A big explosion occured in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Unclear what happened yet.

Missile danger in Crimea declared. During the last hour, local channels also reported UAV activity.

Heavy footage from Orlivka, west of Avdiivka which is still being fought over heavily.

"Pay attention to the frantic dynamics of the fighting, and at the same time, the unit's work is so clear and well-coordinated. Thanks to the professional actions and character of our fighters, we managed to change the enemy's plans and inflict significant losses on the enemy," deputy commander of the 3rd Brigade, Maksym Zhorin adds.

One of the suspects of the Moscow City Hall shooting, sitting in the defendant's bench of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow during the selection of a preventive measure on charges of committing a terrorist act as part of a group of people. Judging from his face, a lot of violence has been exerted on him.

Two Project 775 Ropucha-class landing ships, reported as the Yamal and Konstantin Olshansky, can be seen on a satellite image of Sevastopol from today. One of them is towed to a dry dock but shows no signs of damage, near the other ship, damage is visible to the pier, not to the ship itself.

One lone tank from the 53rd Mechanized Brigade reportedly took out 3 Russian tanks near Tonen'ke, west of Avdiivka.

Also a second suspect appeared. He is the guy who had his ear cut off during interrogations and stuffed in his mouth, just after he was arrested.

Two Russian recon UAVs were destroyed during the day in the Mykolaiv region.

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Russian losses per 25/03/24 reported by the Ukrainian general staff

+640 men
+11 tanks
+25 APVs
+22 artillery systems
+3 AD systems
+29 UAVs
+18 cruise missiles

Ukrainian GUR clarified the situation about the attack on one of the Ropucha-class landing ships.

It claims that a ship repair plant in Sevastopol was attacked, where, among other things, the Project 775 Ropucha-class landing ship Yamal was moored. According to them the ship rolled to starboard side due to a hole in the upper deck.

They didn’t release information about the “Azov” large landing ship, which was also claimed destroyed by the general staff.

Last night, Ukraine repelled a Shahed drone attack aimed for the Mykolaiv and Odesa regions. Out of 9 Shaheds, 8 were shot down.