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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
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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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