2023 Timeline
47,766 events across 17 months. Sorted chronologically, grouped by day.
2023 Monthly Breakdown
Full War Density
47,766
Total Events
17
Months
403
Active Days
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Military operations, combat, and physical destruction
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Top types: π₯ 5529 βοΈ 741 π‘οΈ 1593 βοΈ 1112 β 114
Top oblasts: Donetsk (1259)Zaporizhzhia (960)Kherson (802)Kharkiv (524)Crimea (496)
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January 1, 2023 32 events π‘οΈ 2 βοΈ 1 ποΈ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈU.K. businessman David Crisp was arrested in 2023 by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for violating Russia sanctions but the investigation was dropped in July 2024 with no criminal charges filed.
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ποΈA fortified dugout chapel honoring the icon of Our Lady of Kazan was built on the Kherson front line in 2023.
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π₯Junior Lieutenant Denys Pylypchuk organized an offensive and led an assault group near Berkhivka in Donetsk region, damaging control points and equipment clusters.
π‘οΈMoldova'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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π‘οΈIhor 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.
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π€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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December 2022 (1 events)
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π€Georgia and Russia resumed direct flights last year, increasing Georgia's economic dependence on Russia.
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January 2023 (1,871 events)
January 1, 2023 42 events π₯ 4 π 1 βΈ
πBritish nationals Chris Parry (28) and Andrew Bagshaw (47) were killed when their vehicle was hit by a shell while undertaking voluntary evacuation work in Soledar, Donetsk Oblast.
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π₯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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π₯Russian hackers, likely in response to Germany's decision to supply tanks to Ukraine, attacked a number of German websites.
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π₯Russia struck a high-rise building in Dnipro using Kh-22 cruise missiles, killing 46 residents and injuring over 80 others.
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π₯Russian drones followed Pavlo Pastukh while he was evacuating from the mine explosion site, attempting to kill him by adjusting Russian fire, but none of the Russian mines struck him.
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π€The ICC issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova, accused of unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia following the full-scale invasion.
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January 1, 2023 622 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces conducted ground attacks near Bakhmut, Krasna Hora, Soledar, Bilohorivka, Rozdolivka, Bakhmutske, Ozaryanivka, and Klishchiivka.
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π₯Ukrainian forces reportedly struck the Arabatska Spit in Crimea, causing panic among local authorities.
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βοΈUkraine's southern counteroffensive on Melitopol in 2023 was sidelined by a push to retake Bakhmut, according to the New York Times.
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π₯Russia launched another wave of missile attacks on Ukraine, including several hits in Kyiv, occurring on December 31 and January 1.
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ποΈRussia imported approximately β¬100 million worth of sensitive goods and technology from the EU in the first nine months of 2023, despite sanctions.
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January 2, 2023 32 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian forces conducted frequent artillery attacks against Russian rear areas in southern Zaporizhia region, targeting approaches to Melitopol and Berdyansk.
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π₯Russian forces attacked Stelmakhivka, approximately 16km northwest of Svatove.
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π₯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.
π₯Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine with 39 Shahed-131 and Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, all of which were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.
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π₯Russia launched drone attacks on Kyiv using Iranian-made Shahed drones, with at least 20 drones shot down but some energy infrastructure facilities damaged.
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January 3, 2023 23 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π€Germany's Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht faced calls to resign after posting a tone-deaf Instagram video reflecting on 2022 and mentioning Russia's invasion of Ukraine led to "special experiences" and opportunities to meet interesting people.
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π’British Ministry of Defense reported that Russian offensive operations in Bakhmut are likely being conducted at only platoon or section level, with attack frequency reduced from mid-December peak, and that Russia is unlikely to achieve a significant breakthrough near Bakhmut in the coming weeks.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base in Zaporizhia region, killing and wounding personnel and destroying ammunition and vehicles.
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π₯Russian forces struck the city of Druzhkivka in Donetsk Oblast, killing one person and destroying the Altair ice rink. The ice rink had been used as a children's sports school before the war and was later used to collect and distribute humanitarian aid.
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π₯Russian forces continued to carry out unsuccessful attempts to improve their tactical positions northwest of Svatove after reportedly conducting a tactical pause.
