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07:36

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 23 August 2024 (approximation): 605330 troops; 8533 tanks; 16599 armored vehicles; 17307 artillery systems; 1167 MLRS; 932 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 367 aircraft; 328 helicopters; 23329 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 28 military boats; 1 submarine; 14025 tactical UAVs; 2910 special military equipment; 2442 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

09:12

At night on August 23, Ukrainian defenders shot down 14 out of 16 Shahed-136/131 drones used by Russian troops to attack the Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Poltava, and Sumy 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

11:20

In the last 24 hours, Russian troops attacked the Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions. At least four citizens were killed and twenty-five more were injured. – Information from Regional Military Administrations

12:29

Ukrainian forces have destroyed the Russian ferry “Konro Treider” in the Kavkaz port of the Krasnodar region. In particular, the enemy vessel was used to transport fuel and lubricants, as well as weaponry for the Russian military. – Dmytro Pletenchuk, Spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy

16:40

More than 1,528 children were injured in Ukraine due to Russian military aggression. – Yuliia Usenko, Head of the Department for Protection of Children’s Interests and Combating Domestic Violence of the Prosecutor General’s Office

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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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