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August 18
07:58
Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 18 August 2024 (approximation): 599350 troops; 8508 tanks; 16480 armored vehicles; 17056 artillery systems; 1161 MLRS; 923 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 367 aircraft; 328 helicopters; 22992 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 28 military boats; 1 submarine; 13752 tactical UAVs; 2846 special military equipment; 2432 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
09:37
At night on August 18, Ukrainian defenders shot down two out of two ballistic missiles KN-23 and eight out of eight Shahed-131/136 drones used by Russian troops to attack the Kyiv, Sumy, and Poltava regions. In addition, Russian forces launched a cruise missile Iskander-K and two guided air missiles Kh-59. – Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
13:53
Over the past week, Russian troops used more than 40 missiles of various types, 750 guided aerial bombs and 200 UAVs to attack Ukrainian territories. – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President 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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