Executive Summary
Ukraine executed a massive series of long-range drone and missile strikes deep into Russian territory, hitting critical infrastructure including the Tyumen Oil Refinery (over 2,000 km away), an arms plant in Kirov, and logistics hubs in Yekaterinburg and Belgorod. Simultaneously, Ukrainian forces successfully targeted Russian naval assets in the Caspian Sea that were transporting military cargo between Russia and Iran. On the diplomatic front, Kazakhstan's President Tokayev urged Putin to freeze the war, a proposal Putin rejected as "impossible." Meanwhile, Russia launched a massive overnight drone and missile attack across multiple Ukrainian regions, resulting in civilian casualties, while Romania intercepted its second violating drone in 24 hours.
Key Events
- Ukrainian drones struck the Antipinsky refinery in Tyumen, over 2,000 km from the border, causing significant damage to diesel production capabilities. → link
- Zelensky confirmed strikes on vessels transporting military cargo between Russia and Iran in the Caspian Sea, as well as hits on a Kirov defense plant, Tyumen refinery, Yekaterinburg logistics hub, and Rostov fuel depot. → link
- Russia launched nearly 160 drones and 2 missiles overnight, killing at least 11 and injuring 70 across Slovyansk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and other regions. → link
- Kazakhstan's President Tokayev directly urged Putin to freeze the war and return to negotiations, a pitch Putin rejected as "impossible" given Kyiv's stance. → link
- Romania shot down a second drone violating its airspace in 24 hours, highlighting the continued spillover risk on NATO's eastern flank. → link
- Ukraine's 1st Azov Corps repelled a major Russian mechanized assault near Shakhove, destroying 7 tanks, 6 AFVs, 2 MLRS, and killing 123 Russian troops. → link
- Zelensky warned that Russia is preparing for a "significant" wave of mobilization, noting 30,000 North Korean troops are reportedly training in Voronezh. → link
Analysis
Ukraine is increasingly leveraging its deep-strike capabilities to target Russia's economic and military-industrial infrastructure, with drones routinely penetrating over 2,000 km into Russian airspace. The systematic targeting of Wildberries warehouses—due to the sale of dual-use items—marks a shift in economic warfare tactics. On the battlefield, Russian assault numbers have surged by 18% in July, but Ukrainian forces are successfully repelling major mechanized advances, as seen near Shakhove. Geopolitically, cracks are showing in Russia's alliance network, with Kazakhstan breaking ranks to call for a war freeze. However, the Kremlin remains entrenched, pushing for wider mobilization and reportedly integrating North Korean troops. Watch for potential Ukrainian political instability as protests mount over the potential reinstatement of Mykhailo Fedorov as Defense Minister, and for further deep strikes against Russian oil refineries.
Tweet Feed
Russian Attacks on Ukraine
@KaterynaLis · 2026-07-25T14:00
‼️ZELENSKYY: Overnight on July 25, russia launched 2 missiles and nearly 160 drones. So far, 10 people have been reported injured nationwide. In Slovyansk, more than 10 residential buildings were damaged and 3 people were killed. In Sumy, 3 people were killed in a Shahed strike, followed by a double-tap FPV drone attack on a Nova Poshta facility. In Kharkiv, a drone hit a residential high-rise. An outdoor clothing market burned down in Zaporizhzhia. Drone attacks also continued across Kherson and the surrounding region. Poltava, Chernihiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Dnipro regions also came under attack. → tweet link
@KyivIndependent · 2026-07-25T12:59
⚡️‘Continuous drone terror’ — Russia kills 11, injures at least 70 as Zelensky warns of strikes to come. The devastation was particularly severe in Sloviansk, a front-line Donetsk Oblast city that remains home to over 40,000 residents. → tweet link
@Euan_MacDonald · 2026-07-25T16:18
RT @ShaunPinnerUA: ⚠️ Warning for anyone in Ukraine. Russian “Shahed” drones can release small delayed-action munitions before impact. → tweet link
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T16:31
