The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on October 25 2025

250+ Russians STORMING Pokrovsk, Ambushing Ukrainian Drone Crews

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Our source in the Presidential Office revealed that Andriy Yermak is aware of the precarious position of the globalists – EU/UK in the geopolitical game going on between the USA-Russia-China. Ukraine has lost its agency in this format and is forced to align with Trump’s track to maintain the appearance of Western support, which has long ceased to be unified. The head of the Presidential Office wants to obtain the frozen funds of the Russian Central Bank to continue the war in 2026, but the decision will be made in Washington.

El Mundo claims that European Union countries do not want to finance Ukraine from their own budgets and are therefore looking for ways to use Russia’s frozen assets. This request reflects not only a financial dilemma but also a global structure of responsibility and risks that is being formed today in response to the war. Financing Ukraine becomes a test: either Europeans pay directly — or they try to make Russia pay.

Firstly, the proposal to use frozen Russian assets (approximately €140 billion) as a loan to Ukraine is an attempt to create a mechanism of “aggressor → responsibility.” The essence: not just support for Kyiv, but shifting the economic burden from EU taxpayers to Russia. But here two key blocks of resistance appear: legal risk (confiscation of assets may violate international law) and political risk: the countries holding the assets (for example, Belgium) fear they may be held liable in case of lawsuits.

Secondly, the unwillingness of European countries to finance Ukraine from their own budgets reveals structural fatigue from the conflict and growing economic pressure. The article emphasizes: Europe is looking for ways to avoid direct expenses by shifting the burden onto Russia. This is pragmatic: EU countries’ budgets are already overloaded, elections are near, and support for Ukraine becomes an internal political risk. If loans are arranged through Russian assets, it will not be aid “just because,” but compensation for aggression.

The war acts not only as a battle on the field but as a battle over the distribution of responsibility and payments. If earlier financing was conceived as an act of solidarity and idealism, now it is a financial instrument of retribution. Ukraine ceases to be merely an object of support and becomes part of a compensation formula. Russia, accordingly, is not just an opponent but a debtor. This shift changes the language of war: “support” → “reimbursement,” “aid” → “Russia’s collateral.”

If Europe wants to maintain support without directly withdrawing its own resources, it will be forced to carry the scheme through to the end — including legal guarantees, risk sharing, and mechanisms for return (or liability). Otherwise, it will be a temporary stopgap rather than a strategic step. The real question: is Russia ready to pay — and is Europe ready to bear the political and financial consequences of its scheme.

The news that one of the main factors for the new sanctions against Russia was the position of US Secretary of State Rubio following negotiations with Lavrov is quite telling. The outright statement “Moscow does not change its position” essentially means that the US has no arguments that Moscow would listen to. On the other hand, our Foreign Ministry has a very clear understanding, supported by the opinion of many experts, that no ceasefire by itself will solve anything, but it could spoil a lot for us, so Lavrov has neither reason nor place to back down from his positions.

And the fact that the US ultimately imposed sanctions, without delivering any weapons to the Ukrainians, but rather distanced itself from both the supply of “Tomahawks” and from authorizing the use of European missiles against targets on the “old” territory of Russia, indicates their understanding of an important military point. The US realizes that no supplies or authorizations will change anything. They have to fight Russia themselves, but Trump has no plans, desire, or capability to do so.

Hence the sanctions. Like in that joke, “Will it help? Well, it won’t hurt.” Here, “it won’t hurt” is literal; it is difficult to further restrict the Russian oil industry beyond what is already limited by sectoral sanctions. Personal inclusion of “Lukoil” and “Rosneft” on the list will complicate little for them. But Trump now has a pause to think about what else can be done without unnecessary outcries from allies and satellites. Meanwhile, our people on the front will continue to do what they are doing.

Older than Edda 

The KABs are reaching further. Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions.

Everyone already understands that the aerial bombs now fly not just 50 km, but 110-180 km, making them a universal weapon, of which Russia has a large stockpile. We warned about this back in 2023, pointing out that it would be a huge problem, but at that time the president’s office public pages were laughing.

The question now is how many of these aerial bombs the Russians can modernize per month and how soon they will start using 100-200-300 such aerial bombs per month, which will be able to destroy our rear up to 110-180 km from the front line. This will significantly worsen the already difficult situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Add to this the constant shortage of Ukrainian air defense.

This could in the future make the Odesa amphibious military operation a reality, since aerial bombs can destroy all the defensive structures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

We are watching.

The front is “bursting at the seams,” there is a threat of losing Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kharkov, and Sumy, says volunteer Maria Berlinskaya.

