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To spread: On October 1, 2025, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Defenders and Defen...

Defenders' and Defenders Day: How did the Ukrainian Army reached in 2025.

To spread: On October 1, 2025, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Defenders and Defenders, started 11 years ago and is related to the honor of the Cossack army. In 2025, ordinary officers and commanders, each of them, contributed to the protection of Ukraine from the invasion of the Russian Federation.

What are the achievements of defense forces and how have they changed over the last year? Defender and Defenders Day is dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers and warriors, their courage and stability in protecting the state and people. The celebrations began to be held since 2014, because due to the hybrid invasion of the Russian Federation there was a need to honor the heroes who lay in the name of independence and sovereignty of Ukraine.

For 11 years, the Armed Forces changed: they got rid of the Soviet Army's traits and became an army of the 21st century. Focus gathered information about the achievements of defenders and defenders, the army as a whole. The heroism of the warriors of the Defense Forces on the Day of Defenders and Defenders, Ukraine honors the fallen and celebrates the awards of the military who have shown themselves best on the battlefield.

Focus told the stories of individual fighters who showed special sustainability and heroism. Among them is the history of a platoon of soldiers of 57 brigade, which spent 178 days in Vovchansk, reflecting the daily attacks of units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Another case is the National Guard Vladislav Nagorny, who was injured and was almost killed by the Russian military, but survived and reached his own, having a cut throat.

Meanwhile, Anatoly Osukhovsky with the call sign "London" was captured by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, but was able to choose and save several brothers. Special operations on the front line in 2025 defenders and defenders kept the offensive of the Russian Federation on the front line of 1 100 km long, in May, commander -in -chief Alexander Sirsky.

The focus has identified the shades that have been the hottest in recent months: Sumy direction - from the beginning of March of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation began an offensive and entered the Sumy region, but in the summer, since June 2025, Ukrainian defenders and defenders stopped the enemy's promotion, switched on counterattack and returned control over 20 square meters. km of the territory.

Pokrovsky direction - in September 2025 the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation made a breakthrough of 10 km of the direction of Dobropillya. After that, 3 army corps and other units of defense forces were transferred to the specified plot: the Russians stopped and even counter -attacks began, Syrsky said. As of September 29, one "boiler" and two "semi -swing" with surrounded by the Russians were formed under Dobropillya. 175 square meters were released. km, cleaned from DRG - 195 square meters.

km. Kupyansky direction - as of September 30, the Armed Forces fighters hold the city, the map of analysts of Deepstate testifies. The 10th Army Corps said that the Russians began to use pipes to pick up in the northern outskirts. When it was noticed that after the exit from the pipe they were struck by artillery and drones, laid with barbed wire and flooded.

The forces of unmanned systems are a new family of the Armed Forces, which President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared in the summer of 2024. Since June 2025, Major Robert Brody has been headed by Major Robert. In September, the Brody reported that blows to the Russian Federation is a joint work of GUR Ministry of Defense, forces of special operations and other units of the Armed Forces. Strikes deep into the Russian Federation.

From August to the end of September, the oil refinery of the Russian Federation was under the blow of the long -range means of defeat of Ukraine: 17 hits took place at distances from 100 km to 700 km from Ukraine. Attacks damaged almost 20% of oil refining capacity, and the Russian Federation felt a deficiency of gasoline. In addition to the refinery, enterprises were burning, tangent to the production of weapons of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

On September 29, it became known that Neptune missiles on the Electrodemetal plant in the Bryansk region, which sent products to 1,500 Russian MIC plants. In addition, on September 23 it was loud in Elabuz - the city for almost 1 000 km from Ukraine, which houses the Shahanedov assembly shops. Another direction is attacks on Russian military objects on the Black Sea.

In particular, on September 27 it was loud in Novorossiysk and Tuapse - in the ports of the Russian Federation through which oil passes. As the defense forces reported, after the attack, the terminal in Novorossiysk, which is 2 million barrels of oil per day, suspended the work. In the fall of 2025, the Western media and the military noted the experience of defense fighters in reflecting the air attacks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and in the fight against warships.

The focus has identified several cases that have become known in the last few days. During 2025, the Armed Forces continued management reform, started in 2024. According to the decision of the command, there is a transition to the corps system, in which several crews are united under a single guidance and jointly hold a certain area of ​​the front.

Another direction is digitalization: the development of situational awareness (Delta system identifies goals in 2 seconds), the Army+Application (Directory ID Army, Report Templates, Documents, etc. ), E-Bali portal for receiving equipment in exchange for enemy destruction. We would like to remind you that on September 30, the portal "Texts" published an infographic, which showed what Kilzon was and how the fighters of the Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were operating.