2023 Timeline
7,136 events across 16 months. Sorted chronologically, grouped by day.
2023 Monthly Breakdown
Full War Density
7,136
Total Events
16
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356
Active Days
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Top types: 💥 1047 ⚔️ 86 🛡️ 285 ✈️ 134 ⚓ 35
Top oblasts: Donetsk (480)Zaporizhzhia (257)Kherson (222)Crimea (117)Luhansk (112)
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January 1, 2023 23 events 🛡️ 3 ➡️ 2 ▸
🛡️Moldova's defense spending increased to 0.55% of GDP in 2023 following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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🛡️Ihor Khalus took part in the operation in Krynky, a key village in the heavily-contested Dnipro bridgehead in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region.
🛡️Ukrainian forces conducted a rotation mission to the Mykolaiv front.
➡️Putin deployed tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus in 2023 with Lukashenko's approval.
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➡️Latvia transferred more than 270 confiscated vehicles to Ukraine in 2023, with a total value of around one million euros.
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🤝South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited Kyiv in 2023 to pledge support for Ukraine's battle against Russia, two weeks before the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice.
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January 2023 (414 events)
January 1, 2023 8 events 💥 2 ⚖️ 2 🔥 1 ▸
💥A couple in Kherson collected intelligence on Ukrainian military locations for the FSB, which was used to direct Russian missile strikes on military and medical infrastructure in Kherson.
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💥Russian hackers, likely in response to Germany's decision to supply tanks to Ukraine, attacked a number of German websites.
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🔥A Russian strike hit a local hospital in Kherson based on intelligence provided by the collaborators.
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⚖️The Security Service of Ukraine detained both individuals in January 2023.
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⚖️Spanish attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of offshore company Sulberg Services Limited to challenge the detention of the yacht and appeal to EU court to remove sanctions-related mentions from ownership records.
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January 1, 2023 233 events 💥 3 ➡️ 1 📦 1 ▸
💥Russian forces conducted ground attacks near Bakhmut, Krasna Hora, Soledar, Bilohorivka, Rozdolivka, Bakhmutske, Ozaryanivka, and Klishchiivka.
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💥Ukrainian forces reportedly struck the Arabatska Spit in Crimea, causing panic among local authorities.
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➡️The film follows Ukraine's 2023 counteroffensive as Chernov embeds with a platoon from the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade on their mission to liberate Andriivka, a strategically important village in Donetsk Oblast.
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💥Russia conducted intensive missile strikes throughout 2023 attempting to declare the year victorious despite achieving no real military gains.
📦In 2023, Latvia handed over more than 270 cars confiscated from drunk drivers to Ukraine, with a total value of about EUR 1 million.
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January 2, 2023 16 events 💥 3 🛡️ 2 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces conducted frequent artillery attacks against Russian rear areas in southern Zaporizhia region, targeting approaches to Melitopol and Berdyansk.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck Russian positions in Tarasivka, Basan, Polohy, Berdyansk, and Tokmak, killing more than 175 Russian soldiers and destroying a Russian ammunition depot and 12 pieces of weapons and military equipment.
💥Russian forces attacked Stelmakhivka, approximately 16km northwest of Svatove.
🛡️Ukrainian forces shot down all 27 Shahed-136 drones that Russian forces launched against Ukraine on January 2, though it is unclear if this figure includes previously reported intercepts.
🛡️Ukrainian forces repelled Russian ground attacks southwest of Avdiivka near Opytne and Krasnohorivka.
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January 3, 2023 1 event 💥 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base in Zaporizhia region, killing and wounding personnel and destroying ammunition and vehicles.
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January 4, 2023 5 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base in Melitopol.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base in Tokmak.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base in Berdyansk.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base in Polohy.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base in Vasylivka.
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January 5, 2023 3 events 💥 2 ✈️ 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base at Cape Fiolent in Crimea.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck a dormitory housing Russian troops in Kalanchatsky district, Kherson region.
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✈️A Ukrainian drone strike caused a large explosion in the Nizhnegorsk region of Crimea, triggering extensive anti-aircraft fire.
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January 6, 2023 1 event 📦 1 ▸
📦The United States announced a major weapons package including 50 Bradley IFVs, 18 M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers, 100 M113 APCs, 55 MRAPs, 138 HMMWVs, HIMARS ammunition, Sea Sparrow missiles, and 500 TOW anti-tank missiles.
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January 7, 2023 8 events 💥 2 📦 2 📊 1 ▸
💥Approximately 40 Wagner Group infantry attacked Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut but were repelled by small arms and artillery fire, with drone footage showing nearly the entire 20-man assault group and part of the support group killed or wounded.
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💥An explosion occurred in Makiievka from a suspected Ukrainian strike.
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📊Images reportedly from January 7 show numerous Russian dead in a field on the Bakhmut approaches following unsuccessful Russian attacks.
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📦Canada announced the delivery of 39 LAV III armored personnel carriers to Ukraine.
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📦Turkey announced the delivery of an unspecified number of Kirpi armored cars to Ukraine.
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January 8, 2023 1 event 💥 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces struck the Starobesheve power plant in Donetsk Oblast with rockets.
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January 9, 2023 2 events 🤝 1 📢 1 ▸
🤝General Aleksandr Lapin was appointed Chief of the General Staff of Russian Ground Troops, despite previous criticism regarding his command during the Battle of Kharkiv.
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📢British Sky News reported that London was considering sending ten Challenger tanks to Ukraine.
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January 10, 2023 4 events 📢 3 ⚔️ 1 ▸
⚔️Ukrainian internet users geolocated Prigozhin's claimed location to a real salt mine well within Russian lines, nowhere near Ukrainian positions, debunking the capture claim.
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📢Canada announced its intention to donate a NASAMS air defense system valued at over $300 million to Ukraine.
📢Yevgeney Prigozhin, head of Wagner Group, posted a video and photograph allegedly from a Soledar salt mine, claiming the town was captured and only mopping up remained.
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📢Russian state television RT aired footage from a cavern allegedly in Soledar showing captured Ukrainian ammunition.
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January 11, 2023 18 events 🛡️ 2 📦 2 ⚔️ 1 ▸
⚔️Ukrainian official and independent sources denied encirclement claims, stating that attacking Russian forces are being crushed by artillery.
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🛡️Ukrainian air reconnaissance soldier Madyar reported from inside Soledar that Russian forces have pushed into the village and conduct raids, but Ukrainian defensive lines are holding and reports of Ukrainian retreat are false.
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🛡️Journalist Yury Butusov reported from a different sector of Soledar that heavy fighting continues and Ukrainian forces are holding the line.
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📦According to Ukrainian media, Sweden announced it would send Archer artillery systems to Ukraine, though subsequent reports suggest the announcement was only a statement that the matter might be considered.
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📦Ukrainian government announced domestic production of 82mm mortar rounds had begun in cooperation with a NATO nation, with deliveries to the Armed Forces.
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January 14, 2023 6 events 🔧 2 💥 1 📊 1 📦 1 ▸
💥A Russian missile struck a residential high-rise building in Dnipro, killing 46 people including six children.
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🔧A protest was held in Kyiv by relatives of Ukrainian soldiers who had gone missing or held in captivity, demanding an exchange based on the 'all-for-all' formula.
🔧Russia cancelled a prisoner exchange scheduled for January 14, 2023 without providing any reasons, demonstrating cynical blackmail tactics.
📊Anastasiia Ihnatenko, an acrobatic gymnastics coach and multiple champion at both regional and national levels, died in a Russian missile strike in Dnipro on January 14, 2023, alongside her husband and 18-month-old son.
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📦The US provided over $53 million for critical electricity grid equipment including distribution transformers and circuit breakers.
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January 16, 2023 3 events 🛡️ 2 ➡️ 1 ▸
🛡️Field assessment conducted of behind-the-line defensive situation and terrain features in the Bakhmut and Soledar areas.
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🛡️M270 MLRS units observed conducting recruiting, training, and operational activities in the Bakhmut sector.
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➡️Journalist conducting field reporting work in the Bakhmut sector for several days.
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January 17, 2023 1 event ⚖️ 1 ▸
⚖️The activist was previously fined for criticizing Moscow's offensive in Ukraine online, calling it "not our war" and describing the mobilization drive as "genocide of the Bashkir people".
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January 18, 2023 11 events 💥 2 ⚖️ 1 🏴 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
💥The visited UAF M270 unit executed a fire mission (strike) while the journalist was in the general vicinity.
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💥Ukrainian artillery and mortars positioned 5-20km behind the line conducted fire missions, with journalist observing more outgoing Ukrainian fire than incoming Russian fire in the sector.
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⚖️Denys Monastyrsky, Minister of Internal Affairs; Yevhen Yenin, First Deputy Minister; and Yuriy Lubkovich, State Secretary of the Ministry were killed along with six other people when a helicopter crashed into a kindergarten in Brovary, Kyiv region.
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🏴Wagner Group forces captured practically all of Soledar, forcing Ukrainian forces to withdraw to the far western edge and adjoining villages.
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➡️Journalist traveled by car to front-line villages near Soledar to observe the situation and speak with civilians and soldiers.
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January 19, 2023 2 events 📢 2 ▸
📢New German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced the Bundeswehr would begin inventorying Leopard tanks, confirming his predecessor had banned such assessments.
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📢Polish Prime Minister stated Poland would break contract and send Leopard tanks to Ukraine without German permission if Berlin does not approve transfer.
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January 20, 2023 14 events 📦 4 💥 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian artillery engaged Russian infantry conducting ground attacks in the Soledar sector, as depicted in a video released by Ukrainian officer Madyar showing action from January 20.
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📦Sweden announced early delivery of 50 CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine.
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📦Sweden promised longer-term delivery of Archer artillery systems to Ukraine.
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📦United States announced $2.5 billion military aid package including 59 Bradleys, 90 Strykers, HARM missiles, Excalibur shells, and approximately 95,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition.
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📦United States announced delivery of eight Avenger anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine for defense against drones.
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January 21, 2023 1 event 📢 1 ▸
📢New German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced the Bundeswehr would begin inventorying Leopard tanks, confirming his predecessor Christine Lambrecht had banned such assessments.
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January 22, 2023 8 events 💥 2 📦 2 📊 1 ▸
💥Russian forces conducted ground attacks in the southern Zaporizhzhia sector, advancing up to seven kilometers according to Russian sources, while Ukrainian sources reported troops advanced in the open during daylight without armored support and were engaged by artillery.
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💥Russian forces launched a new round of offensive pushes in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka sectors.
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📊US officials including General Mark Milley estimated Russian forces have suffered approximately 188,000 dead and seriously wounded casualties since the start of the invasion.
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📦Estonia announced planned delivery of 10 155mm howitzers, 10 122mm howitzers, shells, and several hundred Carl Gustaf anti-tank rockets worth 113 million Euros to Ukraine.
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📦Denmark announced it will send its entire complement of 19 Caesar howitzers to Ukraine, a total commitment including training worth 600 million Euros.
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January 23, 2023 9 events 💥 1 ⚔️ 1 ➡️ 1 🔥 1 +1 ▸
💥Russian forces allegedly used S-400 anti-aircraft missiles to bombard civilian targets in southern Ukraine, with missile fragments reportedly recovered from a civilian site.
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⚔️Ukrainian forces gained ground in the Kreminna sector.
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➡️Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a rotation of frontline troops in Bakhmut, reinforcing positions with veteran infantry units augmented with replacements fresh from training.
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🔥Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a Russian S-400 air defense system in Ilyino, Berdyansk region, using a long-range strike. The strike reportedly occurred in November 2022.
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📊US officials estimated Ukrainian forces have destroyed, captured, or disabled approximately 2,000 Russian tanks, while Ukrainian claims stand at 3,300 and the independent group Oryx has confirmed 1,600 losses.
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January 24, 2023 1 event 🔧 1 ▸
🔧Ukrainian special forces conducted a small boat raid across the Dnipro River, attacking a Russian command post and observation post, killing at least 12 soldiers and destroying a BTR-82 armored vehicle before withdrawing.
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January 25, 2023 14 events ✈️ 3 ➡️ 2 ▸
✈️Ukrainian forces reported shooting down four Ka-52 attack helicopters, two Su-25 strike jets, and at least three Orlan-10 observation drones over a two-day period.
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✈️Heavy Russian air force activity reported around Bakhmut and conducted strikes in the Kupansk area.
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✈️A Ukrainian soldier shot down a drone using his personal AK rifle, documented on video.
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➡️Ukrainian Armed Forces officially confirmed retreat from Soledar to prepared defensive positions west of the town, acknowledging on-the-ground reports from the previous week.
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➡️Video appeared showing three Leopard tanks on low loaders being transported somewhere in Finland, amid speculation Finland will send tanks to Ukraine.
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January 26, 2023 13 events 💥 3 ⚔️ 1 🛡️ 1 ▸
💥Russian forces conducted artillery strikes on an inhabited apartment building in Avdievka as part of continued pressure on Donbass positions.
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💥Russian vehicle column attempted to attack Uhledar but was spotted and engaged by Ukrainian forces before reaching the city.
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💥Ukrainian forces reportedly struck administrative buildings in Kreminne with HIMARS, likely targeting Russian occupation administration facilities.
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⚔️Ukrainian forces continued attacks around Kreminne employing light infantry raids through forested rolling hills to wear down Russian defensive positions.
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🛡️Intense fighting continues around Bakhmut with Ukrainian accounts stating the city is holding hard while Russian media claims it is almost cut off.
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January 27, 2023 1 event 📢 1 ▸
📢Wagner chief Evgeney Prigozhin publicly accused Russian military leadership of cowardice and challenged former DPR leader Igor Girkin to join Wagner at the front.
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January 29, 2023 18 events 💥 2 📊 2 ➡️ 1 ▸
💥Russian propaganda claimed a strike across the border against a Ukrainian supply location near Lyman.
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💥Ukrainian news platforms reported a massed artillery strike on Kherson.
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➡️Social media reports indicated Ukrainian authorities are stopping young men in streets to hand out military draft notices, potentially signaling a shift from voluntary recruitment.
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📊ISW estimated Wagner mercenary forces suffered 4,000 killed and 10,000 wounded during attacks on Bakhmut and Soledar.
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📊Ukrainian GUR reported Russian forces are using field crematoria to obscure casualties, specifically burning remains of the 155th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade destroyed near Pavlivka in November.
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January 30, 2023 7 events 💥 2 ➡️ 1 🔧 1 📊 1 ▸
💥Russian forces attempted proper assaults with regular troops at four locations in Donbass, achieving only local tactical successes with very heavy casualties according to Igor Girkin.
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💥Ukrainian artillery struck Russian forces conducting a raid on one of the islands in the Dnipro River delta on January 30.
➡️Ukrainian tankers arrived in Britain to begin training on Challenger 2 tanks.
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🔧Members of the Atesh Ukrainian-Tatar resistance movement may have conducted an IED attack killing two Russian Rosgvardia officers driving from Sevastopol to Simferopol on January 30.
📊Russia's 155th Guards Marine Infantry Brigade was effectively destroyed or cut to pieces during assaults on Uhledar, following earlier reports that its Reconnaissance Company was wiped out.
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January 31, 2023 5 events 💥 1 ➡️ 1 📊 1 🤝 1 +1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces conducted cross-river operations around the Kinburn Spit, resulting in fighting that left the area as neutral gray zone territory according to Joint Forces South.
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➡️Satellite images from January show trenches on both sides of the E-105 highway, while images from March 13 show the development of these fortifications.
📊Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down 10 Russian aircraft in January 2023, making it the most successful month of the year for aircraft interceptions.
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🤝Austria and Hungary simultaneously decided not to send weapons including Leopard tanks to Ukraine, concluding the weapons would better secure their citizens by remaining in domestic bases.
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📢The Guardian reported the location of 50 Leopard 1 tanks and 450 Cold War-era armored vehicles owned by Belgian company OIP that could potentially be transferred to Ukraine.
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February 2023 (457 events)
February 1, 2023 7 events 🏗️ 2 💥 1 🤝 1 📢 1 ▸
💥Since February 2023, Russian forces have used munitions containing harmful substances in approximately 1,891 recorded occurrences through April 2024.
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🏗️Hals Agro launched Ukraine's first biomethane plant in February 2023.
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🏗️The United States imposed a ban on delivering smartphones worth over US$300 to Russia in February 2023.
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🤝Ukraine's Commissioner for Children's Rights Daria Herasymchuk called on the international community to rescue deported Ukrainian children, stating this constitutes a component of genocide against the Ukrainian people.
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📢Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signed a memorandum on strategic cooperation in biomethane and synthetic gases in February 2023.
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February 1, 2023 54 events 💥 3 🛡️ 1 📢 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces have added MLRS-delivered butterfly mines (PFM-1) to their strikes against attacking Russian forces near Bakhmut, according to Russian officer Aleksey Sukonkin.
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💥Russian forces continued limited ground attacks to regain lost positions along the Svatove-Kreminna line on February 1, with heavy fighting reported near Kreminna and Svatove but no formed assault group yet.
🛡️Ukrainian forces including the 3rd Assault Brigade (formerly Azov), 28th Tank Brigade, Georgian Legion, and various international units are defending Bakhmut against Russian attacks.
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💥Russian forces are continuing to carry out unsuccessful disruption missions on islands in the Dnipro River delta in Kherson Oblast to prevent Ukrainian forces from gaining ground.
📢A National Guard soldier from the Svoboda battalion told UNIAN that Wagnerites attacking Bakhmut have been almost completely eliminated and Russian paratroopers are now suffering heavy losses including armored vehicles.
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February 2, 2023 4 events 💥 4 ▸
💥Border settlements of Chernihiv and Sumy regions hit with mortars again.
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💥Missile strikes on Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, killed three and wounded 23 civilians, destroyed three four-story buildings, a children's clinic and a school damaged.
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💥Shelling of Komyshany, Kherson region, killed a woman and destroyed her house.
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💥Shelling of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region wounded a State Emergency Service worker was wounded in the village of Kruhliakivsk, Kupiansk district.
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February 3, 2023 7 events 💥 3 🔥 1 🔧 1 ▸
💥A series of explosions struck the Port City shopping center in western Mariupol, which was serving as a major Russian troop base.
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💥65 hits across Kherson region using artillery, MLRS, mortars, and tanks, killing at least two civilians and injuring nine.
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💥Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region struck at night by artillery.
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🔥Ukrainian artillery destroyed a rare Tot-M2DT Arctic anti-aircraft system (Buk launcher on militarized snow cats) from the 80th Motor Rifle Brigade deployed to cover troops attacking Vuhledar.
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🔧A car bomb killed Evgeney Kuzmin, an employee of the Russian-controlled police; Ukrainian partisan groups claimed responsibility for the attack.
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February 4, 2023 28 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russian 40th and 155th Naval Infantry Brigades attacked Ukrainian positions at Vuhledar and suffered heavy casualties from Ukrainian artillery in open terrain.
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💥Wagner Group infantry attacked positions in Pidhorodne to the north and Ivanivske to the south of Bakhmut attempting to gain ground to cut the M03 highway to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
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💥Russian forces attempted ground attacks 20 kilometers north and 15 kilometers south of Bakhmut.
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💥Russian forces initiated probing attacks near Kreminna, reportedly involving elements of the 76th Airborne Division.
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💥Russian forces from the 20th Combined Arms Army launched a major assault towards Vuhledar using the 155th and 40th Marine Infantry Brigades, 80th Coastal Infantry, and 14th Special Forces, supported by T-90 and T-80 tanks, but were repelled with heavy losses by Ukrainian defenders.
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February 5, 2023 7 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russian DJ and war participant Igor Mangushev was shot in the back of the head at a Wagner checkpoint while driving back from a frontline visit.
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💥Strikes using artillery, MLRS, mortars, tanks, IFVs and ATGMs on two neighborhoods and a shipbuilding enterprise in Kherson.
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💥S-300 missile strikes on Kharkiv, destroyed part of a higher education institution, injuring four.
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💥Missiles hit a residential area of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, injuring five.
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💥Children from Luhansk region taken to Karelia, northwest Russia for rest and recovery.
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February 6, 2023 7 events 💥 4 ✈️ 1 ▸
💥Russian Marine Infantry and Arctic Troops launched an unsupported armored attack on Ukrainian positions at Uhledar, suffering heavy casualties.
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💥Russian forces repeated assaults on Vuhledar at least once and likely multiple times during the week with the same results, suffering significant casualties against dug-in Ukrainian positions and artillery.
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💥37 strikes on settlements in Kherson region using artillery, MLRS, mortars and tanks.
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💥Three communities in the Sumy region hit with mortars.
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✈️A Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down in the Bakhmut sector on Monday.
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February 7, 2023 7 events 🛡️ 2 💥 2 ⚓ 1 ▸
🛡️The 3rd Assault Brigade conducted defensive operations in the Bakhmut sector utilizing repurposed Cold War-era artillery and M577 vehicles.
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💥Overnight shelling of Dnipropetrovsk region, damaged powerlines cutting off pumps supplying water to 60,000 users.
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💥Video on social media shows Novoselivske, Luhansk region, now completely destroyed.
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🛡️Russian forces attacked Vuhledar with 3-4 brigades across open ground but were repelled by Ukrainian minefields, artillery-delivered mines, and pre-targeted HIMARS strikes on Russian command headquarters.
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⚓The US Navy destroyer USS Nitze sailed into the Black Sea, the first US warship to enter since February 2022.
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February 8, 2023 18 events 💥 4 🛡️ 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces dropped grenades via drones into shell holes where surviving Russian soldiers were hiding following the failed attack.
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💥Three civilians killed and four injured, children's rehabilitation center and residential houses destroyed by MLRS and mortar strikes in Kherson.
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💥Air and artillery strikes on settlements in the Kharkiv region, four killed and five injured.
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💥The coastal strip and water area of Ochakiv, Mykolaiv region hit by artillery strikes.
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🛡️A Ukrainian BTR-4 armored personnel carrier engaged Russian forces in the outskirts of Bakhmut to counter enemy footholds in buildings.
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February 9, 2023 18 events 💥 4 ⚔️ 1 ▸
💥Russian forces launched a large-scale offensive in the Donbass region targeting the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
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💥UAF conducted three separate HIMARS strikes on ammunition dumps at the Chernobaivka airfield outside Kherson.
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💥Russian forces conducted a
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💥Suburbs of Zaporizhzhia city, suffered heavy shelling destroying housing.
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⚔️Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian attack on the town of Oleksandrivka, destroying five light armored vehicles.
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February 10, 2023 11 events 💥 2 📦 1 🛡️ 1 🏴 1 ▸
💥UAF conducted HIMARS strikes against the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson city.
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💥A reactor unit at the Khmelnytsky NPP forced to shut down following large-scale attack on energy infrastructure by over 100 combined kamikaze drones, S-300 and cruise missiles in Khmelnytsky, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Kharkiv regions.
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📦Russian microcircuits production company AO PKK Milandr continued supplying military-grade microchips to the Russian Armed Forces despite CEO's public denials of any ties with the Russian military.
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🛡️RF air defense forces activated against HIMARS strikes on the Antonovsky bridge, claiming to have shot down practically all incoming rockets.
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🏴Russian forces claimed to have captured the Artemsil salt processing plant in Soledar on Friday evening.
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February 11, 2023 126 events 🛡️ 2 📊 2 🏴 1 ▸
🛡️Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks at all locations, although a key supply road from Bakhmut to Popasna was under regular Russian artillery fire.
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🛡️Ukrainian Armed Forces units are positioned one terrain feature east of the Bakhmut-Severodonetsk road and resisting Russian attempts to cut the road at Yakolivka, Belohorodivka, and Berestoho.
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🏴Russian forces took over 2,000 Ukrainian service personnel into custody at the Azovstal' steel mill in Mariupol.
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📊Ukrainian Army General Staff Intelligence reported that 17,247 LPR military personnel have died and 8,931 have been wounded.
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📊RF media claimed 30 members of the 115th UAF Brigade refused to go to the front.
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February 12, 2023 10 events 💥 2 🛡️ 2 ⚓ 1 ▸
💥One rocket strike and one missile strike occurred in Mykolaiv, with local patrol police responding to the attacks.
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💥HIMARS strike hit a Russian military target in Nova Kakhovka, causing devastating and evenly-spread explosive damage.
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🛡️Russian military recruiters are reportedly operating in Tajikistan attempting to recruit individuals to join the Russian army on contract.
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🛡️The Russian 126th Coastal Defense Brigade reportedly turned back two strong Ukrainian reconnaissance-in-force attacks at Duchany, Ischenko, and Pyatikhatka.
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⚓Russian forces fired a Kalibr ship-launched cruise missile at Ukraine from either the Black or Caspian Sea, reportedly using a submarine-designed missile variant launched from surface ships.
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February 13, 2023 38 events 💥 3 🛡️ 2 ▸
💥UAF light infantry units including Azov SSO, Kraken, and the International Legion conducted infiltration operations to assault Russian positions and gain ground, specifically targeting the RF special police unit Bars.
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💥HIMARS rockets struck a hotel reportedly housing RF soldiers in Kadiivka (Stakhanov), killing or injuring dozens or hundreds according to Luhansk regional defense commander Serhy Haidai and Russian politician Igor Girkin.
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💥Russian Lancet kamikaze drone destroyed what appears to be a Ukrainian decoy Buk-1 anti-aircraft system, with evidence suggesting the target was a fake constructed of plywood.
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🛡️Russian forces claimed to have taken control of Sviatove and Kremenne in the Kharkiv-north Donbass sector.
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🛡️No major attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were reported in the Kharkiv-north Donbass sector.
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February 14, 2023 10 events 💥 2 ➡️ 1 🔥 1 📦 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian artillery or HIMARS struck the Akhtamar hotel near Volnovakha, which was occupied by Russian or Chechen forces.
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💥Russian forces resumed massed infantry attacks backed by heavy artillery strikes on Ukrainian positions around Bakhmut after attacks had briefly halted four days prior.
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➡️An additional three cargo ships loaded with grain set sail from Odesa, continuing operations despite Russian threats.
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🔥Russian forces destroyed a bridge over the Krasna River, indicating a withdrawal from defensive positions west of the Zherebets River.
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📦The US Army awarded contracts to Northrop Grumman and Global Military Products worth $522.3 million for 155mm artillery ammunition production for Ukraine, with deliveries scheduled to start in March.
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February 15, 2023 44 events 💥 4 ⚔️ 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces launched attacks against Russian defensive positions along the R-66 highway and Krasne River, attempting to break through natural defense lines held by Russian forces including BARS police units.
