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09:30

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 21 August 2023 (approximation): 257930 troops; 4358 tanks; 8449 armored vehicles; 5264 artillery systems; 719 MLRS; 489 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 315 aircraft; 316 helicopters; 7692 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 18 military boats; 4309 tactical UAVs; 794 special military equipment; 1406 cruise missiles. — General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

10:00

Ukrainian troops are advancing along the southern flank around Bakhmut. As of now, 3 more square kilometers have been liberated. In total, 43 square kilometers of Ukrainian land were liberated in this direction since the start of the offensive operations. — Hanna Malyar, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine

12:15

In the last 24 hours, Russian troops attacked the Chernihiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions. At least 3 people were killed, and 27 civilians were injured by shelling. — Information from Regional Military Administrations

18:00

The first line of the main water pipeline on the “Inhulets – Kriazheve” section was launched. Ukraine started to build it three days after Russia’s terrorist act at the Kakhovka HPP. It is supposed to provide water to a quarter of the population of Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipropetrovsk Region. — Press service of the Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure of Ukraine

18:30

The Ukrainian troops are advancing on the Zaporizhzhia axis: on the south-east of Robotyn and south of Mala Tokmachka. In Robotyn, planned combat work is currently taking place. — Hanna Malyar, Deputy Minister of Defense 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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