Russia's war on Ukraine. 10.04.25
Operational situation
On the Kursk direction, Russian forces continue to make minor advances in the border area of Sumy and Kursk Oblasts. The enemy attacks along the Volodymyrivka – Zhuravka – Novenke line, attempting to dislodge Ukrainian Defense Forces from positions south of Sudzha.
On the Belgorod direction, fighting continues near Demidovka and Popovka.
On the Kharkiv direction, Russian forces unsuccessfully attacked in Vovchansk.
On the Kupyansk direction, the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army advanced near Nadiia. Russian forces advanced east of Kamyanka, continued assaults near Mala Shapkivka, Kindrashivka, Zapadne, Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Zahryzove, Serhiivka, Hrekivka, and are trying to advance toward Nova Kruhlyakivka, to the southwest of Makiivka, and are attempting to establish crossings over the Oskil River in the areas of Kupyansk and Borova.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Fiholivka.
On the Lyman direction, Russian forces advanced east of Zelena Dolyna, attempted to advance north of Novolyubivka, west of Katerynivka, southeast of Nove, near Yampolivka, and continued assaults near Kolodyazi and toward Novomykhailivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a crossing over the Zherebets River.
On the Siversk direction, Russian forces advanced south of Bilohorivka, east of Hryhorivka, north of Verkhnyokamianske, and continued attacks near Serebrianka and Vasyukivka.
On the Kramatorsk direction, Russian forces attempted to advance southwest of Chasiv Yar, and continued attacks near Bila Hora, Predtechyne, Kurdyumivka, and Ozaryanivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked from Mykolaivka toward Stupochky.
On the Toretsk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced northeast of Druzhba.
Russian forces advanced in the northwest of Toretsk, in the “Zabalka” neighborhood, attempted to advance toward Ivanopillya, northeast of Leonidivka, northeast of Shcherbynivka, and continued attacks near Toretsk, Dyliivka, Petrivka, Shcherbynivka, Leonidivka, Valentynivka, and Sukha Balka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced northeast of Kotlyne, and counterattacked on the northeastern outskirts of Zelene and north of Dachenske.
Russian forces advanced south of Tarasivka, south of Bohdanivka, attempted to advance in Kalynove, to the west and east of the village, to take control of Uspenivka, to entrench on the eastern outskirts of Lysivka, advanced south of Kalynove and Sukhyi Yar, toward the eastern outskirts of Kotlyarivka, toward the western outskirts of Troitske, and attacked near Yelyzavetivka, Zelene Pole, Shevchenkove, Udachne, Kotlyarivka, Kotlyne, Uspenivka, Zvirove, Bohdanivka, Kotlyne, Serhiivka, and Novooleksandrivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Russian forces advanced near Bahatyr and north of Rozlyv, attacked near Andriivka, Konstyantynopil, Oleksiivka, and Burlatske.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked from Bahatyr toward Rozlyv.
On the Huliaypole direction, Russian forces attempted to advance near Dniproenerhiya, Vilne Pole, south of Fedorivka, and attacked near Novosilka, Vesele, Burlatske, and toward Shevchenkove.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Fedorivka.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces advanced in the central part of Shcherbaky, and attacked near Stepove and Lobkove.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Stepove, Shcherbaky, and Lobkove.
On the Prydniprovske direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces are trying to cross the Dnipro River near the Antonivskyi automobile bridge and struck the command post of the 81st Artillery Regiment of the 70th Motorized Rifle Division of the 18th Combined Arms Army near Nekhaieve.
General conclusion:
On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy continues efforts to merge its tactical footholds into an operational one, attempting to establish crossings and transfer heavy combat equipment to the western bank of the Oskil River. It is also finalizing conditions for encircling Kupyansk by attacking along the Zapadne – Kindrashivka section north of the city and Kolisnykivka – Zahryzove to the south.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy is making efforts to bypass Lyman from the north, attacking in the areas of Katerynivka, Nove, Zelena Dolyna, Kolodyazi, and Yampolivka.
To prepare for an offensive on Sloviansk, the enemy is creating favorable conditions in the Siversk area, attempting to eliminate Ukrainian Defense Forces' foothold in this area.
To break through to Kostyantynivka from the eastern and southeastern directions, the enemy command is intensifying efforts near Chasiv Yar and Toretsk. The enemy has advanced in the area between Ozaryanivka and Druzhba and near Oleksandropil.
On the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy is focused on reaching the Kostyantynivka – Pokrovsk highway east of the city.
The command of the enemy’s "Tsentr (Center)" Operational Grouping is making efforts to advance westward toward the border of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts, attacking in the area of Novoyelyzavetivka and along the Rozlyv – Rozdolne section.