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January 4, 2023 35 events π₯ 4 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base in Vasylivka.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck a Russian army barracks in Makiivka (occupied Donetsk region) using US-supplied HIMARS rocket systems, resulting in significant casualties.
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π’Kyrylo Budanov stated that Ukraine plans an offensive with a launch date in March, expected to be the 'hottest' fighting period with liberation of territories from Crimea to Donbas leading to Russia's final defeat.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base in Melitopol.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base in Tokmak.
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January 5, 2023 48 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
π€Germany's reluctance to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine despite pressure from allies and partners, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz citing need for government consensus.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck a Russian base at Cape Fiolent in Crimea.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck a dormitory housing Russian troops in Kalanchatsky district, Kherson region.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck a Russian ammunition dump in Makiivka on January 5, destroying an ammunition storage area and killing hundreds of Russian troops.
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π¦Australia has agreed to purchase the HIMARS missile system from the United States, influenced by its effectiveness in Ukraine.
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January 6, 2023 35 events π₯ 4 π¦ 1 βΈ
π¦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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π₯Russian forces struck Kherson city during the declared ceasefire period, killing and wounding several people
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π₯Russian and Ukrainian troops continued exchanging fire despite Putin's announced Christmas ceasefire, with fighting reported in Bakhmut and other locations
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π₯Wagner Group forces fought their way into Soledar in house-to-house battles
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π₯Ukrainian forces hit Russian positions in Donetsk with artillery at least three times following the ceasefire start
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January 7, 2023 34 events π₯ 4 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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ποΈOrthodox Christians in Chasiv Yar held a Christmas service in a basement shelter due to ongoing bombardment, with only nine congregants attending after most residents fled.
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π₯An explosion occurred in Makiievka from a suspected Ukrainian strike.
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π₯Russian forces struck a fire station in the southern city of Kherson, leaving several people dead or wounded.
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π₯Russian forces fired 14 times on Ukrainian positions and attempted to storm a settlement held by Ukrainian forces in the Lugansk region.
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January 8, 2023 16 events π 2 π₯ 1 π₯ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯50 Ukrainian service members (33 officers, 17 privates and sergeants) were returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity in a prisoner swap. The returnees included defenders from the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, Mariupol, Donetsk direction, Bakhmut, Kyiv region, Chernihiv region, Kherson region and other combat areas.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck the Starobesheve power plant in Donetsk Oblast with rockets.
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π’Russia's Defense Ministry claimed it killed over 600 Ukrainian troops in a missile strike on Kramatorsk, but journalists found no evidence - the buildings were still standing with no indication troops had been stationed there.
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πUkraine conducted a prisoner swap releasing 50 Ukrainians, including 33 officers and 17 privates and sergeants, who had defended Kyiv, Donetsk, Mariupol, and the south of Ukraine.
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πTwo people died and ten were injured on Sunday according to the deputy head of the Ukrainian presidency.
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January 9, 2023 33 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈThe British Ministry of Defense reported on the Su-57 FELON, Russia's most advanced fifth-generation combat jet, noting five have been located via satellite imagery but they have only flown over Russian territory launching long-range missiles into Ukraine, avoiding deployment over Ukraine to protect sensitive technology.
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π₯A Russian rocket strike on a village market in Shevchenkoe, Kharkiv region killed two women (ages 50 and 60) and injured six people.
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π₯Russian forces conducted a massive artillery attack on the village of Kurakhivka in Donetsk region, injuring two civilians.
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π₯A Russian strike on a residential area in Kherson killed one person and injured a woman.
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π‘οΈUkrainian soldiers, including those with call signs Kydar and Zenyk from a battery that includes soldiers from various Ukrainian regions, have been defending positions on the Bakhmut front for several months.
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January 10, 2023 39 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 1 π‘οΈ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
βοΈUkrainian 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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π₯Russian officials from Samara region refused to publish the list of casualties from the January 1, 2023 Makiivka attack, citing concerns about provocations by foreign intelligence agencies against relatives of servicemen.
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βοΈThe Russian Defense Ministry announced a commission is investigating how so many troops died in the Makiivka strike and that guilty officials will be punished.
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π‘οΈAfter criticism, Lapin was reportedly sent on leave.
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π’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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January 11, 2023 55 events π’ 2 π‘οΈ 2 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π’German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock gave a WDR interview upon returning from a trip to Kharkiv regarding conditions for German Leopard tank transfers to Ukraine.
