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07:56

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 20 June 2023 (approximation): 221460 troops; 3997 tanks; 7750 armored vehicles; 3888 artillery systems; 614 MLRS; 372 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 314 aircraft; 306 helicopters; 6645 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 18 military boats; 3393 tactical UAVs; 531 special military equipment; 1214 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

09:15

On June 20, Russia attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones. Ukrainian defenders shot down 32 out of 35 enemy UAVs. In addition, Russian forces shelled Zaporizhzhia with air ballistic missiles Iskander-M / S-300. – Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

09:30

During a Russian night air attack, fallen debris from downed aerial targets damaged outbuildings and several private houses in the Kyiv region. In Lviv, enemy UAVs hit a critical infrastructure facility. At night, Russia also targeted Zaporizhzhia with missiles. Agricultural property and equipment, as well as one of the local recreation areas, were hit. There are no casualties. – Information from Regional Military Administrations

10:14

Russian aggressors shelled the Donetsk region on June 19. 5 citizens were injured. – Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration

10:39

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, more than eight million Ukrainians have become refugees, and more than five million have applied for temporary resident status in Western European countries. – Dmytro Lubinets, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

11:05

The Danish government has approved another package of military assistance to Ukraine worth €2,95 billion for 2023-2028. – Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defence of Ukraine

15:30

In the last 24 hours, Ukrainian missile troops and gunners carried out 1,487 fire missions in the Tavriia axis. The losses of Russian troops killed and wounded amounted to more than five companies. In addition, 46 units of enemy military equipment were destroyed or damaged. – Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Commander of “Tavriia” operational-strategic group of troops

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Mykhailo Bakaliuk, 41, a Ukrainian amputee soldier injured during the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Zaporizhzhia region, uses a machine to learn how to walk with a prosthetic leg. Lviv, September 2023.

By Roman Pilipey for AFP News Agency

Bohdan, a Ukrainian soldier from the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade “Edelveis,” keeps practicing playing his musical instrument, a trembita, when he has free time.

By Kostiantyn Liberov & Vlada Liberova

A road sign damaged by cluster munition due to a Russian shelling on the outskirts of Kharkiv.

By Ivan Alvarado / Reuters

A Ukrainian serviceman stands in position near the border with Belarus in the Zhytomyr region. September 2023.

By Gleb Garanich / Reuters

A Ukrainian soldier is preparing to release a drone that will fly over temporarily occupied territories in search of Russian heavy weapons and air defense installations. September 2023.

By Lynsey Addario

At night on September 25, 2023, Russian forces targeted the port infrastructure in Odesa with drones and missiles. Due to another enemy attack, a well-known city location — a seaport building with a nearby hotel, as well as a grain warehouse, suffered destruction.

By Andrii Stavnitser / Facebook

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