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07:35

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 9 April 2024 (approximation): 449250 troops; 7110 tanks; 13620 armored vehicles; 11386 artillery systems; 1039 MLRS; 753 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 347 aircraft; 325 helicopters; 15181 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 26 military boats; 1 submarine; 9033 tactical UAVs; 1868 special military equipment; 2065 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

08:41

At night on April 9, Ukrainian defenders shot down 20 out of 20 Shahed-136/131 drones used by Russian troops to attack the Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Vinnytsia, and Lviv regions. In addition, Russian forces launched four anti-aircraft guided missiles S-300. – Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

11:20

In the last 24 hours, Russian troops attacked the Zhytomyr, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Lviv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kherson regions. At least five citizens were killed and 27 more were injured. – Information from Regional Military Administrations

11:51

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine has been investigating 27 criminal proceedings for the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war committed by Russian occupiers. In total, Russian soldiers have already executed 54 Ukrainian defenders. – Yurii Bielousov, Head of the Department for Combating Crimes at the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine

16:05

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian troops have either damaged or destroyed 1,046 monuments of the cultural heritage of Ukraine. – Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine

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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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