 The Soviet 58th Guards Rifle Division of Zhadov's 5th Guards Army made contact with the US 69th Infantry Division of the First Army near Torgau, Germany, on the Elbe River.The Soviet investment of Berlin was consolidated with leading units probing and penetrating the "S-Bahn" defensive ring.By the end of 25 April, there was no prospect that the German defence of the city could do anything but temporarily delay the capture of the capital by the Soviets as the decisive stages of the battle had already been fought and lost by the Germans fighting outside the city.