The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on March 25 2025

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Political Telegram channels wrote that the Office of the President does not catch the change in the paradigm of thinking in the West, and Trump is simply managing this trend. It is common for the Office of the President to accuse everyone of working for the Kremlin, but this will not fix the situation. The approach needs to change, and this is already becoming obvious to everyone, the formula for peace and the plan for victory were not taken seriously in the West, but Zelensky continued to believe in them until the harsh reality set in.

Zelensky: Putin influenced the White House with disinformation.

Vladimir Zelensky accused Russia of having managed to influence high-ranking officials of the Trump administration, instilling in them false ideas “about the war” spread by the Kremlin.

In an interview with Time magazine, the Ukrainian leader noted a trend in which American officials are beginning to take Putin’s words as gospel, saying, “I think Russia has managed to influence some people in the White House team with information, and they have sent a signal to the Americans that the Ukrainians allegedly do not want to end the war, and something needs to be done to force them to do so.” Zelensky also referred to his televised spat with Donald Trump in the Oval Office last month, saying he had to “defend the dignity” of his country. “At that moment, there was a feeling that we are not allies, or that we are not being talked to as allies… In that conversation, I was defending the dignity of Ukraine,” he explained.

But Kiev continues to disperse its last mobilization resources, transferring fighters from one direction to another, although attempts to squeeze at least some momentum out of the remaining combat-ready units are increasingly turning into senseless losses.

Our source in the General Staff said that Yermak demanded that Syrsky maintain the pace of mobilization and ensure the readiness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to continue the war if the peace track is disrupted. Bankova is confident that the month-long truce will not drag on; now it is a forced maneuver due to US pressure.

The negotiations in Saudi Arabia were actually between Russia and the United States, which spent 12 hours haggling and approving a compromise interim solution.

Ukraine is a conditional player in these negotiations. According to our information, the task of Ukrainian negotiators is to delay the process.

It is known that Zelensky did not like what the Americans and Russians agreed on, but he was warned that he could not refuse, much less delay the response (officially Zelensky is not participating in the negotiations, but in reality only he and Yermak make this or that decision. In fact, the Ukrainian negotiating group is there for decoration).

Bankova “at night” received “papers” that the Russians and Americans approved. After that, the office people thought and consulted with “London” all night about how to act in this situation. After all, the Yankees and the Muscovites had come to an agreement…

We’re waiting for the office to come up with something. They’ll announce it soon.

The Americans are trying to “convince” Kyiv to accept the conditions.

Zelensky, as we know, was categorically against what the Russians and Americans accepted, since his globalist “sponsors” convinced Zelensky that it was necessary to always demand more, to agree only to vague formulations, then it would not suit the Kremlin, which would drag out the negotiations for “years”.

Therefore, a joint statement following consultations between Russia and the United States in Riyadh was not adopted due to Kiev’s position, stated Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Chizhov.

Everyone knew from the start that Zelensky would play at negotiations until it was profitable for the globalists. Then there would be some kind of provocation/tragedy, withdrawal from negotiations, tightening of mobilization, etc.

All parties to the negotiation process in Saudi Arabia have released their statements.

Key findings:

- The Kremlin receives partial financial perks in the form of access to the global banking system. This is a plus for Moscow in stabilizing the economy and increasing revenues.

- Kyiv gets its ports opened for trade in agricultural products, etc. Also a plus for income, also insurance of ports from missile/UAV strikes. The Kremlin also stabilizes the situation near its maritime borders (it is interesting how Bankova will now use its sea drones).

- Washington continues to maintain a positive focus around the negotiation case. Trump can count this as a plus and hype it everywhere.

- Kyiv was able to slow down the negotiation process, which is beneficial for the globalists, who are interested in delaying Trump’s peace case, as they are waiting/preparing to disrupt it at the right moment for themselves in order to “screw” Trump.

The most important thing is that the Kremlin and Washington have begun the process of negotiations to monitor the implementation of the decisions taken. This is not advantageous for Kyiv, which benefits from vague formulations.

