Russian missiles hit energy infrastructure in Sumy region
Overnight Tuesday, Russian troops launched a missile strike targeting energy facilities in Sumy region, leaving nearly 20,000 residents in blackout.
20 August 2024
Overnight Tuesday, Russian troops launched a missile strike targeting energy facilities in Sumy region, leaving nearly 20,000 residents in blackout.
Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted a Russian Iskander-K cruise missile, two Kh-59 guided air missiles, and 25 Shahed-131/136 one-way attack drones.
During the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s military reported 158 combat engagements with the Russian invasion force along the frontline.
Fighters from the 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade destroyed Russia’s combat positions in Kursk region’s Sudzha district, making full use of their Marder infantry fighting vehicle’s firepower.
The world should think about achieving peace in Ukraine, without stopping to support Ukrainians in their effort to repel Russian aggression.
The total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 20 August 2024 amounted to about 601,800 people, including 1,330 people in the last 24 hours.
There are no Russian warships in the Black and Azov Seas as of 06:00 on 20 August.
In the morning, on 20 August, Russian troops attacked Kyiv from the north, allegedly with Iskander-K cruise missiles.
Since the full-scale war in Ukraine, 885 medical facilities damaged by Russia have been restored.
19 August 2024
Over the past day, 145 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops took place on the front lines, with the situation in the Pokrovsk sector being the hottest.
Russia lost about 600,470 troops in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and August 19, 2024, including 1,120 soldiers killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours.
Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 11 Shahed strike drones launched from the Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk area on the night of August 18-19.
18 August 2024
In the Kyiv region, as a result of a morning missile attack by the Russian Federation army, 50 houses in three settlements were damaged, two of which were destroyed.
The number of Ukraine Army’s combat engagements with the Russian invasion force has reached 81 since day-start while the enemy remains most active in the Pokrovsk axis where they launched 24 assaults.
The Ukrainian President's spouse, Olena Zelenska, compared the proposal to exchange some of Ukrainian territories for peace with a fairy tale plot, where, in order to appease the dragon, people would annually sacrifice a young woman.
Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Ivan Khurs reconnaissance ship was seen off the coast of Sevastopol.
On Monday or Tuesday, the Council for the Restoration of Okhmatdyt will approve a phased plan to rebuild the National Children's Specialised Hospital Okhmatdyt, which was damaged by the Russian attack.
In the Kyiv region, Russian missile fragments damaged or destroyed 18 houses, power lines and cars.
Rescuers have completed an emergency restoration operation at the site of a Russian missile attack in Sumy.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down eight Russian Shahed attack drones and five missiles on the night and morning of August 18.
Russia currently has no naval vessels on combat duty in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces are believed to have lost 599,350 personnel killed or wounded, including 1,170 in the past 24 hours.
For the third time in August, the Russians attacked Kyiv using ballistic missiles.
Ukraine has been able to capture as much of the adversary’s territory in just 10 days as the Russian army has occupied in Ukraine over nearly eight months of this year
17 August 2024
Rescuers have completed an emergency restoration operation at the site of a Russian missile attack in Sumy.
On Saturday morning, Russian troops fired on the town of Druzhba in Shostka district, Sumy region, injuring an 8-year-old child.
In Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, rescuers have pulled a victim from the rubble following Russian strikes.
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Oleksiy Kuleba, together with representatives of central executive authorities, held a briefing for international partners to discuss the needs of Ukraine’s energy sector and preparing for the autumn and winter period.
The Russian forces shelled Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. One person is currently trapped under the rubble. A rescue operation is ongoing.
There were 132 combat engagements on the front lines in Ukraine in the past day. The enemy is most active in the Pokrovsk sector, where 51 attacks were recorded.