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💥Wagner Group forces captured the village of Yakovlivka, described as an important bridgehead north of Soledar.
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💥Russian artillery struck villages around Vuhledar and the town of Kurahove.
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💥Three large explosions followed by several smaller blasts occurred near the airport in Russian-occupied Berdiansk, approximately 100km from the front line.
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⚔️Ukrainian counterattack in the vicinity of Opytne was reportedly thrown back by Russian forces, with conflicting reports of ongoing street fighting.
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February 16, 2023 6 events 📢 2 ➡️ 1 🔥 1 🤝 1 ▸
📢The Latvian Parliament unanimously passed amendments to the Law on Support for Ukrainian Civilians to allow the transfer of confiscated vehicles to Ukraine.
➡️Russian forces concentrated an estimated 5,000 to 15,000 troops, believed to be primarily reconstituted airborne units, in the Mariupol-Melitopol area as a strategic reserve force.
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🔥Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian BMP3 infantry fighting vehicle that had approached the city.
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🤝Allied defense officials met at Ramstein Air Base to coordinate military assistance to Ukraine, promising additional equipment deliveries.
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📢General Valerii Zaluzhny issued a statement following a conversation with US General Mark Milley stating that Ukrainian lines in the Bakhmut sector are holding and in some places ground has been recovered.
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February 17, 2023 13 events 💥 2 ⚔️ 1 ✈️ 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
💥Russian forces increased offensive operations and are attempting to gain ground in Marynka.
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💥Continued back-and-forth fighting around Kreminne with no major changes in territorial control.
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⚔️Ukrainian forces conducted limited counterattacks pushing Wagner combatants away from the Konstantikivka highway to reduce Russian ability to shell western supply routes.
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✈️Russian forces launched approximately 35 cruise missiles, drones, and S-300 missiles at Ukrainian targets; Ukrainian forces reported shooting down approximately half with limited infrastructure damage.
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➡️Additional Russian airborne infantry units have been reported engaging in combat operations in the Bakhmut sector.
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February 18, 2023 5 events 📢 2 💥 1 ⚓ 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
💥Soldiers from the 79th Air Assault Brigade reportedly destroyed a Russian T-90 tank using a US-made Javelin anti-tank missile, with photographic evidence published to demonstrate effectiveness against Russia's premier tank.
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⚓Russian forces fired a sea-launched salvo of approximately eight cruise missiles from a single frigate, of which at least two were shot down; limited damage reported in Khmelnytskyi and to an apartment building.
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➡️First Ukrainian battalion of 635 soldiers completed five weeks of combined arms training at Grafenwoehr and is now en route to Ukraine.
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📢Additional training is underway at Grafenwoehr involving approximately 1,600 Ukrainian soldiers across multiple battalions.
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📢Mobilized soldiers from Omsk published a video complaining about being deployed as DPR infantry in violation of Russian military law and regulations, requesting proper legal process while not refusing to fight.
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February 20, 2023 2 events 💥 1 🤝 1 ▸
💥Russia conducted a failed test of the Sarmat missile during US President Joe Biden's visit to Kyiv.
🤝US President Joe Biden visited Kyiv during wartime to demonstrate American support for Ukraine.
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February 21, 2023 2 events 💥 1 🔧 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces struck a warehouse at Mariupol airport, causing explosions and setting fuel dumps on fire, which scrambled Russian Su-25 aircraft.
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🔧A group of nine people, including the head of the Obolon TSRCC and six doctors, were served with notices of suspicion for facilitating illegal border crossing and falsifying military documents.
February 22, 2023 1 event 💥 1 ▸
💥Continued strikes on Mariupol resulted in 11 explosions reported across the city.
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February 23, 2023 2 events 💥 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
💥Three explosions struck Mariupol during daylight, with two hitting the Ilych steel factory area and one near the airport.
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🏗️Judge Oleksandr Volkov was retired from his position in the Supreme Court of Ukraine on February 23, 2023.
February 24, 2023 12 events 💥 3 ⚔️ 2 ▸
💥Russian assaults on Maryinka continued but reportedly made no progress against Ukrainian defenses.
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💥Russian assaults on Kreminne continued but reportedly made no progress against Ukrainian defenses.
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💥Russian assaults on Makiivka continued but reportedly made no progress against Ukrainian defenses.
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⚔️Ukrainian forces counterattacked using BMPs and tanks against Wagner fighters in buildings and woodlines to defend the city.
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⚔️Elements of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade counterattacked to clear Russian infantry from the south-west suburbs.
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February 25, 2023 3 events 💥 1 🏴 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
💥HIMARS strikes targeted Mariupol, which has been serving as an assembly area for Russian units, supporting theories of Russian force concentration there.
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🏴Images and videos surfaced showing Russian prisoners of war including two tanker crews captured during the Battle of Vuhledar, indicating the battle has largely concluded with Ukrainian success.
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➡️General Syrsky, ground forces commander, visited Bakhmut to assess the situation following the dismissal of General Moskalev.
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February 26, 2023 2 events 🔧 1 📢 1 ▸
🔧Belarusian partisans disabled a Russian A-50 aircraft at the Machulishchy airbase in February 2023.
📢President Zelensky dismissed General Eduard Moskalev, commander of joint forces in the southern Donbass sector including Bakhmut.
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February 27, 2023 4 events ✈️ 1 ➡️ 1 🔧 1 📢 1 ▸
✈️Russia launched approximately 20 Iranian-made drones against Ukrainian targets in an apparent attempt to probe Ukrainian air defenses.
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➡️A train carrying approximately 300 Russian soldiers and military equipment departed from Slonim, Belarus, heading toward Matveev Kurgan in Rostov Oblast, expected to arrive by March 4.
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🔧A Russian AWACS-type aircraft at Machulishchy airfield near Minsk was damaged by two explosions attributed to drone strikes conducted by Belarusian opposition elements.
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📢A second field artillery battalion and an infantry battalion totaling approximately 890 men will begin the next training rotation at Grafenwoehr in the last week of February.
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February 28, 2023 8 events 🛡️ 1 💥 1 🏗️ 1 ✈️ 1 +1 ▸
🛡️Ukraine survived severe Russian attacks on energy infrastructure during January and February 2023, overcoming widespread power outages and blackout threats.
💥A pair of Ukrainian drones struck near an oil storage facility in Tuapse, Russia, destroying maintenance and support buildings but missing fuel reservoirs.
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🏗️ARC Group employees, including Aldanazar Saginbek, were trained by Thales in France between January and February 2023 to service French aviation systems. Eight technicians subsequently traveled to Russia to maintain aircraft at their bases.
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✈️A Ukrainian-made drone flew approximately 600-700 km through Russian airspace from the Estonian/Belarusian border area across Leningrad Oblast and over Moscow before crashing near a gas compression plant.
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➡️A Russian repair plane associated with the AWACS fleet arrived at Machulishchy airfield to assess damage to the aircraft struck the previous day.
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🤝In February 2023, Vladimir Putin announced Russia's suspension of participation in the New START treaty.
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March 2023 (212 events)
March 1, 2023 13 events 💥 2 📊 1 🏗️ 1 🏥 1 ▸
💥Russian missiles struck near Dnipro's Meteor swimming facility during a training session, causing damage to the arena including cracked windows and shockwave effects in the pool water.
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💥The battle for Bakhmut in the Donetsk region became a grinding and costly engagement.
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📊In March, an unarmed Ukrainian POW was executed after saying "Slava Ukraini" (Glory to Ukraine). The soldier was identified as Oleksandr Matsievskyi.
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🏗️International Criminal Court issued arrest warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova and Vladimir Putin for illegal deportation of children from occupied Ukrainian territories.
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🏥The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children.
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March 1, 2023 50 events 🤝 1 🛡️ 1 ⚖️ 1 ➡️ 1 +1 ▸
🤝The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Children's Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova for suspected war crimes involving illegal deportation of children from occupied Ukrainian territories.
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🛡️Ukrainian forces appear to be holding positions near Opytne south of Bakhmut, though firepower dominance in the sector remains unclear.
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⚖️The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova citing their involvement in the unlawful transfer of Ukrainian children.
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➡️Alexei Shompolov traveled to Russia in March 2023 after seeing a recruitment advertisement offering monthly salary of 1.2 million tenge ($2,700) on VKontakte.
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💥Russian forces fired an S-300 missile into an apartment building in Zaporizhia, killing at least ten people, with rescue operations ongoing.
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March 3, 2023 9 events 💥 2 ➡️ 2 ✈️ 1 ▸
💥A fire or explosion occurred at a missile research institute in Kolomna, deep inside Russia, possibly caused by Ukrainian operatives or unknown actors.
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💥A group of armed Russian nationalists crossed from Ukraine into Bryansk Oblast, fired weapons, recorded a video calling for Putin's overthrow, and returned to Ukraine; Russian media reported civilian casualties while Ukrainian sources suggest it was an FSB false flag operation.
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✈️A Russian Su-34 bomber was shot down over Yenakive, approximately 70 km behind Russian lines, cause unknown but possibly Ukrainian air defense or friendly fire.
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➡️Ukrainian vlogger Madyar reported his unit was being withdrawn from Bakhmut after 110 days on the line.
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➡️Videos showed Ukrainian soldiers traveling to Slovyansk after Russian attempts to encircle Bakhmut from the northwest and southwest failed.
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March 4, 2023 15 events 💥 2 🛡️ 2 ➡️ 1 ▸
💥Russian forces are attempting to advance or have increased artillery activity in the Kupyansk-Sviatove sector, prompting civilian evacuations from Kupyansk due to continued shelling.
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💥Russian forces are experimenting with Terminator assault vehicles to clear trenches, applying pressure south of Kreminne near the P-66 highway.
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🛡️Russian advance north of Bakhmut halted after Ukrainian forces established new fortifications and firing positions around Min'ivka, supported by armored vehicles and artillery.
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🛡️Ukrainian forces are constructing a new defensive line along the Rai-Aleksandrovka-Chasov Yar axis west of Bakhmut.
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➡️Ukrainian Armed Forces released video showing units practicing water obstacle crossings, potentially in preparation for riverine operations during the upcoming offensive.
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March 6, 2023 1 event 📊 1 ▸
📊Video was made public showing a Ukrainian prisoner of war being executed by shooting while apparently digging his own grave.
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March 7, 2023 4 events 🏥 2 🤝 1 📢 1 ▸
🏥Russian occupation authorities confiscated Spring harvest grain from local farmers at a village storage facility without payment, claiming it for the Russian state under military administration jurisdiction.
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🏥The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine agreed on a mechanism for the forced evacuation of children from places where active hostilities are taking place on March 7.
🤝General Valerii Zaluzhny met with senior NATO commanders including General Christopher Cavoli, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, and General Rajmund Andrzejczak to discuss the situation around Bakhmut, weapons supply, air defense, and planning for the Spring offensive.
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📢Zaluzhny's office released a statement saying discussions covered the situation around Bakhmut, supply of weapons and ammunition, particularly air defense and long-range strike capabilities.
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March 8, 2023 8 events ➡️ 3 🏗️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
➡️Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky visited the Bakhmut front lines, awarded medals to soldiers, and stated that the strategy of forcing Russian forces to accept heavy casualties for minimal gains was working.
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➡️Polish Twardi upgraded T-72 tanks and 90 Stryker APCs are currently en route to Ukraine.
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➡️The 82nd Assault Brigade conducted training exercises practicing water obstacle crossings approximately one month prior to the report.
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🏗️A formerly shut-down Bulgarian artillery shell manufacturing plant will restart production of 155mm shells with NATO and American financial support to help fill Ukrainian supply requirements.
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🤝South Korea agreed to allow components for Krab howitzers shipped to Poland to be forwarded to Ukraine for use with Polish-donated artillery systems.
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March 9, 2023 1 event 💥 1 ▸
💥Russian forces struck a maternity ward in Vilnyansk.
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March 10, 2023 2 events ✈️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
✈️Reporter photographed a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter flying over the Kharkiv-Kyiv highway, representing the first known civilian-captured image of this aircraft type in Ukraine, suggesting a clandestine equipment transfer.
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🤝International Fencing Federation announced athletes from Russia and Belarus would be able to take part in competitions under neutral status and compete for selection to the 2024 Olympics.
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March 12, 2023 1 event 💥 1 ▸
💥A Grom-E1 missile struck the north-western district of occupied Donetsk.
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March 13, 2023 3 events 💥 1 ✈️ 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
💥Ongoing combat operations including shooting continue along the Slovyansk-Kramatorsk-Bakhmut line.
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✈️UAF MiG-29 observed flying above the Kyiv-Kharkiv highway.
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🏗️Local businessmen in the construction industry discussed post-war reconstruction possibilities with the reporter.
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March 14, 2023 11 events ✈️ 3 🏴 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
✈️Russian forces shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea; the US announced that reconnaissance overflights would continue, with Global Hawk drones subsequently observed operating near Crimea.
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✈️A Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with a US Air Force Reaper drone over the Black Sea, knocking the American aircraft out of the sky near Zmiinyi Island.
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✈️A Russian Su-27 flying out of Crimea dumped aviation fuel on and then rammed a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over international waters off Crimea, destroying the drone.
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🏴Wagner fighters demonstrated control of the Vostokmash plant in Bakhmut's industrial zone, with images confirming their presence in the area implying control of the city center and underground mines.
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➡️Journalist Stefan and another reporter conducted a two-day field trip driving supply roads west and northwest of Bakhmut, approaching within 4km of the city to observe military traffic and conduct interviews.
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March 15, 2023 2 events ⚔️ 1 📦 1 ▸
⚔️The 59th Mechanized Brigade conducted a combined infantry and artillery counterattack, reclaiming several positions from Russian forces and capturing prisoners from the 2nd Battalion, 110th Motor Rifle Brigade.
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📦Ukraine announced it has begun domestic production of 125mm tank ammunition with assistance from a NATO partner, marking the first time Ukraine has manufactured this caliber.
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March 16, 2023 6 events 📦 2 💥 1 🔥 1 🤝 1 ▸
💥A large explosion and fire destroyed or heavily damaged a Russian border troops headquarters in Rostov, Russia, which officials claimed was caused by a short circuit.
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🔥An ammunition dump in the Mariupol region exploded at several locations on the same day as the Rostov incident.
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📦Russia transferred at least 1.8 tonnes of gold bars worth approximately $104 million to Iranian company Sahara Thunder as payment for Shahed-136 drones.
📦Russia paid for Shahed-136 drones using both gold and UAE dirhams, transferred to a bank account in Dubai through the UAE's free trade zones.
🤝German Fencing Federation announced Germany refuses to host a round of the Fencing World Cup because Russian and Belarusian athletes were allowed to attend.
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March 17, 2023 5 events 🤝 1 ➡️ 1 🏥 1 ⚖️ 1 +1 ▸
🤝The International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants for Russian President's Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova and Vladimir Putin due to the deportation of Ukrainian children.
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➡️Videos surfaced showing substantial concentrations of Ukrainian armored vehicles in Chasiv Yar, indicating force buildup opposite Bakhmut.
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🏥International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Children's Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova for their role in the abduction of Ukrainian children from occupied territories.
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⚖️The ICC issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for the unlawful deportation and transfer of children from occupied territories in Ukraine.
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📢Colonel Anatolii Kozel, commander of the 46th Mechanized Brigade, was removed from command and transferred to training duties following his statements to the Washington Post regarding training and equipment shortages.
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March 18, 2023 3 events 📊 2 📢 1 ▸
📊Ukrainian forces reported destroying 21 Russian tanks, 23 armored vehicles, 8 artillery pieces, and 3 anti-aircraft systems over a 24-hour period, representing a significant spike in claimed equipment losses.
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📊22-year-old Karel Kucera was killed in action near Bakhmut on March 18, 2023 while fighting as part of Ukraine's International Legion.
📢President Vladimir Putin visited Mariupol and a military headquarters in Rostov for photo opportunities, making no statements to reporters, 48 hours after Ukrainian strikes on both locations.
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March 19, 2023 6 events 📢 2 💥 1 ⚔️ 1 🏴 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces fired eight HIMARS rockets at targets around Nova Kakhovka, causing large fires at a potential river crossing site.
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⚔️Ukrainian forces initiated local counterattacks in the Bakhmut sector, with veteran brigades reclaiming positions and taking prisoners, while Russian Wagner assault rates reportedly dropped significantly.
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🏴Multiple videos of Russian prisoners of war surfaced across various frontline locations, indicating potential Ukrainian advances and higher Russian casualty rates.
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📢Wagner Group leader Evgeney Prigozhin publicly predicted a major Ukrainian offensive in the Bakhmut sector would occur in mid-April.
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📢Lina Kostenko stated that Russia has an incurable disease, referring to the nation.
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March 20, 2023 7 events 🤝 3 🏗️ 2 ▸
🏗️Ukrainian government reported that the apartment building at Bohatyrska 20 in Kyiv's Obolon district has been fully repaired one year after being shelled.
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🏗️Torgtrade cooperates with Belarusian company Trial Expert LLC under a March 20, 2023 framework agreement, which serves as a key element in changing documented origin of goods for re-export.
🤝The European Union announced a 2 billion Euro initiative to create a cross-EU coalition for manufacturing 155mm artillery ammunition, with Romania identified as a participant and formal declaration expected March 21.
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🤝German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius dismissed Chief of Defense Staff General Eberhard Zorn reportedly due to the General's previous skepticism about Ukraine's ability to achieve major territorial gains against Russian forces.
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🤝International Olympic Committee recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes suspended after the start of the war be re-admitted to international qualification competitions subject to conditions.
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March 21, 2023 4 events 📢 2 🔧 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
🔧Ukrainian forces struck a major rail intersection in Dzhankoi, reportedly rendering it non-operational.
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🏗️Russian forces launched cruise missiles at Odessa and Shahed drones at Kyiv.
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📢Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow for three days of meetings.
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📢Xi Jinping called on the West to stop escalating the war in Ukraine.
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March 22, 2023 7 events 💥 2 📊 2 ➡️ 1 ▸
💥At least two, possibly six, Russian long-range missiles hit an apartment building in Zaporizhia.
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💥A Shahed drone struck a dormitory in Rzhyshchiv, killing 9 civilians.
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➡️Ukrainian forces conducted a drone attack against Sevastopol.
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📊The missile strike on a Zaporizhia apartment building resulted in one dead and 33 injured.
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📊A security company head named Moskalenko died in a car bombing in Nova Kakhovka.
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March 23, 2023 5 events ➡️ 2 🏗️ 1 🤝 1 📢 1 ▸
➡️General Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the front line in the Posady-Pokrovsk sector (Kherson sector).
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➡️Russian forces conducted troop rotation in Nova Kakhovka, initially mistaken for abandonment by Ukrainian sources.
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🏗️Ukrainian authorities restricted journalist access to frontline troops from Kherson to Kreminna.
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🤝Kyiv formally requested Finland to consider transferring F-18 Hornet fighter jets.
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📢General Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that the strategy of using Bakhmut as a killing ground is working.
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March 24, 2023 2 events 📊 1 📦 1 ▸
📊Ukraine's Joint Forces Tavria claimed Russian forces are moving most casualties south and that hospitals in Berdyansk are now full.
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📦Four Slovakian MiG-29 fighter jets were delivered to Ukraine, increasing the Ukrainian Air Force's combat-ready fighter count by an estimated 25–50 percent.
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March 25, 2023 2 events ➡️ 1 📢 1 ▸
➡️British AS90 155mm self-propelled howitzers were spotted en route to Ukraine, likely passing through Romania.
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📢1+1 television reported Russian forces have little artillery ammunition in the Bakhmut sector while Ukrainians are conserving theirs.
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March 26, 2023 3 events 📢 2 💥 1 ▸
💥Russian unit reported shooting up a Ukrainian probe consisting mostly of pickup trucks and BTRs.
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📢Igor Girkin wrote that attacks around Marynka are going badly and criticized Russian generals as 'idiots' burying soldiers.
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📢Yevgeny Prigozhin posted video stating Wagner will continue fighting in Bakhmut and denied Bloomberg reports of being sidelined.
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March 27, 2023 12 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russian S-300 missile strike hit near a kindergarten killing two civilians and injuring 36.
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💥Russian state media reported attackers in Avdievka are using 160mm and 240mm mortars, with one soldier claiming it takes five hits to drop a nine-story building.
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💥Modified T-141 reconnaissance drone flew 350km into Russia and struck a farm field in Tula region.
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💥Dzhankoe hit again, probably by long-range drones targeting railroad infrastructure and rolling stock.
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💥Explosion destroyed part of a structure identified as either a dormitory or Security Troops barracks, injuring four civilians.
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March 28, 2023 12 events ✈️ 2 ➡️ 2 📢 1 ▸
📢NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov participated in a Radio NV interview with journalist Oleksiy Tarasov on March 28, 2023, discussing the impending termination of the lease agreement with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and the subsequent vacating of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra premises.
✈️British Typhoon fighter jets escorted a US RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft on a flight near Crimea in international airspace following the recent drone shootdown incident.
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✈️NATO reconnaissance aircraft conducted flights along the Finland-Russia border, monitored via FlightRadar, adding to Russian air defense stress.
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➡️Ukrainian tank crews completed training on Challenger 2 tanks in the UK and have returned to Ukraine.
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➡️Six Leopard 2 tanks from Spain and eight Leopard 2 tanks from Norway are en route to Ukraine and expected to arrive next week.
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March 29, 2023 3 events 📢 1 🤝 1 ⚖️ 1 ▸
📢Pro-Russian blogger Anatoly Shariy and the pro-Kremlin Russian Telegram channel Mriya distributed the manipulated video excerpt featuring Oleksiy Danilov in propaganda posts on March 29, 2023.
🤝The Ukrainian government officially terminated the lease agreement with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), requiring the church organization to vacate the premises of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery on March 29, 2023.
⚖️American journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges by Russian security services
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March 30, 2023 3 events ➡️ 1 📦 1 📢 1 ▸
➡️President Zelensky conducted a two-day train tour with Associated Press reporters, visiting cities and towns across the country.
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📦Slovakia delivered four NATO-configured MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, aircraft capable of deploying JDAMS.
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📢Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced Ukraine's upcoming offensive would proceed in several directions and include at least two brigades equipped with NATO-standard vehicles, specifically mentioning Stryker APCs and Bradley IFVs.
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March 31, 2023 12 events 💥 2 🛡️ 2 ⚔️ 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces conducted reconnaissance by fire south of the line around Novoadriivka, Novoandriivka and Charovmy, marking the first reported Ukrainian push south in months; Joint Forces Tavria described the situation as static but violent with Russian air force operating in the sector.
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💥Russian channels published images of the remains of a Norwegian shore battery Hellfire anti-ship missile that struck the Kinburn Spit.
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⚔️Russia's Defense Ministry claimed they repelled a Ukrainian counterattack around Seversk.
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🛡️Conflicting reports emerged regarding territorial control around Bakhmut, with the UK Defense Ministry claiming Ukrainian forces gained ground while ISW reported losses; Ukrainian soldiers reported heavy casualties while maintaining positions.
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🛡️Russian attacks on Avdiivka reportedly ground to a halt after months of fighting, leaving the town semi-encircled as analysts debated which side might crack first.
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April 2023 (369 events)
April 1, 2023 6 events 💥 1 📊 1 🏗️ 1 📦 1 +1 ▸
💥A Russian glide bomb misfired and created a massive crater in downtown Belgorod.
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📊In April, video emerged showing Russian troops beheading a Ukrainian soldier.
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🏗️Sophia Lvova-Belova became head of Kvartal Louis Foundation, taking over from her sister Maria.
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📦Russia was attempting to acquire rights to fabricate several Iranian-designed drones, including two versions of the Shahed-236 with seeker heads - one with turbo-jet engine and one with conventional piston engine.
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🤝PiS introduced an illegal and economically unfounded embargo on a wide range of Ukrainian agricultural products in April 2023.
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April 1, 2023 75 events 💥 3 🤝 1 📦 1 ▸
🤝Finland officially joined NATO in April 2023, abandoning its previous policy of military non-alignment.
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📦In April 2023, Viktor Labin changed his logistics method by employing a Turkey-based shell company to facilitate machinery deliveries to Russia, replacing previous direct delivery methods.
💥Ukrainian forces have routinely struck Crimea with US-provided ATACMS and UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles since April 2023.
💥The leaked Pentagon documents revealed US intelligence concerns about Ukraine's military capacity against Russian invading forces.
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💥Jack Teixeira leaked classified documents revealing that the US had apparently spied on allies Israel and South Korea.
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April 2, 2023 7 events 💥 4 📊 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian-born Vladlen Tatarsky, a Kremlin propagandist, was killed by an explosive-filled statuette in a St. Petersburg café.
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💥A thermal power plant in the Kharkiv region was damaged by an S-300 missile strike, one person killed.
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💥S-300 and MLRS strikes on Toretsk and Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region killed six civilians and injured fifteen.
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💥An explosion in a café in St Petersburg injured 42 people.
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📊More than 30 people were injured in the bomb blast at the Saint Petersburg cafe.
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April 3, 2023 5 events 💥 4 📢 1 ▸
💥Russian propagandist Vladen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb concealed in a statue handed to him as a gift; suspect Darya Trepova was arrested.
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💥A bomb exploded in a car carrying Maksim Gubarov, a city official cooperating with Russian occupation authorities, hospitalizing him with injuries.
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💥Russian troops hit Bilopillia, Sumy region with mortars and automatic grenade launchers.
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💥Residential areas of Kherson region shelled 20 times, one person killed.
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📢Yevgeny Prigozhin issued a statement calling Tatarsky a hero and photographed a Russian flag with Tatarsky's name written on it.
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April 4, 2023 12 events 💥 2 ✈️ 2 📢 1 ▸
📢Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a video address on April 4, 2023, discussing military operations, supply of ammunition, and international support.
💥Kupiansk, Kharkiv region was hit with rocket and cannon artillery, tanks, mortars, and air-launched munitions, three wounded.
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💥Strikes on Toretsk, Avdiivka and Torske killed six and injured three civilians in Donetsk region.
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✈️Seventeen Shahed drones targeted Black Sea shore targets in the Odesa region, with one ground explosion reported at a possible military installation.
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✈️Two Russian Su-35s conducted a strike in Chernihiv region, flattening at least one building in the village of Pachenyuhi.
