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August 16
07:31
Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 16 August 2024 (approximation): 596950 troops; 8496 tanks; 16461 armored vehicles; 16927 artillery systems; 1159 MLRS; 922 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 367 aircraft; 328 helicopters; 22848 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 28 military boats; 1 submarine; 13659 tactical UAVs; 2829 special military equipment; 2429 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
08:52
At night on August 16, Ukrainian defenders shot down three out of three Shahed-131/136 drones used by Russian troops to attack the Poltava, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Odesa, and Mykolaiv regions. In addition, Russian forces launched three ballistic missiles Iskander-M. – Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
11:16
In the last 24 hours, Russian troops attacked the Kyiv, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kherson regions. At least six citizens were killed and twenty more were injured. – Information from Regional Military Administrations
14:10
In one year of operation of the Ukrainian Sea Corridor, more than 2,300 vessels called at Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. During this time, cargo turnover totalled more than 64 million tonnes. Almost 44 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain were exported abroad. – Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister 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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