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βοΈUkrainian official and independent sources denied encirclement claims, stating that attacking Russian forces are being crushed by artillery.
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π‘οΈUkrainian 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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π‘οΈJournalist Yury Butusov reported from a different sector of Soledar that heavy fighting continues and Ukrainian forces are holding the line.
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π’Photographers Kostyantyn and Vlada Liberovy published images showing Soledar as a small village in a flat area, illustrating the limited strategic significance of the location.
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January 12, 2023 33 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π€The Government of Ukraine and the European Commission agreed to form a joint vision for Ukraine's 'green' transformation and post-war reconstruction, meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna and EU Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans.
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π₯Russian forces continued fighting in Soledar, with Wagner Group claiming control of the entire town while urban battles raged in the city center.
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π₯Russian strikes hit Zaporizhzhia, damaging infrastructure and sparking fires in residential areas.
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π₯An exploding Russian shell started a fire at a maternity ward in Kherson, injuring one employee.
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π₯Russian strikes targeted Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city.
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January 13, 2023 44 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 2 π΄ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia is preparing for a new mass-missile attack on Ukraine, with drones gathering intelligence on potential targets. Ukrainian Defense Forces South spokesperson Nataliya Humenyuk stated that preparations observed over the past week evidence preparation for a new massive bombardment.
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π₯A Russian missile strike hit a 9-storey apartment building in Dnipro, killing at least 40 people. The Russian Defence Ministry claimed all indicated targets were hit.
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π‘οΈUkrainian forces continued defending Soledar and Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast amid intense Russian offensive operations.
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π‘οΈUkraine requests German-made Leopard battle tanks from Western allies, with Poland ready to provide a company of Leopards pending Berlin's approval.
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π΄Ukrainian forces captured a T-90S tank, Russia's most modern confirmed operational tank, in the Kherson region.
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January 14, 2023 40 events π₯ 4 π 1 βΈ
π₯A Russian missile struck a residential high-rise building in Dnipro, killing 46 people including six children.
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πAnastasiia 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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π₯Russian missiles struck key infrastructure in Kyiv's Dneprovsky district, with rocket fragments also falling in the Golosiivskiy district.
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π₯Russian forces are conducting attrition warfare with human waves of newly mobilized conscripts assaulting Ukrainian fixed positions in Bakhmut and Soledar.
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π₯Russian forces launched another missile attack on critical infrastructure and industrial facilities in the Kharkiv region.
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January 15, 2023 36 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 2 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯A Russian missile struck a nine-storey residential tower block in Dnipro, partially collapsing the building and killing 35 people with more than two dozen still missing.
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π₯Russian forces struck the engine room of an Ivano-Frankivsk power plant.
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π‘οΈUkrainian medics continue to operate near Soledar in Donetsk Oblast, providing evacuation and medical care for wounded soldiers at a roadside station.
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π‘οΈUkrainian military continues to repel daily Russian attacks in the Bakhmut and Soledar direction, with positions being captured and recaptured in ongoing combat.
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π€Japan, as G7 chair in 2023, is expected to play a key role in forming an international reconstruction fund for Ukraine that was created by the World Bank.
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January 16, 2023 37 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 1 π’ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π‘οΈField assessment conducted of behind-the-line defensive situation and terrain features in the Bakhmut and Soledar areas.
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π₯Russia launched a weekend missile strike on a residential building in Dnipro, killing at least 36 people.
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π’The Ukrainian Security & Cooperation Centre (USCC) reported that Russian state security services plan to use the Russian Red Cross to spread disinformation alleging war crimes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using Western-supplied weapons, with the goal of undermining international support for Ukraine.
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β‘οΈRussia and Belarus begin new joint military exercises on Belarusian territory, with Minsk claiming the drills are defensive.
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π₯Rogozin planned to present a proposal to Vladimir Putin, through Anton Vaino, to attack Ukraine using a space missile launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with explosives on board.
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January 17, 2023 36 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
βοΈThe 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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π’Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has validated Ukraine's NATO membership aspirations, reversing his previous opposition to Ukrainian NATO membership.
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π₯The British Ministry of Defense assessed that the missile strike on Dnipro was likely an AS-4 KITCHEN anti-ship missile launched from a Tu-22M3 BACKFIRE bomber
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π₯Russian forces fired a missile that partially destroyed a residential apartment building in Dnipro, killing at least 40 people.
