Situation Reports Part 3 - 2025-10-24
The Tsentr Group’s 240-mm 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar crew destroyed a fortified UAV command post of the AFU in Krasnoarmeysk direction.
🎯 Fire control and adjustment were carried out in real time with the help of the Group’s UAV operators.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
💬 Assault detachment servicemen of the Vostok Group of Forces with call signs ‘Goryn’, ‘Oryolik’, and ‘Tikhiy’ told about the liberation of Poltavka in Zaporozhye region.
‘We came from different directions, encircled the enemy. The enemy used mortars, UAVs, and did not allow us to approach. But we operated covertly, we hid, we didn’t show our presence. We thoroughly inspected the area around each house, where the enemy could be, and then neutralised him,’ ‘Goryn’ said.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 23 October 2025
🪖 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
📍 Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of four mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade close to Varachino, Iskriskovshchina, Kondratovka, Korchakovka, and Leninskoye (Sumy region).
💥 In Kharkov direction, units of one mechanised brigade and one assault regiment of the AFU have been hit near Volchansk and Dergachi (Kharkov region).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 195 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 15 motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer, one electronic warfare station, and four materiel depots.
📍 Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on six mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one national guard brigade close to Velikaya Shapkovka, Kupyansk, Kurilovka, Senkovo (Kharkov region), Drobyshevo, and Yampol (Donetsk People’s Republic).
▪️ The enemy losses amounted to more than 230 troops, 16 motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. Six electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots were destroyed.
📍 Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Group’s units hit the formations of three mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Dronovka, Ivanopolye, Pazeno, Seversk, and Fedorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 145 troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, two Western-made 155-mm artillery guns, one electronic warfare station, and one materiel depot.
📍 Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Three mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one assault brigade, two air assault brigades, four assault regiments of the AFU, two marine brigades, and two national guard brigades were hit near Belitskoye, Grishino, Dimitrov, Zolotoy Kolodez, and Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 535 troops, one tank, four NATO-made armoured fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, and one artillery gun.
👉 See Part 2
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 23 October 2025
Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)
↗️ The Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of the enemy’s defences. Two mechanised brigades, two assault regiments of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade were defeated near Alekseyevka, Yegorovka, Orestopol (Dnepropetrovsk region), Vishnevoye, and Uspenovka (Zaporozhye region).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 390 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 10 motor vehicles, and two counter-fire radars.
💥 The Dnepr Group’s units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Novoandreyevka, Primorskoye, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka, and Belozerka (Kherson region).
▪️ More than 85 servicemen, one armoured fighting vehicle, 15 motor vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, and two materiel depots have been neutralised.
✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on power facilities that ensured operation of the Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, assembly workshops, depots and launch sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, POL depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 152 areas.
🎯 Air defence systems shot down three guided aerial bombs and 293 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
▫️ 668 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 91,983 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 633 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 25,630 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,605 MLRS combat vehicles,
▫️ 30,725 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 44,642 support military vehicles.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
🪖 Mortar crew leader Aleksandr Chuprov tells about the combat mission: our infantry laid under the fire of two large-calibre machine guns of the enemy, the movement was stopped, and then Russian mortars began acting.
‘We were on combat duty, we had the task of engaging two large-calibre machine guns of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They didn’t let our guys to get up. We went to the point, neutralised two machine gunners, left, and our infantry was able to move forward,’ the serviceman said.
💥 Aleksandr also shared, that in another direction his crew hit the enemy infantry in open terrain, launching about 160 mines automatically. The crew leader was awarded with state awards.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
💥 A Tornado-S MLRS of the Vostok Group of Forces delivered a strike at the enemy’s stronghold in Dnepropetrovsk region.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
📱 Military signal units of the Tsentr Group of Forces provide command of forward units with reliable communication in Krasnoarmeysk direction.
⏩ For searching and restoring underground fiber optic lines, specialists use the latest Almaz-Sensor system. Also, servicemen set up broadband radio communication lines by attaching antennas to towers and buildings.
‘We operate day and night with riflemen, EOD specialists, and engineers. There are always a UAV threat and minefields,’ notes the signalman officer Dmitry.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
💥 Artillery crew of Msta-S self-propelled artillery system of the Zapad Group’s Tarnopol Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment wiped out an AFU stronghold in Svatovo-Kupyansk direction.
💬 The battalion commander with the call sign ‘Shaman’ spoke about the carrying out of the task:
‘This crew hit very important targets. We have deprived the enemy of a very large number of ammunition. We helped a lot Russian assault detachments. They moved forward without meeting any obstacles, because we had hit all the strongholds in advance’.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
🎯 Russian drones continue to destroy detected targets
00:00 The Sever Group’s fibre optic FPV drones eliminated infantry groups of the AFU in Kharkov region.