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April 5, 2023 15 events ⚔️ 2 💥 2 ✈️ 1 ▸
⚔️Russian forces advanced in Avdievka but were pushed back by Ukrainian artillery strikes on the lost positions.
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⚔️Two UAF brigades claimed to have retaken positions and captured prisoners in Bakhmut.
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💥Isolated reports of Ukrainian Armed Forces conducting probing attacks in sectors outside of Bakhmut.
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💥Civilian objects in Beryslav and Antonivka, Kherson region hit with MLRS, artillery, mortars, UAVs and air-launched weapons, four injured.
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✈️According to Russian official sources, another Ukrainian drone attack occurred in Bryansk Oblast with no casualties reported.
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April 6, 2023 13 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Ukrainian aviation conducted six strikes on areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of Russian occupiers.
💥Ukrainian missile troops and artillery struck two areas of enemy manpower, two fuel and lubricant warehouses, and an electronic warfare station.
💥Sumy region's border areas were hit by artillery.
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💥Air and artillery strikes on Vuhledar, Siversk and Zvanivka in Donetsk region wounded nine civilians.
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💥Settlements in Kherson region were hit 42 times, five civilians injured.
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April 7, 2023 21 events 📢 2 🤝 1 🛡️ 1 🏴 1 ▸
🤝French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping met to discuss Russia's war in Ukraine and agreed that nuclear weapons should be excluded from the conflict.
📢Former US President Bill Clinton expressed regret over his role in the 1994 agreement that led to Ukraine's nuclear disarmament, stating that Ukraine believed nuclear weapons were its only protection from Russia.
🛡️Russian forces are using aviation to shell the right bank of the Kherson region, while Ukrainian forces continue counter-battery operations to push Russian forces from the left bank.
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📢Ukrainian NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov stated that the deoccupation of Crimea can be achieved through both military and diplomatic means, depending on the actions of Russia.
🏴Fighters of the Ukrainian 3rd Separate Assault Brigade captured a Russian Orlan drone.
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April 8, 2023 74 events 💥 2 🏗️ 1 🏥 1 📢 1 ▸
🏗️Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russian forces have fired approximately 4,750 missiles at Ukraine, costing an estimated $16 billion.
🏥31 Ukrainian children who were deported by Russia returned to Ukraine on April 8, marking the 5th rescue mission by Save Ukraine.
💥Six explosions consistent with HIMARS strikes hit Tokmak, which serves as the operational command center for Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
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💥Russians shelled seven communities in the Sumy region, specifically Bilopilska, Khotynska, Velykopysarivska, and Myropilska communities, resulting in 79 attacks.
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📢Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Serhii Nikolaychuk stated that direct material and infrastructure losses from the war amount to $140 billion, representing about 2/3 of Ukraine's pre-war GDP.
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April 9, 2023 39 events 💥 2 🛡️ 1 🏗️ 1 📢 1 ▸
🛡️The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that over 40 enemy attacks were repelled during the day across various directions of the front.
🏗️Russian forces partially destroyed the forest fund of Luhansk region over 26,000 hectares, causing over 180 billion hryvnias in damage.
💥Russian airborne troops used fire, movement and city fighting tactics to push across the river in the center of Bakhmut, advancing against Ukrainian positions.
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📢Metropolitan Onufriy of the UOC-MP and more than 20 other clergymen have been identified as holders of Russian passports.
💥Six loud explosions occurred in the area of temporarily occupied Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region.
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April 11, 2023 2 events 🔥 1 📦 1 ▸
🔥Ukrainian special operations forces called in a HIMARS strike that destroyed a rare Russian Zhitel air defense radar system.
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📦The final eight Canadian Leopard 2 tanks were delivered to a NATO base in Rzeszow, Poland, where Ukrainian military personnel took custody.
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April 12, 2023 2 events ⚔️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
⚔️Ukrainian special forces counterattacked and pushed Russian airborne troops back to their previous positions in Bakhmut.
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🤝The Permanent Court of Arbitration ordered Russia to pay USD 5 billion in compensation to Naftogaz Group for the losses caused by the seizure of assets in Crimea in 2014.
April 13, 2023 2 events 🏗️ 1 📢 1 ▸
🏗️A professional holiday for employees of the Ukrainian defense industry was established by presidential decree to commemorate the destruction of the Moskva.
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📢Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov stated that Ukraine is preparing another naval surprise attack against Russian ships, timed for the anniversary of the Moskva sinking.
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April 14, 2023 17 events 💥 4 ✈️ 1 ▸
💥Russian forces conducted hundreds of shell strikes and 5-10 air strikes along the Kupyansk-Lyman line, with involvement from Russian Volunteer Corps, 110th Mech Brigade, and 10th Tank Regiment reported.
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💥Since late March, Ukrainian forces have destroyed fifteen Russian troop concentration sites in the Melitopol area according to exiled mayor Ivan Federiv.
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💥Russian special forces and artillery took up positions at Vesele and were exchanging fire with Ukrainian forces.
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💥An explosion occurred near the village of Krinichki in Crimea, with images showing the strike location geolocated by observers.
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✈️Ukrainian forces claimed to have shot down a Russian Su-25 aircraft near Marynka.
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April 15, 2023 5 events 🤝 2 🏥 2 📦 1 ▸
🤝Neighboring countries imposed an embargo on the import of Ukrainian-produced grain, causing rail transport volumes to reduce twofold.
📦First batch of approximately 80 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles expected to arrive in Ukraine with trained crews, roughly coinciding with first Challenger 2 deliveries.
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🏥Galos crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border in mid-April 2023 and traveled to Russian-occupied territories, with his car last recorded near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
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🏥Galos was detained at a Russian checkpoint and taken to pre-trial detention centre No. 2 in Taganrog, where Ukrainian POWs are held.
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🤝The Georgian authorities had previously attempted to pass this law in spring 2023 but withdrew it under pressure from large-scale protests and Western opposition.
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April 17, 2023 2 events ➡️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
➡️Spanish Leopard 2 tanks were spotted heading to Santander port for shipment to Ukraine.
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🤝Georgian Dream attempted to pass this law in the first reading a year ago but yielded to pressure from the West and society.
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April 18, 2023 3 events 💥 1 ➡️ 1 📢 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian drones struck a power substation in Belgorod, Russia, causing power outages across parts of the city.
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➡️Vladimir Putin (or a body double) visited Henichesk, the administrative center for Russia's southern front. Ukrainian OSINT analysts identified the footage as pre-recorded.
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📢Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukrainian military intelligence, stated that the Ukrainian offensive is proceeding according to plan, responding to questions about his prediction that forces would enter Crimea by Spring.
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April 19, 2023 8 events 💥 2 ➡️ 2 🛡️ 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces increased artillery fire in the Vuhledar sector and launched platoon- to company-sized probes toward Pavlivka, targeting Mykolaivska monastery.
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💥Russian forces increased cross-border shelling in Sumy region, shelled Kherson killing two civilians, launched approximately six drones against Odesa, and conducted air strikes in Kharkiv region.
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🛡️Ukrainian forces including the 93rd Mechanized Brigade and 1/3rd Assault Brigade continue defending Bakhmut along the rail line. The road to Chasiv Yar remains in use but dangerous.
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➡️President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Avdiivka sector, reportedly positioning himself approximately 4 kilometers from the front line.
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➡️Wagner Group forces have reportedly pulled back from Bakhmut and been fully replaced by Russian airborne infantry who lack armored vehicles and artillery ammunition.
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April 20, 2023 13 events ➡️ 2 💥 1 🛡️ 1 📊 1 ▸
💥A Russian Su-34 aircraft had an abnormal discharge of aviation ammunition over the city of Belgorod.
🛡️Ukrainian combat medic 'Trava' provided medical assistance to two wounded Ukrainian soldiers, one of whom was later killed.
➡️Russian mobilized reservists are being illegally transferred to Wagner Group to form three new brigades (8-10,000 men), with some reservists publicly complaining via video. The transfers reportedly began in January.
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➡️Russian authorities began evacuating civilians from occupied areas along the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast, extending back toward Tokmak.
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📊Denis Zubov, a Russian convict sentenced to 21 years for three murders, was released from prison to fight with Wagner in Ukraine and pardoned by Putin. He was killed in combat and his grave was found in a Volgograd cemetery.
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April 21, 2023 2 events 🔥 1 ⚖️ 1 ▸
🔥A Russian Su-34 jet accidentally dropped a bomb in Belgorod, creating a crater in the city center and damaging residential buildings.
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⚖️Roman Chervinsky was arrested on April 21, 2023, and charged with exceeding his authority as a military official.
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April 22, 2023 1 event 🏗️ 1 ▸
🏗️Moldovan authorities confiscated over one million dollars from Kremlin-linked Moldovan opposition politicians at Chisinau airport.
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April 23, 2023 1 event 🛡️ 1 ▸
🛡️Yuriy Glodan joined the Ukrainian army and trained with the Third Assault Unit after losing his family in the Russian missile strike.
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April 24, 2023 5 events ➡️ 2 💥 1 🏴 1 📦 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces systematically launched HIMARS rockets and other weapons at targets in Melitopol, the Azov base near Urzuf, and inside Mariupol since Monday.
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🏴Ukrainian soldiers captured Russian military blankets designed to block thermal detection, constructed with thermal-reflective material inside olive drab covers.
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➡️The cargo ship Rasul Gamzatov is currently crossing the Caspian Sea carrying weapons from Iran to be unloaded at Astrakhan for shipment to eastern Ukraine.
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➡️Ukrainian patrols supposedly crossed the Dnipro River sometimes during early week operations.
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📦Wall Street Journal reported that Russia has purchased 300,000 rounds of artillery shells and small arms ammunition from Iran since the start of the war, with ongoing shipments continuing.
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April 25, 2023 2 events 🏥 1 ⚖️ 1 ▸
🏥Funeral service was held for Yehor Bartosh, a member of the Azov Brigade killed in the Olenivka detention center explosion.
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⚖️Roman Chervinsky was detained and refused bail four days after his arrest on April 21, 2023.
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April 26, 2023 2 events 📊 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
📊Canadian International Legion volunteers Kyle Porter (27) and Cole Zelenko (21) were killed in fighting near Bakhmut on April 26, 2023.
🏗️Ukraine founded the BRAVE1 coordination platform in defense technology on April 26, 2023 to assist start-ups with cybersecurity.
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April 27, 2023 5 events 💥 2 📦 1 🤝 1 📢 1 ▸
💥Russian forces conducted long-range missile strikes on Mykolaiv as part of renewed attacks on civilian targets.
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💥According to Russian media reports, Ukrainian forces allegedly struck the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station with a kamikaze drone, prompting Russian fortification of the facility.
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📦Chinese delegation visited the 360 ARZ aircraft repair plant in Ryazan to inspect the Il-78M-90A refueling aircraft (registration RF-78741).
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🤝President Vladimir Putin pardoned Vladislav Kanyus, who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Vera Pekhteleva in 2020, allowing him to be released from prison and fight in Ukraine.
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📢Russian state media outlet TASS reported that Russian forces are fortifying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station following an alleged Ukrainian kamikaze drone strike.
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April 28, 2023 22 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russian missile strike on Uman killed civilians including women and children; rescue crews reported two women buried alive in the rubble.
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💥Russian bombers launched cruise missiles over the Black Sea on Friday evening according to Telegram channel reports.
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💥Russian missile strike hit Dnipro on Friday morning, causing destruction and civilian casualties.
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💥Russian missile strike targeted Ukrainka, with photos showing aftermath and rescue operations.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck Nova Kakhovka on the Dnipro left bank near the dam, cutting power to settlements up and down the river in a claimed massive blow.
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April 29, 2023 2 events 💥 2 ▸
💥Ukrainian kamikaze drones struck the Black Sea Fleet's oil terminal at Kazachy Bay in Sevastopol, destroying approximately half of the fuel depot according to civilian satellite imagery.
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💥Russian cruise missiles struck a Soviet-era rocket fuel storage facility in Pavlograd, causing a massive explosion and hazardous materials release.
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April 30, 2023 6 events 💥 1 ⚔️ 1 ➡️ 1 ⚖️ 1 +1 ▸
💥Russian soldier Mikhail sustained a shrapnel wound in April 2023, resulting in a hole in his leg bone. He was assigned to a convalescent regiment but did not receive proper medical treatment.
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⚔️Unconfirmed rumors suggest Ukrainian forces have been pushing back and regaining ground in Marynka since the weekend.
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➡️A peak in returns to Ukraine was recorded in April 2023, with a net positive balance of 114,000 more people entering than leaving the country according to State Border Guard Service data.
⚖️The previous bureau chief Vadym Melnyk led the Economic Security Bureau from its inception in 2021 until April 2023, resigning amid controversies including a detective involved in a gambling ring
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🤝Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned Denis Zubov, a convicted serial killer who had been released from prison to fight in Ukraine, after he served the minimum six months in combat.
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May 2023 (252 events)
May 1, 2023 14 events 💥 3 🏗️ 1 🛡️ 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian drones sparked a blaze at a fuel storage facility in Volna, Krasnodar Krai.
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🏗️Russia and Belarus finalized an agreement in May 2023 allowing Russia to position tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, with deliveries completed by October 2023.
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💥Pro-Ukrainian Russian volunteer groups crossed the border from Ukraine into the Belgorod region in a raid using two tanks, an armored personnel carrier, and nine other armored vehicles.
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💥Ukraine conducted its first Patriot missile battery ambush in May 2023, downing at least four Russian aircraft from a strike package over Russia's Bryansk Oblast and killing 11 aviators.
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🛡️Since Wagner's withdrawal from front lines in May 2023, Chechen units have been pressed back into frontline service.
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May 1, 2023 55 events ➡️ 1 📊 1 ⚔️ 1 ✈️ 1 +1 ▸
➡️Liza Batsura was safely returned to Ukraine in May 2023 after her mother Oksana Halkina traced her to Henichesk and brought her home.
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📊AFP video reporter Arman Soldin was killed in a Russian missile strike near Chasiv Yar, Ukraine.
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⚔️Ukraine's 3rd Assault Infantry Brigade (1st Battalion) conducted successful counterattacks, maintaining an open supply route to Chasiv Yar and capturing additional Russian prisoners.
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✈️Ukrainian Air Force destroyed 5 Russian aircraft within 5 minutes during the special operation Bryansk Massacre in May 2023, prompting closure of discussions on local Telegram channels.
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💥Ukrainian forces used HIMARS to strike the Hotel Prival Okhotnika in occupied Melitopol, reportedly targeting officers serving in the headquarters of Russia's 58th Army.
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May 2, 2023 6 events 💥 3 🛡️ 1 📊 1 ▸
💥A training base used by Russian border troops near Shkilne village, adjacent to Simferopol airport, was struck.
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💥An explosion wounded a Ukrainian official collaborating with Russian authorities when he opened a gate in his yard; the target was reportedly the deputy head of the Russian Internal Affairs regional office in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
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💥Kamikaze drones struck an oil depot on the Taman Peninsula near the Kerch Bridge at night, causing fires despite air defense intercepting one drone.
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🛡️In 2023, an unknown drone detonated above the Kremlin one week before 9 May (Victory Day), with Russia blaming Ukraine for the incident.
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📊Wagner Group leader Evgeney Prigozhin reported suffering 103 men killed in a single day for an advance of only 160 meters in Bakhmut.
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May 3, 2023 5 events 💥 2 🔥 1 📊 1 📦 1 ▸
💥A Ukrainian drone reportedly struck the Kremlin in Moscow, causing an explosion and fire on the roof while individuals were observed on the dome at the time of impact.
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💥Five Ukrainian drones attacked an airfield in Russia's Bryansk region; two were shot down and two hit the airfield, damaging an AN-124 cargo plane.
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🔥An ammunition dump exploded in the Russian-occupied area of Mosipino in the Donetsk region.
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📊Russian artillery fire killed sixteen civilians in the Kherson region today, continuing a pattern of civilian targeting.
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📦Italy previously deployed a SAMP/T air defence system to replace a US-made Patriot system in Slovakia.
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May 4, 2023 1 event 🛡️ 1 ▸
🛡️Ukrainian air defenses shot down a Russian Kinzhal missile over Kyiv using American Patriot PAC-3 missiles.
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May 5, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝Cabinet of Ministers approved amendments to On Military Duty and Military Service law, reducing age limit for conscripts from 27 to 25.
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May 6, 2023 5 events 💥 3 🔧 1 🏥 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces conducted a coordinated series of missile strikes targeting multiple locations in Crimea between 4:15 AM and 5:04 AM, including Russian military infrastructure and air defense positions.
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💥An Audi car carrying pro-Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin was blown up in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, causing serious injuries.
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💥An attempt was made on the life of Russian politician and propagandist Zakhar Prilepin, with his driver killed.
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🔧Russian authorities announced an alleged attempt by Ukrainian saboteurs to breach the border from Vovchansk, Kharkiv region into the Belgorod region on the night of May 6, 2023.
🏥Russian officials conducted forced evacuations in Skadovsk on May 6-7, observed emptying offices and loading vehicles with documents, furniture, and looted property.
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May 7, 2023 2 events ✈️ 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
✈️Ukrainian forces used a Patriot missile system to shoot down a Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile launched by a MiG-31 from Belgorod Oblast, along with eight Shahed drones.
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🏗️Russian forces quartered troops and military equipment inside the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and rigged detonation charges in preparation for potential Ukrainian attack.
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May 8, 2023 13 events 💥 2 📦 2 ➡️ 1 ▸
💥Russian forces launched Shahed drone attacks targeting Kyiv in the early morning hours; Ukrainian defenses shot down 35 drones using Gepard and Tunguska cannons, short-range missiles, and Territorial Defense units.
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💥Russian forces dropped white phosphorus (Wille Pete) on Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut in an attempt to smoke defenders out.
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➡️Russian occupation authorities announced near-total evacuation of civilians and total military control of villages in the Zaporizhzhia sector opposite the expected Ukrainian offensive line.
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📦Official images surfaced showing the newly-raised 22nd Mechanized Brigade operating imported, fully-refurbished T-72 tanks with new paint, confirming the equipment has arrived in country.
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📦Internet reports indicated Greece handed over an S-300 air defense system to Ukraine this week, previously based on Crete to protect American military personnel from Libyan missiles.
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May 9, 2023 7 events 💥 1 🛡️ 1 🔥 1 🔧 1 +1 ▸
💥Russia launched 15 cruise missiles from Tu-95 Bear bombers targeting the Kyiv region; all missiles were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.
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🛡️A Ukrainian Territorial Defense team in a pickup truck used an Igla hand-held missile to shoot down a Russian X-55 cruise missile, which subsequently crashed into a farm field.
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🔥Russian artillery destroyed a bridge on the road connecting Bakhmut to Chasiv Yar.
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🔧Freedom of Russia Legion set fire to and destroyed an Su-24 supersonic swing-wing bomber under maintenance at the Sukhoi Superjet Company's aviation plant in Novosibirsk.
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📢Russia held an anemic Victory Day military parade in Red Square with minimal military equipment, widely mocked on social media.
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May 10, 2023 10 events 💥 2 ⚔️ 2 ✈️ 1 ▸
💥Video footage surfaced showing a Tochka-U missile launch, with no available information on specific location or date of the launch.
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💥127th Territorial Defense Brigade used night-vision equipped drones to observe Russian infantry movements, directing howitzer strikes by 60th Mechanized Brigade artillery against Russian positions.
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⚔️Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade destroyed 6th and 8th companies of Russia's 72nd Infantry Brigade, killed or captured Wagner fighters, and advanced over territory 3km deep and 6km wide, fully clearing the area.
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⚔️Ukrainian forces including 3rd Assault Infantry and 24th Battalion 10th Mountain Brigade conducted a major attack against elements of Russian 72nd Motor Rifle Brigade, gaining 1-3 kilometers of ground using APCs, tanks, and infantry.
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✈️Russian air activity reportedly intensified in the Liman and Zaporizhzhia sectors, possibly indicating Russian anticipation of Ukrainian attacks.
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May 11, 2023 2 events ⚔️ 1 📢 1 ▸
⚔️Ukrainian forces including 57th Mechanized Brigade attacked inside Bakhmut proper, recapturing the industrial college and advancing 100-200 meters against Wagner infantry and elements of 4th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade and 374th Separate Rifle Battalion.
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📢Kirill Sazonov, operator of drone reconnaissance unit Green, posted that AFU units were advancing on both sides of Bakhmut and an envelopment of Russian troops was in progress, while Russian forces fought to hold positions.
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May 12, 2023 5 events 💥 2 🛡️ 1 📊 1 📦 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces struck allegedly empty industrial buildings in Luhansk. Russian authorities identified the weapons as two Grom missiles and reported the use of ADM-160B decoy munitions.
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💥Ukrainian missiles struck Refma factory and a Russian command and control center and military garrison point, causing large explosions, power outages, and mobile communication disruption in the city.
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🛡️Russian Defense Ministry announced Russian forces shifted to defensive positions on the Berkhovsky water reservoir, tacitly confirming abandonment of attacks from the north towards Bakhmut.
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📊Russian parliament member Viktor Vodolatsky was reportedly wounded in the Friday missile strike on Luhansk, though conflicting accounts claim he was unharmed in the blast and injured himself falling down afterward.
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📦The British government announced it is transferring Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine, confirming the delivery of long-range precision-guided weapons with a range of 250–550 km.
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May 13, 2023 8 events 🛡️ 4 💥 1 ▸
💥A Ukrainian strike hit a Russian command and control center located in a former KGB/police academy in Luhansk's Yuveleyny region. Unconfirmed speculation suggests Storm Shadow missiles may have been used.
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🛡️Ukrainian forces consolidated on previously gained ground rather than launching new attacks, following two days of counterattacks around the city.
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🛡️Ukrainian air defenses shot down at least four Russian aircraft (two Mi-8 helicopters, one Su-35 and one Su-34) near Bryansk as they approached the Ukrainian border.
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🛡️Patriot air defense systems have downed 15 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, dozens of ballistic missiles, and even Russian aircraft.
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🛡️Another Russian Su-35 was shot down over the Black Sea by Ukrainian air defense.
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May 14, 2023 1 event 📢 1 ▸
📢NSC Secretary Oleksiy Danylov stated Ukraine aims to end the war before winter and will likely launch several counteroffensives to liberate occupied territory.
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May 15, 2023 10 events 💥 2 ✈️ 2 ➡️ 1 ▸
💥A National Guard trooper brought down a Kh-101 cruise missile using a 9K38 Igla MANPADS near Bucha in the Kyiv region.
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💥Igor Kornet, a senior LPR police officer, was severely injured in a bomb blast at a Luhansk barber shop.
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✈️Russian drone attack on Kyiv; all drones reportedly destroyed by air defenses, representing the sixth air attack on the capital since the beginning of May.
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✈️Explosions reported in Lviv, most likely Ukrainian air defenses engaging and destroying Russian drones.
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➡️Ukrainian small boat teams remained in Dachny village on the left bank of the Dnipro River, occupying abandoned summer cottages without apparent Russian military interference.
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May 16, 2023 2 events 🛡️ 1 📢 1 ▸
🛡️Ukrainian air defenses shot down four additional Kinzhal missiles following the delivery of anti-aircraft missile systems.
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📢Kremlin spokesperson Dmitriy Peskov stated that recent Russian Aerospace Forces strikes on Kyiv were conducted specifically to prevent shelling of Russian territory.
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May 17, 2023 4 events 💥 1 ✈️ 1 🤝 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
💥Russian forces conducted missile strikes on Kyiv in the early morning hours, with Ukrainian air defenses successfully intercepting the incoming missiles.
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✈️Russian Aerospace Forces conducted air strikes on targets near Maly Potemkin Island and the settlements of Kizomys and Veletenskoye using X-22 missiles, Caliber missiles, and FAB munitions.
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🤝More than 40 countries and the European Union signed an agreement establishing a Register of damages caused to Ukraine by Russian aggression at the Council of Europe summit in Reykjavík.
➡️Ukrainian special operations troops conducted the first cross-river raids on small boats onto the left bank of the Dnipro.
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May 18, 2023 11 events 💥 4 ⚓ 1 ▸
💥Russian forces launched a complex missile attack on Kyiv using decoys and observation drones for battle damage assessment, but Ukrainian air defenses intercepted nearly all incoming munitions including Kinzhal missiles.
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💥Ukrainian Patriot air defense systems were slightly damaged by falling debris during the interception of Russian missiles, requiring electronic resets or minor repairs.
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💥Ukrainian forces conducted small-scale infantry attacks and artillery strikes against Russian fortifications to the north and south of Bakhmut.
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💥Russian military sources claimed Ukrainian special forces were operating against Soledar but were unsuccessful; no corroborating evidence was available.
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⚓Crimean authorities banned the operation of any civilian boats or ships of any size along the western Crimean coast until further notice.
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May 20, 2023 2 events 📊 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
📊More than 20,000 Wagner mercenaries were eliminated during the fighting in Bakhmut.
🏗️Satellite imagery captured on May 20 shows construction progress at Pribytki Air Base in Belarus, indicating the base received another 40V6MR Radar mast and an additional twin missile reload pack for the S-300 air defense system.
May 21, 2023 3 events ✈️ 1 📢 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
✈️Russian forces launched 21 Shahed drones and 21 missiles including Kh-101/555, Kh-22, Iskander-M, and S-300 missiles against Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv Oblast during the night of May 21-22.
📢Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that Wagner forces will withdraw from the entire frontline in Ukraine after June 1 for a two-month reconstitution period, after giving control of Bakhmut to Russian forces on May 25.
➡️Geolocated footage published on May 21 shows that Wagner forces advanced towards the T0504 entrance to southwestern Bakhmut.
May 22, 2023 37 events 🏗️ 1 ⚔️ 1 🛡️ 1 🏴 1 +1 ▸
🏗️The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost power for the seventh time since the beginning of the war, becoming completely disconnected from the national electric grid for several hours and forcing reliance on external diesel generators.
⚔️Russian security forces reportedly pushed approximately 80 personnel aboard two BTRs and two tanks back toward the border at Kozinka.
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🛡️Russian authorities confirmed the cross-border raid and stated that local defense forces were moving to the area to respond.
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🏴The group captured the village of Grayvoron, approximately 4.3 km inside Russian territory, along with villages including Gora-Podol and Kozinka.
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➡️Unconfirmed reports and videos claimed Ukrainian tanks and armored personnel carriers crossed the border, though geolocation was difficult.
