Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukrainian air defense destroyed 4 Shahed drones launched by russia over Kharkiv region from Belgorod.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 80 combat engagements over the day. russia launched 3 missile strikes, 43 air strikes and 102 attacks with multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.

russia spread fake news that the former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Zaluzhnyi, had given a mysterious sign after his resignation. It turned out to be a hostile photo montage by pro-kremlin channels.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has warned of enemy tactical aircraft activity in the east of the country, which poses a threat of using air weapons in the frontline areas.

At the initiative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the NGO Boryviter Military School, the first conference "Lessons Learned: Building Systemic Capacity" was held.

The Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine report a potential threat of the use of enemy attack drones in Kharkiv region.

The Prosecutor General's Office has launched an investigation into the shooting of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Avdiivka and Vesele.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine continues to improve the system of psychological assistance to military personnel and their families by approving amendments to the legal acts regulating this area.

This week, Ukrainian sappers found and destroyed more than 1,800 explosive devices left by Russians in Kharkiv, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, clearing more than 1,478 hectares of land from munitions.

The Russians are actively trying to develop an offensive near the village of Lastochkine, near Avdiivka, but Ukrainian troops are preventing it from developing.

The head of the public relations department of the Tavria unit said that the situation in the Zaporizhzhia sector has stabilized, with no losses of Ukrainian positions, as the Russian army made 13 unsuccessful attempts to attack but was repelled.

The Ukrainian military leadership honored the soldiers who died defending Debaltseve in 2015 at a monument in Kyiv commemorating the battle.

Over the past day, Ukrainian troops repelled numerous Russian attacks in the Tavriya sector, inflicting over 550 casualties and destroying 4 tanks.

During a Russian missile strike on Sloviansk, the body of a 65-year-old school guard was found under the rubble of a destroyed school building.

Ukrainian Air Force aircraft warned of a suspected guided missile fired in the direction of Dnipro city.

For the first time, Russian troops were able to establish a temporary local air superiority and were able to provide direct air support to ground troops during the offensive on Avdiivka, Donetsk region.

Ukrainian troops repelled a Russian offensive in the Zaporizhzhya sector, destroying 18 pieces of equipment, including 3 tanks, killing about 70 soldiers and wounding another 80.

During the russian air attack, Ukrainian air defenses shot down 12 Shahid drones, one X-59 missile, and one Su-34 fighter-bomber.

The russian federation launched more than 100 air and missile strikes against Ukraine.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that russia lost 1,080 servicemen over the past 24 hours.

The Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine provided information on the threat of enemy tactical aircraft for the regions where air alert has been declared.

russians in the occupied territory of Ukraine illegally register Ukrainian land as their property.

Ukraine's Air Force reported a threat of ballistic missile use in Dnipropetrovs'k and Zaporizhzhia regions.

The Ukrainian Air Force spotted Russian drones flying toward Poltava from the northwest.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that the unmanned aerial vehicles changed direction from Sumy region to Poltava region, heading south.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces inflicted significant losses on the enemy: more than 1,500 killed and 3,500 wounded on a key group of the russian army, preventing encirclement near Avdiivka and retreating to prepared positions.

An oil slick from the sunken Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov has reached the coast of occupied Balaklava in Crimea, causing a strong smell of fuel, according to eyewitnesses.

Ukrainian special forces have been securing the evacuation corridor from Avdiivka for a week, protecting the last road out of the city from the Russian offensive.

According to the Telegram channel, tanks were spotted in the occupied Crimea moving from Sevastopol through Simferopol and further north, and the information was passed on to the Ukrainian armed forces.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz avoided direct answers about providing Ukraine with long-range missiles and supporting Ukraine's accession to NATO.