Russia's War Against Ukraine Updates: Logistics, Mariupol, Voronezh Oblast

Combined Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment

Russian forces on April 25 conducted limited ground attacks in eastern Ukraine and continued to strike Ukrainian military and critical infrastructure facilities in northern, western, and southern Ukraine. Russian forces continued to reinforce their positions in eastern Ukraine in preparation for an offensive in the Donbas. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian troops continued to redeploy from Belarus to Russia, likely to refit and prepare for future operations in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian General Staff also reported that Russian forces continued to launch missile attacks on military and civilian targets in Ukraine, and that Russian aircraft and helicopters continued to provide close air support. The Ukrainian military also reported that it continued to conduct counterattacks in eastern Ukraine, and that it had destroyed several Russian tanks, armored vehicles, and aircraft. The Ukrainian Center for Civil-Military Cooperation reported that the Russian military had launched more than 2,000 missile and artillery strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine since the beginning of the war. The Center also reported that the Russian military had killed more than 2,000 civilians in Ukraine, including more than 100 children.

Mariupol

The Russian military continued to besiege the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on April 25, and fighting continued in the city center. The Russian military continued to launch artillery and missile strikes on the city, and Ukrainian forces continued to defend the city. The Ukrainian military reported that it had killed more than 200 Russian troops in Mariupol on April 24. The Ukrainian military also reported that it had destroyed several Russian tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery pieces. The Russian military claimed that it had captured more than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol, and that it had evacuated more than 100,000 civilians from the city. The Ukrainian government has accused the Russian military of committing war crimes in Mariupol, including indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas, the use of cluster munitions, and the targeting of civilians.

Voronezh Oblast

The Russian military continued to shell the Ukrainian village of Stanytsia Luhanska in the Voronezh Oblast on April 25. The shelling damaged several homes and killed at least one civilian. The Ukrainian military reported that it had destroyed a Russian tank and several armored vehicles in the Voronezh Oblast on April 24. The Ukrainian military also reported that it had killed several Russian troops in the oblast. The Russian military claimed that it had captured the village of Stanytsia Luhanska on April 24, but the Ukrainian military denied this claim. The shelling of Stanytsia Luhanska is part of a pattern of Russian shelling of Ukrainian villages in the Voronezh Oblast. The Russian military has been shelling Ukrainian villages in the oblast since the beginning of the war, and the shelling has killed and injured many civilians.