On the Zaporizhzhia direction, the enemy is attempting to improve its tactical position in the area of Mali Shcherbaky – Kamianske.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 149 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Kharkiv direction, 5 enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Vovchansk, Hlyboke, Kamyanka, and Fiholivka.
On the Kupyansk direction, there were 2 Russian attacks. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled enemy assault actions near Zahryzove and Nova Kruhlyakivka.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 27 times, attempting to advance near Nadiia, Katerynivka, Myrne, Serhiivka, Nove, Kolodyazi, Yampolivka, and in the directions of Zelena Dolyna, Hrekivka, and Novomykhailivka.
On the Siversk direction, the aggressor carried out 10 attacks in the areas of Bilohorivka, Hryhorivka, and Verkhnyokamianske – all assaults were repelled.
On the Kramatorsk direction, 2 combat clashes were recorded in the area of Chasiv Yar.
On the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 20 attacks near Toretsk, Druzhba, Dachne, Leonidivka, and Shcherbynivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, 40 offensive actions by the aggressor were stopped in the areas of Kalynove, Shevchenko, Troitske, Preobrazhenka, Uspenivka, Novooleksandrivka, Udachne, Vodyane Druhe, Zelene Pole, Yelyzavetivka, Andriivka, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Kotlyarivka, and Bohdanivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 6 attacks toward Bahatyr and near Konstyantynopil and Rozlyv.
On the Huliaypole direction, the enemy made 5 unsuccessful attempts to advance in the area of Novosilka and toward Shevchenkove.
On the Orikhiv direction, 9 enemy attacks were successfully repelled in the areas of Stepove, Mali Shcherbaky, Lobkove, and Shcherbaky.
On the Kursk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 19 enemy attacks. In addition, the enemy conducted 46 airstrikes.
In the Black Sea-Azov naval operational area, the enemy naval group on combat duty consists of:
Mediterranean Sea: 3 ships, including 3 cruise missile carriers; the total salvo is 26 cruise missiles.
Supporting operation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out UAV airstrikes on targets in Moscow, Kaluga, Saratov, Krasnodar, and Rostov Oblasts. The "Engels-2" airbase in the city of Engels, Saratov Oblast, was attacked. In Kuban, strikes were carried out on airfields in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Tikhoretsk, and Slavyansk-on-Kuban; in Rostov Oblast – in the area of Taganrog, to the north of Rostov-on-Don in the Belokalitvensky district, and in the area of Novocherkassk. In the area of the Mozdok airfield, a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber was struck.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 41st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 44th Army Corps and the 79th MLRS Brigade operate on the Kharkiv direction. The 136th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 58th Combined Arms Army is active in Vovchansk.
The 6th Motorized Rifle Division of the 3rd Army Corps attacks near Stupochky; the 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Army Corps operates near Oleksandro-Shultyne; the 31st BARS detachment is active in the direction of Chasiv Yar.
Possible operation situation developments:
The plan for the enemy's spring-summer offensive campaign in the Southwestern Theater of Operations may be as follows: a simultaneous breakthrough towards Kostyantynivka and Druzhkivka from the south and southeast (from the direction of Toretsk and Vozdvyzhenka), as well as from the northeast (from the direction of Chasiv Yar), followed by an advance towards Kramatorsk from the south while simultaneously advancing towards Slovyansk with the forces of the 20th and 25th Combined Arms Armies of the "Zapad (West)" Operational Grouping through Lyman.
In Sumy Oblast, key enemy objectives that could provide stability to a buffer zone may include the heights between Yunakivka and Khrapivshchyna, the wooded area to the northeast of Sumy from Radkivka to Mohrytsya, and the Psel River. Based on this, the enemy’s operational tasks in this direction may include taking control of the area of Bilovody – Loknia – Yunakivka – Yablunivka, seizing at least the eastern part of the wooded area west of Mohrytsya, and reaching the line of Velyka Rybytsya – Myropillya along the Psel River. The enemy may also attempt to break through from the border toward Vorozhba and Bilopillya and cut off the operational lateral route between Sumy and Novhorod-Siverskyi. The implementation of such a plan would require the enemy command to covertly deploy a strike force in the area of Tiotkino.
The command of the enemy’s “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping has redeployed no fewer than two battalions of the 27th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Tank Army from the south to the area of Lyman Pershyi and will seek to take advantage of a series of its tactical successes on the Kupyansk and Lyman directions. A regrouping of elements of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division and the 4th Tank Division of the 1st Tank Army to the operational zone of the 20th Army on the Lyman direction has been carried out. These forces and assets are likely to appear soon on both enemy bridgeheads. The commitment to battle near Dvorichna of two to three battalions of the 27th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, two battalions each of the 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division and the 423rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 4th Tank Division — in the direction of Katerynivka and Nove, in the area of the bridgehead on the Chornyi Zherebets River — should be expected. The manning levels and combat capabilities of the aforementioned battalions will be somewhat reduced.