Previously unpublished footage shows the aftermath of one of the missile strikes on the VZPP Mikron plant. The facility is known for producing electronic components used in Russia’s Iskander ballistic missiles and Kh-101 cruise missiles. #Ukraine → tweet link
@war_monitor_ua · 2026-07-25T00:20
✈️ Вихід бортів Тактичної авіації на пускові рубежі над Кримом для ймовірних запусків керованих авіаційних ракет. Загроза для Одеської та Миколаївської областей. → tweet link
@war_monitor_ua · 2026-07-25T00:34
🟣 Загроза балістики з Курська. Увага. Імовірний пуск ракет системи «Іскандер», або робота ворожої ППО С-300/С-400. → tweet link
Ukrainian Deep Strikes & Operations
@KaterynaLis · 2026-07-25T14:04
ZELENSKYY ON UA RETALIATORY STRIKES IN russia OVERNIGHT ON JULY 25: A weapons components plant in Kirov was hit, about 1,200 km from Ukraine’s border. Ukrainian strikes also targeted an oil refinery in Tyumen, a logistics hub in Yekaterinburg, and a fuel depot in Rostov-on-Don. In the Caspian Sea, long-range strikes hit vessels transporting military cargo involving Iran, as well as a warship. → tweet link
@Osinttechnical · 2026-07-25T16:52
Overnight, Ukrainian attack drones successfully penetrated over 2000 km of Russian airspace to hit the Tyumen Oil Refinery, setting multiple parts of the facility ablaze. → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T12:59
CyberBoroshno analysts confirm two waves of FP-1 drone strikes on the Antipinsky refinery in Tyumen on July 25, around 1,900 km from Ukraine. The diesel deep cleaning unit and tank farm were hit. Even if primary distillation continues, damaging the hydrotreating unit limits the plant's ability to produce commercial low-sulfur diesel. → tweet link
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T12:16
Satellite imagery shows the aftermath of the missile strike on the Avitek military plant in Kirov. The imagery indicates the missile penetrated the roof before detonating inside a workshop, triggering a large fire. #Ukraine → tweet link
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T07:55
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said six Wildberries sites have been hit across Russia and occupied Crimea: Elektrostal, Krasnodar, Nevinnomyssk, Shushary, Utkina Zavod, and Simferopol. → tweet link
@KyivIndependent · 2026-07-25T13:05
Ukraine's long-range drone campaign has acquired a new target in recent days — Wildberries, Russia's online retailer, an equivalent of Amazon. According to Kyiv, Ukraine is targeting Wildberries as a number of dual-use items that can be used on the battlefield against Ukraine can be purchased on the platform. → tweet link
@KyivIndependent · 2026-07-24T22:40
⚡️Ukrainian drones reportedly strike warehouses and energy infrastructure in mass attack on Russia's Belgorod. Ukrainian drones struck warehouses and energy infrastructure in the Russian city of Belgorod overnight on July 25, monitoring channels reported. → tweet link
@KyivIndependent · 2026-07-25T01:51
⚡️Fire reported overnight at Engels air base, home of Russia's heavy bombers. The cause of the fire remains unclear. Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry announced a drone threat over the region earlier in the night. → tweet link
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T12:18
Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed strikes on multiple Russian military targets, including an early warning radar near Olenivka in occupied Crimea, an ammunition depot in Kherson Oblast, UAV command posts, and a command-observation post in Belgorod Oblast. #Ukraine → tweet link
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T10:44
Ukraine’s SBU said it struck multiple Russian military targets, including a 92N6E Grave Stone radar for an S-400 system, a Tor-M2 air defense system, a Pole-21 EW system, two FPV drone depots, two sanctioned cargo vessels, an oil platform, and a Molniya-class missile boat. #Ukraine → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T10:37
Ukraine's SBU hit a Russian missile boat, two cargo ships, radar and oil platform overnight. Strikes in Rostov-on-Don destroyed a Grave Stone radar, Tor-M2 air defense and two FPV drone warehouses. In the Caspian Sea, drones hit the Filanovsky oil platform and sanctioned vessels carrying Iran-Russia military cargo. → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T17:35
