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Ukrainian defenders successfully repel Russian attacks near Bakhmut and Avdiivka having 20 clashes in one day:

During the day, Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled the attacks of the Russian occupiers on the Bakhmut and Avdiivka fronts. In addition, Ukrainian aircraft conducted eight strikes on the areas where Russian military manpower and equipment were concentrated.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 25 July

Details: It is reported that about 20 combat engagements took place during the day. Ukrainian aircraft conducted eight strikes on the areas where Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment were concentrated over the day.

Units of Ukraine’s Rocket Forces and Artillery struck a cluster of Russian military manpower, weapons and equipment, seven artillery systems at firing positions, two electronic warfare stations and two anti-aircraft missile systems.

On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, the operational situation has not changed significantly.

On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, the Russians maintain their military presence. They inflicted an air strike in the area of Veterynarne, Kharkiv Oblast. Over 20 settlements were bombarded from mortars and artillery, in particular: Semenivka in Chernihiv Oblast; Vilna Sloboda, Svarkove, Stepne, Basivka, Mohrytsia, Pokrovka and Oleksandrivka in Sumy Oblast, as well as Huriv Kozachok, Hraniv, Vovchansk, Bochkove and Budarky in Kharkiv Oblast.

On the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian defenders are courageously holding the line. They carried out an airstrike near Novoselivske in Luhansk Oblast. The settlements of Krasne Pershe, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kupiansk, Kyslivka and Berestove in Kharkiv Oblast came under Russian artillery and mortar attacks. --->READ MORE HERE

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Ukraine war latest: Russian troops retreat from village near Bakhmut as Ukraine advances:

Russian forces retreated from their positions in the village of Andriivka south of Bakhmut following a Ukrainian offensive around the city in Donetsk Oblast, General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces spokesperson Andrii Kovalov reported on July 25.

Ukrainian forces are conducting the counteroffensive in at least three directions in the eastern Donetsk and southern Zaporizhzhia oblasts. They are gradually advancing on the Bakhmut southern flank in Donetsk Oblast and in the Berdiansk and Melitopol directions in the south, the Institute for the Study of War reported in its latest update.

Eastern Military Command spokesperson Serhii Cherevatyi said on July 25 that Ukrainian forces effectively deployed the “entire line of armaments provided,” including the U.S.-provided cluster munitions, in the Bakhmut sector. Russian troops have been “semi-encircled” in Bakhmut, Land Forces Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said back on July 20.

Ukrainian troops have also just gained a new position in the Berdiansk direction, near the village of Staromaiorske in Donetsk Oblast, according to the General Staff.

Despite achieving some partial gains since its start in early June, Ukraine's counteroffensive progress has been slower than anticipated, as noted by both Western observers and Ukrainian officials.

Meanwhile, Russian troops attempted assaults in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Adviivka, and Marinka directions with airstrikes and shelling, the General Staff reported in its evening update on July 25. --->READ MORE HERE