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August 17

08:09

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 17 August 2024 (approximation): 598180 troops; 8501 tanks; 16473 armored vehicles; 16985 artillery systems; 1160 MLRS; 923 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 367 aircraft; 328 helicopters; 22913 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 28 military boats; 1 submarine; 13714 tactical UAVs; 2844 special military equipment; 2432 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

09:19

Due to Russian shellings, in the last 24 hours, two Ukrainian citizens were killed and two more were injured in the Donetsk region. – Vadym Filashkin, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration

11:42

At night on August 17, Ukrainian defenders shot down 14 out of 14 Shahed-131/136 drones used by Russian troops to attack the Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kyiv regions. In addition, Russian forces launched a cruise missile Iskander-K. – Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

War News

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Evacuation from Pokrovsk is ongoing, four Russian military airfields were hit, and operation in the Kursk region continues: Ukraine’s weekly news digest

Russian airstrike on Kostiantynivka, Army+ app for Ukrainian military, and operation in the Kursk region: Ukraine’s weekly news digest

F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine, military assistance package from the US, and a Russian submarine sank near Crimea: Ukraine’s weekly news digest

€1.5 billion for Ukraine from profits of frozen Russian assets and Boeing and Antonov cooperation: Ukraine’s weekly news digest

Ukrainian wheat flour for Palestine, security agreements with Czechia and Slovenia, and Russian airstrike on Mykolaiv: Ukraine’s weekly news digest

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People take cover inside underground parking during a Russian missile and drone strike on Lviv on August 26, 2024.

Photo: Roman Baluk

Ukraine returned another 115 soldiers from Russian captivity as a result of the exchange of POWs on August 24, 2024.

Photo: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

A Ukrainian serviceman works to attach additional protection on a Soviet-made T-72 tank on a position in the Sumy region near the border with Russia. August 2024.

Photo: Roman Pilipey for AFP Photo

Ukrainian military drone operators of the 22nd Mechanized Brigade assemble a Poseidon reconnaissance UAV on their position in the Sumy region near the border with Russia. August 2024.

Photo: Roman Pilipey for AFP Photo

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Largest Russian air attack, destroyed enemy railway ferry, and exchange of POWs on Independence Day: Ukraine’s weekly news digest

Evacuation from Pokrovsk is ongoing, four Russian military airfields were hit, and operation in the Kursk region continues: Ukraine’s weekly news digest

Russian airstrike on Kostiantynivka, Army+ app for Ukrainian military, and operation in the Kursk region: Ukraine’s weekly news digest

F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine, military assistance package from the US, and a Russian submarine sank near Crimea: Ukraine’s weekly news digest

€1.5 billion for Ukraine from profits of frozen Russian assets and Boeing and Antonov cooperation: Ukraine’s weekly news digest

Ukrainian wheat flour for Palestine, security agreements with Czechia and Slovenia, and Russian airstrike on Mykolaiv: Ukraine’s weekly news digest

See the war

People take cover inside underground parking during a Russian missile and drone strike on Lviv on August 26, 2024.

People take cover inside underground parking during a Russian missile and drone strike on Lviv on August 26, 2024.

Ukraine returned another 115 soldiers from Russian captivity as a result of the exchange of POWs on August 24, 2024.

Ukraine returned another 115 soldiers from Russian captivity as a result of the exchange of POWs on August 24, 2024.

A Ukrainian serviceman works to attach additional protection on a Soviet-made T-72 tank on a position in the Sumy region near the border with Russia. August 2024.

Ukrainian military drone operators of the 22nd Mechanized Brigade assemble a Poseidon reconnaissance UAV on their position in the Sumy region near the border with Russia. August 2024.