00:06 Attack UAV operators of the Tsentr Group’s special operations forces formation hit enemy manpower and hardware at night in Krasnoarmeysk direction.
00:30 UAV pilots of the 9th Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade (Tsentr Group of Forces) eliminated heavy UAVs of AFU formations in Krasnoarmeysk direction.
00:38 Vostok Group’s attack UAV operators shot down AFU high-altitude fixed-wing UAVs in Dnepropetrovsk region.
00:54 The Yug Group’s FPV drones destroyed one U.S.-made Stryker armoured personnel carrier and one AFU pickup truck near Konstantinovka.
01:13 Fibre optic FPV drones of the Zapad Group of Forces burned down an AFU tank near Kupyansk in Kharkov region.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
#DailyFigure
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
On 23 October, Russian Su-30 fighter jets carried out scheduled training flights over Kaliningrad region.
The flights took place in strict compliance with the rules on the use of air space over the territory of the Russian Federation. The aircraft neither deviated from the flight route, nor violated the borders of other countries, as was confirmed by objective control means.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
📆 Top News Today
▫️ Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on power facilities that ensured operation of the Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, assembly workshops, depots and launch sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, POL depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 152 areas.
▫️ On 23 October, Russian Su-30 fighter jets carried out scheduled training flights over Kaliningrad region. The flights took place in strict compliance with the rules on the use of air space over the territory of the Russian Federation. The aircraft neither deviated from the flight route, nor violated the borders of other countries, as was confirmed by objective control means.
▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows the footage of a 2S4 Tyulpan, a Tornado-S MLRS, and UAV operators in action.
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🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:06 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: MoD Russia
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Yehorivka
🕰 Date: ~22.10.2025
📌 Coordinates: 47.866227,36.288138
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Footage of Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Yehorivka.
✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/17359
Map: militarysummary.com
Boost The Channel
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:26 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Military Summary
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Pokrovsk
🕰 Date: ~23.10.2025
📌 Coordinates: 48.2967, 37.2041
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian strikes on the temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Pokrovsk.
✉️source: https://t.me/motopatriot78/43573
Map: militarysummary.com
Boost The Channel
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:26 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Military Summary
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Raihorodok
🕰 Date: ~23.10.2025
📌 Coordinates: 48.918105529571896, 37.745034235911625
👩🚀 Squad: #25Army
📝 Description: Russian MLRS strike on the Ukrainian Pontoon crossing over Severski Donets in Raihorodok.
✉️source: https://t.me/operationall_space/7220
Map: militarysummary.com
Boost The Channel
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:26 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Military Summary
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Pryvokzalne
🕰 Date: ~23.10.2025
📌 Coordinates: 51.1922569,33.1666760
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian Geran strike a Ukrainian electrical substation in Pryvokzalne.
✉️source: https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side/26366
Map: militarysummary.com
Boost The Channel
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:36:26 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Military Summary
Trump is trying to bury his head in the sand like an ostrich.
Trump’s denial was rather half-hearted and even disingenuous.
He’s saying the missiles aren’t ours and Ukraine can use them wherever it wants. And what about the satellites, the reconnaissance, the targeting information—are those Zelenskyy’s own, too? Or is all of that something separate from NATO, not American? Or is the US no longer part of the alliance?
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
Now let Zelensky HIT Russia with Tomahawks — Finnish PM Petteri Orpo
‘Ukraine must be armed to match—or beat—Russia’
‘Putin only responds to strength’, he warns
Sure, because weapons solve everything, right?
Source: Politico.
RT News
The world is full of idiots.
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
Trump stated his support for nuclear de-escalation.
He said Putin mentioned it in a phone conversation. The American president considers it “good and appropriate.”
🟩 RT in Russian
Putin mentioned nuclear de-escalation in the sense that it could only be discussed after a full normalization of relations between the West and Russia. And now, when the West, including the United States, is rapidly rearming with the goal of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, only Russia’s nuclear weapons are deterring Russia’s enemies from a preemptive, disarming strike against it. Trump can play dumb all he wants, but he won’t fool Putin.
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
Dmitry Medvedev on Trump’s war against Russia: Trump’s cancellation of the Budapest summit.
New sanctions against our country by the United States.
What else? Will there be new weapons, besides the notorious Tomahawks?
If any of the numerous commentators still had any illusions, cast them aside. The United States is our adversary, and their talkative “peacemaker” has now fully embarked on the warpath against Russia. Yes, he doesn’t always actively fight on the side of Bandera’s Kiev, but this is his conflict now, not the senile Biden’s! They will, of course, say he couldn’t help but be pressured in Congress, etc. This doesn’t change the main point: the decisions taken are an act of war against Russia. And now Trump has fully aligned himself with insane Europe.