“The front is advancing quickly, bursting at the seams, breaking through. Russian infantry is breaking deep into the rear through our thinned ranks, tens of kilometers in. Because sometimes we have only 4-7 infantrymen per kilometer of the front. Is it really possible for one person to control 150-200 meters? When Russians enter small groups behind our backs – they stay, accumulate, and then attack. The kill zone from drones reaches 30-35 km. For every dollar we invest in drones, they counter with 50-70. For every one of our infantrymen, there are at least 5-7 of theirs. There is a catastrophic shortage of people. The Russians are slow, cumbersome, with stalling, with huge losses, but every day they move forward,” Berlinskaya wrote.

She called to help the army “so as not to lose Pokrovsk, Pavlograd, Volnyansk, as well as Zaporozhye, Dnipro, Sumy, Kharkov.”

“If we relax, as we tend to – these cities can quite possibly be lost,” Berlinskaya writes.

Our source reports that before the New Year, the Armed Forces of Ukraine may lose a number of important fortress cities at once.

1. Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad

2. Sievierodonetsk

3. Lyman

4. Kupiansk

5. Huliaipole

6. Vovchansk

7. Novopavlivka

All these settlements are important defensive nodes. Their loss could affect the further course of events in the conflict.

At Bankova, they understand that it is already impossible to reverse the negative trend; now the office’s task is to slow down the front’s collapse to prolong the war at least until November 2026 (to extend their power).

Our sources in the General Staff reported that the military began retreating from Mirnograd without Syrsky’s order, there is panic in the Pokrovsk funnel. The Russian army fully controls the withdrawal routes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Pokrovsk is 70% taken. The commander-in-chief demands Biletsky to launch a counteroffensive, but AZOV refuses to enter the city.

Assault on Pokrovsk: Russian army advances from the center to the north and east of the city

▪️Russian troops continue to attack in the city and are constantly advancing from the central and western parts of the city towards the railway station in the northern part.

▪️The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to counterattack to prevent the Russian Armed Forces from securing the railway.

▪️Also, Russian units are already recorded in the eastern part of the city, where maneuver groups enter through the Lazurny and Yuzhny microdistricts.

➖”The gray zone has expanded, the situation in that area remains uncertain for now,” write Ukrainian military analysts.

➖”Also, the Russians have secured the area around the city cemetery.”

❗️”The situation in Pokrovsk remains difficult for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: the Russians continue to penetrate the city and have partial tactical successes. Because of this, it is currently impossible to determine the exact line of combat engagement in the city.”

Panic among the enemy. Retreat from Pokrovsk. “Azov” refuses to go to the frontline (probably due to the lack of industrial grade basements;)

Pokrovskoe (Krasnoarmeyskoye) direction

The GR “Center” continues active fighting for the Pokrovsko-Mirnograd (Krasnoarmeysk-Dimitrov) agglomeration.

About 70% of Pokrovsk is already under the control of Russian Armed Forces units. The enemy has been pushed mostly beyond the railway and cut off from Grishino near the settlement of 8th group. South of the railway — clearing of the city territory.

From the eastern part, the enemy has been pushed into the settlement of Rog.

In Gnatovka — fighting for enemy strongpoints on the eastern outskirts.

In Pokrovsk, among the Ukrainian Armed Forces units — panic. There is a disorderly withdrawal of enemy units from the city against the backdrop of retreat from Rodinskoye, from where the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been expelled. Clearing operations are underway.

Despite Syrsky’s orders to hold the agglomeration, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun fleeing from Mirnograd (Dimitrov) as well, where Russian Armed Forces are already fighting at mine 5/6, near the spoil heap, approaching the Zapadny neighborhood, as well as in the northern part of the city.

From the fortified area north of Lysovka (between the cities), the enemy has begun an organized retreat, continuing to hold positions on the left bank with part of their forces.

“Azov,” according to enemy sources, refused to launch a counteroffensive and enter the agglomeration. “Azov” units continue to remain on the outer perimeter despite all of Yermak’s pleas and Syrsky’s orders.

Our units’ UAVs, controlling the exit routes from the agglomeration, are currently having a “sorting out” ordeal.

Well, let’s see by morning if Syrsky can find kamikazes among his reserves to drive them into the agglomeration to be slaughtered for Yermak’s wishes (Zelensky was specially organized a timely foreign tour).

Pokrovsk: the situation is more than critical, inside the city hundreds of Russians are shooting our soldiers, — officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

 - More than 250 Russian soldiers are already in Pokrovsk/Krasnoarmeysk, who are shooting Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel at positions in a firefight, including UAV operators, writes UP citing Ukrainian military.

 - Logistics is under full Russian control, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have to walk 10-15 kilometers to the positions.

