath a high rise building in Toretsk containing Russian soldiers from an "assault group".
Russia and Ukraine traded blame for another attack on the Sudzha gas metering station in Kursk Oblast.
The remains of 909 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were repatriated from Russia in exchange for those of 43 Russian personnel.
Russian forces claimed to have taken the town of , northeast of Kupiansk.
29 March
Two people were killed in a Russian drone strike on Kharkiv. Ukraine also accused Russia of inflicting casualties on patients being treated at a military hospital during the attack.
Russia claimed to have taken the villages of in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Panteleimonivka in Donetsk Oblast, and in Sumy Oblast. Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces took the town of in Donetsk Oblast.
30 March
Geo-located footage confirms Russian control of Veselivka in Sumy Oblast.
31 March
The SBU arrested three people, including a Russian national, on suspicion of facilitating Russian attacks on Kyiv.
The Moscow Metro was targeted by a suspected cyberattack involving its website displaying messages shown during the 23 March cyberattack on Ukrainian Railways.
Geolocated footage provided by the Russian defense ministry showed that Russian forces took the town of in Kursk Oblast. Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces took the town of in the Kurakhove sector of Donetsk Oblast.
Sweden announced a military aid package to Ukraine worth $1.6 billion, its largest aid package since the full scale invasion occurred.
Ukrainian drones destroyed Kh-22 missiles at Shaykovka air base in Kaluga Oblast according to satellite imagery. Ukrainian military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said that a drone destroyed a Tu-22M3 after it landed.
April 2025
1 April
Russian-installed officials in Donetsk Oblast claimed that 15 people were injured in a Ukrainian drone strike in Horlivka.
The SBU announced the arrest in Poland and extradition of a person accused of being a pro-Russian propagandist linked to a disinformation network operated by oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk.
2 April
Four people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih. One person was killed in a drone strike in Zaporizhzhia city.
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces took the town of in Donetsk Oblast and Lobkove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
3 April
Four people were killed in a Russian drone strike on Kharkiv.
The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of , northwest of Velyka Novosilka.
Major General Apti Alaudinov confirmed that a commander of a Kadyrovite UAV unit (callsign "Amur") was killed. The HUR claimed responsibility for the explosion, which occurred in Melitopol and destroyed a Tigr armoured car, killing five "Kadyrovites" in total.
4 April
19 people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih. A drone attack on the city later that day killed one person.
The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of in the Pokrovsk sector of Donetsk Oblast.
Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, claimed that Ukraine is deploying drones that use exceptionally long fibre-optic cables "with a combat range of 20 km".
Germany announced it would send 500,000 155 mm artillery shells to Ukraine in 2025. At the same time the Czech initiative has enough funding to supply Ukraine with artillery until September 2025.
5 April
Ukrainian drones attacked two factories in Russia, including the only fibre-optic manufacturing plant in the country, located in Mordovia and an explosives manufacturer in Samara Oblast.
The Netherlands announced it would invest €1.1 billion in the Ukrainian domestic defence industry.
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces retook the town of in the Pokrovsk sector of Donetsk Oblast.
6 April
One person was killed in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv. Another person was killed in a drone strike in Kherson.
The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces captured the town of Basivka in Sumy Oblast, although the claim was not confirmed by the Ukrainian Border Guard Service.
7 April
An Indian-made electronic component was found inside a Geran-2 drone for the first time following the discovery of an Aura semiconductor inside its CRP antenna.
Ukrainian drones destroyed three Buk missile launchers in Kursk Oblast over 12 hours.
The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Katerynivka, northeast of Lyman.
8 April
President Zelenskyy officially confirmed that the was conducting "active operations" in Belgorod Oblast. He also announced the capture of two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in Donetsk Oblast.
The Russian ministry of defense announced the recapture of Guyevo in Kursk Oblast.
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced the arrest of a man from Crimea on suspicion of carrying out assassinations of soldiers and government officials as well as bomb attacks for Russian intelligence.
The Russian military acknowledged that due to a shortage of explosives Russian tanks are now having to use non-explosive reactive armour.
Belgium announced it would hand over two F-16s to Ukraine this year and another two in 2026.
9 April
Ukrainian drones struck the Orenburg Air Base for the first time since the full scale invasion. Attacks were reported on an air base in Mozdok, North Ossetia and at Engels-2 air base. The Russian MoD said that the attack lasted 10 hours and involved some 160 drones across multiple regions.
Russian air defences shot down a Russian helicopter during a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow. It was believed to have been mistaken for a drone by air defences.
10 April
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Zhytomyr Oblast, while another was killed in a missile attack in Dnipro.
The commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, Colonel Vadym Sukharevsky, was dismissed.
A Russian court sentenced Ukrainian citizen to 16 years in prison and fined 500,000 rubles ($5,900) for plotting to send packages rigged with explosives targeting Russian military officials. Chaly pleaded guilty to the charges.
11 April
A Ukrainian MiG-29, using two French AASM HAMMER bombs, destroyed a company command post and a building occupied by a "security unit" in Kherson Oblast.
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced aid that had been delivered or had been promised by the German government, including 30 Patriot missiles, four more IRIS-T systems, 15 Leopard 1 tanks, 100,000 rounds of artillery ammunition and 1,100 ground radars.
Russian forces broke through the lines in Toretsk and advanced to the town of .
12 April
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Kherson.
A 26-year old Ukrainian F-16 pilot, Pavlo Ivanov, was killed in combat in unspecified circumstances.
A Russian mobilised soldier, Roman Ivanishin, went on trial for "desertion and attempted voluntary surrender" after being captured by Ukrainian forces in 2023 at Stepove, Donetsk Oblast and swapped for Russian POWs in early 2024.
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces took the town of , west of New York, Donetsk Oblast.
13 April
Thirty-two people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Sumy.
