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07:44

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 20 August 2024 (approximation): 601800 troops; 8518 tanks; 16521 armored vehicles; 17156 artillery systems; 1166 MLRS; 926 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 367 aircraft; 328 helicopters; 23142 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 28 military boats; 1 submarine; 13864 tactical UAVs; 2885 special military equipment; 2438 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

09:16

At night on August 20, Ukrainian defenders shot down one cruise missile Iskander-K, two out of two guided air missiles Kh-59, and 25 out of 26 Shahed-131/136 drones used by Russian troops to attack the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytska, Kirovohrad, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions. In addition, Russian forces launched two ballistic missiles Iskander-M/KN-23. – Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

12:31

In the last 24 hours, Russian troops attacked the Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytska, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions. At least five citizens were killed and seventeen more were injured. – Information from Regional Military Administrations

14:02

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, approximately 703 people have been injured and 303 more, including 15 children, have been killed by Russian explosive objects in Ukraine. – Serhii Reva, Head of the Department for Organising Humanitarian Demining at the State Emergency Service 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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