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π¦German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht resigned, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz appointed Boris Pistorius as her replacement.
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January 18, 2023 33 events π₯ 3 β‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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β‘οΈUkrainian forces conducted an unwilling withdrawal from most of Soledar under pressure from Wagner infantry assaults, relocating to defensive positions on higher ground to the west.
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π₯The visited UAF M270 unit executed a fire mission (strike) while the journalist was in the general vicinity.
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π₯Russian forces conducted missile attacks on Ukrainian cities including Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk as part of ongoing strikes throughout Ukraine.
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βοΈDenys 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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January 19, 2023 63 events π€ 1 π₯ 1 π₯ 1 π’ 1 +1 βΈ
π€The European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution calling for the creation of a special tribunal to try Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia's leadership for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, also including Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for aiding Moscow.
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π₯Russian shells or mortar rounds hit in and around Nykyforivka day and night, with villagers becoming accustomed to the strikes.
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π₯A group of 15 Ukrainian deminers traveled to Cambodia for a week of training on demining tools and techniques, learning from Cambodian experts who have decades of experience clearing mines from 30 years of civil war.
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π’American tennis qualifier Katie Volynets paid tribute to her extended family in Ukraine after defeating Russian player Veronika Kudermetova at the Australian Open, expressing support for family members still living in Ukraine.
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π΄Prigozhin claimed Wagner units captured the village of Klishchiivka, a suburb of Bakhmut.
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January 20, 2023 55 events π₯ 3 π€ 2 βΈ
π₯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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π€The Ukrainian government registered bill No. 8371 in the Verkhovna Rada, proposing to prohibit religious organizations connected to Russia and potentially terminate the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
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π€The United States designated Russia's Wagner group as a transnational criminal organization, allowing wider application of sanctions on its global network.
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π₯Fighting has sharply increased in the Zaporizhzhia region, with both Russian and Ukrainian sources reporting intensified military activity.
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π₯Ukrainian troops have destroyed, knocked out or captured 3,139 Russian tanks of all types according to Ukraine's Army General Staff.
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January 21, 2023 18 events π€ 5 βΈ
π€Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis announced Switzerland's support for confiscating frozen Russian assets, while noting Swiss banks oppose the proposal.
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π€Russia announced it will retaliate against French media in Russia after the bank accounts of RT France were frozen by French authorities.
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π€Switzerland has frozen 7.5 billion francs ($8.2 billion) in assets belonging to sanctioned Russians, but Swiss law prevents seizure without a referendum.
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π€Swiss banks criticized the proposal to hand over frozen Russian assets, with bankers warning it would undermine Switzerland's position as a financial hub.
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π€Germany faced backlash from allies over its refusal to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine, with Baltic foreign ministers issuing a joint statement calling on Germany to provide the tanks.
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January 22, 2023 41 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 βοΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π’Professor Lubomyr Luciuk published an opinion article discussing how Ukrainian nationalist resistance to Russian imperialism has been vindicated by the 2022 Russian invasion, noting that Putin's "de-Nazification" justification echoes Soviet-era propaganda about the OUN and UPA.
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π₯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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βοΈUkraine's defense ministry announced it would launch an internal audit and investigate reports of inflated food prices in a recent contract, with prices allegedly 2-3 times higher than market rates.
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π₯Russian forces launched a new round of offensive pushes in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka sectors.
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π‘οΈWagner financier Yevgeny Prigozhin's influence has declined after failing to capture Bakhmut with his forces.
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January 23, 2023 49 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π‘οΈA Pantsir anti-aircraft system was installed near Russian President Vladimir Putin's official residence in Valdai, Novgorod region. Locals reported the system was installed "a few weeks ago" and is on combat alert with at least three soldiers guarding it.
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βοΈSpanish police broke up an organized crime ring operating three illegal tobacco factories employing Ukrainian refugees who fled Russia's invasion, arresting 27 people across Spain.
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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna, near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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π₯Ukrainian drones attacked Russian military airfields near Ryazan and in Engels, Saratov region.
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January 24, 2023 52 events π‘οΈ 3 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian soldiers from the 79th Brigade engaged in close-quarters combat with Russian troops in Marinka, Donetsk Oblast, fighting from basements and behind debris due to destruction of buildings.
