Week 192 (Oct 23 – 29, 2025)
Nicholas Zharkikh
Cotton in Ryazan (4)
Russia’s losses in the war as of October 23, 2025:
personnel – about 1,134,170 (+920) people;
tanks – 11,282 (+2) units;
armored combat vehicles – 23,453 (+6) units;
artillery systems – 33,938 (+24) units;
RSZV – 1,525 (+1) units;
air defense systems – 1,230 (+1) units;
aircraft – 428 (+0) units;
helicopters – 346 (+0) units;
Operational-tactical level UAVs – 73,386 (+626) units;
cruise missiles – 3,880 (+16) units;
ships/boats – 28 (+0) units;
submarines – 1 (+0) units;
automotive equipment and tank trucks – 65,228 (+106) units;
special equipment – 3,981 (+0) units.
Operational information as of 08:00 on September 23, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion, – Ukrainian General Staff.
A series of explosions rocked Ryazan: an oil refinery and an airfield were hit (video).
At least nine people were killed and five injured in an explosion at "one of the enterprises" in the city of Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk region.
Technological revolution on the battlefield
Russia’s losses in the war as of October 24, 2025:
personnel – about 1,135,080 (+910) people;
tanks – 11,283 (+1) units;
armored combat vehicles – 23,458 (+5) units;
artillery systems – 33,972 (+34) units;
MLRS – 1,526 (+1) units;
air defense systems – 1,230 (+0) units;
aircraft – 428 (+0) units;
helicopters – 346 (+0) units;
Operational-tactical level UAVs – 73,826 (+440) units;
cruise missiles – 3,880 (+0) units;
ships/boats – 28 (+0) units;
submarines – 1 (+0) units;
automotive equipment and tank trucks – 65,356 (+128) units;
special equipment – 3,981 (+0) units.
Operational information as of 08:00 on October 24, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion, – Ukrainian General Staff.
The Washington Post: Biletsky’s 3rd Assault Brigade, by capturing Russians using a ground-based drone, brought about a technological revolution on the battlefield. VIDEO Source:
UAV attack on Moscow and the Moscow region: all emergency services at the point of arrival in Krasnogorsk.
Cotton in Balashov
Russia’s losses in the war as of October 25, 2025:
personnel – about 1,135,990 (+910) people;
tanks – 11,287 (+4) units;
armored combat vehicles – 23,459 (+1) units;
artillery systems – 33,987 (+15) units;
MLRS – 1,526 (+0) units;
air defense systems – 1,230 (+0) units;
aircraft – 428 (+0) units;
helicopters – 346 (+0) units;
Operational-tactical level UAVs – 74,185 (+359) units;
cruise missiles – 3,880 (+0) units;
ships – 28 (+0) units;
submarines – 1 (+0) units;
automotive equipment and tank trucks – 65,436 (+80) units;
special equipment – 3,981 (+0) units.
Operational information as of 08:00 on October 25, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion, – Ukrainian General Staff.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated Torske near Lyman and killed up to a hundred Russians.
Russia reports drone attack on power line substation in Volgograd region.
Intermediate finish: 34 thousand Russian guns destroyed
Russia’s losses in the war as of October 26, 2025:
personnel – about 1,136,890 (+900) people;
tanks – 11,291 (+4) units;
armored combat vehicles – 23,477 (+18) units;
artillery systems – 34,002 (+15) one;
MLRS – 1,526 (+0) units;
air defense systems – 1,230 (+0) units;
aircraft – 428 (+0) units;
helicopters – 346 (+0) units;
Operational-tactical level UAVs – 74,399 (+214) units;
cruise missiles – 3,880 (+0) units;
ships / boats – 28 (+0) units;
submarines – 1 (+0) units;
automotive equipment and tank trucks – 65,517 (+81) units;
special equipment – 3,981 (+0) units.
Operational information as of 08:00 on October 26, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion – Ukrainian General Staff.
The 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated Sukhetske in the Donetsk region.
They flew to Tula, Ryazan, and even Moscow: Russia was massively attacked by dozens of UAVs.
Moscow was already planning to attack Ukraine in 1994
Russia’s losses in the war as of October 27, 2025:
personnel – about 1,136,890 (+800) people;
tanks – 11,293 (+2) units;
armored combat vehicles – 23,480 (+3) units;
artillery systems – 34,036 (+34) units;
MLRS – 1,527 (+1) units;
air defense systems – 1,230 (+0) units;
aircraft – 428 (+0) units;
helicopters – 346 (+0) units;
Operational-tactical level UAVs – 74,946 (+547) units;
cruise missiles – 3,880 (+0) units;
ships/boats – 28 (+0) units;
submarines – 1 (+0) units;
automotive equipment and tank trucks – 65,655 (+138) units;
special equipment – 3,981 (+0) units.
Operational information as of 08:00 on October 27, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion, – Ukrainian General Staff.
Ukrainian military liberated the village of Yehorivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region and showed its clearing from the russian occupiers.
Lavrov stated in Hungary that under the Budapest Memorandum, Russia did not promise Ukraine not to attack it.
Intermediate finish: 75 thousand Russian heavy UAVs destroyed
Russia’s losses in the war as of October 28, 2025:
personnel – about 1,137,850 (+1,060) people;
tanks – 11,299 (+6) units;
armored combat vehicles – 23,508 (+28) units;
artillery systems – 34,044 (+8) units;
MLRS – 1,529 (+2) units;
air defense systems – 1,230 (+0) units;
aircraft – 428 (+0) units;
helicopters – 346 (+0) units;
Operational-tactical level UAVs – 75,054 (+108) one;
cruise missiles – 3,880 (+0) units;
ships/boats – 28 (+0) units;
submarines – 1 (+0) units;
automotive equipment and tank trucks – 65,786 (+131) units;
special equipment – 3,984 (+3) units.
Operational information as of 08:00 on October 28, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion, – Ukrainian General Staff.
The Ukrainian "Ghosts" were working: scouts hit two russian radars and SAM launcher. Video.
End of the war in Ukraine – Ukraine and the EU will prepare a ceasefire plan in 7–10 days.
Cotton in occupied Crimea and several places in the Russian Federation
Russia’s losses in the war as of October 29, 2025:
personnel – about 1,139,900 (+1,150) people;
tanks – 11,303 (+4) units;
armored combat vehicles – 23,511 (+3) units;
artillery systems – 34,064 (+20) units;
MLRS – 1,530 (+1) units;
air defense systems – 1,230 (+0) units;
aircraft – 428 (+0) units;
helicopters – 346 (+0) units;
Operational-tactical level UAVs – 75,367 (+313) units;
cruise missiles – 3,880 (+0) units;
ships/boats – 28 (+0) units;
submarines – 1 (+0) units;
automotive equipment and tank trucks – 65,865 (+79) units;
special equipment – 3,986 (+2) units.
Operational information as of 08:00 on October 29, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion, – Ukrainian General Staff.
Black smoke rises: oil depot in Hvardiyske, Crimea (temporarily occupied by russians), attacked again, fire breaks out. Video.
Mari El, Stavropol, Ulyanovsk – details of UAV strikes on Russian petrochemical enterprises.