See also
- 2025 in Russia
- 2025 in Ukraine
- Outline of the Russo-Ukrainian War
- List of wars involving Russia
- List of wars involving Ukraine
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This timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine covers the period from 1 January 2025 to the present day Timeline of the Russian invasion of UkrainePrelude up to 23 February 2022 Initial invasion 24 February 7 April 2022 Southeastern front 8 April 28 August 2022 2022 Ukrainian counteroffensives 29 August 11 November 2022 Second stalemate 12 November 2022 7 June 2023 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive 8 June 2023 31 August 2023 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive cont 1 September 30 November 2023 2023 2024 winter campaigns 1 December 2023 31 March 2024 2024 spring and summer campaigns 1 April 31 July 2024 2024 summer autumn offensives 1 August 31 December 2024 2025 winter offensive 1 January 2025 present January 20251 January Damaged building in Kyiv after the 1 January attack A drone attack in Kyiv killed two people and injured at least six others and also damaged the main building of the National Bank of Ukraine Ukrainian commander in chief Oleksandr Syrskyi claimed that Russia had lost some 38 000 soldiers in Kursk while 700 others were captured and over 1 000 pieces of equipment destroyed 2 January One person was killed in a Russian airstrike on Stepnohirsk Zaporizhzhia Oblast Geo located footage confirmed Russia s control over the village of Vozdvyzhenka in Donetsk Oblast A Ukrainian strike against Ivanovskoye in Kursk Oblast reportedly killed seven Russian servicemen Ukrainian authorities announced an investigation following reports that hundreds of soldiers had defected from the 155th Mechanized Brigade during training in France 3 January One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Kyiv Oblast One person was killed in a missile attack on Chernihiv Russian captain was critically wounded in an explosion in Ivanovo Oblast Russia according to the HUR He was a battery commander in the 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District of Russia the unit accused of killing 59 civilians in the 2023 Hroza missile attack in Kharkiv Oblast A Ukrainian military observer said that Russian forces captured the village of uk west of Stari Terny and the Kurakhove Power Station Geo located footage showed that Russian forces captured the village of Vovkove south of Pokrovsk 4 January A drone attack caused a two hour suspension of operations at Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg The drones attacked the seaport at Ust Luga damaging a window Four drones were downed over Leningrad Oblast with electronic warfare and firearms according to the local governor a Russian freelance reporter was killed by a Ukrainian drone while returning from reporting in Horlivka Donetsk Oblast Four other media workers were also injured according to RIA Novosti The Russian defense ministry claimed to have shot down eight US made ATACMS missiles and 72 UAVs launched by Ukraine in Russian territory with some drones being shot down in Leningrad and Kursk Oblasts Russian forces claimed to have captured the village of east of Pokrovsk The 155th Mechanized brigade was effectively disbanded with remaining elements assigned to other brigades 5 January Russian drone shot in Ukraine Ukrainian forces launched a renewed offensive in several directions in Kursk Oblast Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces repulsed attacks in two of these directions The Russian Defense ministry said that at 09 00 Moscow Time Ukrainian forces started attacking from their bases in Sudzha towards the villages of Berdin and Bolshoye Soldatskoye consisting of two tanks one counter obstacle vehicle and 12 armoured fighting vehicles Later Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces captured the settlements of Martynovka and Geo located footage showed that Russian forces likely captured the villages of and near Pokrovsk and the village of near Stari Terny The HUR issued a report claiming that the Ukrainian Kraken Unit killed the chief of staff of the Storm Ossetia Battalion and his driver using drones along the Vasylivka Tokmak highway in Zaporizhzhia Oblast Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed 3 800 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded out of the original 12 000 sent to fight Ukrainian forces 6 January One person was killed in a Russian drone strike on a bus in Kherson Russian forces claimed to have taken Kurakhove Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces took the village of Russkoye Porechnoye in Kursk Oblast Ukraine claimed to have destroyed or damaged two Russian Pantsir S1 anti aircraft missile systems and one OSA anti aircraft vehicle using sea launched aerial drones in occupied Kherson Oblast The SBU said it had discovered a Russian plot to bomb a military installation in Kyiv Oblast by hiring a 16 year old boy to deliver explosives leading to the arrest of four suspects 7 January Ukrainian forces conducted a precision strike on the headquarters of the Russian 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade in Belaya Kursk Oblast In Kursk Oblast Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces recaptured the hamlets of ru ru and Berdin and the villages of Russkoye Porechnoye Makhnovka and ru 8 January Street of Zaporizhzhia after the bombing Thirteen people were killed in a Russian airstrike on an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian forces attacked the Kristal oil depot in Engels Saratov Oblast supplying fuel to the Engels 2 air base and Russian strategic bombers based there Approximately 800 000 tons of jet fuel was reportedly destroyed by the fire Ukrainian special forces destroyed various Russian equipment in Donetsk Oblast with drones including a Pole 21 Electronic Warfare System which is used to disrupt GPS signals Ukrainian forces also claimed to have bombed a command post of the Russian 8th Combined Arms Army in Khartsyzk Two paratroopers from the Ukrainian 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade reportedly captured 14 Russian soldiers after throwing grenades at their dugout 9 January Ukrainian officials confirmed that Russian forces had established a bridgehead across the Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast near Dvorichna In Kursk Oblast geo located footage showed that Russian forces captured the hamlets of ru and ru Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces captured the village of ru At the Ramstein meeting Norway pledged a military aid package of 2 billion euros for Ukraine over 2025 Canada pledged 330 million in military aid while the US announced an aid package of 500 million The UK announced it and other allies would send 30 000 fpv drones to Ukraine Germany would deliver 6 IRIS T launchers as well Zelenskyy claimed North Korea lost 4 000 soldiers killed and wounded 10 January Russian installed authorities in Donetsk Oblast claimed that three people were killed in Ukrainian airstrikes in Donetsk city and Svitlodarsk The Ukrainian military claimed it had carried out a strike on a command post of the Russian 3rd Army Corps in Svitlodarsk A Ukrainian drone and Neptune missile attack hit a Russian ammunition depot in the village of Chaltyr Rostov Oblast according to the HUR Other drone attacks were reported in Leningrad Oblast with one strike causing a fire at an industrial area in Gatchina that burned 1 900 square meters The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said that the Polish trained Ukrainian Legion had received 1 300 applications from Ukrainians living abroad wanting to join including women Russian forces claimed to have captured the villages of uk east of Pokrovsk and Yasenove southwest of Pokrovsk 11 January Russian officials claimed that three people were injured after a drone crashed into an apartment in Kotovsk Tambov Oblast Zelenskyy claimed that two North Korean soldiers had been captured in Kursk Oblast Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian port of Novorossiysk causing a massive fire An oil processing plant in Tatarstan Russia was struck by Ukrainian drones prompting evacuations Syrskyi ordered the transfer of additional Ukrainian Air Force personnel to ground infantry units reportedly numbering 5 000 soldiers A Ukrainian military observer claimed that Russian forces took the village of Hryhorivka north of Chasiv Yar Russian forces captured the village of Neskuchne south of Velyka Novosilka 12 January Russian forces claimed to have taken the villages of Yantarne ten kilometers southwest of Kurakhove uk along the Oskil River and uk south of Pokrovsk Russian installed authorities in Kherson Oblast claimed that one person was killed and three others were injured in Ukrainian drone strikes A Russian source claimed that Russian forces crossed the international border into Sumy Oblast and advanced south of the village of uk 13 January Geo located footage showed that Russian forces had captured the village of Pishchane south of Pokrovsk and severed two highways leading east to Kostiantynivka and west to Mezhova out of Pokrovsk Russia accused Ukraine of using drones to inflict minor damage on infrastructure of the TurkStream gas pipeline near Gaikodzor Krasnodar Krai Ukraine received its first RCH 155 from Germany South Korean intelligence claimed that 300 North Koreans had been killed and 2 700 wounded in Kursk Oblast Lithuania announced 4 500 drones would be sent to Ukraine Reuters citing unnamed industry sources reported that the Pokrovs ke coal mine had halted production due to the approaching front line The mine was Ukraine s sole coking coal producing facility from which 3 5 million tons of coke were produced in 2023 An unidentified North Korean surface to air missile system similar to the Russian Tor missile system was destroyed