Drone Bomber posted a range map of Ukrainian strike systems. Liutyi drone 2000km, Flamingo cruise missile 3000km, FP-1 drone 3400km. → tweet link
@Osinttechnical · 2026-07-24T21:22
Footage of a Ukrainian Ruta Blk.1 low cost cruise missile screaming towards a Russian target this morning. The Netherlands is actively supplying hundreds of the missiles to Ukraine, capable of carrying a 150 kg warhead out to 300 km. → tweet link
Frontline & Battlefield Updates
@KyivIndependent · 2026-07-25T13:07
Unable to take Dobropillia, Russia is burning it to the ground. The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell and Olena Zashko embed with the 15th Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard, also known as Kara Dag, part of the 1st Azov Corps, joining an FPV drone team living and fighting out of the city’s basements. → tweet link
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T12:10
Ukraine’s 1st Azov Corps of the National Guard said it repelled a major Russian mechanized assault on July 22 involving the 8th and 41st Armies and the 90th Tank Division. It reported destroying 7 tanks, 6 AFVs, two MLRS, 3 engineering vehicles, 47 light vehicles, and inflicting 123 killed. #Ukraine → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T14:45
Commander of USF Magyar says Russian assault numbers on the front jumped 18% in July versus May, 12% versus June. USF pilots are killing 365 troops a day, closing in on 11000 for the month. → tweet link
@Osinttechnical · 2026-07-25T01:01
Remarkable onboard footage from a Ukrainian Yak-52 backseat gunner shooting down Russian Shahed attack drones from an open cockpit with his rifle. → tweet link
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T14:26
The first confirmed destruction of Russia’s 300mm Sarma multiple launch rocket system has been recorded. The system was publicly unveiled only last year. #Ukraine → tweet link
@Euan_MacDonald · 2026-07-25T17:00
RT @dim0kq: Extremely interesting but expected development. Russian BARS-Sarmat unit is testing carbon copies of Ukrainian Sting interceptors. → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T14:17
Russians testing nets to cover key refinery units, @DrnBmbr shares. → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T09:26
Russia's Defense Ministry claims 1,052 UAVs were shot down in 24 hours. → tweet link
@KarolinaKuzema · 2026-07-25T13:24
RT @Maks_NAFO_FELLA: ❗️ Organizer of arms exhibition near Kyiv, which Russia struck yesterday, detained, — Prosecutor General Kravchenko → tweet link
Geopolitics, Diplomacy & Domestic Affairs
@KyivIndependent · 2026-07-25T17:45
⚡️Kazakhstan's Tokayev urges freeze in Russia's war against Ukraine. Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for Russia's war against Ukraine to be frozen and urged a return to peace talks. → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T17:42
Putin rejected Tokayev’s pitch to freeze the war in Ukraine, Peskov claims, adding that a freeze is "impossible" given Kyiv’s stance. → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T17:31
Zelensky says Putin's quietly setting up for wider mobilization. Russia lost 225500 troops in under seven months, 131000 killed, yet still pulled in 221000 new recruits. He's also banking on 30000 North Korean troops training in Voronezh since June, plus fresh missile launchers from Pyongyang. → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T16:35
Russia might fake wanting peace because of Graham's sanctions bill, says Sybiha. Every time serious new sanctions get close, especially from the US, Putin does everything he can to buy time. → tweet link
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T14:37
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia is prepared to wait another year for Washington to produce new proposals after the Anchorage arrangements allegedly failed. He claimed Moscow had accepted the proposed framework, but Ukraine rejected it, adding that the United States failed to persuade Kyiv because European governments encouraged Ukraine to resist. #Ukraine → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T13:50
