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08:15

Russian aggressors fired missiles at the Donetsk region on December 1. 6 citizens were injured. – Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration

08:34

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February to 02 December (approximation): 90090 troops; 2916 tanks; 5883 armored vehicles; 1905 artillery systems; 395 MLRS; 210 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 280 aircraft; 262 helicopters; 4464 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 16 military boats; 1564 tactical UAVs; 163 special military equipment; 531 cruise missiles. Russian enemy suffered the greatest losses (of the past day) at the Bakhmut and Lyman directions. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

10:37

Russian occupiers launched missile strikes on the Kherson region on December 1. 3 citizens were killed. 7 people were injured. Local residential buildings were damaged. – Yaroslav Yanushevych, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration

12:38

Ukrainian diplomatic institutions keep receiving packages with threats. Ukrainian embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, the Consulates General of Ukraine in Naples and Krakow, and the consulate in Brno have received bloody packages. The packages contained animal eyes. By order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, all Ukrainian embassies and consulates have been placed under heightened security measures. – Oleh Nikolenko, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

14:11

As of December 2, Russian aggressors have forcibly deported more than 11,500 Ukrainian citizens to the Russian Federation [conservative estimates, real numbers are likely higher]. – Kateryna Pavlichenko, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

14:51

As of December 2, the Australian government has provided Ukraine with $655 million in defense, economic and humanitarian support. – Richard Sadleir, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations

17:04

In Poland, the Consulate General of Ukraine in Krakow received a letter with threats twice, as well as the Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw once. The relevant Polish services have opened proceedings and are collecting evidence of criminal acts. – Vasyl Zvarych, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland

18:15

In the last 24 hours, Russian troops shelled the Sumy, the Dnipropetrovsk, the Zaporizhzhia, the Kharkiv, the Kherson, the Mykolaiv, the Donetsk, the Luhansk, and the Chernihiv regions. 4 people were killed. 17 citizens were injured [conservative estimates, real numbers are likely higher]. – Information from Regional Military Administrations

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Mykhailo Bakaliuk, 41, a Ukrainian amputee soldier injured during the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Zaporizhzhia region, uses a machine to learn how to walk with a prosthetic leg. Lviv, September 2023.

By Roman Pilipey for AFP News Agency

Bohdan, a Ukrainian soldier from the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade “Edelveis,” keeps practicing playing his musical instrument, a trembita, when he has free time.

By Kostiantyn Liberov & Vlada Liberova

A road sign damaged by cluster munition due to a Russian shelling on the outskirts of Kharkiv.

By Ivan Alvarado / Reuters

A Ukrainian serviceman stands in position near the border with Belarus in the Zhytomyr region. September 2023.

By Gleb Garanich / Reuters

A Ukrainian soldier is preparing to release a drone that will fly over temporarily occupied territories in search of Russian heavy weapons and air defense installations. September 2023.

By Lynsey Addario

At night on September 25, 2023, Russian forces targeted the port infrastructure in Odesa with drones and missiles. Due to another enemy attack, a well-known city location — a seaport building with a nearby hotel, as well as a grain warehouse, suffered destruction.

By Andrii Stavnitser / Facebook

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