by a Russian drone in what appeared to be a friendly fire incident self published source 14 January NASA s FIRMS detected fire at an Engels fuel depot on 14 January 2025 07 26 00 UTC Drones attacked the town of Aleksin in Tula Oblast Ten explosions were heard Other attacks occurred in Bryansk Oblast Belgorod Oblast and Crimea Ukrainian drones attacked the Kristal oil depot in Engels after a fire that burnt for five days was extinguished However the regional governor said only that an industrial facility had been hit Drones struck the Kazanorgsintez industrial facility in Kazan Tatarstan causing a fire The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces had captured Terny in Donetsk Oblast Ukrainian drones struck a distillery in the village of Novaya Lyada Tambov Oblast Local officials claimed a drone hit a tree and exploded 15 January Russia launched another missile attack on energy infrastructure across Ukraine causing power grid shutdowns Two critical infrastructure facilities in Lviv Oblast were struck Lukoil s oil refinery in Volgograd caught fire Local officials blamed the fire on technical issues However locals reported an explosion before the fire and speculated something fell onto the plant Zelenskyy announced a prisoner exchange with Russia that resulted in the release of 25 Ukrainians for the same number of Russian POWs The Liskinskaya oil depot in Liski Voronezh Oblast caught fire after a drone attack according to Alexander Gusev the local governor A Russian air defense captain was sentenced to three years imprisonment for the shooting down of a Russian Mi 8 helicopter that was mistaken for a Ukrainian drone over Crimea in October 2023 that killed three people 16 January Russian media said that drones targeted a gunpowder factory in Kuz mino Gat village Tambov Oblast Air defence was activated and locals reported aircraft type UAVs The Ukrainian military claimed it launched a drone strike on the Liskinskaya oil depot in Voronezh Oblast and destroyed radar equipment belonging to an S 400 air defense system in Belgorod Oblast The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine received a 155 mm DITA self propelled artillery howitzer from the Czech Republic British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited Kyiv and announced 4 5 billion 5 34 billion in aid including 150 artillery barrels made in the UK and 15 additional Gravehawk air defence systems The United States declassified that it had provided substantial support for Ukraine s drone industry beginning in late 2022 including 1 5 billion in support for drone production sent in September 2024 17 January NASA s FIRMS detected fire at a Lyudinovo fuel depot on 17 January 2025 23 48 00 UTC Four people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih Russian forces captured the village of Vremivka west of Velyka Novosilka and were confirmed to have captured Yasenove southwest by south SWbS of Pokrovsk Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in Lyudinovo Kaluga Oblast with falling debris causing a fire According to the HUR partisans burned down two communications towers in Krasnodar 18 January source source source source source source source source Destruction in Kyiv after the attack A Russian missile strike on Kyiv damaged residential buildings the Lukianivska metro station and the oldest McDonald s outlet in Ukraine killing three people Ukrainian forces confirmed their withdrawal from the Chasivoyarsk Refractory Plant in Chasiv Yar adding that they launched an airstrike against Russian forces inside the facility Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in Uzlovaya Tula Oblast according to the HUR and the local governor Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces had entered Velyka Novosilka from the east The SBU arrested two people in Kyiv and Kharkiv on suspicion of leading a spy network for Russia One of the suspects was an engineer of the Kyiv Metro 19 January Zelenskyy signed a decree imposing sanctions on 18 pro Russian Ukrainian individuals including politicians Yuriy Boyko Nestor Shufrych and Yevhen Murayev The Ukrainian military launched an investigation into its 156th Mechanized Brigade following a number of significant shortcomings that were raised over its leadership and performance during inspections Syrskyi claimed that Russian forces had suffered 434 000 casualties including 150 000 killed in 2024 which he said was more than the previous two years of the war combined 20 January NASA s FIRMS detected extensive fire at a Liski fuel depot on 19 January 2025 23 09 00 UTC The Liskinskaya oil depot was struck by Ukrainian drones again The Russian installed governor of Kherson Oblast claimed that two people were killed in a Ukrainian cluster munitions attack on a school near uk A drone attack was reported in Kazan causing a fire in the and the closure of Kazan International Airport and Begishevo Airport in Nizhnekamsk Two Ukrainian generals and a colonel were detained by the State Bureau of Investigation for alleged negligence that led to Russia seizing territory in northern Kharkiv Oblast in May 2024 The SBI also detained the commander of the 155th Mechanized Brigade for failing to report desertions from the unit and other violations Geo located footage showed that Russian forces captured the village of uk near Pokrovsk 21 January Ukrainian drones struck the Smolensk Aviation Plant Seven explosions were reported and air defence was activated according to locals The Ukrainian military also claimed an attack on a command post of the Russian 29th Combined Arms Army in Volnovakha Donetsk Oblast Former television host ru was arrested by Ukrainian authorities on suspicion of spreading pro Russian propaganda on his YouTube channel Geo located footage showed that Russian forces captured the village of Nikolayevo Darino in Kursk Oblast Russian forces claimed to have captured the village of Zelenyi Hai in eastern Kharkiv Oblast The SBU arrested the Ukrainian army s chief psychiatrist identified by local media as on corruption charges linked to his involvement in a panel that determined whether individuals were fit for military service Authorities found 152 000 124 000 and 34 000 in cash in his house as well as other assets valued at 1 million 813 000 22 January Russian forces captured the village of Novovasylivka in Donetsk Oblast Russian forces also claimed to have taken the village of Zapadne four kilometers west of the Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast Russian authorities ordered the evacuation of residents from the border village of ru in Belgorod Oblast amid Ukrainian attacks The SBU arrested a lawyer from Dnipro on suspicion of aiding a Russian missile strike on the city in December 2023 that killed six people 23 January One person was killed in a Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia Authorities ordered the evacuation of children and their families from 16 settlements in the Kupiansk area amid Russian attacks that left one person dead In Russia a fire broke out at the Ryazan oil refinery during a drone strike with ten drones reportedly shot down over the facility North Korean forces began deploying MLRS disguised as civilian trucks in Kursk Oblast The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces captured the village of uk southwest of Pokrovsk 24 January Residential building in Hlevakha Kyiv Oblast after the attack Three people were killed in Russian drone strikes on Kyiv Oblast Ukraine launched 121 drones over thirteen regions in Russia which the latter claimed to have destroyed including six in Moscow Oblast and one over Moscow city Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports were closed A power station in Kursk and a power plant was destroyed in Ryazan while the microchip plant microchip factory in Bryansk Oblast was damaged Ukrainian authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of children from more than 20 settlements in the areas of Komar and Kryvorizhzhia in Donetsk Oblast due to Russian attacks The remains of 757 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were repatriated to Ukraine in exchange for the remains of 49 Russian soldiers US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a stop on all US foreign aid awards for 90 days with the exception of Israel and Egypt According to Politico it appears to include funding for military assistance to Ukraine Ukrainian defense minister Rustem Umerov announced the non renewal of the tenure of Maryna Bezrukova as head of the Defense Procurement Agency DPA despite the DPA s board voting to extend her tenure amid a dispute over the ministry s procurement of weapons However Bezrukova refused to leave her position while Umerov also removed two members of the DPA board for supporting Bezrukova 25 January The Russian installed head of Kherson Oblast claimed that three people were killed in a Ukrainian cluster munitions attack on Oleshky The SBU arrested a military cadet in Lviv Oblast on suspicion of spying for Russia Russian forces claimed to have captured the village of Novoandriivka south of Pokrovsk A boat mounted Vampire missile equipped with APKWS shot down a Russian Kh 59 cruise missile over the Black Sea 26 January Russian forces claimed to have taken Velyka Novosilka and south of Pokrovsk The Ryazan oil refinery was struck again by drones causing a fire Thirty two Ukrainian drones struck 5 regions in Russia according to Russian officials Russian air defences claimed to have downed all 32 over Belgorod Kursk Oryol and Tver oblasts The Ukrainian Air Force claimed more than 200 Shahed drones were destroyed in a drone attack on a warehouse in Oryol Oblast Zelenskyy announced Brigadier General Andriy Hnatov would be replaced by Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi as the commander of the Khortytsia operational strategic group operating in the Eastern front Drapatyi will remain as Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces 27 January The EU renewed sanctions against Russia The Ryazan Oil Refinery ceased operations due to Ukrainian drone strikes according to Reuters North Korean soldiers withdrew from frontline positions in Kursk Oblast due to heavy losses according to Ukrainian soldiers Ukrainian forces claimed to have destroyed an S 400 missile system during a precision strike at an undisclosed date and location unknown self published source 28 January Museum of retro cars in Mezhyhirya Kyiv Oblast damaged by drone attack on 28 January Two people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Mykolaiv Debris from a Russian drone damaged 36 cars of a vintage car museum in Kyiv Oblast as well as residential buildings Russia claimed to have taken Dvorichna in Kharkiv Oblast located across the Oskil River The Ukrainian General Staff posted a map confirming Russia s control over Novoandriivka and on the Pokrovsk front Two Ukrainians working with the Russian Federal Security Service FSB were detained by the SBU for spying on Ukrainian F 16 fighter jets Dmytro Klymenkov was dismissed as Ukrainian deputy defense minister amid a dispute over the ministry s procurement of weapons 29 January The Lukoil Kstovo Refinery in Kstovo Nizhny Novgorod Oblast was heavily damaged after a fire broke out during a wave of drone attacks that also targeted Smolensk Tver and Bryansk Oblasts No casualties were reported by Gleb Nikitin governor of Nizhny Novgorod however drone debris started a fire in an enterprise at the Kstovo industrial zone Russian officials also claimed that the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant was also targeted The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that two people were killed while two others were injured after a drone struck a house Flights were also suspended at Kazan and Pulkovo airports The Russian defense ministry reported that two drones were shot down in Murmansk Oblast The Moscow Times citing multiple sources from Russia Ukraine and other European countries reported that Russian forces had taken Chasiv Yar Ukrainian military officials denied the claim Ukrainian media reported that the HUR carried out a cyberattack on the Russian gas firm Gazprom and its subsidiary Gazprom Neft Israel transferred some 90 Patriot missiles to the United States which were then to be transferred along with supporting equipment to Ukraine Bloomberg reported that Russian oil shipments through the port of Ust Luga were suspended due to an overnight strike by Ukrainian drones The SBU claimed the Andreapol oil pumping station was struck The is part of the Baltic Pipeline System II run by Transneft a Russian state owned company A fire and oil spill were reported Fixed wing UAVs that dropped FAB 250 bombs were used in the attack indicating the usage of reusable drones instead of a kamikaze type 30 January Residential building in Sumy after the attack Nine people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Sumy A Russian drone strike on an evacuation vehicle in Pokrovsk injured three people including a British volunteer 31 January Bristol Hotel in Odesa after the attack Seven people were injured and historic buildings including the Bristol Hotel and the Philharmonic Theater were damaged in a Russian missile attack on Odesa The Ukrainian military claimed to have destroyed a Russian command post in Rylsk Kursk Oblast in an airstrike According to Russian locals an oil refinery in Volgograd was targeted by Ukrainian drones causing a fire and an explosion Sweden announced a military aid package worth 13 5 billion Swedish kronor 1 23 billion for Ukraine the largest aid package thus far from Sweden February 20251 February Residential building in Poltava after the attack A Russian missile attack on a residential building in Poltava killed at least 14 people Energy infrastructure in the city was struck in a separate attack One person was killed in a Russian drone attack on Kharkiv while three police officers were killed in a separate attack in Sumy Oblast One person was killed in the bombing near a military enlistment office in Rivne that was blamed on Russia by the SBU Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Krymske northeast of Toretsk An airstrike was launched on a boarding school in Sudzha Kursk Oblast killing four people according to Ukrainian authorities Over 100 Russian civilians were evacuated by Ukraine to Sumy Oblast making it the largest movement of civilians into Ukraine since the start of the incursion 2 February Ukrainian drone attacks killed two persons in Belgorod Oblast including one in the village of Malinovka according to governor Vyacheslav Gladkov the deputy governor of Primorsky Krai and commander of the Tigr Battalion of the 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade was killed in Kursk Oblast 3 February Russian air defence claimed to have downed 70 drones over Volgograd Rostov and Astrakhan Oblasts targeting oil facilities in these regions An oil refinery in Volgograd was set on fire In Astrakhan Governor Igor Babushkin confirmed that a fire broke out while Ukraine said it had targeted a gas processing plant there No casualties were reported The Ukrainian military claimed to have inflicted significant losses during a strike by the Ukrainian Air Force on a Russian command post near Armen Sargsyan founder of the Arbat Battalion ru that had fought in Ukraine was killed along with a bodyguard by a bomb left in the lobby of the Aliye Parusa residential complex in Moscow The SBU arrested a man in Sarny Rivne Oblast on suspicion of plotting to blow up a railway line on behalf of Russia Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces had taken the villages of uk and near Pokrovsk Prominent Russian soldier and veteran of the Russo Georgian War Tasbolat Ibrashev was killed fighting in Vovchansk Kharkiv Oblast Ibrashev was famous in the Russian army for single handedly stopping a Georgian military column in 2008 4 February Administrative building in Izium after the strike A Russian missile attack on Izium killed at least five people and injured at least 55 others Brigadier General Hennadii Shapovalov resigned as commander of the Ukrainian Operational Command South following his appointment as a liaison to the NATO military aid coordination center for Ukraine based in Germany Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of uk south of Pokrovsk Zelenskyy said that 45 100 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since the full scale invasion by Russia while 390 000 soldiers had been wounded He also claimed that 300 000 to 350 000 Russian soldiers had been killed 600 000 to 700 000 wounded and 50 000 to 70 000 missing in the war so far 5 February NASA s FIRMS detected fire at a Novominskaya refinery on 4 February 2025 23 11 00 UTC The Russian governor of Krasnodar Krai claimed Ukrainian drones set fire to an oil storage tank at an oil depot adding that the fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries reported Russia claimed to have downed four drones overnight Ukrainian drones struck a mini refinery in the village of A Buk M3 was also reported damaged by Ukrainian drones in Zaporizhzhia Oblast The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces had taken the village of uk in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast and north of Ocheretyne A Ukrainian military observer reported that Russian forces had taken the village of Zapadne in Kharkiv Oblast while a Russian source claimed that Russian forces had crossed the Oskil river near the village of Topoli Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange mediated by the UAE that saw the release of 150 POWs held by each side Ukraine imposed sanctions on 57 ship captains involved in the illegal export of Russian oil to bypass price caps It also imposed sanctions on 55 Russian officials and figures involved in illegal excavations and removal of artifacts from occupied areas of Ukraine including officials of the Hermitage and Pushkin Museums 6 February The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that three people were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike near the village of The Ukrainian military claimed to have struck the Primorsko Akhtarsk air base in Krasnodar Krai causing a fire Russian forces captured the village of Dachne west of Kurakhove and Fyholivka west of the Oskil River Ukrainian forces launched a new offensive in Kursk Oblast capturing the settlements of and Russia claimed to have repulsed the offensive southeast of Sudzha in the villages of Ulanok and Russia claimed Ukrainian forces deployed two mechanized battalions tanks and armored vehicles in the attack The first Mirage 2000 5s fighter jets sent by France arrived in Ukraine as well as another round of F 16s from the Netherlands Vadym Sukharevsky commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces said that the Ukrainian laser Trident was being used operationally and already striking certain targets at certain altitudes The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed a Russian KAB bomb was shot down over Zaporizhzhia Oblast possibly with experimental weapons 7 February Three people were killed in a Russian airstrike on Myropillia Sumy Oblast Russian forces claimed to have taken Toretsk which the Ukrainian military denied President Zelenskyy said that North Korean troops had been redeployed to Kursk Oblast Approximately 60 000 soldiers have currently been deployed against Ukrainian units in Kursk Two Russian Valdai radars used to intercept drones headed to Moscow were destroyed by the HUR using explosives near Dolgoprudny Moscow Oblast 8 February Russian forces claimed to have intercepted a Ukrainian drone over an oil refinery in Kumylzhensky District Volgograd Oblast and shot down a total of 36 drones over Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Volgograd