Updates and events in the War in Ukraine 2025

[beautifulthailand99]

5 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Now here's an update that deserves a post.

 

Footage of the complete destruction of a large column of russians 🔥🐝

On April 13, the enemy sent about twenty vehicles, five motorcycle groups, and several hundred infantry to storm Pryvillyne and Novosilka.

According to DeepState, the assault was planned for April 14, but they launched it yesterday—and some general showed up to command it. He opened with an intense artillery barrage on our rear, then, in classic Soviet fashion, sent his vehicles charging straight in.

As a result, the entire column was utterly destroyed by pilots of the Bulava unit from the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Presidential Brigade and their comrades from the 31st Brigade ❤️‍🔥

In total, our warriors destroyed 20 enemy vehicles (three tanks, BMPs, and an MT-LB packed with two hundred infantry) and about twenty motorcycles 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Without your help, repelling this assault would have been extremely difficult. Every one of your donations played a part in this battle.

We appeal to you to continue supporting BULAVA—one of the most effective units we work with—so that these guys can keep burning russian 🐽

 

I steer well clear of any videos that glorify the death of soldiers—on either side of this terrible war—especially those set to music as if death were a spectacle. War is not a show. Every life lost is a tragedy, not a triumph. As Wilfred Owen wrote, “The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”—it is not sweet or fitting to die for one's country; it is heartbreaking.

 

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

I steer well clear of any videos that glorify the death of soldiers—on either side of this terrible war—especially those set to music as if death were a spectacle. War is not a show. Every life lost is a tragedy, not a triumph. As Wilfred Owen wrote, “The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”—it is not sweet or fitting to die for one's country; it is heartbreaking.

 

The topic is not about what you post

[MicroB]

7 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Did you miss all the other home goals from Russia? Its previous helicopters shot down as well as multiple fighter jets? 

 

 

Friendly fire/ Blue on Blue/ Fraticide are a feature of warfare since time immemorial. This war is more complicated that others since both sides are fielding both the same equipment, but also using unfamiliar equipment

 

https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/blogs/building-an-inclusive-and-growth-led-economy-and-society/ukraine-war-us-issues-nato-weapons-playing-cards-to-help-ukraine-avoid-friendly-fire

 

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-5

 

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Former Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Security Minister and current DNR military commander Aleksandr Khodakovsky claimed on November 5 that Russian friendly fire may have caused up to 60% of total Russian losses since the end of Russian offensive operations in Mariupol in mid-May.[14] Even if this statistic is exaggerated, the fact that a Russian commander is publicly speculating on such a damning indicator of Russian and proxy competency indicates the deep challenges Russian forces face. Friendly fire typically does account for a limited number of losses in war but ordinarily nowhere near 60% of total casualties, which demonstrates a lack of communication and command and control coordination between Russian forces.

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, MicroB said:

 

 

Friendly fire/ Blue on Blue/ Fraticide are a feature of warfare since time immemorial. This war is more complicated that others since both sides are fielding both the same equipment, but also using unfamiliar equipment

 

https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/blogs/building-an-inclusive-and-growth-led-economy-and-society/ukraine-war-us-issues-nato-weapons-playing-cards-to-help-ukraine-avoid-friendly-fire

 

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-5

 

 

 

Well yes, obviously, that's what my post was about responding to a member who obviously was unaware

[bannork]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/video/russian-journalists-jailed/vi-AA1CYZaW?ocid=socialshare

Trial of four journalists in Russia. The authorities still afraid of Navalny's name.

[MicroB]

On 4/15/2025 at 7:15 AM, zmisha said:

Recently, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that he doesn't care what Europe thinks because it will do whatever it's told from overseas.

 

If Lavrov really believes that, the man is a fool. But he's not a fool, and is content to spout propaganda.

[problemfarang]

I talked with a mother today who lost her daughter because of a russian missile.

ukraine people hate russians. 

i cannot wait our next duty.. i promise 'something' to the lady and i cannot wait to keep my promise..

she was really.. sad.. cannot forget her face and eyes.. 

[problemfarang]

finally im not the oldest in my squad. 

one of my soldiers is 48. im 45 ehhe the rest of them are 28 up

[Jingthing]

23 hours ago, Hakuna Matata said:

Colonel Douglas Macgregor: Zelensky Must Be Removed Before He Destroys Ukraine (clip 29.03.2025)

 

 

Douglas Macgregor is a vile pro Putin propagandist.