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May 23, 2023 1 event ⚔️ 1 ▸
⚔️Russian forces claimed to have eliminated the incursion force, stating they killed over 70 fighters and destroyed four armored vehicles.
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May 24, 2023 3 events 💥 1 ⚓ 1 📊 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian maritime drone struck the Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs in May 2023, as shown in footage released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
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⚓Sea drones attacked and damaged the Russian intelligence-gathering ship Ivan Khurs in the Black Sea.
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📊Approximately 12 soldiers from a DPR unit shot dead a fellow soldier who suggested surrendering, then deserted; five were later apprehended by military police while the search continued in Rostov Oblast for remaining deserters who had hijacked civilian vehicles.
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May 25, 2023 6 events ✈️ 2 💥 2 ⚓ 1 ▸
⚓Ukrainian forces attacked the Russian command and control warship Ivan Khurs with five waterborne suicide drones in the Black Sea between Istanbul and Sevastopol.
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✈️US and NATO reconnaissance aircraft including Typhoons, along with a Russian aircraft, circled over the Black Sea near the Ivan Khurs attack site.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck Morozovsky air base in Russia's Rostov Oblast with a probable Hrim missile, reportedly damaging aircraft.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck Russian troops and equipment at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol using long-range weapons.
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✈️A Ukrainian long-range reconnaissance drone was spotted flying over Serpukhov, approximately 380-400 km inside Russia.
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May 26, 2023 8 events ✈️ 2 ⚓ 1 💥 1 🛡️ 1 ▸
✈️Russia conducted a record mixed strike using Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95ms aircraft, S-300/S-400 missiles from Tokmak, and Shahed drones against Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Izium, injuring civilians and destroying a school.
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✈️Russia launched a record wave of 54-59 Shahed drones against Ukraine, with 52-58 reportedly shot down, targeting Kyiv, Izium, and other locations.
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⚓Ukrainian forces used long-range weapons to strike and sink a Russian landing ship tied up in Berdyansk, also hitting a shore site and air defenses including an S-300 system.
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💥Ukrainian HIMARS struck the village of Priazovske adjacent to Melitopol, possibly damaging or destroying one to two Su-25 strike jets.
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🛡️Ukrainian Border Troops engaged Shahed drones in Chernihiv region.
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May 27, 2023 5 events 💥 2 📢 2 🔧 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces struck a privately-owned airfield near Balitskokovo in Zaporizhia region used by Russian troops, causing initial and secondary explosions.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck a Russian troop base near the village of Novopetrivka outside Berdyansk.
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🔧In late May 2023, members of two pro-Ukrainian groups (RDK and Freedom of Russia Legion) crossed into Russia's Belgorod region from Ukraine using two tanks, an armored personnel carrier, and nine other armored vehicles.
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📢Russian sailors and officers from the Ivan Khurs stated in Russian state media that the drone attack was ineffective.
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📢Andriy Yusov, spokesperson for HUR, confirmed that pro-Ukrainian groups launched an operation in Belgorod Region with the objective of liberating these territories from the Putin regime and establishing a security zone along the border.
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May 28, 2023 14 events 💥 3 🛡️ 1 ⚓ 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces conducted rocket strikes, possibly using HIMARS, against the Almaznom industrial zone in Stakhanov, Luhansk region.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck a probable troop base at the Sonyachny resort camp in Urzuf outside Mariupol, possibly using Storm Shadow missiles.
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💥Ukrainian strike drones destroyed Russian observation cameras.
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🛡️Russian air defenses engaged incoming munitions over Berdyansk, with explosions reported.
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⚓Ukrainian territorial defense small boat units conducted maritime operations.
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May 30, 2023 6 events 🤝 2 🛡️ 1 ✈️ 1 ⚖️ 1 ▸
🛡️Ukrainian air defense launched three Patriot missiles to intercept Russian cruise missiles targeting Kyiv.
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✈️Ukrainian drones began reaching Moscow, prompting the Russian government to request businesses to purchase protective equipment.
⚖️The Ukrainian parliament passed Law No. 3127-IX on May 30, 2023, reducing the military registration age from 27 to 25 years for conscripts.
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🤝The Russian government requested that big businesses purchase electronic warfare equipment at their own expense to protect infrastructure facilities after Ukrainian drones began reaching Moscow.
🤝Ukrainian parliament voted in favor of bill lowering conscription age from 27 to 25.
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May 31, 2023 4 events 📊 1 🏗️ 1 🛡️ 1 📢 1 ▸
📊Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin announced on May 31 that Ukraine is investigating over 2,900 crimes against children, with 483 children killed and 989 wounded, and 19,400 cases of illegal deportations registered.
🏗️Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an order on May 31 requiring medical examinations for adults in occupied territories, which officials may use to augment future force generation by establishing fitness for military service.
🛡️Russia began using Mozdok airfield as a base for Tu-22M3 bombers deployed for strikes against Ukraine.
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📢Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar reported on May 31 that Ukrainian forces maintain control over the southwestern outskirts and entrance to Bakhmut City.
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📢HUR Chief Kyrylo Budanov stated that Ukraine would destroy Russian war criminals anywhere in the world.
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June 2023 (390 events)
June 1, 2023 9 events 💥 2 ⚔️ 1 ➡️ 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
💥After portable EW systems appeared on the front in summer 2023, Russian drones began reaching their targets much less frequently, with EW systems playing a key role in the liberation of Andriivka and Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast.
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💥The Social Democratic Party of Germany announced it had been subjected to a cyberattack, probably carried out by Russia, which began in January 2023 and went undetected for some time.
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⚔️Ukraine launched a southern counteroffensive that advanced more slowly than anticipated, facing entrenched Russian defenses and minefields.
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➡️Prigozhin's Wagner Group forces captured Rostov-on-Don during their march on Moscow in June 2023, demonstrating Russia's internal weakness.
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🏗️In June 2023, a mobile military chapel was stationed in Volgograd, honoring St. Sergius of Radonezh before being sent to Ukraine.
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June 1, 2023 91 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Orikhovo-Vasylivka, 11km northeast of Bakhmut, and near Bila Hora, 12km southwest of Bakhmut, on June 1.
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💥Russian partisan forces crossed from Kharkiv region into Russia's Belgorod Oblast, attacked a border checkpoint, patrolled villages, and fired mortars and tank rounds.
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💥The village of Lymani suffered from daily Russian shelling and fighting for almost a year in 2023, resulting in damage to nearly all of approximately 1,500 houses and complete destruction of about two dozen homes.
💥Ukrainian forces struck a cable factory housing Russian troops and equipment in occupied Berdyansk with Storm Shadow missiles.
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💥Russian forces launched 10 Iskander ballistic missiles targeting Kyiv City from Bryansk Oblast in the morning on June 1. Ukrainian air defense reportedly destroyed all 10 missiles.
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June 2, 2023 11 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russian partisans crossed the border again at the same location, supported by Ukrainian army artillery, causing fires in Sobolevka.
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💥Ukrainian forces launched paired Hrim missiles as part of pre-offensive bombardment of Russian targets.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck Kursk military airfield, claiming destruction of an Su-34, several bombers, and a Pantsyr-1S air defense system.
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💥A woman was killed and three children seriously injured as their car drove over a landmine near Morozova Dolyna, Kharkiv region.
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💥Heavy artillery hit a multi-story building in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, killing two and injuring four.
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June 3, 2023 5 events 💥 4 📢 1 ▸
💥A ballistic missile strike killed four and injured six in a residential building in Dnipro.
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💥Strikes on Slovyansk, Velyka Novosilka and Koma in Donetsk region killed two and injured four.
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💥24 communities in the Zaporizhzhia region hit with UAV, artillery and MLRS, killing two and injuring five.
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💥Residential areas in 14 settlements across the Kherson region were hit by MLRS, mortars, artillery, UAVs and aircraft.
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📢Russian state TV host Olga Skabayeva stated that Russia needs to decide to wipe out cities like Kyiv rather than negotiate an end to the war.
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June 4, 2023 8 events 💥 3 🛡️ 1 🔧 1 ▸
💥22 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region were attacked by aviation, UAVs, MLRS and artillery, destroying 16 civilian objects.
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💥A missile strike on Dnipro city killed three and injured 22, including five children, destroying six apartments.
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💥Helicopters and tanks fired on populated areas of Chuhuyiv and Bohoduhiv, Kharkiv region.
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🛡️Ukrainian civilian air defense cell used a shoulder-launched Igla-1 missile to shoot down a Russian cruise missile targeting Kyiv.
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🔧Russian collaborator and local businessman Sergei Gidovodiuk was killed in a car bombing in occupied Myhailivka.
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June 5, 2023 7 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces conducted artillery strikes from the Kherson side across the Dnipro River, causing fires on Russian-held territory.
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💥Ukrainian 37th Marine Brigade conducted probing attacks with approximately 20-25 combat vehicles near Novodonetske, capturing part of the village but taking losses after encountering defensive mines.
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💥Ukrainian 3rd Assault and 10th Mountain Brigades advanced approximately 1.2 km across a 1 km front north of Bakhmut near Klishchevka, assaulting and clearing woodlines over 48 hours.
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💥An artillery strike on Balaklia, Kharkiv region killed two and wounded eight.
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💥Mortars and Shahed UAVs damaged private buildings in three communities in the Sumy region.
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June 6, 2023 18 events 💥 2 🔥 1 🏗️ 1 🔧 1 ▸
🔥The explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant killed 7 people and injured 15 on the right bank of Kherson region.
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🏗️The Kakhovka HPP was completely destroyed, with its engine room blown up and the station deemed beyond repair.
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💥On the night of June 6, 2023, between 00:30 and 04:00 a.m., Russian forces launched an air-based cruise missile attack on Ukraine using Tu-95ms strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea area.
🔧The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) dam was blown up by a Russian sabotage group.
💥Ukrainian forces conducted an armored attack near Vuhledar, advancing to draw fire before withdrawing to their original positions.
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June 7, 2023 1 event 💥 1 ▸
💥Russian artillery targeted Ukrainian special operations forces conducting amphibious operations using small boats and zodiacs in the Dnipro River delta.
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June 8, 2023 15 events 💥 5 ▸
💥47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade attacked near Mala Tokmachka, hitting mines and coming under Russian artillery, anti-tank missile, and helicopter fire, losing approximately 5 Leopard tanks and 10 Bradley IFVs with an estimated ten killed and thirty wounded.
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💥Russian forces shelled Kherson, targeting civilians using motorboats for flood evacuation work and injuring nine civilians.
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💥Ukrainian forces launched attacks with four columns of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles against Russian defenses along the Orikhiv-Tokmak road, starting at approximately 1:00 AM.
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💥Unconfirmed reports indicate Ukrainian forces used HIMARS rocket systems against Russian infantry positions.
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💥47th Brigade mechanized assault near Mala Tokmachka was repulsed with heavy vehicle losses after hitting mines and being engaged by artillery, anti-tank missiles, and helicopter gunships.
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June 9, 2023 66 events 💥 4 📢 1 ▸
📢Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar reported on Telegram regarding the situation on the front lines and specific military operations.
💥The Russian army launched a missile attack on the Zviahel district in the Zhytomyr region, killing one person and injuring others.
💥On the night of June 9, Russian forces launched six cruise missiles (Kh-101 and Kh-55) at Ukraine using four Tu-95 aircraft.
💥The enemy carries out airstrikes and shelling in the Kupiansk and Shakhtarsk directions.
💥Russian forces launched two Kalibr cruise missiles at Uman, targeting civilian infrastructure including an agricultural workshop and a car wash.
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June 10, 2023 62 events 📢 2 🏗️ 1 💥 1 ✈️ 1 ▸
🏗️A 500-metre warehouse storing fuel and lubricants caught fire at a railway station in Ufa, Russia. Firefighters used 17 units of equipment, a fire train, and a boat to contain the blaze.
💥Russia shelled an evacuation site in Kherson, wounding two volunteers.
✈️Russian Shahed-131/136 drones attacked the Odesa region overnight. Air defense forces destroyed all drones, but debris hit a high-rise apartment building, causing a fire and casualties.
📢Crimean collaborator Talipov claimed that Russian forces evacuated personnel from the Dnipro islands before the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP at 3:00 a.m., denying reports of abandoned troops.
📢Energoatom reported that despite Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, the water level in the cooling pond remains stable and sufficient for station needs.
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June 11, 2023 24 events ✈️ 1 ⚔️ 1 🛡️ 1 📊 1 +1 ▸
✈️Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 8 Shahed-131/136 drones and 2 missiles over the Odesa region overnight.
⚔️Ukrainian Armed Forces achieved local success during counterattacks southwest and southeast of Orikhiv.
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🛡️Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed six Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 attack drones overnight in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions.
📊Eight people were killed and 29 injured in the overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Odesa region.
💥Occupiers attacked the central part of Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast with three UAVs around 00:50 on June 11, 2023.
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June 13, 2023 2 events 💥 1 📢 1 ▸
💥Russia launched a deadly attack on Kryvyi Rih, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding dozens more.
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📢Putin declared Ukrainian offensive failing and admitted Russian loss of 54 tanks in past seven days during press conference with war correspondents.
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June 14, 2023 8 events 💥 3 ✈️ 1 🏴 1 ▸
💥Russian missile strike targeted civilian locations in Odesa including a shopping center and McDonald's, killing six to seven civilians.
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💥Strike killed Russian and Chechen dignitaries in Kreminna sector, attributed to poor operational security and likely HIMARS.
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💥Fighting ongoing around Staromayorske and Urozhaine; Ukrainian forces using drones to target Russian tanks.
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✈️Russian forces employed Shahed drones to attack Ukrainian front line positions in the southern sector.
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🏴Ukrainian Armed Forces captured villages of Novodanylivka and Novopokrovka adjacent to Mala Tokmachka.
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June 15, 2023 4 events 📢 2 🏥 1 🤝 1 ▸
🏥Polish citizen Krzysztof Galos from Kraków died from torture in Russian detention in Taganrog after traveling to occupied Ukrainian territories to verify whether the war was real.
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🤝Russia did not inform Poland of the death of its citizen Krzysztof Galos.
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📢In 2023, Roman Demurchiev received an award from the Governor of Moscow Oblast for alleged heroic deeds.
📢Vladimir Putin promoted Roman Demurchiev to the rank of Major General in 2023.
June 18, 2023 1 event 🛡️ 1 ▸
🛡️An air alert was declared in Kyiv and multiple regions of Ukraine on the afternoon of June 18, 2023, due to a threat of ballistic missile use.
June 20, 2023 2 events 🤝 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
🤝The European Commission adopted a proposal to revise the EU's multiannual financial framework for 2021-2027 to establish the Ukraine Facility with a proposed allocation of EUR 50 billion covering 2024-2027.
🏗️Opera Aperta began work on 'Gaia-24: Opera del Mondo' two weeks after the Kakhovka Reservoir dam destruction.
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June 22, 2023 2 events 💥 1 🏴 1 ▸
💥Storm Shadow strikes targeted Russian air defense and command and control installations in Crimea, preceding the Chongar causeway attack.
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🏴According to Evgeny Prigozhin, Ukrainian forces captured two villages within the preceding 24-hour period.
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June 23, 2023 16 events 💥 2 ✈️ 1 🔧 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
✈️Fighters of the Wagner PMC shot down a Russian Il-22M aircraft during Prigozhin's mutiny in summer 2023.
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🔧During Prigozhin's Wagner Group campaign against Moscow, only 3 of 15 monitored Wagner Telegram channels continued functioning while Telegram experienced widespread failures throughout Russia.
💥Storm Shadow missiles struck the Chongar causeway, creating holes in the bridge structure. Missile debris was recovered from the damaged roadway.
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🏗️The Unified Register of Weapons was launched on June 23, 2023, to strengthen control over firearms trafficking while simplifying the permit process for Ukrainian citizens.
💥Wagner fighters seized Russia's army headquarters in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don during their mutiny.
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June 24, 2023 8 events ✈️ 2 ➡️ 1 💥 1 🛡️ 1 ▸
➡️Wagner Group troops mutinied and advanced toward Moscow, creating concerns about the preparedness of the capital's local security forces.
💥Russian forces conducted a missile strike on Kyiv, damaging an apartment building and killing two civilians while injuring eight.
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🛡️Ukrainian Air Force shot down 41 Russian cruise missiles during the overnight strike on Kyiv.
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✈️A Russian National Guard Il-76 military transport aircraft was detected heading north at 0930 Kyiv time with its transponder active.
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✈️By 0945 Kyiv time, the Il-76 aircraft disappeared from FlightRadar after its transponder was deactivated.
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June 25, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝The first meeting of national security advisors regarding Ukraine's Peace Formula was held in Copenhagen on June 25, 2023.
June 26, 2023 4 events 🤝 2 💥 1 📊 1 ▸
💥A guerrilla from the ATESH partisan movement infiltrated a Russian unit in Kherson region and set fire to a P-161 communication complex, destroying it.
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📊Ivan Marchuk, a battalion commander and co-founder of the Kastus Kalinoŭski Regiment who previously served in the French Foreign Legion, was killed during house-to-house fighting in Lysychansk.
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🤝President Zelensky visited front-line positions in the Donbas sector including Kostyantynivka, meeting with troops and taking photographs.
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🤝Ramzan Kadyrov met with President Putin in the Caucasus reportedly to discuss tourism and Muslim support in Russia.
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June 27, 2023 12 events 💥 5 ▸
💥3rd Assault Brigade conducted attacks near Bershchivka south of Bakhmut.
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💥36th Marine Brigade conducted operations near Marinka following departure of Chechen forces.
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💥10th Mountain Brigade conducted attacks north of Bakhmut.
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💥47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade conducted successful attacks southeast of Orikhiv, gaining ground.
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💥65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade attacked near Robotyne south of Orikhiv.
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June 28, 2023 5 events 💥 2 ✈️ 1 🤝 1 📢 1 ▸
💥Russian missile struck a restaurant and residential building in Kramatorsk, killing 11 people and injuring approximately 50.
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💥80th Airborne Assault Brigade conducted platoon-sized attacks near Klishchiivka south of Bakhmut, using grenades to clear Russian positions.
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✈️Ukrainian forces dropped JDAM bombs on Russian infantry positions.
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🤝Sergeant Major Valery Markus met with President Zelensky in Kyiv and took official photographs with him.
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📢Sergeant Major Valery Markus posted on Telegram stating Russian defenses are strong, Ukrainian combat engineering is inferior, and that 47th Brigade conducted successful attacks gaining ground over the previous two days.
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June 29, 2023 2 events ⚖️ 1 📢 1 ▸
⚖️Gonzalo Lira was arrested a second time after attempting to escape Ukraine by motorcycle through the Hungary border checkpoint. He was detained in Transcarpathia and forcibly returned to Kharkiv.
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📢Russian 'Shturm Z' assault unit company refused orders to return to the front line, citing three months of unpaid wages and heavy casualties reducing their strength from 150 to 25 men.
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June 30, 2023 6 events 🏗️ 2 📦 2 🏥 1 ▸
🏗️Naftogaz Group reported a net consolidated profit of UAH 6.6 billion for the first half of 2023, improving from a UAH 57.2 billion loss in the same period of 2022.
🏗️Gazprom's gas business turned unprofitable for the first time since the COVID-19 epidemic and only the second time in 25 years during the first half of 2023.
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📦Russia increased its supply of liquefied natural gas to the European Union by 20% compared to pre-war 2021 levels.
📦The Neftochim Burgas refinery in Bulgaria, owned by Lukoil, imported Russian crude oil after the EU ban, generating more than EUR 1.1 billion in tax revenue for the Kremlin.
🏥As of June 2023, the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response stated that since February 24, 2022, 307,423 children have been taken from Ukraine to Russia.
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July 2023 (168 events)
July 1, 2023 6 events 💥 3 🏗️ 2 ▸
💥Ukrainian unmanned surface vessels (USVs) struck the Crimean Bridge in July 2023, causing further damage to the road section.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck the Kerch Bridge in July 2023 with an early morning USV strike, causing further damage to the road section.
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💥A Storm Shadow missile was used to strike a hotel in occupied Berdyansk, killing a high-ranking Russian general.
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🏗️Russian authorities forcibly deported four legally incapacitated adults from the Oleshky orphanage for children with special needs in occupied Kherson Oblast to Penza, Russia.
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🏗️Maria Lvova-Belova stated that over 700,000 children have been deported from Ukraine to Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion.
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July 1, 2023 69 events 🤝 2 🛡️ 1 💥 1 ⚓ 1 ▸
🛡️The Moscow Government Security Force assumed a more paramilitary character from July 2023, including receiving authorization to use firearms, partially in response to the Wagner Group mutiny.
💥Ukraine struck the Kerch Bridge using an early morning USV strike in July 2023, causing further damage to the road section.
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⚓Ukraine conducted several successful special operations over the past year destroying strategic Russian ships and breaking through the Russian naval blockade in the Black Sea.
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🤝Russian legislation introduced the concept of an 'economically significant organization', establishing criteria for designation including annual revenue over 75 billion rubles, tax payments over 10 billion rubles, asset value over 150 billion rubles, or staff exceeding 4,000 employees.
🤝Ukraine, Canada, Sweden, and the U.K. brought a case before the International Court of Justice in July 2023 accusing Iran of violating international law by targeting a civilian aircraft.
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July 3, 2023 1 event 🏗️ 1 ▸
🏗️A memorial was inaugurated in Bucha with 501 plates bearing the names of identified local civilians killed by Russian troops during their occupation.
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July 6, 2023 1 event 💥 1 ▸
💥On the night of July 6, Russian forces launched an airstrike on Lviv using Kalibr cruise missiles fired from the Black Sea. The attack killed ten people and injured more than 40 others, damaging homes, schools, dormitories, higher education institutions, a business center, restaurants, and shops.
July 7, 2023 1 event 📢 1 ▸
📢Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at a July 7 meeting that Russia 'has not yet started anything seriously in Ukraine' and threatened the West that further escalation would make negotiations more difficult.
July 8, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝Five Azovstal commanders, including Denys Prokopenko, returned to Ukraine after being held in Turkey since September 2022.
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July 9, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝Polish President Andrzej Duda and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a joint statement on the 80th anniversary of the Volhynia tragedy, affirming commitment to cooperation for peace and reconciliation.
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July 10, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝On the eve of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Dr. Philip Karber and Lieutenant General (Retired) Trevor Cadieu presented the report 'Where Goes Ukraine and NATO Strategy?' calling for a fundamentally new NATO strategy to deter Russia and documenting the need for Ukraine's membership.
July 11, 2023 3 events 💥 1 ➡️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
💥Ongoing shooting and combat activity confirmed in the general Kherson area and on the opposite side of the river.
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➡️Journalist returned from spending several days in Kherson investigating flood damage, humanitarian conditions, and infrastructure.
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🤝NATO leaders at the Vilnius summit decided to transform the Comprehensive Assistance Package for Ukraine into a multi-year programme to support Kyiv on its path to membership.
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July 12, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝G7 leaders adopted a joint declaration of support for Ukraine during the NATO summit in Vilnius, reaffirming their commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and defense capability.
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July 13, 2023 10 events 💥 3 🏗️ 2 ▸
💥Ukrainian long-range artillery fired across the Dnieper River at approximately one round per minute, striking buildings or wooded areas on the Russian-occupied left bank. A large explosion with significant smoke was observed at one point.
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💥Ukrainian special forces operating around the remains of the Antonovsky bridge and Dachi village are conducting ambushes against Russian forces sent into the area, reportedly preventing Russian attempts to secure the location.
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💥Russian forces are deploying Lancet loitering munitions in significant numbers, reportedly operated by special forces, capable of destroying light armored vehicles and potentially tanks.
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🏗️Flood waters have subsided with the river retreating to a narrow channel, leaving exposed bottomlands that appear dry but contain hazardous soft patches. Hundreds to thousands of buildings in a 20km by 2km strip were severely damaged and require demolition.
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🏗️Crimea faces continued water shortages with no water available for agriculture and rationing in most communities. Local reservoirs remain slightly above normal levels due to moderate spring and summer rainfall.
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July 15, 2023 2 events 💥 1 🤝 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian special forces engaged Wagner PMC mercenaries in Sudan to push rebel forces supported by Wagner out of Khartoum.
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🤝Abdel Fattah al-Burhan met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ireland after being extracted from Khartoum by Ukrainian special forces.
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July 17, 2023 9 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces conducted a strike on the Kerch bridge, damaging the critical infrastructure connecting Crimea to mainland Russia.
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💥Ukraine conducted its second attack on the Kerch Bridge using Sea Baby naval drones, damaging the structural integrity of the bridge and causing sections to collapse.
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💥A Ukrainian kamikaze drone struck a target in Crimea, possibly detonating a large ammunition dump and causing the biggest single explosion of the war to date.
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💥A blast rocked the Crimea bridge on July 17, 2023.
💥Ukraine carried out a second strike on the Crimean Bridge on the night of 16-17 July 2023, using naval uncrewed surface vessels in an operation dubbed Sea Baby.
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July 18, 2023 1 event 📢 1 ▸
📢The criminal case against Strelkov was opened on 18 July 2023, and he was charged under an article on calls for extremist activity due to his posts on Telegram.
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July 19, 2023 2 events 💥 1 ⚔️ 1 ▸
💥Russian shelling attacks damaged the infrastructure of seaports in Odesa.
⚔️Russian troops counterattacked and captured approximately a dozen prisoners from the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade.
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July 20, 2023 3 events 💥 1 🏴 1 🤝 1 ▸
💥30th Mechanized Brigade conducted an infantry attack supported by drone-dropped grenades, mortars, and BMP cannon fire.
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🏴Russia's 36th Army captured a US-supplied Browning .50 caliber machine gun from Ukrainian forces, with the weapon still in its original packaging.
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🤝Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the village of Belokamenka in Murmansk region.
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July 21, 2023 7 events 💥 1 📦 1 ⚖️ 1 🤝 1 +1 ▸
💥53rd Brigade used cluster munitions against a village possibly containing Russian troops.
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📦The UK Ministry of Defence supplied Malloy T-400 heavy lift cargo drones to Ukraine as part of a British aid package, with the drones capable of logistics, casualty evacuation, surveillance, and other military functions.
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⚖️Igor Girkin (Strelkov), former DNR Defense Minister and FSB colonel accused of war crimes including ordering torture and murder of civilians in Ukraine's 2014 invasion, was arrested on July 21 by Russian authorities on charges of extremism.