and Belgorod Oblasts Ukrainian officials said that drones were used to attack two military airfields the Russian Southern Military District headquarters and S 400 missiles located in Rostov on Don Russian authorities were reported to have discovered a plot in which a shipment of FPV drone headsets loaded with explosives were sent to Russian soldiers Each headset had 10 15 grams of explosives and were programmed to detonate on activation Officials compared it to the 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks by Israel Subsequent reports claimed eight Russian FPV pilots lost their eyesight due to explosions between 4 and 7 February The first explosion was reported on 4 February in Belgorod Oblast subsequent explosions occurred in Kursk Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts Ukrainian forces claimed to have shot down a Russian Su 25 fighter jet using an Igla missile and damaged an Mi 8 helicopter sent to rescue the pilot in a drone strike forcing it to retreat near Toretsk 9 February Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Orikhovo Vasylivka ten kilometers north of Chasiv Yar Russian forces claimed that 14 buildings were damaged in a drone attack on Rostov on Don 10 February Russian forces claimed to have recaptured the settlement of in Kursk Oblast The in Krasnodar Krai was attacked by Ukrainian drones A high rise building in Krasnodar city was also damaged An F 16AM was spotted flying low over Ukraine The F 16 was not equipped with air to air missiles but with a full loadout of Small Diameter Bombs This is the first footage of a Ukrainian F 16 being used on a strike mission instead of for air defence Russian forces set up netting over the road between Bakhmut and Chasiv Yar installing a two kilometer tunnel made up of poles with mesh netting being placed over the most vulnerable section of road to protect against drones 11 February Ukrainian drones struck Saratov Oblast setting fire to the according to locals Explosions were also reported around the perimeter of Engels 2 air base The Deputy Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Pavlo Palisa said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would no longer create new Brigades 12 February Office building in Kyiv after the attack One person was killed in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv Other strikes damaged infrastructure in the Holosiivskyi Podilskyi Sviatoshynskyi and Obolonskyi districts Five people were injured by Russian shelling on 13 villages in Sumy Oblast A Russian attack drone was intercepted by an APKWS fired Vampire missile over Ukrainian airspace The Ukrainian 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade claimed to have destroyed a Russian Smerch 2 anti submarine rocket launcher in the Lyman sector of the Donetsk front SBU head Vasyl Malyuk announced that the chief of its counter terrorism department Col had been arrested on suspicion of working for Russia since 2018 US President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the Ukraine war will start immediately after holding a telephone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin Geo located footage showed that Russian forces had taken the village of Makiivka in Luhansk Oblast 13 February Destroyed house in Kramatorsk after an attack on 13 February The Novolipetsk Steel mill in Lipetsk was targeted by Ukrainian drones in a massive raid according to the local governor Igor Artamonov Drone debris damaged a power station injuring an employee and cutting power to several districts of Lipetsk city Two Russian drones believed to have been deployed in an attack on Reni crashed over the border in Moldova Zelenskyy imposed sanctions on multiple oligarchs and individuals including former president Petro Poroshenko Viktor Medvedchuk Kostyantyn Zhevago Ihor Kolomoyskyi and Gennadiy Bogolyubov on suspicion of high treason and assisting a terrorist organization particularly their role in compromising national security through unfavorable business agreements with Russia Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of near Pokrovsk 14 February source source source source source source source The strike on Chernobyl New Safe Confinement Zelenskyy said that a Russian drone attack significantly damaged the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement covering Reactor No 4 of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant which was installed following the 1986 disaster Russia denied responsibility while the International Atomic Energy Agency said that radiation levels at the site remained normal The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Kukuyevka The remains of 757 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were repatriated in an exchange which also saw the repatriation of the remains of 45 Russian soldiers The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said that the prohibited CS gas was found in samples supplied to it by Ukraine from frontline areas The Ukrainian Air Force bombed a Russian drone base in the border village of Kursk Oblast The first Russian TOS 2 MLRS was destroyed by artillery fire in the Pokrovsk region 15 February Russian officials claimed that a drone strike in Kaluga Oblast caused a fire at an industrial facility in Dzerzhinsky District while another series of drone strikes hit an oil refinery and an apartment building in Volgograd 16 February Ukrainian forces claimed to have retaken the village of near Pokrovsk Zelenskyy said that more than 46 000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and that nearly 380 000 others had been injured since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022 The Czech led artillery initiative delivered 1 6 million rounds of large caliber ammunition Czech President Petr Pavel said Ukraine has sufficient resources to cover Ukraine s need until April 2025 The Ukrainian 65th Mechanized Brigade claimed to have destroyed a Tor missile system and two Buk missile systems using drones during fighting in Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the course of one day Trump said he would allow European countries to buy US weapons on behalf of or transfer them to Ukraine 17 February The governor of Krasnodar Krai claimed that one person was injured while 12 homes were damaged following a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks on the region Russian forces claimed to have neutralized a Neptune MD over the Sea of Azov and 90 drones across the Black Sea Crimea Krasnodar Krai and in Bryansk Belgorod Krasnodar Rostov and Kursk Oblasts The Ilya oil refinery was reported to be on fire after locals reported hearing explosions A drone also hit the in Krasnodar Krai part of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium running from Kazakhstan to Novorossiysk According to an official the attack had reduced the flow through the pipeline which will affect Chevron and Exxon The operator stopped the pipeline while damage was investigated They claimed seven drones were involved but an unclear number struck the pipeline The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces retook the village of Sverdlikovo ru in Kursk Oblast Russian sources claimed that Russian forces captured the village of Novosilka in southern Donetsk Oblast Over 10 000 Ukrainians aged 18 to 24 have applied to join the Ukrainian military according to a spokesperson for the Ukrainian MoD The special contracts contain free higher education interest free mortgages and an annual salary of Hr 1 million 24 000 The Ukrainian 156th Mechanized Brigade received some 100 BTR 60s from Bulgaria which had been overhauled and modernised with new engines radios optics and anti drone netting 18 February The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces had retaken the village of uk near Terny In Donetsk Ukrainian drones destroyed a S 350 missile system believed to be the third of the war so far destroyed Only six are known to be in service Russia and the United States began official discussions in Saudi Arabia on ending the war in Ukraine The HUR said a new turbofan jet powered Shahed 238 called Geran 3 by the Russians and with a range of over 2 500 kilometers and a maximum speed of 600 km h is in production 19 February Drones struck the Syzran oil refinery in Samara Oblast Locals reported three explosions and the governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev confirmed a fire broke out at the refinery without casualties The Ukrainian military said that it had destroyed a North Korean built M 1978 Koksan artillery system for the first time The Romanian parliament passed a bill allowing its military to shoot down Russian drones entering Romanian airspace from Ukraine after Romanian military units were unable to do so due to Romania and Russia not being at war Putin said that Russian forces had crossed the international border into Ukraine s Sumy Oblast which was denied by Ukraine Zelenskyy said that Ukraine was running dangerously low of Patriot missiles Citing a call with a field commander Zelenskyy is seeking a licence to build Patriot missiles in Ukraine and an additional 20 Patriot systems 20 February Residential building in Kherson after bombing on 20 February The FSB claimed to have killed an alleged Ukrainian operative accused of plotting to assassinate an unidentified official in Saratov Oblast The HUR claimed that an explosion in Russian occupied Berdiansk killed the deputy head of the city administration Russian forces captured the village of Novoocheretuvate northwest of Velyka Novosilka Russian sources claimed that the village of Basivka in Sumy Oblast had been captured An electrical substation that powered the Novovelichkovskaya oil pumping station in Krasnodar Krai was attacked by SBU drones causing a fire and a shutdown of the refinery Two people were killed in a Russian bombing of Kherson 21 February Russia claimed to have taken the village