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August 21
07:28
Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 21 August 2024 (approximation): 603010 troops; 8522 tanks; 16542 armored vehicles; 17216 artillery systems; 1166 MLRS; 928 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 367 aircraft; 328 helicopters; 23221 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 28 military boats; 1 submarine; 13902 tactical UAVs; 2887 special military equipment; 2442 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
11:15
In the last 24 hours, Russian troops attacked the Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kherson regions. At least four citizens were killed and thirty more were injured. – Information from Regional Military Administrations
11:36
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, 570 Ukrainian children have been killed and 1,523 children have been injured. Most victims among children are from the Donetsk region. – Prosecutor General’s Office
12:35
At night on August 21, Ukrainian defenders shot down one guided air missile Kh-59/Kh-69 and 50 out of 69 Shahed-136/131 drones used by Russian troops to attack the Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Donetsk, 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
17:13
The Netherlands are purchasing 51 mobile radars for Ukraine to strengthen the Ukrainian air defense. The military equipment will be transferred to Ukraine until the end of 2024. – Ruben Brekelmans, Minister of Defense of the Netherlands
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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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