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🤝On July 21, the Bulgarian parliament voted to send approximately 100 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine along with weapons and spare parts.
📢Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Gavrilov stated that Ukraine possesses anti-ship missiles capable of reaching deep into the Black Sea and that longer-range naval strike capacity is coming soon, threatening the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
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July 22, 2023 6 events 🏴 2 🛡️ 1 ⚓ 1 📢 1 ▸
🛡️Ukrainian air defense forces engaged and attempted to shoot down inbound Iranian drones.
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⚓Russian forces sank a captured Ukrainian warship with missiles as a demonstration of force following the collapse of the grain deal.
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🏴Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade advanced 1.8 km and captured a Russian position containing at least 40 dead soldiers, reportedly using combined arms with zero friendly casualties.
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🏴Ukrainian forces from the 128th Mountain Brigade and 30th Mechanized Brigade captured full control of Pyatikhatki.
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📢CNN published a report citing a US government inspector general that some Western military aid to Ukraine could not be fully tracked and that Ukrainian authorities foiled a plot to steal Western-supplied equipment.
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July 23, 2023 4 events 💥 1 ⚓ 1 🔥 1 📊 1 ▸
💥Attack on the cathedral in Odesa. UN OCHA officials visited the site the day after it was hit.
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⚓Russia declared that all vessels moving in the Black Sea could be subject to boarding and search by the Russian navy, effectively announcing a blockade of Ukrainian ports.
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🔥The Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral was seriously damaged during a massive Russian missile attack on the historical center of Odesa.
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📊47th Mechanized Brigade has suffered heavy equipment losses, with at least 10 Bradleys destroyed, 20-25 heavily damaged, approximately 5 Leopards destroyed, and 10 damaged, reducing brigade combat strength to 65-70 percent.
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July 25, 2023 1 event ➡️ 1 ▸
➡️Wagner Group began joint training with Belarusian Internal Troops on July 25, with Belarusian officials announcing Wagner has access to artillery and ammunition for training purposes.
July 26, 2023 7 events ➡️ 2 🔧 1 📦 1 🤝 1 ▸
➡️Ukrainian forces made marginal advances north of Klishchiivka (7km southwest of Bakhmut) based on geolocated footage.
➡️Ukrainian forces made additional advances east of Robotyne (10km south of Orikhiv) during offensive operations.
🔧FSB claimed it identified explosives on a vessel headed from Turkey towards Rostov-on-Don on July 26.
📦Photographs published July 26 suggest Russian forces in Ukraine may be using 120mm mortar rounds manufactured in Myanmar.
🤝Belarusian Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Nikolai Karpenkov claimed he met with Wagner financier Yevgeny Prigozhin in Belarus following Wagner's armed rebellion on June 24.
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July 27, 2023 25 events 💥 4 📊 1 ▸
📊Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Russian forces destroyed 39 of 50 Ukrainian armored vehicles committed to assaults in the Zaporizhia direction, killed 60 percent of personnel, and 40 percent of combat aviation pilots.
💥Russian forces launched two Kalibr cruise missiles that damaged port infrastructure in Odesa City and launched eight Shahed drones (all shot down) overnight on July 26-27.
💥Russian sources claimed Ukrainian forces continued assaults at a lower tempo and with far less manpower near Robotyne.
💥Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive actions near Nadiya (14km southwest of Svatove) and south of Novoselivske (16km northwest of Svatove).
💥Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations north and south of Bakhmut, conducting assaults near Zaliznyanske, Berkhivka, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and Pivnichne.
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July 28, 2023 1 event 🔥 1 ▸
🔥Russian forces carried out an attack on a barracks in Olenivka where Azov prisoners were held, killing over 53 and wounding 130.
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July 31, 2023 5 events ⚖️ 2 💥 1 📢 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
💥HIMARS missiles struck a Russian training and rest camp on Dzharylhach Island in the Black Sea, killing approximately 200 Russian troops.
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📢Classification of Putin's decrees exceeded 60 percent in July 2023, coinciding with the start of Ukraine's counteroffensive.
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🏗️Russian FSB announced suspension of civilian entry to the Arabat Spit effective July 31 at 2000 local time to localize security issues.
⚖️Russian criminal investigations for treason and espionage were being initiated at a rate of one per day in the first seven months of 2023, representing a four-fold increase compared to pre-2022 war figures.
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⚖️Of 82 treason cases launched between January and July 2023, 59 were accused of acting for Ukraine, three for China, two for the US, and one each for the UK and Germany.
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August 2023 (512 events)
August 1, 2023 23 events 💥 3 🛡️ 2 ▸
🛡️A 43-year-old woman made contact with Russia's defense intelligence agency (GRU) via social media and offered to serve as an informant for intelligence on Ukrainian military infrastructure.
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🛡️The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) arrested a woman in August 2023 for attempting to flee to Russia and uncovered plans for her evacuation through third countries by Russia's defense intelligence agency.
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💥A Russian missile struck a nearby industrial facility in Dnipro, with another rocket landing about 50 feet from the Meteor swimming pool, causing damage to the ceiling and forcing athletes to shelter.
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💥An explosion occurred in workshop No. 95 at the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant, damaging one of the buildings where missiles were assembled for deployment in the war against Ukraine.
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💥Ukrainian commandoes landed in occupied Crimea and sabotaged a critical early-warning radar and a long-range anti-aircraft system.
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August 1, 2023 63 events 📢 2 ➡️ 1 💥 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
➡️Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov drove a Mi-8 helicopter into Ukrainian territory as part of the Synytsia operation, then surrendered.
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📢Norway announced in 2023 its intention to join Denmark, the Netherlands, and other nations in providing F-16 warplanes for Ukraine's war effort.
📢Russia began recruiting convicts for Storm-V units under new contract terms that do not offer pardons or parole and extend service indefinitely until the end of the war.
💥Pokrovsk was previously hit by a deadly bombardment in August 2023, killing nine people and injuring 82.
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🏗️Ukraine launched an alternative sea corridor in August 2023 to facilitate the export of grain, metal, and other goods via maritime routes.
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August 2, 2023 5 events 💥 4 📦 1 ▸
💥Iranian-made drones hit port infrastructure in Izmail on the Danube cluster, destroying 40,000 tons of food products.
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💥Overnight strikes by mortars, artillery, MLRS, tanks, UAVs and aircraft on Kherson city and nearby settlements killed one person and injured eight others.
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💥Five settlements on the border areas of Sumy region were struck by mortars, artillery, and grenade launchers.
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💥Five districts in the Kharkiv region were hit with missiles and artillery, resulting in one death and one injury.
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📦Taras Ivanov, a 17-year-old developer from the Donetsk region, created a free Telegram bot that translates YouTube videos into Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar languages.
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August 3, 2023 9 events 💥 3 ➡️ 1 🔥 1 ▸
💥A missile struck St. Catherine's Cathedral in Kherson city, causing a fire, then four rescuers were injured and their equipment destroyed by a second attack.
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💥Nikopol and Synelnykove in Dnipropetrovsk region were hit by heavy artillery, damaging private houses and two educational institutions.
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💥21 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region were struck by MLRS, UAVs, and airstrikes, killing one person.
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➡️Viktoria Roshchina went missing on August 3, 2023 during a trip to Russian-occupied territories.
🔥A man set fire to 10 vehicles used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine or that had symbols of armed groups in the Forest area of Kyiv from September 2022 to August 2023.
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August 4, 2023 6 events 💥 5 ▸
💥The Kherson hospital was hit again, killing one doctor and damaging buildings.
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💥Mortar and artillery strikes on eight border settlements in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions damaged homes and infrastructure.
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💥Massive artillery, mortars, tanks, rocket weapons and guided aerial bomb attacks on five settlements in the Kharkiv region damaged private houses and outbuildings.
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💥Strikes on Kurakhivka and Krasnohorivka in Donetsk region killed two civilians and injured two.
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💥Kh-55 missiles used to attack Ukraine originated from Kyiv, which were handed over for repayment of debts in 1999.
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August 5, 2023 4 events 💥 3 🤝 1 ▸
💥Another MLRS strike on Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk region damaged homes, a sports school and other civilian objects.
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💥24 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region were struck by heavy artillery and S-300 missiles causing extensive damage in residential areas.
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💥Mortars, artillery, tanks, UAVs, and aircraft hit residential areas across the Kherson region, injuring four civilians.
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🤝The second meeting of national security advisors regarding Ukraine's Peace Formula was held in Jeddah on August 5-6, 2023.
August 6, 2023 6 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Two elderly people were injured by a strike on Mykilske, Kherson region.
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💥A woman was killed and three civilians were injured by shelling of two settlements in the Kharkiv region.
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💥A high-rise residential building was hit by an enemy missile during an air attack on Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region and a second attack hit the building while emergency workers were on site.
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💥A grain silo was destroyed and one person injured during a combined missile and Shahed drone strike on Starokostyantinivka, Khmelnytsky region.
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💥Border areas of Sumy region were hit with artillery, mortars, and machine guns.
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August 7, 2023 6 events 💥 3 ➡️ 1 📢 1 ▸
💥Two missiles hit residential buildings in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region.
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💥Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region was hit with heavy artillery, killing one and injuring another.
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💥The village of Kucherivka in Kharkiv region was hit by artillery, killing two and wounding three.
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➡️22 Ukrainian soldiers were returned home in a prisoner swap on August 7, 2023.
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📢A Russian high school history textbook featuring Vladimir Putin and referencing the ongoing invasion and 2014 annexation of Crimea was presented in Moscow.
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August 9, 2023 2 events 🛡️ 1 📦 1 ▸
🛡️Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov defected to Ukraine with his Mi-8 helicopter, flying from a Russian airbase in Kursk region at extremely low altitude in radio silence.
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📦Ukraine's military intelligence service (HUR) paid Maxim Kuzminov $500,000 as a reward for defecting with his Mi-8 helicopter and provided security guarantees and new documents.
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August 10, 2023 2 events 🏥 1 📢 1 ▸
🏥Ukraine opened grain shipping corridors in the Black Sea despite Russian opposition, maintaining export routes.
📢On August 10, 2023, Ukraine announced new temporary maritime routes for merchant ships sailing to and from the country's Black Sea ports.
August 11, 2023 1 event 💥 1 ▸
💥Russia launched four Kinzhal missiles at Ukraine, with Ukrainian forces intercepting one while the remaining three struck near the Kolomyia airfield in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
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August 12, 2023 1 event 💥 1 ▸
💥Explosions were heard twice in one day near the Kerch Bridge on 12 August 2023, with Russia claiming Ukraine attempted to strike it with S-200 missiles.
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August 14, 2023 2 events ➡️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
➡️The 3rd Assault Brigade completed two months of successful fighting in the Bakhmut sector and has been rotated off the line for rest and reconstitution.
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🤝Chinese Major General Fan Jianjun visited Russia and was photographed at the Army-2023 International Military-Technical Forum in Moscow suburbs.
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August 15, 2023 1 event ⚓ 1 ▸
⚓Ukrainian armed forces created a new maritime corridor in the Black Sea by liberating the area from Russia's Black Sea Fleet, enabling the resumption of grain exports via alternative routes.
August 16, 2023 6 events ➡️ 2 💥 2 ⚓ 1 ▸
➡️The 35th Marine Brigade was rotated off the front line following the successful capture of Urozhaine, receiving official commendation from President Zelensky.
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➡️The first vessel sailed through the temporary sea corridor launched by the Ukrainian Navy, marking the unblocking of the ports of Great Odesa.
💥Ukrainian artillery conducted massive strikes using over 1,000 shells including cluster munitions, white phosphorus, and shrapnel on Russian positions in Rabotine, forcing Russian troops to retreat to the next defensive line.
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💥Ukraine achieved military successes including significant damage to a Russian landing ship near Novorossiysk, which enabled Ukraine to reopen the sea for shipping.
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⚓Ukraine established a secure maritime corridor in the western Black Sea, enabling grain exports by ship to resume despite Russian threats.
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August 17, 2023 9 events ➡️ 3 💥 1 ✈️ 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces conducted a long-range strike against the military wharf in Berdyansk, targeting Russian naval cargo and assault ships.
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✈️A Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter was shot down near Rabotine; the pilot reportedly survived the crash.
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➡️The reconstituted Azov Regiment, commanded by Denys Prokopenko, has deployed back to the front line in the Serebryanka sector.
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➡️The 92nd Mechanized Brigade has been spotted operating on the line in the Serebryanka sector, opposing Russian 1st Tank Army formations.
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➡️The 36th Marine Brigade has been rotated away from the front line and is currently conducting training, as evidenced by new training videos posted by the unit.
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August 18, 2023 3 events 💥 2 🤝 1 ▸
🤝Ukraine and Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding in Lviv providing for Ankara's participation in Ukraine's post-war recovery, with Presidents Zelensky and Erdogan present.
💥The Russian Aerospace Forces conducted an air strike using two UMPK-500 bombs on a field hospital for Ukrainian defenders in the Zaporizhzhia direction on August 18.
💥Ukraine conducted a long-range drone campaign attacking Russian oil facilities, reducing refining capacity by an estimated 15% over the past year.
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August 19, 2023 4 events 💥 2 🔧 1 📊 1 ▸
🔧Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) conducted a special operation in August 2023 that destroyed or disabled three Russian TU-22M3 bombers at Soltsy military airfield using drones. A special forces unit commanded by Colonel Oleh Babii traveled over 600 kilometers on foot through Russian territory to execute the mission.
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💥On August 19, 2023, Russian forces used an Iskander cruise missile to strike the center of Chernihiv.
💥Ukrainian kamikaze drones struck a Russian Tu-22 strategic bomber at Soltsy air base near Novgorod, approximately 650 km from Ukraine-controlled territory.
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📊A missile strike on the Chernihiv theater on Aug. 19, 2023, resulted in seven deaths, including a six-year-old child, and over 200 wounded.
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August 20, 2023 2 events 🏥 2 ▸
🏥Yana Savorova was detained on Aug. 20, 2023 in Melitopol along with six other RIA Melitopol journalists and administrators.
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🏥Yana Savorova was first held in the Mariupol detention center, then transferred to detention center №2 in Tag anrog, Russia, known for using torture against prisoners.
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August 21, 2023 1 event 💥 1 ▸
💥At least 12 Ukrainian Mugin drones struck an airfield near Kursk, hitting five modern combat aircraft and two air defense systems.
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August 22, 2023 2 events 🤝 2 ▸
🤝South Africa refused to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg (Aug 22-24, 2023) due to the International Criminal Court arrest warrant, marking Putin's first diplomatic setback.
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🤝South Africa's police in Cape Town received orders to execute the ICC arrest warrant for Putin if he attended the BRICS Summit.
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August 23, 2023 7 events 💥 2 🔥 2 ⚔️ 1 ▸
💥A passenger plane crashed near Tver, resulting in 8 confirmed deaths, allegedly including Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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🔥A Russian S-400 "Triumph" air defense complex was destroyed in occupied Crimea on August 23.
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🔥Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a mysterious plane crash two months after ordering the mutiny against Russia's military leadership.
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💥Azov Brigade soldiers stormed four Russian positions during a combat mission, eliminating 13 enemy troops with artillery and small arms fire.
⚔️Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov defected to Ukraine, flying his Mi-8 armored combat helicopter to a Ukrainian airfield in an operation engineered by the HUR called 'Sinitsa'.
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August 24, 2023 5 events 💥 2 🛡️ 1 🔥 1 📊 1 ▸
💥On the night of 24 August, Russian forces launched a missile attack on Dnipro, striking multiple infrastructure targets.
💥Ukrainian special operations forces landed on the Crimean Peninsula with Navy participation, engaging in combat contact with Russian army units, causing personnel losses and equipment destruction, and raising the Ukrainian flag.
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🛡️Defenders from the 'East' Air Command shot down one of the incoming Russian missiles.
🔥A missile hit a transport facility in Dnipro, resulting in injuries.
📊Seven people were injured in the missile attack on Dnipro, with six hospitalized.
August 25, 2023 42 events 💥 4 🏴 1 ▸
💥On the night of August 25, Russian forces launched five missiles and a Shahed drone from the Black and Azov seas targeting southern Ukraine.
🏴Ukrainian forces appear to have broken through the first line of Russian defense in the Zaporizhzhia region and advanced toward Novoprokopivka, while also launching an offensive in the Vervovoy district.
💥Ukrainian forces damaged three S-300 air defense systems in the Kherson region.
💥Ukrainian defense forces conducted an attack on the Russian 126th Separate Guards Coastal Defense Brigade in the village of Perevalne, temporarily occupied Crimea.
💥Ukrainian Special Forces conducted combat operations near Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region, capturing positions from Russian forces.
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August 26, 2023 39 events 💥 4 🏗️ 1 ▸
🏗️A large-scale fire broke out at a pyrotechnics warehouse in Kemerovo, Russia, covering an area of 750 square meters.
💥A Ukrainian combat boat crew fired a missile at a Russian military aircraft near Zmiiny Island, forcing the aircraft to retreat.
💥Russian forces shelled Kherson twice on August 26, resulting in injuries to two women.
💥Russian forces attacked the Nikopol region three times on August 26, 2023, targeting the Marhanets community.
💥Russian troops shelled the village of Podoly in Kharkiv region, hitting a cafe and killing two people.
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August 27, 2023 56 events 💥 2 📢 1 🛡️ 1 📊 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian special forces landed near Olenivka and Maiak in Crimea during an operation supported by the Navy, engaging Russian occupier units in a firefight.
📢President Volodymyr Zelensky announced during a video address that the Ukrainian government will make decisions this week to further strengthen soldiers, including improving infrastructure for new aircraft and increasing diplomatic efforts to secure necessary equipment.
🛡️Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed four Kh-101/Kh-55/Kh-555 cruise missiles fired from five Russian strategic aircraft in the Engels area.
📊During a single day, the Russian enemy lost 305 soldiers and 32 pieces of equipment in the Tauria direction, while 11 warehouses were destroyed.
💥Debris from a downed Russian cruise missile damaged 10 private houses and two vehicles in the Kyiv region.
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August 28, 2023 68 events 💥 2 🛡️ 2 📢 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed a control point of UAVs and 174 Russian invaders in the Bakhmut direction.
💥Ukrainian military counterintelligence conducted a drone attack on Kursk airfield, targeting Russian military aircraft and air defense systems.
🛡️Occupiers established 'draft boards' in occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions to register men for military service, with plans to make registration mandatory in 2024.
📢General Mark Milley stated that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has not failed, noting that Ukrainian forces have crossed the first line of Russian defense despite slower than expected progress.
🛡️Ukrainian defenders repelled enemy assaults and continued advancing in the Bakhmut direction despite heavy fighting and enemy resistance.
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August 29, 2023 54 events 📊 2 🔥 1 📢 1 💥 1 ▸
📊According to Forbes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 5 Leopard 2 tanks out of 71 during a 13-week counteroffensive, with 10 damaged but later repaired.
🔥An Mi-8 helicopter belonging to the FSB crashed near the village of Prudny in the Sosnovsky district of the Chelyabinsk region, killing all three crew members.
📢A senior US defense official expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of Ukrainian strikes on occupied Crimea, suggesting they are not decisive and that resources would be better focused on the counteroffensive.
📊Six pilots from the 18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade named after Igor Sikorsky died during a combat mission in the Bakhmut sector on August 29, 2023.
💥Russian forces launched 61 attacks on Kherson and Beryslav districts, firing 275 shells from mortars, artillery, tanks, 'Hrad' MLRSs, UAVs, and aviation.
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August 30, 2023 42 events 💥 2 📢 1 🔥 1 📦 1 ▸
💥Russian forces fired 10 shells at Nikopol using heavy artillery, damaging a five-story building, 7 cars, power lines, and two private enterprises.
📢British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley stated that Russia's war against Ukraine is a significant topic of his visit to China, the first such visit by a British official of this level in five years.
🔥Russian missile fragments damaged private houses and caused a fire on the territory of a cemetery in the Kyiv region, with no casualties reported.
📦More than 20,000 Ukrainian servicemen have been trained in the UK as part of the multinational training operation Interflex.
💥Russian forces launched a rocket attack on Kyiv in the morning.
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August 31, 2023 41 events 💥 2 🛡️ 1 📢 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
🛡️Ukrainian sappers neutralized five Russian anti-personnel mines on the route of the IAEA mission to Zaporizhzhia NPP.
💥The Russian army shelled Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with heavy artillery, damaging four private houses, an outbuilding, two power lines, and a gas pipeline.
📢The European Parliament criticized President Zelensky's initiative to equate wartime corruption with treason, citing concerns about the transfer of cases from NABU to the SSU.
➡️Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Head Kyrylo Budanov reported that the Russian military deployed elements of the newly formed 25th Combined Arms Army to the Kupyansk direction in Luhansk Oblast to replace elements of the 41st Combined Arms Army.
💥Heavy fighting continues in Klishchiivka, Kurdiumivka, and Andriivka south of Bakhmut where Ukrainian forces are conducting offensive operations.
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September 2023 (1,045 events)
September 1, 2023 7 events 💥 3 🔥 1 ⚖️ 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian forces launched Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles and kamikaze boats targeting Russian Black Sea Fleet warships in Sevastopol, destroying a missile-carrying submarine, an amphibious assault ship, and damaging three military drydocks.
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💥Ukraine destroyed the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, sank the Moskva flagship, reoccupied Snake Island, and wiped out other Russian navy assets including the cruise missile carrier submarine Rostov-on-Don and Minsk landing ship in September 2023.
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💥Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian ammunition warehouse near the occupied city of Sorokyne in Luhansk Oblast.
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🔥Ukraine became the first country ever to destroy a Russian submarine with a cruise missile.
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⚖️A contract soldier who served in Ukraine was sentenced to 15 years in prison for beating and attempting to rape his 10-year-old stepdaughter after returning home drunk.
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September 1, 2023 132 events 💥 3 🔥 1 📢 1 ▸
💥Russian forces shelled the town of Seredyna-Buda in the Sumy region with artillery, resulting in damage to residential and critical infrastructure.
🔥A Russian Ka-52 helicopter crashed in the waters of the Sea of Azov approximately 1.5 km from the coastline on the morning of September 1.
💥Ukrainian forces conducted offensive operations south of Bakhmut and made marginal advances northwest of Klishchiivka based on geolocated footage.
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📢Russian Vostok Battalion commander Alexander Khodakovsky claimed that Russian forces suffer from a lack of counter-battery capabilities in the Novomayorske-Novodonetske-Kermenchyk area, causing extreme physical and psychological stress among defending troops.
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💥Ukrainian forces achieved unspecified success in the Novodanylivka-Novopokropivka direction in western Zaporizhia Oblast while Russian sources claimed attacks near Robotyne and Verbove were repelled.
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September 2, 2023 31 events 💥 4 📊 1 ▸
💥Russian forces attacked three communities in Dnipropetrovsk region with heavy artillery and a drone, resulting in four wounded civilians and damage to infrastructure including a shop, power lines, and 14 private homes.
📊Russian forces in the southern direction suffered 289 casualties (77 killed, 208 wounded, 4 captured) and 32 units of equipment destroyed over the past day.
💥During the day on September 2, 2023, Russian forces launched 2 missiles and 34 air strikes, along with 42 attacks from rocket salvo systems on Ukrainian troop positions and populated areas.
💥On September 2, 2023, Russian forces attacked Kramatorsk with rockets, leading to advisories for residents to avoid unexploded ordnance.
💥Explosions occurred in the Vinnytsia region following the missile attack.
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September 3, 2023 26 events 💥 4 🛡️ 1 ▸
💥Russian forces shelled the Nikopol district in the Dnipropetrovsk region 4 times, firing more than 20 shells at Marhanets and Chervonohrihoriv communities.
💥The Russian forces conducted 570 attacks on Ukrainian positions over the past 24 hours, utilizing rocket and barrel artillery, as well as Ka-52 helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft.
💥Russian forces launched drones from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov to attack southern Ukraine during the night of September 3, attempting to use water areas to avoid detection.
💥The Ukrainian Armed Forces used a kamikaze drone to eliminate two Russian occupants in Donetsk region.
🛡️The Eastern group of troops reported five combat clashes in the Lyman-Kupiansk direction, which were unsuccessful for the Russian forces. The enemy is attempting to break through defenses near Novoiehorivka to occupy commanding heights and reach the Oskil River.
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September 4, 2023 31 events 💥 2 🏴 1 ✈️ 1 📊 1 ▸
🏴Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officers arrested a former Russian militant during a Ukrainian counter-offensive operation in the village of Urozhayne, Donetsk region.
💥Ukrainian forces have made a significant tactical breach along a 2.6km section of the Russian defensive layer in the Robotyne area since penetrating it on September 4, and continue to widen this breach.
✈️Russian forces launched Shahed drone attacks against the Ukrainian port of Izmail; one drone was shot down and its debris landed across the river in Romania.
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📊The detainee has been placed in custody and faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
💥Ukrainian soldiers from the 1st Mechanised Battalion of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade conducted an assault on dugouts at Russian positions in the Bakhmut direction at dawn, destroying an enemy drone in the process.
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September 5, 2023 26 events 💥 3 🤝 1 📢 1 ▸
💥A powerful explosion occurred near the occupied Donetsk city administration building, which local propagandists claimed was only a car fire, though video evidence shows a column of black smoke.
🤝The United Nations prepared a package of proposals to lift some sanctions on the Russian Federation in exchange for restoring the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
📢Arseniy Yatsenyuk stated he does not believe in diplomatic solutions between Ukraine and Russia, and emphasized the need for a legally binding international mechanism to hold Russia accountable.
💥The SBU conducted a car bombing in occupied Mykhailivka, Zaporizhzhia region, targeting collaborators Serhiy Didovodyuk and his daughter Yana.
💥Ukrainian soldiers of the 3rd Brigade's anti-tank battalion used a Wild Hornet FPV drone to destroy an enemy group of five Russian soldiers.
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September 6, 2023 28 events 🔥 2 📢 1 💥 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
📢The European Commission plans to propose a legislative method to transfer income from frozen Russian Central Bank assets to the EU budget for Ukraine's reconstruction.
💥A Ukrainian FPV kamikaze drone was flown into a dugout containing at least five occupants by a soldier from the Rarog unit of the 24th Brigade.
🔥Russian forces launched a missile attack on a market in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, resulting in casualties.
🔥Ukrainian paratroopers of the 25th separate airborne brigade used a kamikaze drone to destroy an enemy infantry fighting vehicle.
🏗️Occupiers in Mariupol issued an announcement stating that insulin can only be obtained by individuals possessing a Russian Federation passport.