of in Donetsk Oblast located ten kilometers from the border with Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Russian forces seized the village of Ulakly following the closure of the pocket west of Kurakhove Geolocated footage confirmed the Russian recapture of in Kursk Oblast Russian milbloggers claimed that had been recaptured 22 February One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Kyiv Oblast Two others were killed in Russian airstrikes in Kostiantynivka Russian sources claimed that Topoli in Kharkiv Oblast had been recaptured Russia claimed to have recaptured the village of near the Zherebets River in Luhansk Oblast 23 February Russia launched its largest single drone attack on Ukraine for the war with Ukrainian Air Force Command spokesman Yurii Ihnat counting 267 drones and claiming that 138 of them had been intercepted Two people were killed in Kherson while a third person died in a missile attack in Kryvyi Rih Russian forces recaptured the settlement of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast 24 February Two people were killed in Russian airstrikes in Sumy Oblast The Ukrainian military claimed to have set fire on the Ryazan oil refinery following a drone strike The local governor Pavel Malkov confirmed falling debris set fire to an industrial facility in the region An Italian defence analyst identified Italian made B1 Centauro tank destroyers headed to Ukraine in a convoy however the Italian government is yet to confirm their delivery 25 February One person was killed in a Russian attack on Kramatorsk The Ukrainian military claimed to have repelled a Russian attack near the village of Novenke in Sumy Oblast Ukrainian forces destroyed a S 300VM missile system in Zaporizhzhia Oblast using a bomber drone Ireland donated four Giraffe Mk IVs in its first delivery of military equipment to Ukraine Geolocated footage confirmed that Russian forces had captured Andriivka in Donetsk Oblast 26 February Burning house in Kriukivshchyna after the attack Ukrinform journalist Tetiana Kulyk was killed along with her husband in a Russian drone strike on their residence in Kriukivshchyna Kyiv Oblast Five others were killed and 11 people were injured in separate attacks in Kostiantynivka Ukrainian forces claimed to have retaken near Pokrovsk Russian officials claimed that 128 drones were shot down over Crimea the Sea of Azov the Black Sea Krasnodar Krai and in Bryansk and Kursk Oblasts Sochi Airport suspended flights explosions were reported in Anapa and the governor of Krasnodar Krai Veniamin Kondratyev reported three private homes were damaged across the area In Crimea explosions were reported in Kerch where the Crimean Bridge was temporarily closed to traffic Local partisans reported Russian military personnel were trying to avoid reporting for duty due to ongoing drone attacks The Ukrainian military claimed that it had targeted Saky and Kacha air bases in Crimea as well as the port of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces had retaken the settlements of and in Kursk Oblast The Ukrainian Air Force struck a Russian drone command post attached to the 19th Motor Rifle Division in Zaporizhzhia Oblast A Russian command post attached to the 14th Army Corps in Ivanivka Kherson Oblast was struck by an HUR bomber drone 27 February Russian officials claimed that one person was killed in a drone strike in Belgorod Oblast South Korean intelligence claimed that North Korea is sending an unspecified number of additional soldiers to fight in Kursk Oblast alongside Russian forces Syrskyi visited in Donetsk Oblast He claimed the Russian advance had been slowed and Ukrainian forces had regrouped Russian forces are in places 4 5 km 2 8 miles from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Russian forces claimed to have retaken the settlements of ru and Novaya Sorochina north and northwest of Sudzha Geolocated footage confirmed that Russian forces had captured the village of north of Velyka Novosilka and the village of southwest of Pokrovsk Dozens of Ukrainian drones struck a Russian ammunition dump in Kurchatov Kursk Oblast according to unofficial sources A fire and secondary detonations were reported The Russian defense ministry said that 22 drones were shot down over Krasnodar Krai and Oryol Kursk Bryansk and Smolensk Oblasts 28 February The Ukrainian military claimed to have destroyed a Russian thermobaric munitions depot near Selydove Donetsk Oblast The FSB arrested two church officials on suspicion of trying to kill a Russian Orthodox bishop Tikhon Shevkunov who is close to Putin The HUR denied the accusations saying they were absurd and lies Russian forces launched nine drone strikes in the Kyivskyi Shevchenkivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi Districts of Kharkiv damaging a medical facility and civilian infrastructure and injuring seven people A car bomb seriously wounded a Russian FSB officer in Mariupol Kongsberg announced that it was working on integrating Ukrainian missiles into a NASAMS launcher A joint venture involving the production of Ukrainian missiles is also being discussed March 20251 March Russian forces captured the village of near Velyka Novosilka The MSC Levante F in 2022 One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Odesa Oblast In the evening a ballistic missile attack was made on the port of Odesa injuring two port employees and damaging the Swiss owned and Panamanian flagged cargo vessel Ukrainian forces were attacked with a Russian Iskander M ballistic missile at a training ground in Cherkaske Dnipropetrovsk Oblast resulting in an unspecified number of casualties 2 March One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Kherson Russian forces claimed to have taken the town of after crossing into Sumy Oblast Russian forces also claimed to have taken the town of northwest of Velyka Novosilka British prime minister Keir Starmer announced a 1 6 billion agreement allowing Ukraine to purchase over 5 000 Lightweight Multirole Missiles Czech citizens raised 70 million koruna 3 million to purchase an UH 60 Blackhawk helicopter for Ukraine 3 March The Ufimsky refinery plant in Ufa was set on fire by Ukrainian drones Kongsberg Gruppen announced a plan to build hundreds of NASAMS missiles in Ukraine The US government suspended all military aid to Ukraine including what was approved under President Biden 4 March Drones struck an oil refinery in Syzran Samara Oblast Locals reported explosions and a fire Further attacks were reported in Rostov Oblast with an industrial complex and oil pipeline in the village of being set on fire by drones according to the regional governor Yury Slyusar The Ukrainian military claimed to have killed 30 Russian soldiers in an airstrike on a military facility near Troitskoye Kursk Oblast Russian forces claimed to have captured the town of southwest of Sudzha A S 400 missile system in Crimea caught fire in unknown circumstances engulfing its antenna 5 March Destroyed hotel in Kryvyi Rih Five people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih The Ukrainian military said it carried out an airstrike on the command post of the 17th Tank Regiment of the Russian 70th Motorized Rifle Division in Oleshky Kherson Oblast CIA Director John Ratcliffe confirmed that the US paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine Russian forces claimed to have crossed the international border into Kharkiv Oblast and captured the Nekhoteyevka international border crossing checkpoint east of Kozacha Lopan 6 March Disposal of Russian air dropped bomb FAB 500 in Slatyne Kharkiv Oblast Norway announced that it would increase its military aid to Ukraine from 3 2 billion in 2024 to 7 7 billion for 2025 7 March Maxar Technologies stopped supplying the Ukrainian government with satellite images after a request from the US Executive Office Mirage 2000 fighter jets sent by France to Ukraine were used in combat against Russian air attacks for the first time Russian forces made a breakthrough south of Sudzha threatening to encircle Ukrainian units in the area and were also advancing in the villages of and Russian forces also recaptured the town of Ukraine received 1 billion from the British government the first payment of money to Ukraine secured from the profits from seized Russian assets Russian forces carried out a missile and drone attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure Major General and commander of Ukraine s Operational Command North Dmytro Krasylnykov told Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne that he was dismissed from his post for unclear reasons 8 March Building in Dobropillia after the attack Eleven people were killed in a Russian attack on Dobropillia Donetsk Oblast while three others were killed in a drone attack in Bohodukhiv Kharkiv Oblast The Kirishi oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast was struck by falling drone debris damaging a storage tank according to governor Aleksandr Drozdenko In Kursk Oblast geolocated footage showed that Russian forces had recaptured the settlements of and while Russian forces further claimed to have retaken the settlements of Martynovka and Geolocated footage also confirmed Russian control over in Sumy Oblast Russian forces claimed to have taken the town of Kostyantynopil in Donetsk Oblast 9 March Atesh said it burned down a relay cabinet near Crimea that services a railway connecting Crimea and Zaporizhzhia Oblast Ukrainian drones hit an oil refinery in Chuvashia in the first such attack in the Russian autonomous republic Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces had captured the settlements of Malaya Loknya and Novaya Sorochina in Kursk Oblast as well as Kostyantynopil in Donetsk Oblast 10 March Ukrainian drones struck the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in Samara Oblast Locals reported several explosions in the city The SBU arrested a