Ukraine Repels 230 Russian Assaults as Moscow Fires 9,846 Drones and 275 Guided Bombs
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Updated · Ukrinform · Jul 25
Ukraine Repels 230 Russian Assaults as Moscow Fires 9,846 Drones and 275 Guided Bombs
3 articles · Updated · Ukrinform · Jul 25
Summary
Pokrovsk saw the fiercest fighting, with Ukrainian forces repelling 37 Russian assaults in a day when the General Staff counted 230 attacks across the front.
Russia also launched 2 missile strikes with 5 missiles, 85 airstrikes, 275 guided bombs, 9,846 kamikaze drones and 3,438 shelling attacks, including 48 MLRS strikes.
Beyond Pokrovsk, the heaviest pressure fell on Sloviansk with 23 assaults, Kostiantynivka with 21 and Lyman with 16, while Huliaipole faced 13 and Southern Slobozhanshchyna 10.
Ukrainian missile forces and artillery struck 7 UAV command posts, 6 Russian command posts and 5 troop concentration areas as air defenses separately reported downing 1 missile and 127 drones.
Kyiv said Russian losses since the full-scale invasion reached about 1,437,550 troops, including 1,330 in the past 24 hours, while no offensive groupings were detected in Volyn and Polissia.
With Russia deploying nearly 10,000 kamikaze drones daily, how is Ukraine's deep-strike strategy disrupting this massive remote-warfare supply chain?
As Russian casualties reportedly surpass 1.4 million in 2026, can sustained attritional warfare realistically force a strategic collapse on either side?
Beyond frontline devastation, how are Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian energy and logistics fundamentally reshaping the war's economic battlefield?