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September 7, 2023 27 events 🔧 2 💥 1 🏴 1 📢 1 ▸
🔧Russian military personnel looted the home of a resident in Bohdanivka, Kyiv region, taking property worth over UAH 223,000 including personal belongings, medals, and equipment.
💥The Russian army shelled Siversk with Grad multiple rocket launchers, resulting in one civilian death and three injuries.
🏴Ukrainian Armed Forces completed the capture of Robotyne after incremental platoon- and company-sized assaults, with organized Russian resistance ceasing by September 7-8.
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📢Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced Denmark's readiness to increase defense assistance to Ukraine, specifically mentioning the provision of F-16 aircraft for pilot training and plans to strengthen air defense.
🔧A resident of Sievierodonetsk recruited by the Russian secret service was detained in Chernihiv region for collecting intelligence on the locations of Ukrainian defense units and passing the data to Russian agents.
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September 8, 2023 43 events 💥 2 ⚔️ 1 📦 1 🛡️ 1 ▸
⚔️Russian forces conducted counterattacks on at least three separate days over the past week, re-occupying several buildings in the south of Rabotyne and forcing Ukrainian forces to conduct clearing operations again.
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💥Russian forces shelled Kryvy Rih with an Iskander K missile, killing 1 person and injuring 54 others on 8 September 2023.
💥A Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih on September 8, 2023, resulted in 73 injuries, 1 death, and significant infrastructure damage.
📦Denmark handed over the first 10 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine, with additional tanks reportedly on their way.
🛡️Ukrainian forces continue to hold the village of Rabotyne and may be expanding their footprint, though the situation remains contested with Russian forces still present in southern parts of the settlement.
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September 9, 2023 40 events 💥 2 📢 1 ➡️ 1 🔧 1 ▸
💥Russian troops shelled the village of Kostobobriv in the Semenivka community of Chernihiv region, seriously wounding a 68-year-old resident and damaging outbuildings.
📢Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat announced that Russians have modernized Shahed drones to make them less visible to Ukrainian radar systems and converted high-explosive aerial bombs into guided munitions.
➡️The Russian Federation is transferring reinforcements from other areas of the front to Robotyne to bolster its defense lines, likely in response to pressure from Ukrainian forces.
💥Russian forces attacked Kupiansk, Kharkiv region with a guided aerial bomb on 9 September, damaging residential and outbuildings.
🔧A fire broke out at a military unit of Russian occupiers in Simferopol, Crimea, on September 9, 2023.
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September 10, 2023 41 events 💥 3 🛡️ 1 📊 1 ▸
🛡️Ukrainian forces repelled about 15 enemy attacks in the Mariinka area.
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📊On September 2023, Ukrainian MP Yuriy Mysiagin reported that 27 Russian soldiers were killed and 34 wounded by their own artillery during a chaotic retreat from Opytne near Donetsk Airport; the incident was later confirmed by Russian milbloggers.
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💥The Russian military launched 2 rocket strikes and 40 air strikes, hitting over 45 settlements across multiple oblasts.
💥Occupiers launched a drone attack on the Kyiv region using Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs from the north (Kursk - Russia) on September 10, 2023.
💥Russian forces shelled the village of Novopavlivska in the Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk region, destroying a truck.
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September 11, 2023 55 events ✈️ 2 🔧 2 📢 1 ▸
📢Kyrylo Budanov stated that the current war in Ukraine is the first where all types of weapons have been used, ranging from submarines to strategic bombers.
✈️On September 11, 2023, Russian forces launched 32 Shahed-136/131 drones at Ukraine, targeting primarily the Kyiv region.
🔧The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine terminated the illegal activity of a private detective agency that sold information from closed law enforcement databases.
✈️Attack drones targeted Kryvy Rih, triggering an air alert in multiple Ukrainian regions.
🔧A National Police officer provided information about crossing the state border to a private detective in exchange for a fee.
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September 12, 2023 48 events 💥 2 📊 1 🏴 1 📢 1 ▸
💥SBU military counter-intelligence agents killed over three dozen Russian soldiers and destroyed enemy equipment using attack drones.
📊Russian forces shelled Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast, killing two civilians, an 84-year-old woman and a 71-year-old man, and injuring three others.
🏴Ukraine's Defence Intelligence regained control of four gas drilling platforms (Petro Hodovanets, Ukraina, Tavrida, and Syvash) off the coast of Crimea that Russia had occupied in 2015.
📢The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Defense Forces continue offensive operations in the Melitopol direction and partial success was achieved in the areas of Klishchiivka (Donetsk region) and Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia region).
💥Heavy fighting continues in the Lyman direction.
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September 13, 2023 50 events 💥 2 🛡️ 1 🔧 1 🔥 1 ▸
🛡️The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), in coordination with various defense forces, conducted large-scale raids across Ukraine to inspect radiation safety and critical infrastructure in response to Russian threats regarding a 'dirty' bomb.
🔧Ukrainian law enforcement agencies uncovered a large-scale scheme involving military medical commission officials and doctors assisting military-age citizens in avoiding mobilization and leaving the country illegally.
💥British Storm Shadow missiles struck Russian naval assets in Sevastopol dry docks, sinking the landing assault ship Minsk and severely damaging the submarine Rostov-Na-Danu, while also disabling all three major warship-sized dry docks.
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💥Russia launched a massive drone attack on the Danube region ports of Reni and Izmail in Odesa Oblast on the night of September 13, damaging infrastructure and injuring seven drivers.
🔥A Ropucha-class amphibious assault ship identified as 'Minsk' was destroyed in an attack on a shipyard in occupied Sevastopol on September 13, 2023.
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September 14, 2023 45 events 📢 2 💥 1 🔧 1 🔥 1 ▸
💥Russian forces conducted 118 attacks across 31 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on September 14, 2023, targeting residential areas, infrastructure, and civilians.
🔧An informant appointed by Russian State Duma deputy Ihor Kastyukevich as a curator of the occupied Kherson region recorded locations of Ukrainian military units and forwarded the data to the Russian Southern Military District headquarters, facilitating Russian strikes on Kherson using rocket salvo systems.
📢Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar stated that the southern region sees approximately 4-5 thousand enemy shelling per week, making it the main direction of Ukrainian offensive operations.
🔥A satellite photo confirms the destruction of a Russian S-400 'Triumph' air defense system near occupied Yevpatoriya in Crimea.
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📢German deputies appealed to Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius with a demand to provide Ukraine with Taurus long-range cruise missiles, citing the need to weaken Russian military logistics.
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September 15, 2023 66 events 💥 4 🏥 1 ▸
💥Russian forces increased the number of drones by 1.5 times compared to previous attacks on Odesa, targeting port infrastructure to disrupt Ukraine's grain exports.
💥A total of 17 Shahed UAVs were launched towards Khmelnytsky region, with air defense systems destroying all 17 drones along the flight route.
🏥Women veterans organized a protest action at the Princess Olha monument in Kyiv to raise awareness about the lack of ammunition designed for female physiology.
💥Ukrainian forces advanced south of Rozdolivka (13km northeast of Bakhmut) and in northern Klishchiivka (6km southwest of Bakhmut), confirmed by geolocated footage posted on September 15.💥Ukrainian infantry advanced along Russian defensive positions immediately west of Verbove (18km southeast of Orikhiv) but likely did not maintain control of these positions, per geolocated footage from September 15.
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September 16, 2023 54 events 💥 3 🔧 1 📢 1 ▸
💥Fighting continued near Klishchiivka and Kurdyumivka (12km southwest of Bakhmut), with Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar stating Ukrainian forces continue to be successful in the Klishchiivka area.
🔧Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) conducted searches at the home of former Ukrainian MP Nestor Shufrych, seizing items including orders with St. George's ribbons, a tunic, and emblems of the Russian Empire.
💥Fighting is ongoing on and near islands in the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast, according to a Russian milblogger.📢The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) served Ihor Kolomoysky with an additional notice of suspicion under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
💥Russian forces launched five missile attacks on Kharkiv using Iskander missiles, hitting the Kholodnohirsk district.
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September 17, 2023 44 events 💥 4 📢 1 ▸
💥The 46th Mechanized Brigade reported capturing a stronghold on the northern approaches to Novoprokopivka and engaging in battles near Verbove, while Russian forces reinforced the area with elements of the 7th and 76th Airborne Divisions.
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📢Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, stated that the Russians redeployed three large amphibious ships from the Black Sea to the Azov Sea and noted that the damaged ship cannot be restored.
💥Russian invaders carried out 75 shellings in the south of Ukraine using about 450 shells.
💥Russian invaders shelled the settlements of the Kherson and Beryslav districts seven times.
💥Enemy attacks in Mariinka occur 10-15 times daily, primarily using infantry with Storm Z units.
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September 18, 2023 57 events 💥 4 🤝 1 ▸
🤝Russian woman Irina Osipova, a supporter of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has been appointed as a parliamentary assistant in the Italian Senate.
💥The Russian military launched over 70 air strikes, 15 rockets, and 47 attacks from rocket salvo systems on Ukrainian positions and populated areas.
💥Ukrainian soldiers of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade ambushed and eliminated Russian soldiers attempting to change positions in Andriivka using UAVs and shooters.
💥A Ukrainian kamikaze drone attacked a car evacuating wounded Russian soldiers in the Robotyne area, blowing off a Russian medic's arm.
💥Russian forces shelled Ukrainian positions 464 times in the Lyman-Kupiansk direction.
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September 19, 2023 35 events 💥 4 📊 1 ▸
💥Russian Shahed kamikaze drones attacked Lviv region during an air raid lasting 2.5 hours, with 18 drones launched and 15 shot down.
📊One person was injured in the drone attack on Lviv industrial warehouses, later hospitalised in moderate condition.
💥Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully attacked the Russian invaders' headquarters in Melitopol around 7:00.
💥Russian Shahed drones attacked Khmelnytskyi region, with air defence systems reportedly shooting down the drones.
💥Explosions were reported in Kryvyi Rih, which Censor.NET links to the Russian drone attack campaign.
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September 20, 2023 56 events 🛡️ 2 📢 1 💥 1 🏴 1 ▸
📢The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russia is planning a massive forced mobilization of 400,000 to 700,000 people, including approximately 40,000 residents of the Chechen Republic who may be used as 'barrier units'.
💥Russian military launched drone attacks on Chervonohryhorivka community and artillery fire on Marhanets in Nikopol district.
🛡️The Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the Yahidne district of Bakhmut and successfully held their positions in Andriivka, while also conducting an offensive operation south of Bakhmut, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.
🛡️In the Melitopol direction, the Defense Forces are conducting an offensive operation, inflicting significant losses on the occupying forces and exhausting the enemy.
🏴The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) discovered two weapons caches in the frontline areas of the south and east of Ukraine, located in Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
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September 21, 2023 42 events 💥 3 ➡️ 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
➡️Russian forces relocated large amphibious ships from Crimean ports to Russian bases due to fears of Ukrainian strikes.
💥Ukrainian forces launched a massive drone attack targeting Crimea and several regions in Russia, including Kursk, Belgorod, and Orel.
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💥A rocket attack damaged the Pepsi plant in Vyshneve, Bucha district, on 21 September, causing shrapnel damage and injuring workers.
🏗️A Russian missile strike caused power outages and damaged energy and civilian infrastructure, including a service station and five cars, in the Rivne region.
💥Russian forces launched two Iskander missile strikes on Kurakhove on September 21, resulting in the destruction of a two-story building and damage to 23 apartment buildings, a school, shops, transformer, garages, and 8 cars.
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September 22, 2023 36 events 📢 2 🔥 1 🛡️ 1 💥 1 ▸
🔥The Security Service of Ukraine and the Navy attacked the 'Saky' airfield in occupied Crimea, damaging Russian aircraft, MANPADS, and UAV operator training equipment.
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📢Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in Washington that Ukraine is actively working to obtain long-range weapons and that his voice is being heard in direct discussions with US officials and congressmen.
🛡️Ukrainian forces successfully repelled enemy attacks northeast of Hryhorivka in the Bakhmut direction, Donetsk region.
📢NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that Ukraine's battlefield progress serves as proof that Western military aid is not affected by corruption.
💥Ukraine attacked the Russian frigate Admiral Essen with 'Neptune' missiles, though Russian electronic warfare systems interfered with the missiles, resulting in minor damage and injured sailors.
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September 23, 2023 2 events 🏗️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
🏗️Russian troops struck a power line, severing the ZNPP's connection to Ukraine's electrical grid, forcing the plant to rely on backup diesel generators.
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🤝European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis will visit China from September 23-26 to resume dialogue and seek reduced restrictions on European business.
September 24, 2023 2 events 🛡️ 1 📊 1 ▸
🛡️Ukrainian forces gained control over the Bakhmut-Horlivka highway on September 24, a crucial logistical route for Russian troops in the Bakhmut direction.
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📊The United Nations Commission on Human Rights calculated Ukrainian civilian casualties at 9,701 killed and 17,748 injured as of Sept. 24.
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September 25, 2023 2 events ➡️ 1 🔥 1 ▸
➡️The Belarusian Ministry of Defense posted photos on September 25 showing Belarusian Mogilev territorial defense forces using a captured Ukrainian-made KrAZ Cobra vehicle at the Osipovichi Training Ground, possibly provided by Wagner Group trainers.
🔥The Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea was struck by at least two Anglo-French Storm Shadow cruise missiles on Sept. 25 last year, reportedly killing Admiral Viktor Sokolov and 34 other naval officers.
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September 26, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝Illia Vashchenko was issued a new Russian birth certificate on September 26, 2023 by a Russian state registry office in Podolsk, near Moscow.
September 27, 2023 1 event ⚓ 1 ▸
⚓Russian Black Sea Fleet evacuated its primary base at Sevastopol to Novorossiysk following sustained Ukrainian attacks, losing critical drydock repair capacity including one dock with a submarine hulk and another with an amphibious assault ship.
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September 28, 2023 3 events 🛡️ 1 📦 1 🏥 1 ▸
🛡️HUR conducted special operation "Prapor" to extract two wounded Ukrainian paratroopers (born in 1993 and 1997) from occupied Luhansk region. A Russian soldier (Dmytro, mobilized in April 2023) who applied to the "I Want to Live" project participated in the operation.
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📦France earmarked an additional €200 million ($216 million) to a Ukraine Support Fund created in 2022 to help Kyiv purchase French-made arms.
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🏥The European Council extended temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees from March 4, 2024 to March 4, 2025.
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September 29, 2023 2 events ➡️ 1 📢 1 ▸
➡️Ukrainian forces marginally advanced northwest of Robotyne based on geolocated footage published on September 29.
📢Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly embraced former Wagner Group commander Andrey Troshev and discussed Troshev's involvement in forming new volunteer detachments for combat missions in Ukraine.
September 30, 2023 11 events ➡️ 2 ⚓ 1 💥 1 ⚔️ 1 ▸
⚓Russian Black Sea Fleet withdrew from its main base in Sevastopol, Crimea, relocating to Novorossiysk following sustained Ukrainian maritime drone and missile attacks.
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💥Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks along the Kupyansk-Lyman line and claimed to have made unspecified advances near Kyslivka, with ongoing fighting near Petropavlivka, Synkivka, and Dvorichna.
⚔️Russian forces conducted tactical counterattacks in the Robotyne area, regaining control of segments of trench systems that Ukrainian forces had previously occupied between September 13 and 30.
➡️Ukrainian forces marginally advanced east of Andriivka, approximately 10km southwest of Bakhmut, as shown by geolocated footage published on September 30.
➡️A Russian milblogger posted footage claiming to show elements of the Russian 108th VDV Regiment (7th VDV Division) repelling Ukrainian attacks near Verbove.
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🤝President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the head of the Sudanese Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at Shannon Airport and discussed common security challenges including activities of illegal armed groups financed by Russia.
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October 2023 (220 events)
October 1, 2023 9 events 🤝 2 💥 1 📦 1 ⚖️ 1 ▸
💥In October 2023, four Ukrainian soldiers (three rescuing a wounded comrade and the wounded man himself) were killed by a Russian drone attack while crossing from the left bank to the right bank of Kherson Oblast because they lacked portable electronic warfare devices.
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📦North Korea delivered over 1,000 canisters of weaponry and equipment to Russia according to US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
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⚖️Investigators completed their case against Yanukovych-era officials accused in connection with the deadly gunfire used against protesters on February 18-20, 2014, and sent it to court.
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🤝The Baltic States included Dzmitry Shautsou on their sanctions list.
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🤝In October 2023, U.S. President Joseph Biden requested $61.4 billion in financial assistance for Ukraine from Congress.
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October 1, 2023 121 events 💥 2 🔧 1 🛡️ 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
🔧Russian Lieutenant Daniil Alferov surrendered and helped 11 other Russian soldiers surrender through the I Want to Live hotline in Kherson Oblast.
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🛡️The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that elements of the Russian Southern Grouping of Forces repelled Ukrainian attacks near Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and Kurdyumivka.
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💥Russian forces launched offensive operation in Krynky on left bank of Dnipro River, resulting in Ukrainian marine casualties
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💥Russian sources claimed that Ukraine fired two Hrim-2 missiles at occupied Crimea on October 1.
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➡️The Ukrainian Resistance Center noted that Russian forces are transferring air defense equipment to Simferopol to augment Russian air defense capabilities in occupied Crimea.
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October 3, 2023 4 events 🤝 2 🏗️ 1 💥 1 ▸
🤝Mark Rutte made his first foreign visit as NATO Secretary General to Kyiv, affirming that support for Ukraine will be a priority during his tenure.
🏗️On October 3, 2023, the National Bank of Ukraine switched the country's exchange rate regime from a fixed rate to managed flexibility, ending the fixed rate of UAH 36.5686 per U.S. dollar that had been in place since July 2022.
💥An Oct. 3 missile strike on Russian-occupied territory near Donetsk killed more than 20 Russia-aligned soldiers, including six North Korean officers who came to confer with Russian counterparts.
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🤝The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution recognizing that 90 years after the Holodomor of 1932-1933, Ukraine is once again facing the threat of genocide.
October 4, 2023 4 events ➡️ 1 💥 1 📦 1 🤝 1 ▸
➡️The Russian Black Sea Fleet was relocated from Crimea to other locations due to Ukrainian strikes, halting its operational activity in the peninsula.
💥Ukrainian special forces from HUR's "Tymyr" unit conducted a covert nighttime raid on the occupied Crimean Peninsula using jet skis and motorized rafts, engaging Russian troops in battle.
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📦The US officially confirmed it supplied the Armed Forces of Ukraine with about 1.1 million 7.62-mm cartridges of Iranian origin confiscated during a smuggling attempt to Yemen.
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🤝On October 4, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved a National Security and Defence Council decision stating that it is impossible to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that Ukraine needed to strengthen its defence capabilities.
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October 5, 2023 2 events 💥 1 📢 1 ▸
💥Attack on the village of Hroza resulting in significant civilian casualties. UN OCHA spokesperson Saviano Abreu visited the site the day after the attack and again before Christmas.
📢Ukrainian Military Intelligence (HUR) stated that Nagayko was involved in the October 2023 missile strike on Griva.
October 6, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝On Oct. 6, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) announced the seizure of all corporate rights of Kyivstar in relation to sanctions placed over three Russian oligarchs.
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October 7, 2023 6 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Hamas carried out an attack on civilians in Israel on October 7, 2023.
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💥Pro-Iranian groups in Iraq carried out over 175 attacks targeting US troops during the first few months of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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💥The war between Israel and Hamas continues in Gaza, with the conflict ongoing since October 2023 when Hamas invaded Israeli territory.
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💥Hamas invaded Israeli territory on Oct 7, 2023, killing 1,195 people and taking 251 hostages.
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💥Israel responded to Hamas invasion by invading Gaza and Lebanon.
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October 8, 2023 1 event 📊 1 ▸
📊Olga, a parishioner of Father Igor Klymenko, was killed by shrapnel in the church's vegetable patch while fetching carrots.
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October 9, 2023 8 events 💥 4 ⚔️ 1 ▸
💥Russian forces launched armored attacks in the Kupiansk-Sviatove sector but suffered heavy casualties from Ukrainian artillery fire.
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💥Russian forces employed 203mm heavy cannon and GPS-guided 300mm Smerch rocket systems for long-range counter-battery operations against Ukrainian artillery.
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💥Ukrainian strikes seriously degraded or destroyed two of three Russian S-400 air defense systems protecting Crimean military infrastructure.
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💥Russia launched a massive counteroffensive to retake Avdiivka in the Donetsk region on October 9, 2023.
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⚔️Ukrainian forces shifted HIMARS/M270 tactics to conduct counter-battery fire, destroying Russian 203mm heavy cannon and Smerch systems rather than limiting strikes to rear-area targets.
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October 10, 2023 3 events 💥 1 ✈️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
💥Russian forces launched multiple battalion-sized armored assaults (approximately 40 vehicles and 500 personnel per attack) against Avdiivka between October 10-14, targeting industrial facilities, resulting in heavy losses from Ukrainian artillery, mines, and ATGMs.
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✈️Russian Air Force conducted air strikes using glide bombs against Ukrainian defensive positions around Avdiivka in preparation for ground assaults.
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🤝The leaders of Ukraine and Romania issued a Joint Declaration reaffirming support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and Euro-Atlantic path.
October 11, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝Belgium becomes the first country to devise a workaround to tap into frozen Russian assets, announcing a 25% tax on windfall profits from these assets.
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October 12, 2023 3 events 💥 2 ⚖️ 1 ▸
💥Russian forces shelled Kherson State University, damaging the state university building.
💥Ukrainian forces disrupted Russian logistics by targeting a bridge near Panteleimonivka along the Yasinuvata-Horlivka route.
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⚖️On 12 October 2023, the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine closed the criminal case against Odesa businessman Vadym Alperin.
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October 13, 2023 1 event 🔧 1 ▸
🔧Melitopol partisans blew up a Russian train carrying ammunition and fuel to the Zaporizhzhia front, also cutting off supplies of damaged equipment and looted materials on return trips.
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October 14, 2023 2 events ⚔️ 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
⚔️Ukrainian Territorial Defense Brigade 126 conducted a counteroffensive operation at the town of Krynyky on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast, forcing Russian forces to use large reserves to defend.
➡️Elements of four Ukrainian Marine brigades began small boat crossings of the Dnipro River on October 14.
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October 15, 2023 4 events 🛡️ 1 🏥 1 ➡️ 1 📢 1 ▸
🛡️Ukrainian forces shot down three Russian Su aircraft during Krynky operation after air defence was deployed
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🏥In the autumn of 2023, Ruslan Kurtmallayev made a single phone call from a Russian penal colony to his wife, confirming that he was alive and remained in captivity.
➡️Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Kinzhal-equipped MiG-31K fighter aircraft would be deployed to patrol the Black Sea.
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📢National Bank of Ukraine Governor Andriy Pyshnyy publicly denied false reports alleging his resignation from the position.
October 16, 2023 1 event 💥 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian guerrillas poisoned Russian soldiers with arsenic and rat poison in occupied Mariupol, resulting in at least 26 deaths and 15 hospitalizations.
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October 17, 2023 4 events 💥 2 ⚖️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
💥ATACMS missiles struck a pair of Russian military airfields in occupied Ukraine - one near Beryansk and another in the occupied Luhansk region. This was Ukraine's first confirmed use of ATACMS.
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💥Ukrainian ATACMS missiles struck Russian airfields near Berdyansk and Luhansk, destroying at least nine helicopters and hitting ammunition bunkers and anti-aircraft systems.
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⚖️Ukraine's Bureau of Economic Security conducted a raid on the !Fest restaurant group’s office in Lviv.
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🤝Viktor Orban met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Oct. 17 to discuss energy cooperation.
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October 18, 2023 4 events 🤝 3 💥 1 ▸
💥Russian forces attempted a less substantial push against Ukrainian positions near Avdiivka between October 18-20.
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🤝Rheinmetall and Ukrainian Defense Industry established a joint venture registered on October 18 to maintain and repair military equipment and localize production of Rheinmetall equipment in Ukraine.
🤝President Putin met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in China and discussed negotiations.
🤝Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Klaus Iohannis expressed intention to develop strategic partnership during joint governmental meetings in Kyiv.
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October 19, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝The UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine released its latest report to the General Assembly, documenting widespread violations of international humanitarian law by Russian armed forces in Ukraine.
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October 20, 2023 3 events 🤝 1 ➡️ 1 📊 1 ▸
🤝In October 2023, President Biden filed request with Congress for supplemental national defense funding totaling $106 billion, including at least $61.4 billion for military and economic aid to Ukraine.
➡️Vladimir Putin visited the Joint Forces West headquarters in Rostov-on-Don.
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📊Ukrainian military claimed 1,380 Russian casualties on Oct. 20, the highest single-day claim of the war to that date.
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October 23, 2023 4 events 💥 2 📦 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
💥The 112th missile brigade launched a missile strike on the Ukrainian village of Groza, killing 59 civilians attending a memorial dinner.
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💥The Ukrainian Air Force Command released a video on Oct. 23, 2023 showing the MIM-23 Hawk air defense system in a combat operation against Russian targets.
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📦The United States and other allies transferred MIM-23 Hawk air defense systems to Ukraine beginning approximately one year before October 2023.
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➡️Russian troop reductions in Syria are reportedly in progress, representing a reallocation of military resources from the Syrian theater.
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October 24, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝A draft resolution (No. 10188) was registered in the Verkhovna Rada to establish July 28 as a day of mourning for executed defenders of Ukraine.
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October 25, 2023 5 events 📢 2 💥 1 📦 1 🤝 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian ATACMS missiles targeted a Russian S-400 air defense system in occupied Luhansk region. Ukrainian military claimed the S-400 was destroyed.
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📦Ukrainian pilots began F-16 fighter jet training at the 162nd Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard located near Tucson International Airport.
🤝The European Commission announces it will implement a similar tax on windfall profits from frozen Russian assets.
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📢The U.S. Air Force announced in late October that the United States had begun training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets.
📢Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced that his government would stop sending military aid to Ukraine.
October 26, 2023 1 event 📢 1 ▸
📢Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced that his government would stop providing military assistance to Ukraine.
October 27, 2023 2 events 🏗️ 1 ⚖️ 1 ▸
🏗️On October 27, Ukraine had exported 1.3 million tons of cargo through the corridor since August, showing a sharp increase in exports by November.
