To News and Stories

AllNews

Timeline of war
August 17 Logo
09:00

Over the past day, Ukrainian missile troops and gunners destroyed 2 Kh-35/Kh-59 cruise missiles and 16 Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones. — General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

09:30

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 17 August 2023 (approximation): 256050 troops; 4329 tanks; 8398 armored vehicles; 5169 artillery systems; 714 MLRS; 486 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 315 aircraft; 314 helicopters; 7641 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 18 military boats; 4272 tactical UAVs; 773 special military equipment; 1406 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

10:00

The missile unit of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed an enemy Ka-52 attack helicopter in the Bakhmut axis. — Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

10:20

Bulgaria joined the Joint Declaration of the G7 on security guarantees for Ukraine. So far, 16 countries have joined the Declaration. — Bulgaria’s Government Information Service

10:30

The soldiers of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade shot down an enemy Ka-52 attack helicopter in the Zaporizhzhia axis near Robotyn. — The 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade

12:00

In the last 24 hours, Russian troops attacked the Chernihiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions. At least 3 people were killed, and 15 civilians were injured by shelling. – Information from Regional Military Administrations

13:20

Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia joined the Joint Declaration of the G7 of support for Ukraine presented at the NATO summit. — The joint statement of the Prime Ministers of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.

13:30

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed laws on extending martial law and mobilisation in Ukraine until November 15, 2023. — Verkhovna Rada official website

13:50

In the morning, Russian troops launched a missile attack on the Novomoskovskiy district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. About 10,000 people in two settlements remained without electricity. – Mykola Lukashuk, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration

War News

See the war

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

DISCOVER
how Ukraine lived before the war Explore peaceful Ukraine