Possible enemy courses of action on the Lyman direction may also include attempts to use the expansion of the bridgehead on the western bank of the Zherebets River near Ivanivka for the further capture of Lyman. The enemy may try to advance toward Karlivka from Nove and toward Drobysheve from Kolodyazi, attempting to reach and secure the Karlivka – Shandryholove – Drobysheve line while simultaneously intensifying the offensive near Torske and advancing on Lyman from the east.
Ukrainian Defense Forces may launch an offensive in the direction of Lyman Pershyi – Horobivka – Tavilzhanka, which, if successful, will lead to either the enemy's rapid retreat from the Dvorichna bridgehead or its encirclement there. Such a development would result in the loss of combat capability of the entire enemy's 6th Combined Arms Army.
The operational plan of the 8th Combined Arms Army on the Kostyantynivka direction is to envelop the tactical group of the "Khortytsia" OSG, which is defending south of Kostyantynivka between Oleksandropil and Tarasivka from the flanks. The enemy aims to encircle and destroy this group or, if unable to do so, force it to withdraw from the area south of Kostyantynivka in a northwestern direction under the threat of encirclement. The ultimate goal of these actions is a two-pronged breakthrough from the southwest and southeast toward the area of Stepanivka – Berestok – Pleshchiivka – Yablunivka, followed by a simultaneous assault on Kostyantynivka from this area and from the direction of Chasiv Yar. After the reaching the Poltavka–Pleshchiivka line, the enemy’s 3rd Combined Arms Army, reinforced by an airborne forces group, will attempt a rapid breakthrough from the bridgehead on the Siverskyi Donets–Donbas canal in the Chasiv Yar area, advancing from the northeast toward Kostyantynivka.
On the Zaporizhzhia direction, in the near future, the command of the enemy’s 58th Army may expand the section of its offensive actions along the front, counting on the reinforcement by elements of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division returning from the Kursk group of forces.
Russian operational losses from 23.02.22 to 10.04.25
Personnel - almost 929,000 (+1,420);
Tanks – 10,579 (+3);
Armored combat vehicles – 22,033 (+12);
Artillery systems – 25,982 (+70);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1359 (0);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,127 (0);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 43,514 (+169);
Aircraft - 370 (0);
Helicopters – 335 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 32,078 (+105);
Intercepted cruise missiles – 3,145 (0)
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
On the night of April 10, Russia attacked Ukraine with 145 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and various decoy drones. As of 09:00, 85 strike UAVs had been confirmed shot down. 49 enemy decoy drones were lost from radar (with no negative consequences). As a result of the Russian attack, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, and Mykolaiv Oblasts were affected.
Late in the evening of April 9, the Russian army attacked Kyiv with drones. On the approaches to Kyiv, 30 Russian UAVs were recorded – 16 of them were destroyed, the others exited the city's airspace or were lost. As a result of debris from a downed UAV, a fire broke out in a non-residential area in the Holosiivskyi District. In the Darnytskyi District, debris from a UAV destroyed a private building. Four people were injured.
During the night of April 10, two fires broke out in Mykolaiv as a result of enemy drone attacks. Ten city residents were injured. Residential apartment buildings, an administrative building, dozens of garages, and vehicles were damaged. As of the morning, a 29-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man remain hospitalized in moderate condition.
Russian forces attacked the Opishnia community in Poltava Oblast during the night, injuring one person and damaging at least 14 private homes.
During the night of April 10, Russian forces attacked two districts in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, damaging an enterprise.
Overnight and in the morning, Russian forces carried out 94 attacks on the border area in Sumy Oblast. In the Shalyhyne community, a local woman was injured.
On April 10, 2025, at approximately 06:40, Russian forces shelled Beryslav in Kherson Oblast with artillery. A 59-year-old man who was outside was killed. Around 09:40 in Kherson, Russian forces attacked a 77-year-old man with a drone. Around 09:30, they also attacked a 64-year-old man in Kherson. Both victims were taken to the hospital.
In the morning of April 10, Russian forces attacked Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with kamikaze drones, injuring 12 people. Among the wounded is a 16-year-old boy who is currently in serious condition.
In the afternoon of April 10, the enemy attacked the city of Dnipro with a missile. A large fire broke out at the impact site. Five people were reported injured. All were hospitalized. A 55-year-old woman is in serious condition; the rest are in moderate condition. One person died.
Since March 24, Russian forces have ceased attacks on large energy infrastructure facilities but continue to strike frontline facilities, said Yurii Boiko, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine and member of the Supervisory Board of NPC "Ukrenergo".
In the de-occupied right-bank part of Kherson Oblast, 54 towns and villages remain without electricity due to enemy shelling, which is nearly 25% of the total number.
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