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⚖️Georgy Polivaiko was paroled after signing a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense to fight in Ukraine, serving only about one year of his 24-year sentence.
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October 28, 2023 1 event 🤝 1 ▸
🤝Malta hosted the third summit at the level of foreign policy and national security advisors regarding the Ukrainian Peace Formula on October 28-29, 2023.
October 30, 2023 5 events 📢 2 🛡️ 1 ➡️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
🛡️Russia dismissed Ukrainian positions on the left bank of Dnipro as weak and claimed they were eliminated by Russian artillery and air strikes.
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➡️The commander of Russian forces in the southern sector was dismissed on Oct 30 for allegedly concealing from Moscow the fact that Ukrainian forces crossed the Dnipro in strength.
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🤝A critical article about President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was published in Time magazine by Simon Shuster, portraying him as an exhausted and embittered leader overseeing a corrupt government.
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📢Time magazine published an article by Simon Shuster featuring interviews with President Zelensky and anonymous administration officials portraying Zelensky as tired and frustrated with Western support, causing political controversy regarding wartime messaging.
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📢Defense Minister Rustem Umerov signed a contract and order appointing Arsen Zhumadilov as Director General of the State Enterprise State Logistics Operator.
October 31, 2023 17 events 💥 2 🤝 1 📢 1 🔧 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian missiles struck a Russian S-300 air defense system deployed near the occupied Crimean city of Yevpatoriya.
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💥According to United24 data, drones delivered via volunteer donations in October 2023 destroyed 208 Russian tanks, 272 armored personnel carriers, and 331 artillery systems.
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🤝Ukraine reduced its agricultural supplies to the European Union to nearly pre-war 2021 levels by October 2023 while remaining the third-largest supplier to the EU.
📢Turkcell reported a net profit of TRY 5.48 billion for the third quarter, surpassing analysts' forecasts.
🔧Russian propagandists spread a fake cover of German magazine Titanic in 2023 depicting Volodymyr Zelensky in Halloween-themed caricature.
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📢The Security Service (SBU) announced that defense officials and corporate leaders stole almost Hr.1.5 billion ($40 million) from the budget intended for the purchase of 100,000 mortar rounds.
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November 2023 (900 events)
November 1, 2023 13 events 💥 2 🤝 2 📊 1 ▸
📊Major General Vladimir Zavadsky, deputy commander of the Russian 14th Army Corps of the Northern Fleet, was killed in Ukraine. Initial reports stated he died in frontline fighting, but sources claim he was actually killed by a landmine laid by friendly troops in a rear area.
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💥Ukrainian special forces engaged Wagner Group mercenaries in combat in Sudan, chasing them through streets and shooting with RPGs.
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💥A sniper from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) set a world record for a shot that killed a Russian soldier at a distance of 3,800 meters, surpassing the previous record of 3,540 meters.
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🤝Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Putin is a habitual liar who promised international leaders he would not attack Ukraine days before the February 2022 invasion, citing agreements from 1994, 1997, 2014 and 2015 that Russia disregarded.
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🤝President Vladimir Putin told G20 leaders that Russia has never rejected peace talks with Ukraine, claiming it was Ukraine that publicly announced withdrawal from the negotiation process.
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November 1, 2023 98 events 💥 2 🤝 2 📢 1 ▸
💥The Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade conducted an assault on the urban settlement of Andriivka in early November, gaining a foothold on the outskirts of the town while under fire and drone observation.
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💥A UN humanitarian convoy traveling to Zaporizhzhia Oblast was hit by an attack, damaging trucks and supplies.
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📢Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny published an article in The Economist declaring that Ukraine's offensive had ended and describing the war as a WWI-style stalemate requiring major technological breakthroughs to break through Russian defenses.
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🤝LobbyX recruitment platform signed a cooperation agreement with Ukraine's Ministry of Defense to provide free recruitment services to the military, allowing Ukrainians to apply for positions based on their skills.
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🤝The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine issued a decision regarding the application of sanctions against collaborator Volodymyr Saldo following the second claim by the Justice Ministry.
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November 2, 2023 3 events 📢 2 🤝 1 ▸
🤝President Zelensky dismissed Major General Viktor Khorenko from command of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces, reportedly due to operational security violations revealed in his October 31 media interview.
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📢Deputy head of the president's office Ihor Zhovka said Zaluzhny's assertion of a deadlock eases the work of the aggressor and stirs panic among Ukraine's allies.
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📢US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby stated that Zaluzhny's article underscores how important it is to continue supporting Ukraine.
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November 3, 2023 5 events 🔥 1 💥 1 🛡️ 1 📊 1 +1 ▸
🔥Twelve Russian marines were killed in an explosion at a training ground in the Rostov region after lighting a fire next to an ammunition dump during lunch break. An RPG-7 grenade launcher shell rolled into the fire and exploded.
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💥On Nov. 3, 2023, a Russian strike hit an awards event for Ukraine's 128th Mountain Assault Brigade in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killing at least 19 soldiers.
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🛡️President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Serhii Lupanchuk as head of the SSO on November 3, 2023, replacing Viktor Khorenko.
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📊Video from November 2023 showed a Russian soldier discussing poor inter-unit coordination that led to Russian artillery firing on their own position, resulting in friendly fire casualties.
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🤝President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Viktor Khorenko from his post as commander of the Special Operations Forces and appointed Serhii Lupanchuk in his place.
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November 4, 2023 4 events 💥 1 ⚖️ 1 🤝 1 📢 1 ▸
💥Russian forces conducted an airstrike using a glide bomb (later identified as an Iskander missile) on an awards ceremony held by the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, killing between 28 and 60 soldiers and wounding many others.
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⚖️Russian national Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava was found guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft after sneaking through security at Copenhagen Airport and boarding a flight to Los Angeles without a passport or ticket.
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🤝Defence Minister Rustem Umerov requested the dismissal of Viktor Khorenko from his position as commander of the Special Operations Forces.
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📢President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back against the term stalemate, stating Russia controls the sky and Ukraine needs to wait for F-16s and air defense before advancing.
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November 5, 2023 6 events 🏥 2 ✈️ 1 ⚓ 1 🤝 1 ▸
✈️A Telegram channel claimed a Russian Su-57 stealth fighter was spotted above Ukraine's eastern battlefield in the Luhansk region on November 5, 2023.
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⚓Ukrainian forces launched Storm Shadow/Scalp missiles at a shipyard in occupied Kerch, striking a nearly completed Russian guided-missile frigate and starting a fire that burned for approximately six hours. At least two missiles hit despite Russian air defenses.
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🏥Nova Poshta organized the "Marathon No One Wants to Run" with over 35,500 participants from 57 countries to raise awareness and funds for the war in Ukraine.
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🏥Ukrainian architect Slava Balbek ran 42.2 km across the Donbas from New York to Kostiantynivka, raising Hr.1.5 million for FPV drones and protective equipment.
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🤝Ukraine approved the Concept of Military Personnel Policy until 2028, which includes creating an effective system for recruiting professional and motivated personnel for the Armed Forces.
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November 6, 2023 14 events 🏗️ 2 ⚖️ 1 🛡️ 1 ➡️ 1 ▸
⚖️Hennadii Chastiakov, an aide to former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi, died when a grenade he believed was a souvenir gift exploded in his hands at his home in the village of Chaiky, Kyiv Oblast.
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🏗️Polish carriers began their blockade of truck traffic on November 6 at the Rava-Ruska-Hrebenne, Krakivets-Korczowa, and Yahodyn-Dorogusk checkpoints.
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🏗️Polish freight carriers blocked the movement of trucks at three checkpoints on the Ukraine-Poland border.
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🛡️A group of Polish drivers, with tacit consent of the Polish government, began blocking Ukrainian trucks at the border on November 6.
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➡️Polish carriers began a blockade of truck traffic at the Korczowa-Krakivets, Hrebenne-Rava-Ruska, and Dorohusk-Yahodyn border crossings.
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November 7, 2023 5 events 📢 3 🔧 1 ⚖️ 1 ▸
📢Lawmaker Volodymyr Aryev from Poroshenko's party stated that the Defense Minister had submitted a request to dismiss Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi, though he later deleted the message and issued a denial.
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🔧Russian Telegram channel Radio Trukha released a deepfake video on Nov. 7 depicting Valerii Zaluzhnyi allegedly labeling Zelenskyy a traitor and urging the military to march on Kyiv, as part of a Russian special operation.
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⚖️MP Volodymyr Aryev from European Solidarity faction posted on Facebook that Defense Minister Rustem Umerov asked President Zelenskyy to dismiss Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi, then deleted the post 20 minutes later calling it a mistake.
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📢Russian media disseminated a fake AI-generated video in November 2023 depicting a computer-generated image of Valeriy Zaluzhny making false claims about President Zelensky ordering an aide killed.
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📢Parliamentarian Volodymyr Aryev from European Solidarity posted that documents existed for Zaluzhny's dismissal, then deleted the post after criticism.
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November 8, 2023 5 events 📦 2 💥 1 ⚖️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
💥Mikhail Filiponenko, a member of the so-called "people's council" and former head of the "people's police" of the Luhansk People's Republic, was killed by an explosive device in his car.
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📦China signed a contract with Russia for the purchase of Il-78MK-90A refueling aircraft, according to leaked minutes of negotiations.
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📦France agreed to provide Ukraine with 2,000 VCD10 sniper rifles manufactured by Verney-Carron as part of a $36 million arms deal signed on November 8, 2023.
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⚖️Human rights activist Alyona Popova revealed that Vladislav Kanyus had been pardoned by Putin and released to fight in Ukraine.
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🤝The European Commission established on November 8, 2023 that Ukraine had fulfilled four of its key demands for EU candidate status set in June 2022, primarily on rule of law, and was in the process of fulfilling the three remaining conditions. The Commission recommended that the EU Council decide to start membership negotiations with Ukraine.
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November 9, 2023 3 events 🏗️ 2 🔥 1 ▸
🔥Ukrainian FPV drones destroyed a Russian Tor-M2 air defense system near Kupyansk, with the cost of each system being approximately $24 million.
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🏗️Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov stated that more than 20,000 vehicles were blocked on both sides of the Ukrainian-Polish border.
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🏗️A vehicle transporting 50 Japanese Suzuki engines for assault boats experienced a 4-day delay at the Polish-Ukrainian border before being allowed to proceed toward the frontline.
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November 10, 2023 5 events 💥 2 📦 1 ⚓ 1 🔥 1 ▸
💥Ukrainian partisans planted an explosive device in a Russian police officer's car in Mariupol, killing him on Russia's Police Day.
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💥Ukrainian HIMARS strike near Hladkivka hit a vehicle column from Russia's 35th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, killing at least 76 soldiers.
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📦The Dubna Machine-Building Plant failed to fulfill the Russian annual state order for cruise missile production, manufacturing only 61 missiles instead of the required 80 by November 10, with the state order reportedly exceeding plant capabilities by more than three times.
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⚓Sea drones attacked and sank two Russian landing ships at anchor off Chornomorske, Crimea.
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🔥Russian vessels were destroyed by Ukrainian naval drone strikes, contributing to Russia's withdrawal of its Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol
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November 11, 2023 3 events ⚔️ 1 ⚖️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
⚔️Ukrainian forces using HIMARS launchers struck a Russian truck and automobile column carrying troops from the 1st Battalion, 35th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade near the village of Gladky, killing dozens of soldiers.
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⚖️Krasnoyarsk authorities rejected a demonstration application, citing COVID-19 concerns.
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🤝Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas in Kyiv.
November 12, 2023 1 event 📢 1 ▸
📢President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine needs to prepare for potential Russian winter attacks on critical infrastructure, calling for concerted focus on defense efforts.
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November 13, 2023 3 events ➡️ 1 🏗️ 1 ⚖️ 1 ▸
➡️Russian Ministry of Defense initially announced troop regrouping in Kherson region on Nov 13, then quickly retracted the report as being 'issued by mistake.'
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🏗️Polish carriers refused to unblock the border following direct negotiations with Ukrainian officials.
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⚖️Defence Minister Rustem Umerov was preparing to dismiss Tetiana Ostashchenko from her position as Commander of Medical Forces.
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November 14, 2023 7 events 📦 2 🔧 1 🤝 1 📢 1 ▸
🔧Ukrainian partisans from the Atesh movement reported that Russia is moving Cuban and Indian migrants into homes of displaced Ukrainians in occupied Crimea.
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📦German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius publicly admitted for the first time that the EU will miss its target of supplying Ukraine with one million NATO-standard artillery shells and missiles by March 2024.
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📦European Commissioner Thierry Breton stated that EU manufacturers will be able to produce one million artillery shells per year by spring 2024 and reach capacity of 1.3 to 1.4 million shells by end of 2024.
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🤝Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak formally acknowledged on Tuesday that Ukrainian Defense Forces had seized a bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro.
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📢Russian media published a second fake AI-generated video several days after November 7, 2023, depicting Zaluzhny responding to claims the first video was a deepfake.
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November 15, 2023 29 events 🤝 2 💥 1 ➡️ 1 ⚖️ 1 ▸
💥A drone strike hit a military arsenal in Russia's Volgograd region near the village of Kotluban, causing explosions and a fire. The attack targeted Russia's Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (military unit 57229-51) storing artillery ammunition.
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➡️Norway previously deployed 10 instructors to Denmark to train Ukrainian pilots.
⚖️A 34-year-old Kazakh citizen, Alexei Shompolov, was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison by the Qaraghandy regional court for mercenaryism after fighting for Wagner PMC in Ukraine.
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🤝The Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the first draft budget proposed by the German government was inconsistent and ordered the ruling coalition to revise the document due to a financial gap created by the ban on using money from the Economic Stabilization Fund.
🤝Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya gave an exclusive interview to Kyiv Post on the sidelines of the Web Summit in Lisbon, discussing Belarusians' solidarity with Ukraine and their common fight against Moscow-imposed dictatorship.
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November 16, 2023 58 events 💥 3 📊 2 ▸
💥Russian forces have stockpiled more than 800 missiles in Crimea, including Kalibr-type and Onyx-type missiles, preparing for winter strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
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💥Russia intensified attacks on Avdiivka, using armored vehicles and targeting the industrial zone and high-rise buildings around the clock.
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📊A historian and volunteer researcher estimated Ukraine's military fatalities at approximately 24,500 combat and non-combat deaths, not including 15,000 listed as missing (presumed dead), with total believed to exceed 30,000.
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📊Ukraine's official estimated Russian casualties stand at 314,290 troops 'eliminated', with 22,920 lost in October 2023 alone.
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💥Ukrainian drone struck a small arms ammunition depot at the Kotluban military unit, causing over 600 people to be evacuated.
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November 17, 2023 38 events 💥 3 ⚖️ 1 🏥 1 ▸
⚖️State Border Service spokesperson Andriy Demchenko responded to a BBC report about nearly 20,000 Ukrainian men who fled the country to evade conscription since February 2022. The Border Service acknowledged that attempts have increased significantly during martial law and stated nearly 300 criminal groups were exposed.
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🏥Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab reported that over 2,400 Ukrainian children aged 6-17 were forcibly transferred from Russian-occupied territories to Belarusian facilities including Dubrava for political re-education and military training.
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💥Ukrainska Pravda journalist Mykhailo Tkach was attacked while filming outside the Tandyr restaurant in Kozyn, Kyiv Oblast.
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💥Russian forces continued offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, near Bakhmut, near Avdiivka, west and southwest of Donetsk City, in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area, and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.
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💥A newly built Russian corvette was damaged while at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, Crimea.
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November 18, 2023 31 events 💥 3 📊 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
📊Russian troop strength in Ukraine exceeds 400,000 soldiers as of mid-November 2023, more than double the initial invasion force.
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💥In November 2023, Ukrainian 116th Separate Brigade of Territorial Defense Forces destroyed multiple Russian armored vehicles in the Donetsk region; a video showed a lead tank hit by artillery during an advance.
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🏗️Russia has stockpiled more than 800 missiles in Crimea in anticipation of a likely move to strike Ukraine's energy infrastructure throughout winter.
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💥Russia launched 38 Shahed drones targeting multiple Ukrainian regions overnight, with air defenses successfully intercepting 29 of them.
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💥Russian drones struck Odesa, with some evading air defenses and hitting an energy infrastructure facility.
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November 19, 2023 32 events ⚔️ 2 💥 2 🏥 1 ▸
⚔️Ukrainian forces pushed Russian forces 3-8 kilometers inland from the Dnipro River's left bank in Kherson region, establishing a significant bridgehead.
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⚔️Ukrainian forces reclaimed some territory near Avdiivka, retaking land near the railway southeast of Stepove (3 km northwest of Avdiivka), and counterattacked near the Avdiivka coke plant.
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🏥Ukrainian orphan Bohdan Yermokhin, taken from occupied Mariupol by Russian forces, was returned to Ukraine after negotiations involving officials in Moscow, Kyiv and Belarus. He turned 18 on the same day.
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💥Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea began on November 19, 2023.
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💥Russian kamikaze drones attacked Kyiv in multiple waves, with air defenses destroying 10 drones on the approaches to the city.
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November 20, 2023 39 events 💥 2 ⚖️ 1 🏗️ 1 🔧 1 ▸
⚖️President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Major General Tatiana Ostashchenko as head of Ukraine's Medical Forces and appointed Major General Anatoly Kazmirchuk in her place, citing the need for a fundamentally new level of medicine for Ukrainian soldiers.
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🏗️The UK Ministry of Defence assesses that Russia is likely deploying Soviet-era Myasischev M-55 Geophysica (Mystic-B) aircraft to address its airborne reconnaissance capability gaps in the Ukraine war.
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🔧Russian GRU agents continued to sabotage Bulgarian arms manufacturing facilities owned by Emilian Gebrev, with multiple explosions occurring at Emco facilities since 2011, including a depot explosion in June 2023.
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💥Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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💥Ukrainian Marines held positions at the Krynky bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro River, facing regular Russian air and artillery attacks that destroyed most buildings in the area.
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November 21, 2023 56 events 💥 5 ▸
💥An SBU sniper set a new world record by killing a Russian soldier with a shot from 3,800 meters using a Ukrainian Horizon's Lord rifle.
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💥Russian forces launched an overnight barrage of 4 guided missiles, 1 cruise missile, and 11 attack drones against Ukraine.
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💥Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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💥Russian forces shelled a private home in the Kharkiv region, causing a fire that killed a 29-year-old man.
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💥Russian forces launched drones and missiles in early morning attacks targeting Kyiv and southern regions of Ukraine.
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November 22, 2023 62 events 🔧 3 📦 1 💥 1 ▸
📦The Ministry of Finance raised almost UAH15bn for the budget through a bond auction, reducing interest rates on all bonds including USD-denominated instruments.
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🔧Three Russian FSB officers died and a fourth was hospitalized in intensive care after being poisoned by food and alcohol delivered from a restaurant in occupied Melitopol.
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🔧Russian Doppelgänger bot network launched a disinformation campaign using the Israel-Hamas conflict to spread threats about terrorist attacks on Jews at the 2024 Paris Olympics, posting a video created by Turkish nationalist group Gray Wolves.
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🔧Russian Doppelgänger bot network organized a social media campaign with over 200 spray-painted Stars of David on Paris streets to feed alarm about surging anti-Semitism in France during the Israel-Hamas war.
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💥Ukrainian drones damage a Russian oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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November 23, 2023 44 events ⚖️ 2 🏴 2 💥 1 ▸
⚖️Igors Bobirs, a 53-year-old Russia-born man detained in Latvia on suspicion of spying for Russia's FSB, died in detention after rapid health deterioration while awaiting formal charges.
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⚖️Russia plans to deport Ukrainians in occupied territories who have not obtained Russian citizenship as of January 1, declaring them "foreigners", which experts say constitutes a war crime.
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💥Russian forces used about 40,000 soldiers in the Avdiivka area, consisting mainly of regular soldiers from motorized rifle units supported by artillery and tanks.
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🏴Farmers from the Oszukana Wieš (Deceived Village) organisation began blocking the Medyka border checkpoint on 23 November 2023.
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🏴Russian forces advanced east of Synkivka.
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November 24, 2023 37 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russian forces launched a massive assault on Avdiivka, described as the 'third wave,' with multiple platoons of infantry attacking Ukrainian positions.
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💥Russia claims its air defense systems destroyed 16 Ukrainian drones, including 13 over Crimea and 3 over the Volgograd region, during a Thursday night attack.
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💥Three Russian FSB officers died and another was left in intensive care after being poisoned with arsenic and rat poison in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
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💥Russian forces conducted 119 attacks on the Kherson region over 24 hours, employing 638 weapons including mortars, artillery, Grads, tanks, automatic grenade launchers, UAVs, and aviation.
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💥Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in Volna, a village near Moscow-annexed Crimea in Krasnodar Krai.
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November 25, 2023 25 events 💥 3 🤝 1 📊 1 ▸
💥Russia launched 75 Shahed-131/136 drones at Kyiv in the largest drone attack since the war began, with 74 intercepted by Ukrainian air defense.
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🤝The second summit of the Ukrainian humanitarian initiative Grain from Ukraine took place in Kyiv under the auspices of the President of Ukraine, with 23 countries adopting a joint statement.
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📊At least two people, including an 11-year-old child, were injured in Kyiv from falling drone debris.
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💥An X-59 guided aviation missile was intercepted and destroyed over the Dnipropetrovsk region.
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💥Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in Volna, a village near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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November 26, 2023 28 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russian air defense intercepted 9 drones across the Moscow, Tula, Kaluga, and Bryansk regions on Nov. 26, 2023.
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💥Several drones were downed in the areas of Naro-Fominsk, Podolsk, Odintsovo, and Ramenskoye city districts in Moscow region.
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💥In Tula region, two drones were intercepted; one crashed into an apartment building damaging glazing of three apartments, with one resident sustaining a slight cut.
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💥In Bryansk region, five drones were shot down by Russian air defense.
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💥Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna, near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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November 27, 2023 64 events 🔧 2 ⚔️ 1 🛡️ 1 ✈️ 1 ▸
🔧A bot network called Doppelganger, linked to the Kremlin and Russian Military Intelligence (GRU), generated fake social media posts using AI-generated images of Western celebrities calling for an end to support for Ukraine.
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⚔️Russian forces made marginal advances northwest of Krasnohorivka and in the industrial zone on Avdiivka's southeastern outskirts.
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🛡️Ukrainian Lieutenant General Serhii Nayev warned that the war could expand beyond eastern and southern Ukraine due to Russian weapons production increases and technological advancements, and that Ukraine is building defenses, laying landmines, and training forces to prepare.
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✈️Russian air defenses downed at least 24 Ukrainian drones over the Moscow region, with additional drones destroyed over Bryansk, Smolensk, and Tula regions.
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🔧Russia launched an information and psychological operation (IPSO) in Mariupol, allegedly to flush out Ukrainian partisans, after false reports about murders of Russian soldiers circulated on social media.
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November 28, 2023 79 events 📊 2 ⚖️ 1 🤝 1 💥 1 ▸
📊In an intercepted phone call, a Russian soldier told his wife that Moscow's forces are suffering enormous losses on the frontline and complained about being badly equipped, running out of ammunition, and incompetent command.
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⚖️Ukraine's Defense Intelligence (HUR) has opened an investigation into the alleged attempted murder of Chief Kyrylo Budanov's wife, Marianna Budanova, who was poisoned with heavy metals.
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🤝German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated that military and financial support for Ukraine is of "existential importance" to Europe in a speech to parliament.
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📊A Russian volunteer named Igor Gennadievich Verkiev from St. Petersburg revealed that over 1,000 men were killed in a Russian assault regiment in the Donetsk region over a 10-day period.
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💥Marianna Budanova, wife of HUR head Kyrylo Budanov, was poisoned along with several HUR employees on Nov. 28, 2023.
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November 29, 2023 48 events 💥 3 ⚖️ 1 📊 1 ▸
💥The SBU blew up a freight train through explosions in the Severomuysky Tunnel on the Baikal Amur Mainline, a critical rail link between Russia and China. The operation paralyzed the route used for military supplies.
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⚖️Russia charged Ukrainian Eurovision winner Jamala in absentia for spreading "false information" about the Russian army, accusing her of posting a video last April containing alleged disinformation about Russia's actions in Ukraine.
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📊Oleksiy Andreiev went missing during hostilities in Bohdanivka, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region on November 29, 2023.
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💥Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna, near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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💥Russian Air Force bombers dropped long-range glider bombs on Ukrainian Marines entrenched on the left bank of the Dnipro River near Krynky village.
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November 30, 2023 54 events 💥 3 ➡️ 1 📢 1 ▸
➡️Over the first 11 months of 2023, 32.6 million border crossings were recorded in Ukraine, with 14 million people returning to the country and 14.1 million leaving, resulting in a net difference of 142,000 departures.
💥On the night of November 30, 2023, Russian invaders attacked Pokrovsk district with six S-300 missiles, affecting the cities of Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, and Novohrodivka.
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📢Russian annual inflation accelerated to 7.5% in November 2023, up from 6.7% in October, with full-year 2023 inflation estimated at 7.4% by the national statistics service.
💥SBU conducted a special operation to blow up a train in the Severomaiskyi Bessolov tunnel in Buryatia on the Baikal-Amur Mainline, a strategic railway link used for Russian military logistics between Russia and China.
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💥Members of Russia's 810th Naval Infantry Brigade refused to conduct attacks on the left bank of the Dnipro River due to dissatisfaction with lack of artillery coordination, communication of tactical intelligence, and being kept uninformed about Russian mine locations.
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⚖️Earlier in November, a birthday grenade gifted to the assistant of Valerii Zaluzhnyi detonated by accident, killing the assistant
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December 2023 (2,167 events)
December 1, 2023 18 events 💥 4 📦 1 ▸
💥Russian cyberattackers shut down Kyivstar mobile operator for two days, leaving half of Ukraine without communication and causing billions of hryvnias in losses.
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💥A similar incident occurred in late December when a Russian missile penetrated Polish airspace for several minutes before returning to Ukraine.
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💥A British-supplied Storm Shadow missile hit a bridge at Chongar, linking Crimea to southern Ukraine.
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💥Ukrainian partisans and satellite imagery confirmed that Ukrainian strikes against occupied Crimea in late December 2023 sank a Russian Tarantul-class corvette near Sevastopol.
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📦North Korea will supply Russia with 1.8 million rounds of ammunition annually and began transferring ballistic missiles at the end of 2023.