[kwonitoy]

 

[kwonitoy]

 

[Hellfire]

2 hours ago, problemfarang said:

I talked with a mother today who lost her daughter because of a russian missile.

ukraine people hate russians. 

i cannot wait our next duty.. i promise 'something' to the lady and i cannot wait to keep my promise..

she was really.. sad.. cannot forget her face and eyes.. 

I wish I could shake your hand in person—it would truly be an honor.

[bannork]

Ukrainian partisans have disrupted the railway logistics of Russian forces in the temporarily occupied city of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, according to the Telegram channel of the partisan movement Atesh.

Agents successfully carried out a sabotage operation in occupied Melitopol, destroying a relay cabinet, which delivered a serious blow to the railway control system used by Russia. This precision strike significantly disrupted enemy logistics, affecting their combat readiness.

Melitopol is a key transport hub used by Russian forces to move ammunition, fuel, and military equipment to combat operations in the Robotyne and Kamianske areas.

Other news:

Partisans attacked a railway line near the Russian city of Kemerovo, delaying the delivery of ammunition to a local military facility whilst Atesh agents destroyed a Lorandit electronic warfare system in the Kherson region.

Ukrainian partisans disrupt key Russian supply routes in Melitopol

[problemfarang]

48 minutes ago, Hellfire said:

I wish I could shake your hand in person—it would truly be an honor.

 

thank you sir

there are many heros here.. doing the right thing. more than me

[problemfarang]

well we know where we are going now.  cannot say at the moment. im leading 25 men this time. great men. multi national again. just want to say we have chechen too. 

glory to 3rd assault brigade 2nd foreigner storm group

 

i hope allah will be with us in my 4th duty since legendary bahmut defence and give us the power to deal with my enemy. i hope allah will help us to protect people of ukraine.. i hope i can lead my team to victory in all of our missions.. may allah make my sword sharper than russians. 

 

now all squads are doing their praying and so on. we wont have time for that later. we are going to our new position in 2 hrs. 

 

SLAVA UKRAINI... SLAVA DEMOCRACY!

[rice555]

19 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Did you miss all the other home goals from Russia? Its previous helicopters shot down as well as multiple fighter jets? 

I kind of like the blame RU got for 2 S-300's that landed in Poland, 1 hitting a tractor and

killing a farmer. The Ukraine's missed the RU aircraft.

There's been friendly fire on both sides. 

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, rice555 said:

I kind of like the blame RU got for 2 S-300's that landed in Poland, 1 hitting a tractor and

killing a farmer. The Ukraine's missed the RU aircraft.

There's been friendly fire on both sides. 

It certainly does sound like your entertained by it. Thanks

[zmisha]

On 4/16/2025 at 7:12 AM, Bkk Brian said:

 

As a result, the entire column was utterly destroyed by pilots of the Bulava unit from the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Presidential Brigade and their comrades from the 31st Brigade ❤️‍🔥

In total, our warriors destroyed 20 enemy vehicles (three tanks, BMPs, and an MT-LB packed with two hundred infantry) and about twenty motorcycles 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Sad news for Z guys.
Looks like Novosilka will not be denazified by May 9. 

[sharot724]

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/04/16/7507887/

 

https://global.espreso.tv/world-news-britain-will-back-germanys-decision-to-send-taurus-missiles-to-ukraine-the-telegraph

 

Supporting this.

[kwonitoy]

 

[Mavideol]

we all suspected China's involvement in Ukraine was real even if the Chinese kept/keep denying it, it's a normal way for them to deflect the truth is to accuse somebody else of lying, that's what they did when Zelensky showed them the solders they captured, they claimed in the China news Weibo that the photos were fake and had nothing to do with them being in Ukraine, they said the photos were taken some time ago when China and Russia had military drills together, and the Chinese people are believing it, now I am really looking forward to see what proof does Zelensky has to support his accusations that China send artillery and gunpowder, etc., to help Russia in the war with Ukraine, I knew/suspected that Russia could not keep going with their daily bombings without China's and North Korea help, the report is from South China News outlet

Ukraine has evidence of China supplying Russia with weapons, Zelensky says

 

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/ukraine-has-evidence-of-china-supplying-russia-with-weapons-zelensky-says/ar-AA1D7vk2?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=99ab087b576e42dab6b00b39d5f6343b&ei=18

Zelenskyy says he has information that China is supplying weapons to Russia

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/zelenskyy-says-he-has-information-that-china-is-supplying-weapons-to-russia/ar-AA1D7SaL?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=812e190a9b02420dbfd4ef75077c4f92&ei=39

 

[bannork]

The man who consistently claimed he could stop the war within 24 hours of coming to power.