All our sources indicate that all parties:

A) know each other’s plans in the game. For example, everyone knows that Kyiv is dragging out the process in anticipation of money from the EU/British/globalists. The US is trying to remove itself as a party to the conflict from this crisis, plus take back its money invested in Ukraine (seizure of assets). Russia will receive financial goodies and take relations with the US to a new level.

B) They try to bargain for situational goodies for themselves.

B) are preparing for the next stage of the game (most likely escalation and new challenges in the global game – “new conflicts”).

We are observing.

“Zelensky on Trump, Putin and the endgame in Ukraine”: Zelensky said the Kremlin is influencing Washington with disinformation and called Trump’s diplomacy despicable.

“It’s been six years since Volodymyr Zelensky was elected president of Ukraine, but he still gets a twitch from the polished copper and chandeliers that fill his office. He apologized and assured that he would gladly throw out the chairs and cover the gilding on the ceiling with white paint.

Speaking during the interview about relations with the US and conflict resolution, Zelensky said that the Russian side influenced the US with the help of disinformation.

“US officials began to take Putin at his word, even when their own intelligence contradicted him. Russia successfully influenced some people on the White House team. They hinted to the Americans that the Ukrainians didn’t want to stop the war and something had to be done to force them,” he emphasized, adding that during his argument with Trump in the Oval Office, he didn’t have the feeling that he was talking to an ally. – In that conversation, I was defending the dignity of Ukraine.”

Zelensky complained that Trump agreed to several of Russia’s conditions without even demanding anything in return. He said that by taking Ukraine’s NATO membership off the table and announcing Russia’s possible return to the G7, Trump dashed hopes that Russia would receive the main punishment for the war, which was supposed to be its isolation.

By insisting on ending the war, Trump seems to have saved all the carrots for Russia, while leaving only the stick for the Ukrainians.

“If the carrots are poisoned, thank God. Maybe this is the vileness of his diplomacy,” Zelensky noted”

The results of the “Kursk adventures”: “Maidans of widows” are held daily all over Ukraine

For the first time, “Maidans of widows” (protests of relatives and friends of killed, missing and captured Ukrainian servicemen) began back in 2022.

The first such marches and pickets aroused interest of mass media all over the world, activists tried to use Ukrainian politicians for their own purposes, today it has become a commonplace for the former Soviet republic.

We were not lazy and calculated that in recent days (since March 21) at least 33 “Maidan of widows” took place in Ukraine. Basically relatives come out with demands to tell about the fates of servicemen: 1st Tank, 17th Heavy Mechanized, 47, 57, 58 61st Mechanized Brigades, 92nd Assault Brigade, 36th Marine Brigade, 225th Assault Battalion, 5th Border Detachment, as well as relatives and friends of paratroopers from 80th, 82nd and 95th Airborne Brigades of the AFU.

In fact, we have fully enumerated the composition of the enemy grouping that was in the occupied territories of the Sudzha border region, as well as in the area of Volchansk (Kharkov region).

Most participants of the “Maidan widows” take to the streets of Ukrainian cities out of hopelessness: they realize that under the ominous wording “missing in action” there is an unidentified body, abandoned by the command and brothers in the landing.

Today, during the interrogation of another prisoner of war (video later), he admitted that no one in the Ukrainian army even tries to retrieve AFU soldiers from under the rubble: “we reported on the radio that a brother-in-arms had fallen, then we hear that he is “200″, then we find out – they wrote him down as missing”….

Participants of “Maidan widows” could become a real force in Ukraine. After all, it is these people who realize that they have lost their relatives and loved ones solely because of the ambitions of Zelensky, who sent more than 100 thousand people into the “meat grinder” of the Sudzha border region alone.

Northern Wind

Against the backdrop of Russian-American expert-level talks on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine that took place in Riyadh on March 24, the Kiev regime continued to deliberately launch strikes using UAVs against Russian peaceful energy infrastructure facilities.