resident of Kharkiv on suspicion of plotting attacks on soldiers on behalf of Russia Russian forces claimed to have taken the towns of and in Kursk Oblast 11 March Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed Russian air defences shot down 69 drones over Moscow Flights from Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports were restricted Three people were killed and 20 were injured Sobyanin said it was the most massive attack on Moscow Several high rise buildings were damaged by falling debris and over 20 cars were destroyed by a fire in a parking lot The Ukrainian general staff claimed to have targeted various oil refinery and pipelines in Moscow and Oryol Russian air defense further reported to have shot down 337 drones in other regions including 91 over Moscow Oblast 126 over Kursk Oblast and 38 over Bryansk Oblast Russian forces recaptured the towns of and in Kursk Oblast Russian millbloggers further claimed that Russian forces took the towns of and Russian forces captured a fully intact Ukrainian M1A1 Abrams tank in Kursk Oblast The SBU accused Russian intelligence of recruiting two teenagers to carry out bomb attacks in Ivano Frankivsk that killed one of the teenagers and injured the other along with two bystanders 12 March Four Syrian nationals were killed in a Russian missile attack on the port of Odesa which damaged the Barbados flagged bulk carrier which was loading wheat bound for Algeria The governor of Kursk Oblast claimed that four people were killed in a Ukrainian attack on a feed mill in The governors of Rostov and Voronezh Oblast claimed that infrastructure facilities were set on fire by drone attacks After talks between US and Ukrainian officials in Jeddah Saudi Arabia the US restarted military aid to Ukraine as well as intelligence support Maxar also confirmed that it had restored Ukrainian access to its satellite images According to DeepState s map Ukrainian forces lost control of Sudzha in Kursk Oblast Russian forces also captured Dniproenerhiia in Donetsk Oblast The Ukrainian 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade claimed to have destroyed a Russian S 400 battery in an undisclosed location The Ukrainian Air Force stated that the SAMP T downed a Russian Sukhoi military aircraft without providing further details 13 March Russia claimed that its air defences shot down 77 drones while its operation to retake Kursk Oblast entered its last phase Russian forces claimed to have captured and cleared the towns of Sudzha and in Kursk Oblast HUR drones struck a Russian drone factory in Kaluga Oblast Explosions and a fire were reported at an industrial site The announced a mandatory evacuation from eight settlements in and hromadas of Sumy Raion The former leader of the Right Sector s Odesa Branch Demyan Hanul was assassinated in Odesa The US started resupplying Ukraine with GLSDBs due to a shortage of ATACMS missiles It was reported that a captured Crimean Tatar who fought in the Ukrainian Army died in a Russian penal colony in Dimitrovgrad Russia 14 March The Tuapse Refinery fire was detected by NASA s FIRMS The governor of Krasnodar Krai stated that the Tuapse Refinery was struck by Ukrainian drones causing a 1 000 square meter fire that took until 17 March to extinguish The mayor of Moscow claimed that four drones were shot down in a separate attack near the capital The attack was believed to have been conducted by a R 360 Neptune missile Yan Petrovsky and former commander of the Russian paramilitary Rusich Group who was arrested in Finland in 2023 was sentenced by a court in Helsinki to life imprisonment for war crimes committed in Ukraine Russian forces likely captured the town of in Kursk Oblast 15 March Lyceum in Bohodukhiv Kharkiv Oblast after drone attack on 15 March Ukraine said that it downed 130 drones launched by Russia in overnight strikes while Russia claimed that it intercepted 126 drones fired by Ukraine One person was killed in a Russian attack on Nikopol Russian forces claimed to have taken the town of in Zaporizhzhia Oblast The Russian MoD claimed to have shot down an Ukrainian MiG 29 Ukraine claimed that Aster 30 missiles for SAMP T are at a critical low and the two batteries they operate will soon become inoperable 16 March Andriy Hnatov was appointed as Chief of General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces replacing Anatoliy Barhylevych 17 March Russian forces claimed to have taken the towns of and in Zaporizhzhia Oblast The governor of Astrakhan Oblast claimed that an oil refinery was set on fire by drones Germany announced an aid package to Ukraine consisting of 10 000 rounds for Gepard air defence 5 000 155 mm rounds 2 000 122 mm rounds and ammunition for various fighting vehicles supplied by Germany and 24 MRAPs Zelenskyy signed a law allowing the Ukrainian military to operate overseas in times of martial law 18 March Ukrainian Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev said that Ukrainian forces withdrew from an unknown frontline sector in Donetsk Oblast to preserve its forces and obtain better positions The Ukrainian military claimed to have destroyed a command post of the Russian 20th Army s 3rd Motor Rifle Division near Demidovka Belgorod Oblast Putin ordered Russian forces to halt attacks targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days after his phone call with Trump Russian forces shot down seven Russian drones headed for Ukrainian energy facilities connected to Ukraine s military industrial complex over Mykolaiv Oblast Six were shot down by a Russian Pantsir missile system and the last by a Russian fighter jet Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces attacked from Sumy Oblast into the villages of Demidovka Grafovka and Prilesye in Belgorod Oblast Russian forces later claimed to have repelled the attack 19 March Russian authorities reported that Ukrainian drones struck and damaged an oil pumping station in Krasnodar Krai while Russia launched 145 drones and six missiles into Ukraine A number of hospitals in Sumy Oblast were attacked by Russian drones while one person was killed in a separate attack on a residential building Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange that saw the release of 175 POWs from their respective sides Zelenskyy announced that additional F 16s had arrived in Ukraine from an undisclosed country 20 March Russia claimed that it downed 132 drones launched by Ukraine Explosions were reported near the Engels 2 air base Ukrainian intelligence stated that a warehouse with guided bombs and missiles was destroyed The governor of Saratov Oblast Roman Busargin confirmed that the attack left an airfield on fire and nearby residents had to be evacuated Fifty drones were reportedly used targeting ammunition storage at the air base Satellite images showed several large craters Reports stated that three service personnel were wounded while two were killed Some 120 civilians were evacuated and some 180 private homes were damaged due to the shockwave from the explosion Clinical Hospital No 1 in Engels was damaged by falling debris Five civilians were reported injured Ukrainian intelligence claimed that the attack on Engels 2 destroyed some 96 cruise missiles Russian forces launched over 20 drones overnight and attacked Kropyvnytskyi injuring 10 people including four children The HUR claimed that two Russian officers were killed in a car bombing in Skadovsk Kherson Oblast Two people were injured in a car bombing in Rivne 21 March Three people were killed in a Russian drone strike on Zaporizhzhia The Sudzha gas pumping and metering station in Kursk Oblast was shelled with Russia and Ukraine trading responsibility over the attack DTEK reported that Russian drone strikes caused power outages in at least three districts in Odesa The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike in The UK government and the Irish subsidiary of the French company Thales signed a contract to manufacture 5 000 NLAWs for the Ukrainian army 22 March Ukrainian drones struck the Russian Promsintez explosives factory in Chapayevsk Samara Oblast The local governor Vyacheslav Fedorishev said that the attack resulted in no damage or casualties while one drone was shot down However footage on Telegram showed explosions in the area of the factory 23 March Three people were killed in a Russian drone strike on Kyiv while three others were killed in a separate attack in Dobropillia Ukrainian drones attacked an oil refinery in Volgograd According to Russian sources the drones were shot down as they approached the facility The governor of Rostov Oblast claimed that one person was killed in a drone attack on a car Ukraine said it had retaken the settlement of Nadiia in Luhansk Oblast following a 30 hour operation Atesh claimed to have destroyed a transformer cabinet on a railway line in Smolensk Oblast to disrupt the transport of military cargo toward Bryansk and Kursk Oblasts The website of Ukrainian Railways was hit by a massive cyberattack 24 March The Ukrainian military claimed to have launched missile strikes that destroyed two Russian Ka 52 and two Mi 8 helicopters at a landing site in Belgorod Oblast The landing site was struck by missile strikes including rockets fired from HIMARS Three Russian journalists working for Izvestia and Zvezda were killed in a strike on their car in the Kupiansk sector according to Izvestia The head of the Luhansk People s Republic Leonid Pasechnik and the Investigative Committee of Russia said that they were killed along with three civilians in Kreminna 25 March The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have killed 30 Russian soldiers during a precise strike in in Kursk Oblast The United States said it had brokered an agreement for Russia and Ukraine to stop military action in the Black Sea and ensure safe navigation of shipping following negotiations in Saudi Arabia Russian millbloggers claimed that Russian