PARIS (Reuters) - The United States will stop trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday.

Rubio, speaking in Paris after meeting European and Ukrainian leaders, said that President Donald Trump was still interested in a deal but had many other priorities around the world and was willing to move on unless there are signs of progress.

US ready to abandon efforts to broker Russia-Ukraine peace deal, Rubio says

[bannork]

A cyberattack of unprecedented scale has rocked the Kremlin. The international hacker collective Anonymous says it launched the operation and calls it one of their largest ever. According to reports, 10 terabytes of highly sensitive data have been exposed in the breach.

Anonymous posted a statement on X: “To defend Ukraine, Anonymous has leaked 10TB of data on all companies operating in Russia, Kremlin assets in the West, pro-Russian officials, Donald Trump, and more.”

The leaked data reportedly includes information on Kremlin financial assets, foreign business links, and connections to former U.S. President Donald Trump.

This latest leak is being described as one of the biggest cyberattacks of the Russia-Ukraine war, with the potential for global political fallout.

Massive Cyberattack Hits Putin’s Presidential Palace

[bannork]

Russia violated its energy ceasefire with Ukraine more than 30 times since both nations agreed to the deal according to comments made by a spokesperson from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on April 16th. 

Tykhyi was speaking at a briefing and revealed that in the 24 hours Russia had violated the energy infrastructure ceasefire three times, damaging transformers in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions. 

However, despite the 30-day ceasefire deal going into effect, Russia launched several attacks that hit energy infrastructure in the weeks that followed, including attacks on the Kharkiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions.

Russia violated its ceasefire with Ukraine 30 times in less than a month

[MicroB]

Russian ethnic cleansing of Mariupal

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-ca98fa24-29a3-4c74-aa7d-ce38f756270d

 

This sounds very much like Generalplan Ost; how Germany "Germanized" Eastern Europe, through the seizure of property, and reassigning homes to Germans.

 

I really hope someone, somewhere, is working out and identifying the functionaries responsible for the development and implementation of this policy. Like Adolf Eichmann and others, they might think of themselves as mere civil servants, but they are war criminals, party to a crime.

[MicroB]

Benjamin Rich, aka Bald and Bankrupt, finds himself under missile attaqck in Sumy, on Palm Sunday. I don't endorse his channel, as he seems a dodgy individual, but its interesting to hear ordinary Ukrainian people who don't mind speaking in Russian to an Englishman.

 

 

 

[Gweiloman]

18 hours ago, Mavideol said:

we all suspected China's involvement in Ukraine was real even if the Chinese kept/keep denying it, it's a normal way for them to deflect the truth is to accuse somebody else of lying, that's what they did when Zelensky showed them the solders they captured, they claimed in the China news Weibo that the photos were fake and had nothing to do with them being in Ukraine, they said the photos were taken some time ago when China and Russia had military drills together, and the Chinese people are believing it, now I am really looking forward to see what proof does Zelensky has to support his accusations that China send artillery and gunpowder, etc., to help Russia in the war with Ukraine, I knew/suspected that Russia could not keep going with their daily bombings without China's and North Korea help, the report is from South China News outlet

Ukraine has evidence of China supplying Russia with weapons, Zelensky says

 

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/ukraine-has-evidence-of-china-supplying-russia-with-weapons-zelensky-says/ar-AA1D7vk2?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=99ab087b576e42dab6b00b39d5f6343b&ei=18

Zelenskyy says he has information that China is supplying weapons to Russia

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/zelenskyy-says-he-has-information-that-china-is-supplying-weapons-to-russia/ar-AA1D7SaL?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=812e190a9b02420dbfd4ef75077c4f92&ei=39

 

Let’s see what is the evidence that he claims to have.

 

Don’t forget, he also once claimed 40,000 casualties. Maybe he missed out a zero somewhere.