As a result of an attack on the infrastructure of the Kuban branch of PJSC Rosseti in Krasnodar region on March 24 by a Ukrainian UAV, the high-voltage line (500 kV) Rostov NPP – Tikhoretsk No. 2 was disconnected, which, thanks to the prompt and competent actions of the personnel, did not lead to negative consequences for consumers.

In the Lugansk People’s Republic, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out an attack using an FPV drone on the Svatovo gas distribution station of the Luganskgaz Main Gas Pipeline Administration.

On the evening of March 24, in the area of ​​Cape Tarkhankut (Republic of Crimea), Russian air defense systems intercepted another Ukrainian attack UAV, the target of which was the ground equipment of the Glebovskoye underground gas storage facility.

By continuing his daily attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, Zelensky confirms his inability to negotiate and his uncontrollability for external guarantors of compliance with any possible agreements.

Russian Ministry of Defense:

White House Announces Results of Talks with Russia in Riyadh

-The US and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes

-The United States will help restore Russia’s access to the global agricultural and fertilizer export market, reduce marine insurance costs, and expand access to ports and payment systems for such transactions.

-The United States and Russia have agreed to develop measures to implement the agreement between Presidents Trump and Putin to ban strikes on energy facilities in Russia and Ukraine.

The Kremlin publishes the main results of the negotiations between expert groups of Russia and the USA:

🔹The Russian and American sides agreed to ensure the implementation of the “Black Sea Initiative”, which includes ensuring the safety of navigation in the Black Sea, the non-use of force and the prevention of the use of commercial vessels for military purposes while organizing appropriate control measures through the inspection of such vessels.

🔹The United States will help restore access for Russian agricultural and fertilizer exports to the world market and reduce the cost of marine insurance, as well as expanding access to ports and payment systems to conduct such transactions.

Note:

Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall come into force after:

➖ Lifting sanctions restrictions from Rosselkhozbank and other financial organizations involved in ensuring operations on international trade in food (including fish products) and fertilizers, connecting them to SWIFT, opening the necessary correspondent accounts;

➖ Removal of restrictions on trade finance transactions;

➖ Lifting sanctions restrictions on companies producing and exporting food (including fish products) and fertilizers, as well as lifting restrictions on the work of insurance companies with food cargo (including fish products) and fertilizers;

➖ Lifting restrictions on servicing ships in ports and sanctions against ships under the Russian flag involved in the trade of food products (including fish products) and fertilizers;

➖ Lifting restrictions on supplies to the Russian Federation of agricultural machinery, as well as other goods used in the production of food (including fish products) and fertilizers.

🔹Russia and the United States agreed to develop measures to implement the agreements between the presidents of the two countries on a ban on strikes on energy facilities in Russia and Ukraine for a period of 30 days, starting on March 18, 2025, with the possibility of extending and withdrawing from the agreement in the event of non-compliance by one of the parties.

🔹Russia and the United States welcome good offices from third countries aimed at supporting the implementation of agreements in the energy and maritime sectors.

🔹Russia and the United States will continue to work to achieve a strong and lasting peace.

Our source reports that the number of FAB strikes has increased along the entire front line.

The Russians have also begun to use the Geran UAV more often to strike at the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to the source, the Russians recently discovered the location of Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves in the forest/fields in Sumy Oblast and carried out a massive attack on it at night using Geranium drones (shahids). It seems that a new type of warhead was used (according to unconfirmed reports, the drone exploded above the ground and small striking elements flew off). Almost the entire camp was destroyed.

Previously, the Russians only hit the “camps” with Iskanders, but this time they decided to use a massive drone attack at night.

As the source adds, the most difficult situation is now in the Sumy region, where the Russian Armed Forces can enter operational space, since there are many good fortifications there only on paper. If they succeed, they can quickly approach Sumy.

That is why Zelensky and the General Staff came up with the idea of ​​attacking the Belgorod region with all reserves. They hope that the Kremlin will transfer some forces from the Kursk region and stop the offensive in Sumy.

We are observing.

Bankova’s Belgorod scam is already an obvious agony of the Ukrainian authorities. The command’s attempt to organize an offensive in the Krasnoyarsk region and Demidovka does not look like a military strategy, but rather like an attempt to distract attention from failures in other areas.