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βοΈRussian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov continued efforts to portray traditional Russian military command as true defenders of Russia
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π‘οΈGerasimov prioritized improving day-to-day discipline in Russian troops, including regulations on uniform, civilian vehicles, mobile phones, and haircuts.
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π‘οΈDefense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced major changes to boost Russian armed forces personnel to 1.5 million troops.
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π‘οΈEuropean foreign ministers agreed to spend an additional 500 million euros to arm Ukraine, bringing total EU spending to 3.6 billion euros.
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January 25, 2023 57 events β‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 +1 βΈ
β‘οΈUkrainian 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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βοΈHeavy Russian air force activity reported around Bakhmut and conducted strikes in the Kupansk area.
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βοΈUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law toughening punishments for desertion and disobedience in the armed forces, with sentences of up to 12 years for desertion, 10 years for disobedience, and 7 years for threatening a superior.
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π’Head of Ukraine's armed forces Valery Zaluzhny defended the law, stating that commanders demanded a systematic solution to discipline issues and that in times of war, quick effective solutions are needed.
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π¦Germany will provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 A6 tanks from Bundeswehr stocks, allowing allies to re-export their Leopards as well.
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January 26, 2023 57 events π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 +1 βΈ
π₯Russia launched a mass missile attack against Ukraine with explosions in multiple cities, including Kyiv and Odesa.
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βοΈUkrainian forces continued attacks around Kreminne employing light infantry raids through forested rolling hills to wear down Russian defensive positions.
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π‘οΈIntense 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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β‘οΈUkraine moved 28 M-55S tanks to the 67th Mechanized Brigade on the eastern front.
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πUkrainian forces reported recording 910 Russian soldiers killed over the previous 24 hours, representing the second-highest daily kill claim of the entire war.
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January 27, 2023 35 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine, including kamikaze drones and missiles targeting civilian infrastructure.
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π₯Russian opposition outlet investigation confirmed Russian authorities are deporting children from occupied Kherson Oblast to occupied Crimea.
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π₯Armed attacker killed the head of security at the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran with a Kalashnikov rifle; two other security staff were injured while repelling the attack.
βοΈUkrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations near Kreminna on January 26 and January 27.
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π‘οΈUkrainian forces are constructing defensive fortifications along the border with Belarus, including walls and trenches in the northern border region.
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January 28, 2023 18 events ποΈ 2 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
ποΈUkraine's grain harvest is forecast to decline from 65 million tonnes in 2022 to 53 million tonnes in 2023 due to ongoing war, with planting acreage reduced by one-fourth and fuel shortages affecting farmers.
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π₯A suspected Israeli drone attack targeted Iranian weapons stockpiles, drone manufacturing sites and oil depots in Iran on January 28, 2023.
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ποΈAt least 109 large and medium-sized Ukrainian enterprises suffered direct losses estimated at $13 billion due to Russia's full-scale invasion, with total indirect losses reaching $33.1 billion.
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βοΈRussian forces reportedly continued limited counterattacks to regain lost positions along the Svatove-Kreminna line.
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π‘οΈRussian forces are attempting to prevent Ukraine from regaining the initiative possibly ahead of a planned decisive Russian offensive in Donbas.
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January 29, 2023 38 events π₯ 3 π¦ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian news platforms reported a massed artillery strike on Kherson.
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π₯Russian propaganda claimed a strike across the border against a Ukrainian supply location near Lyman.
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π₯Russian forces shelled Kharkiv, hitting a four-storey residential building in the city center.
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π¦Reports indicated Poland will deliver 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine alongside the T-72s.
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β‘οΈSocial 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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January 30, 2023 52 events π₯ 3 π¦ 1 π 1 βΈ
π¦The US Army awarded $522 million in contracts to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. and Global Military Products Inc. to manufacture 155mm artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
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πRussia'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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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian artillery struck Russian forces conducting a raid on one of the islands in the Dnipro River delta on January 30.
π₯Russian forces continued to make marginal territorial gains near Bakhmut.
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January 31, 2023 56 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 βοΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π’Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Ukrainian forces of using banned antipersonnel mines in and around Izium, claiming they injured 50 civilians including five children.
