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On the night of May 8, 2024, Russian troops launched a combined attack on Ukraine using 76 air targets - 55 missiles and 21 attack drones, of which 59 were successfully intercepted by Ukrainian air defense systems.

Belarus is conducting an unannounced inspection of non-strategic nuclear weapons in coordination with Russia's preparations for exercises involving the use of such weapons.

Over the past week, the enemy fired 57 times at 13 localities in Chernihiv region, including 1 rocket attack, 14 air strikes and 8 drone strikes, causing 333 explosions and fires at civilian infrastructure facilities.

Russia launches a missile strike on Odesa, injuring 14 people and leaving a 32-year-old man in serious condition after surgery.

The Center for Strategic Communications emphasizes that three civilians were killed and residential buildings were damaged as a result of a Russian missile attack on Odesa.

As a result of Russian missile attacks on Odesa, the office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights was damaged, but no one was injured.

Russian troops fired three Iskander-M ballistic missiles at densely populated areas of Odesa at night, causing casualties.

A four-year-old girl is in critical condition after a Russian missile attack on Odesa.

Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 21 of 34 Russian missiles launched overnight in a combined attack, including cruise missiles from strategic bombers, guided missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, and Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops killed 5 civilians and wounded 8 others in Donetsk region, shelling 9 localities with artillery, rockets and guided bombs.

the Russian army fired an Iskander-M missile with a high-explosive warhead at Balakliya in Kharkiv region, injuring 10 people.

At least 5 civilians were killed and 8 others injured in Donetsk region as a result of russian shelling during the day on April 25, 2024.

A Russian missile strike on Smila, Cherkasy region, damages the railroad, civilian infrastructure, and private homes.

Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 16 Shahid drones and Iskander-M ballistic missiles, targeting Kharkiv region and infrastructure, but Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 15 of the 16 drones, with no casualties.

Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 15 of 16 russian drones during an attack on the night of April 23, 2024.

The government has failed to adequately protect thermal power plants from Russian missile strikes, allocating funds only for the first level of defense against enemy attacks. Previously, officials boasted of "unprecedented protection" without addressing the lack of funding for better defense of thermal power plants.

During a night attack on April 20, the Ukrainian Air Force shot down two Russian X-59/X-69 missiles and three reconnaissance drones.

On the night of April 19, 2024, Russian troops launched a combined attack using 36 missiles and drones, but Ukrainian air defense systems successfully destroyed 29 of them, including for the first time a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber with X-22 cruise missiles.

Four people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed and seven others were injured as a result of a Russian ballistic missile strike on Odesa region.

A unit of the Vostok Air Command destroyed an enemy cruise missile, presumably an Iskander K, in Zaporizhzhia region.

During the night attack, air defense forces shot down 14 of 17 Russian Shahed drones and two X-59 missiles.

russian troops fired an Iskander-M ballistic missile at Odesa region from the occupied Crimea. Experts are currently assessing the consequences of the russian shelling.

Ukrainian air defense destroyed all 17 russian drones targeting Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Poltava regions during a night attack on April 7, 2024.

A missile attack by russian forces on Odesa caused a fire, damaged buildings, and injured a woman who suffered an acubarotrauma.

The russian occupation forces launched a ballistic missile, probably an Iskander-M, at Odesa region, damaging equipment and an administrative building at a utility company.

Ukraine has air defense systems capable of shooting down Iranian Fateh-110 and Zolfagar ballistic missiles with a range of 300 and 600 km, respectively, but needs more of them to counter a large number of missiles.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down all 13 UAVs launched by russian troops during an air battle over three regions on the night of April 5.

Sappers of the State Emergency Service destroyed a FAB-500 bomb found on agricultural land in Donetsk region.

Police explosives experts neutralized almost half a ton of explosives from an unexploded warhead of an Iskander M missile that fell near a village in Shepetivka district of Khmelnytskyi region.

In March 2024, the air defense of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 326 enemy aerial reconnaissance and attack vehicles, including 151 Shahed-131/136 drones, 45 Zala drones, 13 Supercam drones, 92 Lancet drones, 21 Orlan-10 drones, and 4 drones of unspecified type.