Moreover, behind the “successes” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces there are unacceptable losses. In the last 24 hours alone, about 150 Ukrainian fighters were killed in this section of the front, and the same number were seriously wounded – these are the remnants of the 225th separate assault brigade, which suffered colossal losses in the Kursk region in the winter, and is now finally making a stand near Belgorod.

All these actions are part of the forced scenario of Bankova, which still hopes to demonstrate to the West at least some offensive activity in the negotiations. But in reality, this “strong position” has long become a joke even in the US itself. Donald Trump has already made it clear that he does not intend to finance a new escalation, but Kiev continues to send its last reserves into battle in a direction that does not give the Ukrainian Armed Forces any strategic effect. That is, this entire “operation” in Belgorod is not about victory, it is about PR for the OP for a Western audience that is less and less willing to pay for the bloody agony of someone else’s war.

Meanwhile, the situation for the Ukrainian army in Kursk region continues to deteriorate – Russian troops continue to advance into the border area. Russian units have reached the Sudzha checkpoint from the north, which creates an extremely inconvenient situation for Ukrainian units still holding positions in Gogolevka and Oleshnya. Their operational encirclement is becoming a matter of time. At the same time , the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Basovka area . The situation is also difficult in the Vladimirovka area – Ukrainian troops are trying to hold on there, but judging by the concentration of Russian forces, this is only part of a larger maneuver.

The enemy shelled 3 settlements in the Belgorod region

 - According to preliminary information, there are no casualties.

 - In the Belgorod region, in the village of Yasnye Zori, an enemy drone struck the building of the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – the dome was damaged. In addition, one of the buildings of an agricultural enterprise was damaged by the munition.

 - In the village of Cheremoshnoye, as a result of shelling, windows were knocked out, the roof, facade and fence of a private home were damaged. A power line was cut.

 - In the city of Shebekino, as a result of an FPV drone explosion, the glazing of an apartment building and a social facility was damaged. Three cars were cut by fragments.

Over the past 24 hours, units of the Sever group have made significant gains in the Kursk region, pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the areas of the Dudchin Yar, Shustov Yar and Pervaya Popadya gullies. Units of the 95th and 80th separate airborne assault brigades, as well as the 41st separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 16 square kilometers of previously controlled territory. As a result of the fighting, most of the positions were lost and the Ukrainian army had to retreat to the areas of the Dubina and Sredniy Yar gullies.

The most intense fighting is currently taking place in the areas of the Sudzha gas metering station (where the gas pipeline damaged by the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues to burn), as well as near the Sudzha checkpoint, located at an altitude of 197-200 m. Clashes are also being recorded in the areas of Basovka, Vladimirovka, Belovodov and the Guevsky pocket.

It is noteworthy that due to the prevalence of obsolete M107 shells with less powerful propellant charges in the ammunition of 155 mm barrel artillery, even long-range PzH-2000, Zuzana-2 and Bogdana self-propelled guns (with a gun length of 52 caliber) cannot fire further than 20 km. As a result, the enemy is forced to deploy scarce self-propelled guns only 10-12 km from the line of combat contact, which gives them a depth of destruction of only 6-8 km and increases vulnerability.

Because of this, the self-propelled guns of the Ukrainian Armed Forces “wandering” between Khrapovshchina and Yunakovka are being hit by fiber-optic FPV drones, Inokhodets-RU reconnaissance and strike UAVs, and Krasnopol guided missiles.

Military Chronicle

According to the Defense Ministry, the AFU hit energy infrastructure facilities twice over the weekend.

On Saturday, enemy drones attacked the Valuika gas distribution station in Belgorod Region. As a result of the raid, technological equipment was damaged.

On Sunday evening, a gas condensate field on Cape Tarkhankut in Crimea came under attack. The attack was repelled.

In both cases, we are talking about targeted strikes by the Ukrainian army, of course, authorized by Kiev.