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π₯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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π₯Russian forces launched a new assault operation near Pavlivka and Vuhledar, 50km southwest of Donetsk city, using elements of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade as part of an at least brigade-sized force.
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βοΈUkrainian officials support ISW's assessment that an imminent Russian offensive in the coming months is likely, and further suggested that Ukrainian forces plan to launch a larger counteroffensive.
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β‘οΈSatellite images from January show trenches on both sides of the E-105 highway, while images from March 13 show the development of these fortifications.
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π‘οΈA Ukrainian border guard wearing a skull mask made throat-cutting gestures towards a Belarusian surveillance camera at the border
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πInterior Minister Denys Monastyrsky and eight other people died when a state emergency services helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and residential block in Brovary.
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πBritish aid worker Chris Parry, 28, was killed in Soledar while performing voluntary evacuation work.
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π€President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine needs long-range missiles to deprive the occupier of the opportunity to place its missile launchers far from the front line and destroy Ukrainian cities.
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π€Belarus filed a formal complaint to Kyiv regarding the Ukrainian border guard's behavior (skull mask and throat-cutting gestures)
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February 2023 (1,711 events)
February 1, 2023 48 events π₯ 4 π₯ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian artillery at Vuhledar is using Western artillery-delivered mines to ambush attacking Russian troops.
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π₯Ukrainian forces destroyed a BMPT Terminator in the Kreminne sector of northeastern Ukraine using artillery fire, including an M982 155mm precision-guided howitzer shell.
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π₯Since February 2023, Russian forces have used munitions containing harmful substances in approximately 1,891 recorded occurrences through April 2024.
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π₯Ukrainian officials were planning bold strikes deep behind Russia's lines, including a potential sea-based strike using TNT in Novorossiysk, a Black Sea port city.
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π₯A Russian A-50 aircraft stationed at the Machulishchy airfield near Minsk was damaged in a series of explosions in an alleged attack by Belarusian partisans.
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February 1, 2023 198 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯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.
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π‘οΈUkrainian 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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π₯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.
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π’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 25 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈSBU arrested an official of the Odesa regional administration for allegedly receiving a $40,000 bribe (first tranche of $60,000) in a parking lot near the public administration building. The official allegedly extorted the bribe from representatives of a company in exchange for assigning plots of land in Reni on the Danube bank (about 4 hectares).
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π₯Border settlements of Chernihiv and Sumy regions hit with mortars again.
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π₯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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π₯Shelling of Komyshany, Kherson region, killed a woman and destroyed her house.
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π₯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 59 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
βοΈUkrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets accused Russian forces of kidnapping Ukrainian children, including orphans from orphanages, and selling them for sexual exploitation. He shared evidence of WhatsApp exchanges discussing a child pornography scheme and called on Ukrainian police, cyber police, and prosecutors to investigate.
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π₯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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π€Russia announced it will nationalize foreign assets in annexed Crimea, including those with Ukraine-linked ownership, and use some funds to support people fighting in Ukraine.
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π₯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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π₯65 hits across Kherson region using artillery, MLRS, mortars, and tanks, killing at least two civilians and injuring nine.
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February 4, 2023 40 events π₯ 4 π₯ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯Russian forces attempted ground attacks 20 kilometers north and 15 kilometers south of Bakhmut.
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π₯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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π₯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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π₯Mayor Volodymyr Liakh of Sloviansk issued an evacuation warning for civilians living between Bakhmut and Sloviansk due to expected intensified fighting.
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February 5, 2023 32 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
βοΈGermany's prosecutor general announced his office has collected hundreds of pieces of evidence showing war crimes by Russian forces in Ukraine, focusing on mass killings in Bucha and attacks on civilian infrastructure.
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π€The European Union and G7 imposed an embargo and price caps on Russian petroleum products.
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π₯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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π₯Strikes using artillery, MLRS, mortars, tanks, IFVs and ATGMs on two neighborhoods and a shipbuilding enterprise in Kherson.
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π₯S-300 missile strikes on Kharkiv, destroyed part of a higher education institution, injuring four.
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February 6, 2023 37 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯A Ukrainian drone struck approximately 150 km from Moscow, causing an explosion roughly 50 meters above the ground. No injuries were reported and it remains unclear if any Russian military targets were hit.
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βοΈA Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down in the Bakhmut sector on Monday.
