Current situation on the front on April 23

Operational information as of 22:00 on 04/23/2025 regarding the Russian invasion was provided by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Russian invaders carried out one missile and 76 air strikes, used four missiles and dropped 74 KABs. In addition, the Russians used 1,128 kamikaze drones to destroy them and carried out 4,649 attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements.

• In the Kharkiv direction today, the enemy attacked four times near the settlements of Vovchansk and Vovchanski Khutory.

• In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy was storming the positions of our defenders in the Zagryzove area.

• In the Lymansky direction, since the beginning of the day, Russian invaders have attacked Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Nove, Hrekivka, Nadiya, and Ridkodub 20 times. Four clashes have not subsided to this day.

• The defense forces stopped nine offensive actions of the invaders near Bilogorivka and Verkhnekamyanske in the Siversky direction , and three more clashes are still ongoing.

• In the Torets direction, the Russians attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 25 times. The invaders concentrated the main offensive efforts in the areas of the settlements of Dachne, Krymske, Toretsk, and Leonidivka. Our defenders successfully repelled 21 attacks, and fighting continues.

• Since the beginning of this day, in the Pokrovsk direction, the Russians have tried 43 times to break through our defenses near the settlements of Kalynove, Zelene Pole, Novotoretske, Elizavetivka, Lysivka, Vidrodzhennia, Zvirovo, Uspenivka, Nadiivka, Kotlyarivka, and Andriivka, and four clashes are ongoing so far.

• In the Novopavlivske direction, Ukrainian units stopped 13 enemy assault actions near the settlements of Konstantinopol, Rozlyv, Rivnopol, and Novodarivka, and another enemy attack is still ongoing.

• In the Orikhiv direction, the invaders tried to advance three times in the areas of Stepovoye, Shcherbaky, and Lobkovye, and the battle is ongoing. Enemy aviation launched air defense strikes on the areas of Stepnohirsk and Novoandreyevka.

• In the Dnieper direction, the enemy had one futile attempt to advance.

• The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to restrain the enemy in the Kursk direction, where the invader carried out 23 assault operations on the positions of Ukrainian units during the day. The enemy carried out 16 air strikes, dropping 30 guided bombs, and carried out 383 artillery shells, 19 of which were from multiple rocket launchers.