War update: 172 combat clashes on front lines, three sectors remain hottest
As many as 172 combat engagements were recorded on the battlefield in Ukraine in the past 24 hours.
08 October 2024
As many as 172 combat engagements were recorded on the battlefield in Ukraine in the past 24 hours.
The average daily Russian casualties (killed and wounded) in Ukraine reached a new monthly war high during September 2024.
07 October 2024
In the Kharkiv region, mandatory evacuation has been announced in two more settlements of the Borova territorial community.
On Monday, October 7, Russian troops struck Kupiansk, injuring two people.
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the main command post of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where he met with the soldiers and awarded them with state awards.
As many as 141 combat engagements between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the battlefield on October 6, and the enemy most actively advanced in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove sectors.
Ukraine's air defense forces intercepted two Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles in the Kyiv region and shot down 32 enemy strike drones in the Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava and Kharkiv regions.
Four people were injured in Sumy as a result of a Russian strike the day before, including one child.
Due to enemy shelling last night in the Kharkiv region, a railway track was damaged, and electric trains will temporarily stop running on the Kharkiv-Derhachi-Slatyne-Nova Kozacha route.
Russian invaders attacked Kharkiv 53 times in September, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure and killing and wounding people.
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin was killed in a battle in the Kharkiv region, he fought on the side of Ukraine.
Explosions were heard in Kharkiv as the enemy struck the city with guided aerial bombs (KABs).
06 October 2024
Throughout Sunday, October 6, the Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 99 combat clashes with Russian invaders, with the most intense situation observed in the Pokrovsk, Lyman, Toretsk, and Kurakhove sectors of the front.
Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans announced that the Netherlands will allocate 400 million euros in advanced drone development with Ukraine.
Ukraine has received its first F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands.
Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov discussed strengthening cooperation within the aviation coalition with the Netherlands’ Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans, including crew training and supply of weapons and spare parts for aircraft.
Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans has visited Kharkiv as part of an unannounced visit to Ukraine.
In Kharkiv region, an enemy drone struck the village of Borova, Izium district. As a result, a civilian man was killed.
During the week, Russian troops used about 20 missiles of various types, more than 800 guided aerial bombs and almost 400 attack drones of various types on the territory of Ukraine.
Russian invaders attacked Kupiansk in Kharkiv region with an FPV drone, hitting near a bus stop, resulting in injuries.
The Russian forces launched 17 guided aerial bombs (KABs) on border settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions over the past day.
In the Kharkiv sector of the front, the enemy is reinforcing units near Hlyboke and conducting engineering work near Lukiantsi.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated territorial defense fighters and said that since the first days of the full-scale war, thousands of soldiers from the Territorial Defense Forces have demonstrated their courage and devotion to Ukraine.
Ukraine's air defense forces shot down 56 attack UAVs and two enemy missiles on the night of October 5 to 6.
As many as 169 combat engagements took place on the front lines in Ukraine in the last 24 hours, with Russian forces being most active in the Pokrovsk, Kurakhove and Kupiansk sectors.
On October 5, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brinkman and Chief of Defense Onno Eichelsheim visited Kharkiv region.
05 October 2024
A 49-year-old man has been killed in a Russian drone strike on a car in the village of Nyzhche Solone in the Kharkiv region.
On the grounds of the Aggregates Plant in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, Russian occupiers executed four Ukrainian servicemen during the summer of 2024.
Over the past 24 hours on the front, 159 combat engagements occurred, with the highest activity of the Russians observed in the Kurakhove and Kupiansk sectors, where the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 50 attacks.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has neutralized a large criminal group that specialized in schemes for draft dodgers. As a result of comprehensive measures in Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, 14 criminals involved in the schemes were detained.