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07:42

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 27 August 2024 (approximation): 610100 troops; 8563 tanks; 16667 armored vehicles; 17495 artillery systems; 1173 MLRS; 937 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 367 aircraft; 328 helicopters; 23613 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 28 military boats; 1 submarine; 14254 tactical UAVs; 2944 special military equipment; 2547 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

09:43

At night on August 27, Ukrainian defenders shot down 60 out of 81 Shahed-131/136 drones and five out of five cruise missiles used by Russian troops to attack the Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kirovohrad regions. In addition, Russian forces launched three aeroballistic missiles Kh-47M2 «Kyndzhal», one ballistic missile Iskander-M, and one cruise missile Iskander-K. – Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

12:30

In the last 24 hours, Russian troops attacked the Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions. At least 13 citizens were killed and 58 more were injured. – Information from Regional Military Administrations

14:04

Ukrainian forces have already taken control of approximately 1,294 square kilometres and 100 Russian settlements in the course of operation in the Kursk region. So far, the Ukrainian military has captured 594 Russian servicemen in this direction. – Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

15:30

Ukraine has successfully tested the first domestically made ballistic missile. – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President 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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