forces cleared the villages of Demidovka and in Belgorod Oblast The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of northeast of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast The SBU arrested a Ukrainian soldier on suspicion of providing coordinates of Ukrainian positions in Kursk Oblast for Russian intelligence 26 March Extinguishing a fire in Kharkiv after drone attack on 26 March Russia s Channel One said that one of its film crew hit a landmine in Belgorod Oblast near the Ukrainian border killing journalist Anna Prokofieva and injuring a cameraman A court in Rostov on Don convicted 23 members of the Azov Brigade including 11 in absentia of terrorism charges related to the war in Ukraine and sentenced them to up to 23 years imprisonment The French government announced a 2 billion euros 2 1 billion military aid package for Ukraine Including missiles for Mirage 2000 fighters MILAN anti tank missiles AMX 10 RC light tanks VAB troop carriers and Mistral missiles 27 March The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia fired 86 drones and an Iskander M ballistic missile in overnight attacks Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said that Russia had lost more than 55 000 soldiers during the fighting in Kursk with 970 soldiers surrendering to Ukrainian forces 22 200 killed and 31 800 as sanitary casualties The Ukrainian military claimed to have killed the commander of the 1st Battalion of the Russian 9th Motor Rifle Regiment in an attack on a command and observation post somewhere between Viktorovka and Uspenovka in Kursk Oblast It also claimed to have killed between 15 to 40 Russian soldiers in an airstrike on the Pogar border checkpoint in Bryansk Oblast 28 March Burning hotel restaurant complex in Dnipro after the attack Four people were killed in a Russian drone attack on Dnipro Soldiers from the Ukrainian 101st Territorial Defense Brigade planted and detonated anti tank mines beneath a high rise building in Toretsk containing Russian soldiers from an assault group Russia and Ukraine traded blame for another attack on the Sudzha gas metering station in Kursk Oblast The remains of 909 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were repatriated from Russia in exchange for those of 43 Russian personnel Russian forces claimed to have taken the town of northeast of Kupiansk 29 March Two people were killed in a Russian drone strike on Kharkiv Ukraine also accused Russia of inflicting casualties on patients being treated at a military hospital during the attack Russia claimed to have taken the villages of in Zaporizhzhia Oblast Panteleimonivka in Donetsk Oblast and in Sumy Oblast Geo located footage showed that Russian forces took the town of in Donetsk Oblast 30 March Geo located footage confirms Russian control of Veselivka in Sumy Oblast 31 March The SBU arrested three people including a Russian national on suspicion of facilitating Russian attacks on Kyiv The Moscow Metro was targeted by a suspected cyberattack involving its website displaying messages shown during the 23 March cyberattack on Ukrainian Railways Geolocated footage provided by the Russian defense ministry showed that Russian forces took the town of in Kursk Oblast Geo located footage showed that Russian forces took the town of in the Kurakhove sector of Donetsk Oblast Sweden announced a military aid package to Ukraine worth 1 6 billion its largest aid package since the full scale invasion occurred Ukrainian drones destroyed Kh 22 missiles at Shaykovka air base in Kaluga Oblast according to satellite imagery Ukrainian military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said that a drone destroyed a Tu 22M3 after it landed April 20251 April Russian installed officials in Donetsk Oblast claimed that 15 people were injured in a Ukrainian drone strike in Horlivka The SBU announced the arrest in Poland and extradition of a person accused of being a pro Russian propagandist linked to a disinformation network operated by oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk 2 April Four people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih One person was killed in a drone strike in Zaporizhzhia city Geo located footage showed that Russian forces took the town of in Donetsk Oblast and Lobkove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast 3 April Four people were killed in a Russian drone strike on Kharkiv The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of northwest of Velyka Novosilka Major General Apti Alaudinov confirmed that a commander of a Kadyrovite UAV unit callsign Amur was killed The HUR claimed responsibility for the explosion which occurred in Melitopol and destroyed a Tigr armoured car killing five Kadyrovites in total 4 April Yard in Kryvyi Rih after the attack 19 people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih A drone attack on the city later that day killed one person The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of in the Pokrovsk sector of Donetsk Oblast Oleksandr Syrskyi Commander in Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that Ukraine is deploying drones that use exceptionally long fibre optic cables with a combat range of 20 km Germany announced it would send 500 000 155 mm artillery shells to Ukraine in 2025 At the same time the Czech initiative has enough funding to supply Ukraine with artillery until September 2025 5 April Ukrainian drones attacked two factories in Russia including the only fibre optic manufacturing plant in the country located in Mordovia and an explosives manufacturer in Samara Oblast The Netherlands announced it would invest 1 1 billion in the Ukrainian domestic defence industry Geo located footage showed that Russian forces retook the town of in the Pokrovsk sector of Donetsk Oblast 6 April Destroyed building in Kyiv which housed editorial offices of Ukrainian broadcasting channels for foreign audiences One person was killed in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv Another person was killed in a drone strike in Kherson The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces captured the town of Basivka in Sumy Oblast although the claim was not confirmed by the Ukrainian Border Guard Service 7 April An Indian made electronic component was found inside a Geran 2 drone for the first time following the discovery of an Aura semiconductor inside its CRP antenna Ukrainian drones destroyed three Buk missile launchers in Kursk Oblast over 12 hours The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Katerynivka northeast of Lyman 8 April President Zelenskyy officially confirmed that the was conducting active operations in Belgorod Oblast He also announced the capture of two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in Donetsk Oblast The Russian ministry of defense announced the recapture of Guyevo in Kursk Oblast The Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced the arrest of a man from Crimea on suspicion of carrying out assassinations of soldiers and government officials as well as bomb attacks for Russian intelligence The Russian military acknowledged that due to a shortage of explosives Russian tanks are now having to use non explosive reactive armour Belgium announced it would hand over two F 16s to Ukraine this year and another two in 2026 9 April Ukrainian drones struck the Orenburg Air Base for the first time since the full scale invasion Attacks were reported on an air base in Mozdok North Ossetia and at Engels 2 air base The Russian MoD said that the attack lasted 10 hours and involved some 160 drones across multiple regions Russian air defences shot down a Russian helicopter during a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow It was believed to have been mistaken for a drone by air defences 10 April One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Zhytomyr Oblast while another was killed in a missile attack in Dnipro The commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces Colonel Vadym Sukharevsky was dismissed A Russian court sentenced Ukrainian citizen to 16 years in prison and fined 500 000 rubles 5 900 for plotting to send packages rigged with explosives targeting Russian military officials Chaly pleaded guilty to the charges 11 April A Ukrainian MiG 29 using two French AASM HAMMER bombs destroyed a company command post and a building occupied by a security unit in Kherson Oblast German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced aid that had been delivered or had been promised by the German government including 30 Patriot missiles four more IRIS T systems 15 Leopard 1 tanks 100 000 rounds of artillery ammunition and 1 100 ground radars Russian forces broke through the lines in Toretsk and advanced to the town of 12 April One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Kherson A 26 year old Ukrainian F 16 pilot Pavlo Ivanov was killed in combat in unspecified circumstances A Russian mobilised soldier Roman Ivanishin went on trial for desertion and attempted voluntary surrender after being captured by Ukrainian forces in 2023 at Stepove Donetsk Oblast and swapped for Russian POWs in early 2024 Geo located footage showed that Russian forces took the town of uk west of New York Donetsk Oblast 13 April Thirty two people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Sumy See also2025 in Russia 2025 in Ukraine Outline of the Russo Ukrainian War List of wars involving Russia List of wars involving UkraineReferencesGyori Boldizsar 1 January 2025 Russian drone attack kills 2 injures 6 damages central bank building in Kyiv The Kyiv Independent Retrieved 1 January 2025 Kateryna Hodunova 1 January 2025 Russia has lost over 38 000 troops in Kursk Oblast Syrskyi says The Kyiv Independent Retrieved 6 January 2025 Gyori Boldizsar 2 January 2025 Russian strike kills civilian in Zaporizhzhia Oblast The Kyiv Independent 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