Russia's gasoline export ban will be extended through the end of 2026, Russian Deputy PM Novak says. → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T16:33
Wildberries just pulled the "All for SVO" section from its app. So what happened here. → tweet link
@wartranslated · 2026-07-25T14:23
Iranian Telegram channels are threatening ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine after Zelensky said they hit a military vessel carrying cargo between Russia and Iran. → tweet link
@KaterynaLis · 2026-07-25T14:14
We may be on the edge of a major political crisis in Ukraine. The protests are intensifying. Now that Syrskyi is gone, the stated reason for firing Mykhailo Fedorov—his conflict with the Commander-in-Chief—has run its course. Many Ukrainians no longer see any reason not to reinstate him as Minister of Defense, so the protests are likely to double down. During protests like these, traveling abroad is a risky political decision. Zelenskyy is reportedly set to visit the U.S. on July 28 to attend Sen. Lindsey Graham’s funeral and meet with President Trump. Visiting Ukraine’s key ally while facing growing domestic unrest and leaving the Fedorov issue unresolved could become a serious political liability. Many hope the president will resolve the domestic crisis before traveling overseas. → tweet link
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T12:47
General Oleksandr Syrskyi is being considered for the post of head of the National Defence University of Ukraine, according to Yuriy Hudymenko, chair of the Public Anti-Corruption Council at the Defence Ministry. #Ukraine → tweet link
@Wyrwal · 2026-07-25T17:18
Czy nowy dowódca Sił Zbrojnych Ukrainy uchroni nas przed Rosją? [WYJAŚNIAM] 🔴 Kim jest gen. Mychajło Drapaty? 🔴 Dlaczego stał się "gaśniczym" ukraińskiego frontu? 🔴 Z kim związany jest politycznie? 🔴 Jakie wydarzenia doprowadziły do jego mianowania na głównodowodzącego ukraińskiej armii? 🔴 A przede wszystkim, czy jest dowódcą, który zdoła uchronić nas przed rosyjską agresją? Wyjaśniam to w podcaście "Fronty Wojny". Link w komentarzu. → tweet link
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T09:44
❗️ Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said he has offered former Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov a role as his adviser in Rome. Crosetto said Fedorov was “moved” by the proposal and viewed it as a demonstration of esteem and friendship. #Europe → tweet link
@Euan_MacDonald · 2026-07-25T16:26
RT @Mylovanov: More than 70% of Crimea's 2.5 million residents have lost power, many now going days with no electricity or running water. → tweet link
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T16:19
Russians in occupied Crimea bought fake QR codes for fuel, unaware that the scheme had been turned against them. The SBU ensured that the money they paid was directed to support Ukraine’s 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade. #Ukraine → tweet link
Western Support & International
@RemigiuszWilk · 2026-07-25T10:44
Kiedy inni testują lub dopiero dostają granty na rozwój, GRUPA WB przechodzi normalną i żmudną (nawet podczas wojny!) procedurę wprowadzania #WARMATE 5 do wyposażenia ZSU, wytwarza na masową skalę i setkami dostarcza. Siła wiedzy, doświadczania i systemu. → tweet link
@RemigiuszWilk · 2026-07-25T09:38
Kolejny przykład współpracy wytwarzanego w Polsce (Flytronic) i w Ukrainie (WBU) systemu bezzałogowego #FlyEye z wyrzutniami rakiet M142 HIMARS. Wykrycie, identyfikacja i naprowadzanie, weryfikacja zniszczeń. Jeżeli chcesz coś zrobić dobrze, to nie dronem ze sklejki ;-) → tweet link
NATO Borders
@NOELreports · 2026-07-25T08:20
❗️ Romanian President Nicușor Dan said an F-16 pilot shot down a second drone in Romanian airspace within 24 hours. The interception occurred at 08:30, 10 km west of Sfântu Gheorghe in the Danube Delta. → tweet link
@WarNewsPL1 · 2026-07-25T18:39
🇺🇦🇷🇺🇷🇴 Rumuńskie siły powietrzne zestrzeliły w sobotę rano kolejnego drona, który naruszył przestrzeń powietrzną kraju w pobliżu granicy z Ukrainą. → tweet link