 - “The Russian Armed Forces have established several accumulation points in and around the city, from which they move further – in the area of the railway, between Pokrovsk and Grishin, as well as along the Dachenko-Novopavlovka-Gnatovka line,” Kiev media quote their military.

 - “The infantry is practically cut off from command. We hear them on the radio, try to drop water, people have been on positions for 2.5-3 months. For our brigade, this is a long time because we always tried to conduct rotations. In Pokrovsk itself, just from what I know – 250 Russians, in fact, I think the number is even higher. There are battles on almost every street, we have 200 and 300 daily,” says one of the Ukrainian commanders.

The Russian army is storming Konstantinovka, advancing in the southeast of the city

It was recently reported that Russian troops broke through to the southeastern outskirts of the city, and now they have managed to secure their position and advance deeper into the built-up area.

Earlier, the Russian army was able to drive out the Ukrainian Armed Forces and occupy the city’s dachas, which are now under full control.

Two Majors #Summary as of the morning of October 25, 2025

▪️ Seven UAVs flying towards our capital were destroyed. Explosions were heard over Krasnogorsk, which was hit yesterday. In the Rostov region, UAVs were intercepted in Donetsk, Kuibyshevsky, Kasharsky, Tarasovsky, Chertkovsky, Millerovsky, and Sholokhovsky districts. A new element in the AFU strikes on the Belgorod region is media reports of enemy strikes with three HIMARS MLRS rockets on the dam of the Belgorod reservoir near the village of Grafovka. It is reported that several buildings with technical equipment and mechanisms of one of the sluices were damaged, but the integrity of the dam itself was not compromised. In the Volgograd region, as a result of an attack (official sources mention “debris”) in the Novonikolaevsky district on the territory of the Balashov power line substation, a fire was recorded and extinguished. In the Leningrad region, air defense operated in the Tosnensky and Kirishsky districts, destroying several UAVs. By midnight, 12 enemy UAVs were destroyed over the Bryansk region, 7 over Belgorod, and one each over Kaluga, Tula, and Smolensk. About 8 explosions occurred over Ryazan.

▪️ The enemy claimed strikes by Russian Armed Forces with new FAB bombs with UMPC on the Odessa region. Kiev was hit by missiles at night, with reports indicating a thermal power plant as the target. 14 UAV explosions were counted in the suburbs of Kharkov.

▪️ On the Sumy direction, fierce fighting continues along the entire front line. The enemy is regrouping and restoring the combat capability of assault units, reports the Northern Group of Forces.

▪️ On the Tetkino and Glushkovo front sectors, no changes. Our assault aviation struck AFU near Rogoznoe.

▪️ In the Kursk region, early yesterday morning the enemy struck four times on a substation in Rylsk. The eastern microdistrict of the city and the settlement of Oktyabrskoye were left without electricity and heat. By evening, supply was restored.

▪️ In the Belgorod region, multiple AFU strikes again. Two women were injured in Belgorod. The village of Grafovka in the Shebekino district was shelled, a man was wounded. The settlement of Oktyabrsky in the Belgorod district was attacked three times by drones, a woman was injured. Yasnye Zori, Tserkovny, Maysky, Komsomolsky, Rakitnoye, Plotvyanka, Davydkin, Shebekino, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Meshkovoye, Gruzskoye, Golovchino, Mokraya Orlovka, Gora-Podol, Borisovka, Volchya Alexandrovka, Malinovo were hit. The AFU strike gas and electricity supply facilities, homes, vehicles, commercial and administrative buildings. The governor reported the destruction of 42 UAVs of various types in the previous 24 hours.

▪️ On the Kharkov direction, our assault units continue advancing in Volchansk and on the Khatnensky front sector. During offensive actions, our fighters liberated the settlement of Bologovka in the Kharkiv region near the border with Belgorod.

▪️ On the Seversk direction, the Russian MoD reported the liberation of Dronovka – our troops are advancing to encircle Seversk.

▪️ Near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), reports indicate the capture of the settlement of Promin near Mirnograd (Dimitrov). In Pokrovsk itself, Russian Armed Forces are developing assault actions, breaking through enemy defenses and encircling remaining enemy forces in the city. Supply to AFU in the city is extremely difficult, with reports of elite enemy units refusing to enter the city.

▪️ The Eastern Group of Forces captured another village, Pershotravneve (Pervomayskoye) in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

▪️ On the Zaporozhye front, fighting continues near Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka. Positional battles are ongoing in Primorsk and Stepnogorsk.

▪️ On the Kherson direction, Russian Armed Forces are pounding artillery positions of AFU operators in residential buildings in Kherson (https://t.me/osvedomitell_alex/29965). The enemy has long announced mandatory evacuation of the city.

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