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April 8
07:48
Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 8 April 2024 (approximation): 448400 troops; 7087 tanks; 13575 armored vehicles; 11356 artillery systems; 1039 MLRS; 751 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 347 aircraft; 325 helicopters; 15110 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 26 military boats; 1 submarine; 8996 tactical UAVs; 1867 special military equipment; 2065 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
08:14
At night on April 8, Ukrainian defenders shot down 17 out of 24 Shahed-136/131 drones and one guided air missile Kh-59 used by Russian troops to attack the Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, and Zhytomyr regions. – Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
10:29
Due to Russian shellings of Ukrainian energy facilities, 398 settlements in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions remain without electricity. – National power company “Ukrenergo”
12:07
In the last 24 hours, Russian troops attacked the Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kherson regions. At least 4 citizens were killed and 12 more were injured. – Information from Regional Military Administrations
16:50
Denmark will allocate 40 million Danish kroner (over $5,8 million) for the restoration of Ukrainian energy systems damaged due to the Russian missile and drone attacks. – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
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A soldier from the ‘Da Vinci Wolves’ special unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launches an FPV drone from the Ukrainian positions on the Pokrovsk axis in the Donetsk region. October 2024.
Photo: Viacheslav Ratynskyi
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 33rd Mechanized Brigade smokes as his fellow soldiers prepare to go on a US-made M113 armoured personnel carrier to the combat mission. Near the frontline city of Kurakhove in the Donetsk region. October 2024.
Photo: Roman Pilipey for AFP Photo
Paramedics from the Hospitallers volunteer medic battalion take care of wounded Ukrainian soldiers on the evacuation bus on the way to the hospital. October 2024.
Photo: Roman Pilipey for AFP Photo
Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region is another Ukrainian city that was turned into ruins due to Russian military aggression.
Photo: Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov
Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region is another Ukrainian city that was turned into ruins due to Russian military aggression.
Photo: Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov
Ukrainian Ada is a UAV operator of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After she drove over an enemy anti-tank mine in September 2024, the woman lost her left leg, while several complex operations are ahead of her to save the shattered heel of her right leg.
Photo: Konstantyn & Vlada Liberov / Superhumans Center
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