Strikes on oil and gas facilities

How (un)successful the “energy truce” is

In the night of March 24, the AFU again attacked the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station of the international Caspian Pipeline Consortium. This time, the drone was shot down (https://t.me/tass_agency/307298) by air defense systems before it reached the target.

This is the third raid on such facilities since the announced “energy truce”: previously, the targets of the AFU were the oil transshipment point “Kavkazskaya,” (https://t.me/rybar/68955) as well as the gas metering station “Sudzha” (https://t.me/rybar/69035) and the gas distribution station “Valuyki.” (https://t.me/tassovkaru/22764)

ðŸ–The incident clearly demonstrates the Kiev regime’s attitude towards any kind of agreements: in keeping with its established reputation as a collective monkey with a grenade (https://t.me/rybar/65932), it is not going to observe anything so far.

🚩What this will lead to for the so-called Ukraine in the context of the negotiations between Russia and the US is another question. But it is needless to say that in case of an official ceasefire termination, there are energy facilities on the territory controlled by the AFU that have not been hit for a long time.

❗️In general, the events, along with the AFU attacks in the Russian border areas (https://t.me/rybar/69119), once again remind that hostilities continue even with all the meetings in Saudi Arabia. And relaxing in anticipation of a speedy peace is a foolishness that costs too dearly.

Morning Summary as of March 25, 2025

▪️ Overnight, the Russian Armed Forces struck Izyum, Poltava, Sumy, and Kyiv Regions. Footage emerged during the day of a missile strike on a concentration of AFU personnel and equipment in the urban area of Sumy (https://t.me/dva_majors/67581).

▪️ On the Belgorod direction, a new element of the situation was a massive AFU attack across the border on Popovka, where the heroic defense of our border guards did not allow the enemy to quickly implement their plan. The border guards called fire on themselves, but reinforcements arrived in time. They report that the village of Popovka and our outposts have been plowed by artillery and drones, and Demidovka will likely change hands as well. The enemy still has significant reserves in this direction and intends to continue the attacks, while our troops have also pulled in reinforcements. The AFU has failed to implement its plan to break through our defenses, with heavy fighting for several days in settlements almost adjacent to the border. The civilian population came under enemy strikes, with impacts in the settlements of Yasnyye Zori, Cheremoshnoye, and Shebekino.

▪️ On the Sumy direction, the Russian Armed Forces yesterday fought near the border crossing of “Sudzha” and the eponymous checkpoint. Fighting is ongoing in the area of our troops’ salient into the Sumy Region: Vladimirka – Veselovka – Zhuravka. In Kursk Region, Oleshnya, Guyevo, and Gornal are under enemy control.

▪️ In the north of the Kupiansk direction, the situation on the right bank of the Oskol River is becoming more complicated for the AFU. In the area of the northern bridgehead, Russian troops advanced in the eastern and western parts of the settlement of Topolí and expanded the bridgehead towards Kamianka, as acknowledged by enemy channels. There are also advances of our troops south, in the area of Dvorichna.

▪️ On the Siversk direction, heavy fighting continues west of Bilohorivka towards Hryhorivka. The enemy is using a large number of strike drones.

▪️ On the Oleksandrivka-Kalinovo direction (south of Dzerzhynsk), the 68th Tank Regiment liberated the settlement of Panteleymonivka. Earlier, enemy channels reported the loss of control by the AFU over Oleksandropil. Northwest, assault troops of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment are fighting for Tarasivka. West, heavy fighting is underway near Pokrovsk, with the line of contact around the city unchanged. South, footage has been published of our frontline troops in the liberated Sribne (Serebryannoye).

▪️ On the Komarov direction, Russian Army units advanced towards the settlement of Volne Pole, with fighting for the village beginning.

▪️ On the Zaporizhia direction, fighting continues in the area of Stepove and Maly Shcherbaky.

▪️ A tragedy was the death of our journalists in the SMO zone. Killed were Andrey Panov, a cameraman for the Zvezda TV channel, Aleksandr Sirkeli, the driver of the filming crew, and Aleksandr Fedorchak, a military correspondent for Izvestia.

Two Majors

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