But there is a clear advantage for Russia in this latest swing of the Trump pendulum: we can strike all Bandera targets with a wide variety of weapons without regard for unnecessary negotiations. And achieve victory precisely where it’s possible: on the ground, not behind a desk. By destroying enemies, not by making meaningless “deals.”
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
Well, Zelensky is glad that Trump has embarked on the warpath with Russia. Zelensky, Ukraine’s national criminal, cannot help but understand that Ukraine will become the battlefield between the US and Russia, and that means its complete destruction.
Zelensky, on the idea that after new sanctions against Russia, Trump will send long-range missiles to Ukraine:
And this decision on the 19th sanctions package is crucial for us. Thank you very much. And today, it aligns with President Trump’s decisions yesterday on energy, as well as with the sanctions package. We’ve been waiting for this. God willing, may it work. A ceasefire is certainly possible. And I think we all need a ceasefire. But we need to increase pressure on Russia to achieve a ceasefire.
This is a very important decision, but it was unbelievable. Now we see decisions on these energy sanctions, which are very important. And that’s why I think that in the long term we will see the same decision on long-range weapons in the future, but it depends on the American side, on them.
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
‘Hungary says NO to war!’ — today is the Budapest Peace March
Hungary’s PM sent a clear message — Budapest won’t send its children to the slaughterhouse
‘We will not die for Ukraine’ — Viktor Orban
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
Zelensky has already defeated Russia. He’s demanding reparations.
Zelensky demanded that frozen Russian assets be used to purchase weapons for Ukraine:
The proposed mechanism for frozen Russian assets is completely legal and fair. It is based on the idea of future reparations and holding the aggressor accountable for the damage caused. It’s important to understand: you have significant resources that can support Ukraine’s resilience and simultaneously contribute to your own development.
We plan to allocate a significant portion of these funds to purchasing European weapons. This is of great importance to me—this money can help both us and you. It can be used right now to strengthen our defenses: bolstering Ukraine’s air defenses, air force, and forward positions.
“POOL N3”
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
The Russian-American summit is likely being postponed, Putin told reporters, commenting on Trump’s statements.
Approaching the Budapest summit without preparation would be a mistake, Putin said.
He emphasized that the time and location of the meeting were proposed by the American side. New Western sanctions will not have a significant impact on the Russian economy.
The day before, the US imposed sanctions against Lukoil and Rosneft, and today the EU published the 19th package of anti-Russian sanctions. The new US sanctions are damaging bilateral relations, Putin emphasized.
The US is trying to put pressure on Russia with new sanctions, but no self-respecting country does anything under pressure. Russia has always supported continued dialogue, Putin said, commenting on Trump’s remarks about the Budapest summit.
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
Putin - about reports of long-range weapons strikes deep into Russia: “This is an attempt at escalation. In this case, the response will be very serious and overwhelming.”
In fact, it’s time for Russia to act proactively rather than in response.
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
Putin recalled that Trump imposed the largest number of sanctions against Russia during his first term.
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
Putin on the EU banning toilet imports from Russia: “They shouldn’t have done that. They’ll need toilets if they continue the same policy toward Russia as they have now.”
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
The latest development from St. Petersburg-based mobile air defense system manufacturers: two twin PKT machine guns + a turret + AI-guided targeting – Ukrainian Armed Forces drones destroyed over the Black Sea.
Mash
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
🤡 Zelenskyy claimed he canceled the Budapest meeting after meeting with Trump:
— ‘We have sanctions on Russian energy’
— ‘We don’t have a meeting in Hungary without Ukraine’
— ‘We don’t have Tomahawks yet’
‘I think not bad,’ he concludes, while reporters laugh politely.
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
Lithuania claims Russian jet ‘violated airspace this evening’
Prez Nauseda says it’s a ‘CRUEL violation of intl. law’
They say 2 Russian military aircraft entered their airspace for 18 SECONDS.
Looks like they need toilets already...
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
Putin-Trump Budapest meeting ‘NOT completely off the table’ — White House
‘We want to make sure there’s a tangible, positive outcome out of that meeting’. White House: Donald Trump wants to see actions from Russia, not just talk.
RT News.
It’s hard to disagree. It’s high time Putin started acting.
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
Will Trump bomb Venezuela today?
⚡️ Several US bombers entered Venezuelan airspace.
Donald Trumprump is scheduled to make an important announcement at 10:00 PM Moscow time.
Posted: 2025-10-23T16:40:12 - Sources: A Skeptic - Forwarded From: Victor vicktop55
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