“Almost 150 Russian attacks against our positions and more than 4,500 shelling, including heavy weapons. The most stringent situation was in the Pokrovsky direction. […] In fact, the Russians tried to develop assault actions under the guise of their massive blow. When the maximum of our forces was focused on protection against missiles and drones, the Russians went on a significant intensification of their ground attacks, ”the head of state wrote.
According to him, the invaders received a worthy rebuff.
“I want to note for this especially the warriors of our 72nd separate mechanized brigade and the 59th separate assault brigade of unmanned systems that inflicted tangible losses. And I will also note the effective actions of the 100th separate mechanized brigade and the 12th operational brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, which show persistence and effectiveness,” Zelensky said.
He noted that Ukrainian investigators, forensics and experts work at the site of Russian missiles and drones, “to establish complete information about this weapons and critical components in it that were delivered to Russia or North Korea from third countries and used in production.”
Earlier, Zelensky stated that, according to preliminary information, to strike in Kyiv on April 24, Russians used a ballistic missile produced by North Korea. According to the President of Ukraine, if the data is confirmed, this will become the next proof of the crime of the Union of the aggressor country of Russia and the DPRK.
Context
The Russian Federation unleashed a war against Ukraine in 2014, when she occupied Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. On February 24, 2022, Russia began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine from the northern, eastern and southern directions. In the spring of the same year, the Ukrainian army discovered the north of the country, in the fall – units of the Kharkov and Kherson regions, including Kherson.
In June 2024, the Russian army began the invasion in the north of the Kharkov region, the battles for Volchansk continued. Since August 6, 2024, the Armed Forces of Ukraine perform an operation in the territory of the aggressor country-in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. In April 2025, the Ukrainian military conducting operations in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.
According to the air forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of April 24, 2025, the Russian Federation produced 215 missiles and drones in Ukraine. The forces of the Ukrainian air defense shot down 48 missiles and 64 drones, another 68 drones were locally lost without negative consequences.
In Kyiv, behind the information of the city military administration, there were destruction in the Goloseevsky, Svyatoshinsky, Obolonsky, Desnyansky and Solomensky districts. March 25 in Kyiv announced during the day of mourning because of 12 dead.
