War update: 217 combat clashes along frontlines over past day
On September 20, a total of 217 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian invaders were recorded.
21 September 2024
On September 20, a total of 217 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian invaders were recorded.
The estimated total combat losses of Russian forces in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to September 21, 2024 amount to around 640,920, including 1,440 killed and wounded over the past day.
At 6:00, on September 21, there was one enemy warship in the Black Sea, which is a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles with a total salvo of up to four missiles.
Three people, including a minor, were killed, several people were injured in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine expects that the state budget revenues will increase by about 30% in 2025.
The National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity (NCCC) has decided to restrict the use of Telegram on the official devices of government officials, military personnel, security and defense sector employees, as well as enterprises operating critical infrastructure.
Cameraman Ihor Zakharov, who had been missing for a year, was killed in the war.
On Friday, September 20, a total of 190 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the Russian invaders took place at the front, with the Kurakhove sector being the hottest.
20 September 2024
Russian forces have launched attack drones from the northern and southern directions.
In the coming weeks, Russian forces will feel the impact of the losses of a large amount of ammunition, which was destroyed by Ukraine when it attacked depots in Toropets.
Since the beginning of the day, September 20, as many as 123 combat clashes have taken place on the frontlines in Ukraine with the enemy being the most active in the Kurakhove sector, where they carried out a third of all the attacks.
Russian forces attacked the port infrastructure in Odesa with an Iskander-M ballistic missile on the afternoon of Friday, injuring four people and damaging a civilian vessel flying the flag of Antigua.
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.
In the Kharkiv region, the enemy used a heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A near Vovchansk, and the enemy is building up a communications system near Lukianets. At the same time, the Defense Forces destroyed more than 90 occupants and 74 pieces of enemy weapons and military equipment over the past day.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have shot down 61 Russian Shahed-type attack drones and one Kh-59 guided missile, which the Russian army used to attack Ukraine on the night of September 20.
At night and in the morning of September 20, Russian troops fired 25 times at the border communities of Sumy region, 38 explosions were recorded.
The area of crop fields destroyed by Russian attacks has reached about 130 hectares in the Kirovohrad region, and the total amount of losses is UAH 5.1 million.
Russia suffered about 639,480 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and September 20, 2024, including 1,340 soldiers killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours.
Russian forces have destroyed or damaged 2,509 educational institutions in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, including 1,668 schools.
The United Kingdom condemns the transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia, which poses a direct threat not only to Ukraine, but also to the entire European security.
19 September 2024
Air defense forces are working in Kyiv region during an attack by enemy drones.
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.
From March to August, Russia executed ine waves of large-scale, complex, and coordinated attacks on energy facilities in 20 regions of Ukraine and in Kyiv. This can cause power outages lasting from 4 to 18 hours per day in the upcoming winter.
For the European Union, it is important to have the same security guarantees as Ukraine so promoting Ukraine’s future membership of the Alliance corresponds with EU interests.
In Kharkiv, 40 buildings were damaged by Russian missile and air strikes on the night of September 19.
In the Kharkiv region, the enemy is trying to resume assault operations near Lukianets, and the Defense Forces are holding back the onslaught of Russian occupation forces.
Drones launched by the Security Service (SBU), GUR defense intelligence, and Special Operations Forces destroyed a large warehouse of the Russian MoD’s main missile and artillery department in the settlement of Toropets, Tver region.
Continued Ukrainian strikes against rear Russian logistics facilities within Russia will generate wider operational pressures on the Russian military beyond the individual destruction of ammunition stockpiles and logistics facilities.
Russia suffered about 632,630 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and September 19, 2024, including 1,130 soldiers killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours.
As many as 187 combat engagements between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines on Wednesday, September 18.