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December 1, 2023 216 events 💥 3 🔧 1 📦 1 ▸
🔧Russian hackers executed a destructive cyberattack on Kyivstar, destroying thousands of virtual servers and PCs, causing a nationwide outage of mobile communications and internet for approximately 24 million subscribers for several days.
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📦Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced a Weapons of Victory advent calendar, publishing daily weapon images from Dec 1-24 as reminders to Russian forces.
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💥Russian forces continued offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line on December 1, with heavy fighting reported near Synkivka and attacks near Lyman Pershyi and the Serebryanske forest area, while Ukrainian forces repelled assaults near Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Stelmakhivka, Torske, and the Serebryanske forest.
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💥Russian forces continued offensive operations near Bakhmut on December 1, with claims of capturing positions north of Bohdanivka, northeast of Khromove, and north of Kurdyumivka, and fighting reported near Klishchiivka and Andriivka, though Ukrainian forces repelled attacks near Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka.
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💥Russian forces used RG-Vo grenades containing chloracetophenone against Ukrainian forces. The chemical agent is capable of killing a person within 5 minutes.
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December 2, 2023 24 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Another video surfaces showing the execution of two surrendering Ukrainian soldiers.
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💥Nikopol hit with a Shahed drone, damaging a municipal enterprise.
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💥A clinic in Kherson city was hit by a missile destroying its second floor.
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💥Russian Shahed-131/136 drones attacked Odesa overnight, with 10 of 11 drones shot down by Ukrainian air defense and one drone striking an infrastructure facility causing a fire that was quickly extinguished.
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💥Russian forces launched a series of Shahed 136/131 drone and missile strikes targeting southern Ukraine overnight on December 1-2.
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December 3, 2023 41 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russia began equipping Shahed-136 drones with a new high-explosive fragmentation warhead (40 kg, 31 cm diameter with tungsten shrapnel), according to specialist Serhiy Beskrestnov.
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💥Russian forces began deploying missiles equipped with decoy flares designed to confuse infrared air defense systems such as Stingers.
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💥Two civilians killed and seven injured by artillery strike on Kherson city, an apartment building and two hospitals were damaged.
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💥22 front line settlements struck by artillery, MLRS and drones in the Zaporizhzhia region, residential buildings and shops damaged.
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💥Nikopol and Chervonohryhorivka, Dnipropetrovsk region hit with heavy artillery causing minor building damage.
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December 4, 2023 59 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russian forces are killing their own wounded soldiers using drones to prevent them from being captured by Ukraine, according to Ukrainian military and intelligence officials.
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💥Russian barrier units have been documented firing on their own soldiers attempting to retreat or escape from the front lines, according to Ukrainian intelligence and video evidence.
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💥Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region hit with heavy artillery and kamikaze drones destroying four homes, a gymnasium, three farm buildings, and powerlines.
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💥Vasylivka, Zaporizhzhia region hit with guided aerial bombs, MLRS and artillery.
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💥A child's body recovered from rubble in Novohrodivka, Donetsk region.
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December 5, 2023 71 events 💥 2 ⚖️ 1 ✈️ 1 📊 1 ▸
⚖️Finnish Customs launched an investigation into two Finnish companies suspected of illegally exporting drones and military products worth over 3 million euros to Russia in violation of EU sanctions.
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✈️Ukrainian air defenses shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber over the Black Sea near Zmiinyi Island using what some sources described as US-made Patriot missiles.
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📊Six Nepalese nationals were killed while serving with the Russian army in Ukraine, according to Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
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💥A civilian was killed, and five others injured in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region while queuing for water and bread from volunteers.
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💥21 settlements across the Zaporizhzhia region, hit by mortars, artillery, tanks, and UAVs.
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December 6, 2023 66 events 💥 2 🛡️ 1 ✈️ 1 🔥 1 ▸
🛡️Ukrainian military conducted anti-sabotage training exercises at a camp near a pine forest, drilling on basic firearms, trench assaults, evacuating wounded servicemen, and drone operations to counter Russian infiltration attempts.
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💥Russian forces launched 48 Shahed-136/131 attack drones from southern Russia and the annexed Crimean peninsula in an overnight aerial barrage targeting Ukraine.
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✈️Russian forces launched approximately 50 Shahed drones from the Kursk region and Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea; Ukrainian air defenses downed 41 of them across Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, and Zhytomyr oblasts.
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🔥Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian helicopter, an anti-aircraft missile system, and an ammunition depot.
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💥Two civilians injured by artillery strike on Seredyna-Buda, Sumy region, damaging a hotel, three apartment blocks, an educational institution, a clinic, and an administrative building.
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December 7, 2023 66 events 💥 4 🏗️ 1 ▸
💥22 settlements were hit by MLRS, and artillery strikes in the Zaporizhzhia region.
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💥Shahed drones hit port infrastructure and vehicles in Izmail on the Lower Danube region, killing a truck driver.
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💥Russian forces have been stockpiling drones and missiles for attacks on Ukraine's energy grid over winter months.
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🏗️Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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💥A 14-year-old girl carried out a shooting at an academic gymnasium in Bryansk, Russia, using her father's shotgun, resulting in two deaths (including the shooter) and five wounded students.
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December 8, 2023 41 events 💥 3 ⚖️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
⚖️Russian authorities placed Yuri Malev, a dual US-Russian citizen, in pre-trial custody on charges of "rehabilitating Nazism" for posting two social media posts that desecrated the St George ribbon.
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🤝UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron visited Washington and urged US lawmakers to pass military aid for Ukraine, warning that failure to do so would benefit Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
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💥Podoly and Kurylivka, Kharkiv region were hit with FAB-250 bombs, damaging residential buildings.
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💥20 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region were hit with drones, MLRS and artillery, six houses damaged.
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💥19 missiles fired at Kyiv, where buildings were damaged by falling debris, one killed and eight injured in Pavlohrad and Ternivka, Dnipropetrovsk.
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December 9, 2023 25 events 💥 2 ⚖️ 1 🛡️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
⚖️SBU arrested an individual in Odesa who was collecting and passing information on Ukrainian infrastructure and military assets to Russia, operating under the code name 'Mazepa'.
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💥Artillery strikes on Kherson city center injured a woman and damaged a private enterprise and residential buildings.
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💥Russian invasion forces continued offensive operations in Avdiivka and Maryinka, with over 90% of clashes occurring in these areas.
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🛡️Ukrainian air defenses downed a Kh-29 missile and Shahed-136 drone during Saturday's attacks.
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🤝Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit Brussels to participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting, which is connected to the European Council's decision to start negotiations on Ukraine's EU accession on December 14-15.
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December 10, 2023 36 events 💥 4 🤝 1 ▸
🤝President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky attended the inauguration of newly elected President of Argentina Javier Milei in Buenos Aires.
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💥Ukrainian 92nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade's drone group Code 9.2 stopped a Russian ground attack in the Bakhmut sector on December 10, using hobby drones to drop grenades through hatches of Russian BTR-82 personnel carriers.
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💥Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea, according to Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev.
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💥Russia began using Shahed-136/Geran-2 drones in attacks against Ukraine, launching them in barrages of up to 40 or more to overwhelm air defenses.
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💥Russian kamikaze drones struck power infrastructure in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, damaging a local power line and enterprise premises.
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December 11, 2023 59 events 🛡️ 1 ⚖️ 1 🤝 1 🏗️ 1 +1 ▸
🛡️Ukrainian air defense units shot down eight Russian ballistic missiles and at least 16 drones during attacks on Kyiv on December 11, potentially setting a world record for single-day ballistic missile interceptions.
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⚖️Allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny reported they could not locate him for six days, with his lawyers being told he is not at the IK-6 or IK-7 facilities in Vladimir region.
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🤝The Czech Republic first announced its proposal regarding restrictions on movement of Russian diplomatic missions' employees across the EU during a preliminary meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
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🏗️Ukrainian drivers are missing deadlines and losing contracts, and the Ukrainian economy is losing billions of dollars due to the border blockade.
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💥An administrative building in which employees were working was hit by a missile in Kherson city.
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December 12, 2023 62 events 🔧 2 🛡️ 1 ⚖️ 1 🤝 1 ▸
🛡️The ISW assessed that Russia's long-term military restructuring aims to prepare for a potential large-scale conventional war against NATO, with naval expansion intended to threaten NATO across multiple regions.
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⚖️Russian authorities filed additional charges against RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva for editing a book titled
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🤝On December 12, 2023, Defense Ministers Rustem Umerov and Andris Spruds discussed joint projects including expanding training of Ukrainian military by Latvian instructors, continuing rehabilitation programs for Ukrainian defenders, and cooperation in UAV production.
🔧Ukraine's telecommunications operator Kyivstar was targeted by a powerful hacker attack on December 12, leaving customers without phone or internet access.
🔧Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile operator, suffered a massive cyberattack that caused nationwide communication outages affecting 24.3 million people (over half of Ukraine's population). The attack occurred on December 12, 2023.
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December 13, 2023 74 events 💥 3 🤝 1 🔧 1 ▸
🤝French President Emmanuel Macron stated the European Union must offer 'full and enduring support to Ukraine' ahead of an EU summit.
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🔧A Russian hacker collective called Solntsepek claimed responsibility for the cyber-attack on Kyivstar via Telegram, stating they attacked because the company provides communications to Ukraine's Armed Forces and government agencies.
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💥Russian infantry forced at least three unarmed Ukrainian POWs to advance in front of them as human shields near Robotyne, with one prisoner shot dead.
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💥Russian forces launched a record number of attacks on Ukrainian troops in Avdiivka, with 42 enemy attacks repelled in the Donetsk region near Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Sjeverne, Tonenke, Pervomaiske and Nevelske.
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💥Russian forces launched 15 Shahed-131/136 drones from occupied Crimea and two Kh-59 missiles at targets in Zaporizhzhia region and Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk.
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December 14, 2023 113 events 🤝 2 💥 2 ⚖️ 1 ▸
🤝The European Council failed to adopt amendments to the EU's 2024-2027 multiannual budget providing for EUR 50 billion in aid to Ukraine during its meeting on December 14-15, as Hungary blocked the decision.
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🤝The European Union made a historic decision to open membership negotiations with Ukraine. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán left the hall during the vote rather than casting a veto against the decision.
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💥Russian forces used RG-VO gas grenades containing the chemical substance CS against Ukrainian positions.
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💥Russia launched missile attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities shortly after President Putin concluded his year-end press conference, with at least two explosions heard in Kyiv.
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⚖️Russia's Investigative Committee placed Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), on the Russian Interior Ministry's wanted list. The notice does not specify the particular criminal acts for which he is accused.
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December 15, 2023 64 events 💥 2 🤝 1 🔥 1 📦 1 ▸
🤝The European Council summit in Brussels condemned Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and reaffirmed unwavering support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
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💥Local deputy Serhiy Batryn detonated several grenades during a session of the Keretsky village council, injuring 23 people including the suspect.
🔥Five humanitarian aid warehouses belonging to NGOs were destroyed and burned to the ground in Kherson Oblast and Kherson city, destroying vital supplies intended for civilians in desperate need.
💥Russian forces launched ten surface-to-surface ballistic missiles at Kyiv in a concentrated strike; Ukrainian air defense intercepted all incoming missiles, potentially setting a world record for successful ballistic missile intercepts.
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📦Swiss volunteers Kseniia and Thorsten Priewe delivered three Mavic-3 drones to the 72nd separate mobile brigade (Black Cossacks) for use on the eastern front, funded by a Christmas donation exceeding EUR 10,000.
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December 16, 2023 26 events 💥 2 🏥 1 🤝 1 📢 1 ▸
🏥Ukraine successfully returned three children - a boy and girl from occupied Kherson region reunited with their mother, and a third boy born in 2011 who was taken to Russia by his father without permission - returned via Georgia with Qatari mediation.
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🤝National security advisers from Ukraine, Group of Seven allies, and Global South countries held a secret meeting in Riyadh to discuss Ukraine's peace formula and rally support for Kyiv's conditions for peace talks with Russia.
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📢At the December 16 meeting in Riyadh, Ukraine and G7 allies reiterated that a just peace must respect Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, and assessed that Russian President Putin shows no sign of serious willingness to hold substantive talks.
💥Russian soldiers allegedly executed three Ukrainian POWs near the village of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, shooting them approximately one hour after capture.
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💥Ukrainian forces continue operations on the east (left) bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast under difficult conditions, working to set conditions for future operations and resettlement of west bank areas.
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December 17, 2023 28 events 💥 4 ⚖️ 1 ▸
⚖️Ukraine's security services discovered a non-operational bug device in one of the offices used by army chief Valery Zaluzhny, but no data storage devices or means of remote audio transmission were found.
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💥One Russian drone crashed into a residential area in Odesa, causing an explosion that damaged private homes and a sports facility warehouse, resulting in one fatality.
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💥Russia launched missiles from Crimea and occupied Kherson region to attack Ukraine.
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💥Multiple drones attacked a military airfield in Morozovsk, Rostov region, Russia, targeting the 559th Guards Bomber Regiment base housing Su-24, Su-24M, and Su-34 bombers.
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💥Ukrainian special forces conducted Operation Dragonfly, attacking airfields in Berdyansk and Luhansk, destroying nine helicopters, an air defence launcher, and an ammunition warehouse.
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December 18, 2023 64 events 🤝 3 💥 2 ▸
🤝The European Union adopted the 12th package of economic and individual sanctions against Russia on December 18, 2023, which includes tighter oil price caps and expanded trade restrictions.
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🤝Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit China on Tuesday and Wednesday for regular meetings with his counterpart Li Qiang, as part of ongoing high-profile diplomatic exchanges between the two countries.
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🤝World Athletics president Sebastian Coe confirmed that Russian and Belarusian athletes remain banned from track and field events at the 2024 Paris Olympics as individual neutrals, maintaining his organization's stricter position than the IOC's revised stance.
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💥Ukrainian air defenses downed three Russian Su-34 strike aircraft in recent days.
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💥Ukrainian soldiers interviewed by the New York Times reported high casualties and overly optimistic accounts about the Dnipro offensive, though drone operations have helped maintain their foothold in Krynky.
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December 19, 2023 112 events 📢 2 🏗️ 1 📦 1 💥 1 ▸
🏗️A planned IAEA inspection of reactor rooftops at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant scheduled for December 19 did not occur due to stated security concerns.
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📦More than 4,000 students voluntarily took academic leave to perform combat missions in the war with Ukraine since January 2023, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
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📢The Italian Ministry of Defense stated that supplies to Ukraine would include weapons, power generators, and equipment necessary to support military operations to protect the unarmed civilian population.
📢National Security Council spokesman John Kirby warned that the US has only enough authorized funding for one more aid package to Ukraine before Congress would need to approve new contributions, as the replenishment authority is running out.
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💥Zelensky said Ukraine scored a significant victory on the Black Sea through successful strikes on Russian warships and securing maritime trading routes, diminishing Russia's fleet dominance.
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December 20, 2023 59 events 💥 4 🤝 1 ▸
💥Russian forces shelled Kherson city, wounding nine people including four children aged 2-13. A mother and her three children were hospitalized with moderate injuries including contusions and explosive injuries.
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💥Russian forces launched Shahed drones toward Kyiv, which were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses. No casualties or destruction reported.
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💥Russian forces launched two S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Belgorod region toward Kharkiv, striking near residential buildings. No casualties reported.
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🤝German federal prosecutor Peter Frank requested the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main to confiscate €720 million in frozen Russian assets originating from the National Settlement Depository of the Moscow Stock Exchange, potentially setting a groundbreaking precedent in Germany.
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💥Ukrainian forces struck Russian ammunition depots and concealed equipment in the area of the former Mariupol Khladokombynat cold storage facility in Kalmiusky district.
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December 21, 2023 60 events 💥 4 📦 1 ▸
📦Moldova received a Ground Master 200 (GM 200) radar system from French defense firm Thales to monitor its airspace, capable of detecting aircraft up to 250 kilometers away.
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💥Col.-Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi reported that the fiercest battles are ongoing in the Kupyansk, Lyman, and Bakhmut sectors, with Russians concentrating their main efforts around Bakhmut using the most combat-capable units including marines and Storm Z/Storm V convict units.
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💥Russia continues local offensive options in several sectors, but individual attacks are rarely above platoon size (up to 60 people).
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💥Russian troops were able to advance slightly in some areas of the front near Kupyansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region, and Novoprokopivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
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💥Despite daily losses in personnel and equipment, Russian troops continue to conduct offensive operations using reserves of assault battalions formed from former prisoners.
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December 22, 2023 75 events 🤝 2 💥 1 🔥 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
🤝Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski visited Kyiv and met with the President of Ukraine and Dmytro Kuleba, conveying signals from the new Polish government regarding resolution of existing problems.
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🤝Ukraine and Moldova signed protocols to establish joint border control at checkpoints, simplifying border crossings for citizens and cargo.
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💥Russia said it downed 10 Ukrainian drones over Moscow and border regions, including Podolsk district, Bryansk region, and Kaluga region.
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🔥Ukrainian defenders shot down three Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers over the southern front on 22 December.
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🏗️Russia adopted a socio-economic program for the reconstruction of temporarily occupied territories, allocating RUB 37.6 billion (approximately $400 million) for infrastructure projects including road construction.
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December 23, 2023 45 events 💥 4 ⚖️ 1 ▸
⚖️Russian authorities are forcibly recruiting convicts from penal colonies in occupied Luhansk into Storm Z assault units due to lack of volunteers, with those who can pay able to bribe their way out of service.
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💥On Dec. 23, Patriot air defenses destroyed three Russian Su-34 attack jets approaching Ukrainian airspace from the Black Sea.
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💥Russian forces using North Korean artillery shells experienced equipment damage and personnel injuries when shells tore apart in gun barrels due to poor quality ammunition.
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💥Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) Commander Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky indicated that VDV forces are under significant pressure to conduct rapid offensive operations near Bakhmut and repel Ukrainian attacks on the east (left) bank of Kherson Oblast.
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💥Russian military command is deploying new VDV officers and troops to frontlines without completing pre-combat training, according to Teplinsky.
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December 24, 2023 48 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russian forces launched an armored assault on the village of Synkivka in Kupyansk direction, which descended into chaos due to Ukrainian resistance and Russian confusion.
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💥Russian forces continued assault operations in the Kupyansk, Lyman, and Bakhmut sectors with their most combat-capable units.
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💥Russian forces fired 71 artillery shells at Kherson city over 24 hours, hitting the city center, residential areas, medical and educational institutions, and critical infrastructure facilities.
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💥Ukraine's air force intercepted 14 of 15 Russian drones launched overnight.
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💥Russian forces used drones to search for the Ukrainian weapons system that shot down three Russian Su-34 strike aircraft earlier in the week.
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December 25, 2023 26 events 💥 5 ▸
💥Russian invasion forces struck a thermal power plant near the front line in Donetsk region in late December 2023, halting electricity generation at the facility.
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💥Russian forces conducted aerial strikes against targets in Ukraine during the Christmas holiday period, resulting in civilian casualties.
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💥Russian forces launched a Christmas Day drone attack on Ukraine, with Ukrainian air defense shooting down 28 out of 31 drones.
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💥Russia launched 31 Shahed-136/131 drones from occupied Crimea against Ukraine on Christmas Day, December 25, 2023.
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💥Russian air strikes targeted civilian houses on the outskirts of Armanaz in Idlib province, killing five civilians from the same family including three children.
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December 26, 2023 47 events 🔥 1 🔧 1 📦 1 ✈️ 1 +1 ▸
🔥On December 26, Ukrainian forces destroyed the large Russian landing ship Novocherkassk while it was docked in port at Feodosia in Russian-occupied Crimea, resulting in dozens of casualties.
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🔧Russia plans to establish Kremlin-funded front companies in Uzbekistan to purchase foreign electronics for UAVs in order to circumvent international sanctions.
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📦Moscow plans to establish enterprises in Uzbekistan for assembling UAVs using foreign electronic components before transporting them to Russian defense enterprises including Kazan Elektropribor Plant, Elekon Plant, and Stella-K.
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✈️Russian forces are reportedly decreasing aviation activity and their use of glide bombs in Ukraine after Ukrainian forces shot down three Russian Su-34s in southern Ukraine between December 21 and 22.
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🤝Putin discussed terms of cooperation with Uzbekistan's top military and political leadership during a CIS meeting, resulting in preliminary agreements on creating front companies and officially announced transportation cooperation.
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December 27, 2023 80 events 📦 2 🤝 1 📢 1 💥 1 ▸
🤝Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Kretschmer's statement, warning that if Ukraine accepts temporary loss of territories, Russian troops will become closer to Germany and Saxony. The Ministry stated that peace in Europe comes with the defeat of Moscow.
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📢Michael Kretschmer, Prime Minister of the German state of Saxony, said Ukraine should accept the occupation of its territories to achieve a ceasefire. He also called on the German government to reconsider its policy towards Russia and start dialogue with the Kremlin.
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📦The US announced a $250 million military package for Ukraine on 27 December, the last announced in 2023.
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📦The United States announced a $250 million defense aid package for Ukraine, including 155 mm ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, approximately one month prior to January 25, 2024.
💥Russian troops shot Ukrainian POWs near Robotyne in a video that surfaced on Dec. 27, showing Russian military personnel firing on captured Ukrainian soldiers.
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December 28, 2023 45 events 💥 2 ⚓ 1 ⚖️ 1 🏗️ 1 ▸
⚓Ukrainian strikes sank a Russian Tarantul-class corvette in Hravska Bay near Sevastopol between December 28-31, as confirmed by satellite imagery.
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💥Russian Ground Forces' 18th Combined Arms Army attempted and failed to clear the Ukrainian bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River.
⚖️A Moscow court sentenced Artyom Kamardin to 7 years in prison and Yegor Shtovba to 5.5 years for reading poems against Russia's assault on Ukraine, convicted of inciting hatred and calling for activities threatening state security.
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💥Ukrainian drones damaged a Russian oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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🏗️Land mines planted in Ukraine have killed 277 people including 14 children since the beginning of the Russian invasion, with another 608 injured.
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December 29, 2023 90 events 💥 2 🛡️ 1 🏗️ 1 ✈️ 1 ▸
💥Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine using 90 X-101 missiles ($1.17B), 5 Kinzhal missiles ($50M), 8 X-22/X-32 cruise missiles, 14 Iskander-M ballistic missiles ($42M), 4 X-31P anti-radar missiles, one X-59 missile, and 36 Shahed-136/131 drones. Total cost estimated at $1.273 billion.
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🛡️An anti-aircraft missile and artillery platoon of the 102nd Brigade shot down a Kh-101 cruise missile heading toward Dnipro using a Soviet-era MANPADS operated by a soldier identified as 'Adik'.
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💥Russia conducted a massive missile attack against Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities on Friday, striking schools, a maternity hospital, shopping arcades, and residential buildings.
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🏗️Turkish telecommunications company Turkcell signed an agreement to sell its Ukrainian subsidiaries Lifecell LLC, Global Bilgi LLC, and Ukrtower LLC to French investment firm NJJ Capital. The transaction, announced on December 29, involves nominal share values of UAH 12.7 billion for Lifecell, UAH 47.2 million for Global Bilgi, and UAH 1.96 billion for Ukrtower.
✈️A Russian missile violated Polish airspace for approximately three minutes during a large-scale attack, flying 40 km deep into Poland before exiting back into Ukrainian airspace.
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December 30, 2023 50 events 💥 4 🤝 1 ▸
💥An attack on the Russian city of Belgorod killed at least 24 people and wounded dozens. Moscow claimed Ukrainian forces used cluster munitions to target civilian infrastructure including a sports centre, ice rink, and university.
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💥A missile purchased from North Korea was used in a strike on an open field in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 30 December 2023.
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💥Russian troops shelled Selydove on December 30, 2023, killing one woman and injuring six other people.
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💥Russian forces conducted rocket attacks on Kharkiv in the evening, injuring more than 20 people.
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🤝Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed defense cooperation between their countries, emphasizing air defense and long-range capabilities for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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December 31, 2023 271 events 💥 2 📦 1 🏴 1 📊 1 ▸
📦Ukraine imported 4.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas from the European Union and Moldova during 2023, more than double the previous year's volume, with the majority received for storage in underground facilities.
🏴Russian police conducted coordinated raids across Moscow, St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk and other cities on New Year's Eve, detaining approximately 3,000 migrant workers and forcibly transferring some to military enlistment offices to serve summonses for compulsory military service related to the war in Ukraine.
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💥Ukrainian shelling of central Donetsk on New Year's Eve killed four people and wounded 13, including a journalist, according to Russian-installed authorities.
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💥Russian troops attacked the Kherson region 123 times on December 31, 2023, firing 565 projectiles using mortars, artillery, unmanned aerial vehicles, tanks, aircraft, Grad MLRS, and one missile.
📊Russian airborne units (VDV) fighting on the left bank of the Dnipro River near Krynky are suffering heavy losses and may need to withdraw to replenish, with elements of the 104th VDV Division potentially pulling back after a month of continuous combat.
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🔧Russian hacker group launched one of the largest cyberattacks on Ukraine against telecom giant Kyivstar, destroying part of its infrastructure and disrupting the air siren warning system.
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💥Former member of the Opposition Platform - For Party Illia Kyva was assassinated in a park near Moscow in December 2023, claimed by Ukraine's Security Service.
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🏗️In December 2023, a Panama-flagged ship hit a Russian naval mine in the Black Sea while arriving to collect grain, injuring two sailors.
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🤝During a conversation with US House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy indicated that Ukraine would be able to withstand Russian missile and drone pressure until March or April 2024.
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🤝Mike Johnson decided to support US military assistance to Ukraine after the conversation with Zelenskyy, choosing to prepare a bill that would provide aid until the March/April deadline.
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🛡️Khalus described how his unit conducted aerial reconnaissance using privately-bought equipment, including Mavic drones and FPV drones.
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⚔️A Ukrainian aerial scout was killed by Russian fire during a counteroffensive in the Zaporizhya direction in 2023.
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🛡️The 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, which aimed to retake parts of Zaporizhzhia region and push toward the Sea of Azov, failed because Zelenskyy wouldn't commit necessary resources, with troops spread too thin.
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🛡️Vitaliy Motsnyy returned to military service after receiving prosthetic legs, continuing his service as a trainer for UAV pilots.
🏗️Vitaliy Motsnyy established the Unmanned Systems Operator Training Center in Cherkasy with support from volunteers and international foundations to train UAV operators.
📦In 2023, Ukraine and its allies created an aviation coalition to provide Ukraine with F-16 combat aircraft.
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