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π₯Russian Marine Infantry and Arctic Troops launched an unsupported armored attack on Ukrainian positions at Uhledar, suffering heavy casualties.
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π₯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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π₯37 strikes on settlements in Kherson region using artillery, MLRS, mortars and tanks.
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February 7, 2023 34 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π‘οΈThe 3rd Assault Brigade conducted defensive operations in the Bakhmut sector utilizing repurposed Cold War-era artillery and M577 vehicles.
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βοΈThe Verkhovna Rada appointed Vasyl Malyuk as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), a position he had been acting in since July 2022 when his predecessor Ivan Bakanov was fired.
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π₯Overnight shelling of Dnipropetrovsk region, damaged powerlines cutting off pumps supplying water to 60,000 users.
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π₯Video on social media shows Novoselivske, Luhansk region, now completely destroyed.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna, near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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February 8, 2023 58 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian forces dropped grenades via drones into shell holes where surviving Russian soldiers were hiding following the failed attack.
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π‘οΈA Ukrainian BTR-4 armored personnel carrier engaged Russian forces in the outskirts of Bakhmut to counter enemy footholds in buildings.
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β‘οΈCombat operations in Bakhmut have shifted from the city's approaches to close-in urban fighting within the suburbs.
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π₯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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π₯Air and artillery strikes on settlements in the Kharkiv region, four killed and five injured.
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February 9, 2023 53 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces launched a large-scale offensive in the Donbass region targeting the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
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βοΈThe Kyiv Cassation Court held its fourth hearing regarding the return of the Tereshchenko Mansion to community ownership, with descendants of the Tereshchenko family, Kyiv prosecutor's office, and Kyiv City Council defending the property from developers.
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π₯UAF conducted three separate HIMARS strikes on ammunition dumps at the Chernobaivka airfield outside Kherson.
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π₯Russian forces conducted a
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π₯Suburbs of Zaporizhzhia city, suffered heavy shelling destroying housing.
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February 10, 2023 82 events π₯ 2 ποΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
ποΈZaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was taken offline after artillery fire damaged power transmission lines, cutting electricity to large portions of the grid including Kherson.
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π₯Russian forces launched a renewed series of long-range missile strikes against Ukraine's power grid and civilian infrastructure, with at least 40 cruise missiles fired in two waves from multiple directions.
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π₯Ukrainian artillery destroyed a Russian BMPT Terminator infantry fighting vehicle in the Kreminne sector using an M982 155mm precision-guided shell, marking the first time Russia lost this advanced vehicle in combat.
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βοΈThe Prosecutor General served a notice of suspicion of high treason on Oleh Voloshyn, a member of parliament from the banned Opposition Platform β For Life party, for spreading Russian propaganda narratives during 2020-2021.
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π€Moody's downgraded Ukraine's debt rating from Caa3 to Ca, indicating a near-default state, while shifting the outlook from negative to stable.
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February 11, 2023 147 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 2 βΈ
π₯The 25th Airborne Brigade allegedly destroyed a Russian ammunition dump near Makievka using artillery.
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π₯Ukrainian artillery struck Donetsk city, reportedly causing injuries and damaging five districts.
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π₯Azov SSO infantry advanced slowly through rolling farm fields, clearing woodlines meter by meter using drone reconnaissance and artillery support to eliminate Russian outposts and ambush positions.
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π‘οΈUkrainian 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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π‘οΈUkrainian 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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February 12, 2023 33 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 2 π 1 βΈ
πThe 155th Naval Infantry Brigade lost 36 tanks, 130 armored vehicles, and at least half its soldiers (approximately 1,000 men) during attacks on Vuhledar.
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π₯One rocket strike and one missile strike occurred in Mykolaiv, with local patrol police responding to the attacks.
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π₯HIMARS strike hit a Russian military target in Nova Kakhovka, causing devastating and evenly-spread explosive damage.
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π‘οΈRussian military recruiters are reportedly operating in Tajikistan attempting to recruit individuals to join the Russian army on contract.
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π‘οΈThe Russian 126th Coastal Defense Brigade reportedly turned back two strong Ukrainian reconnaissance-in-force attacks at Duchany, Ischenko, and Pyatikhatka.
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February 13, 2023 84 events π 2 ποΈ 1 π€ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
ποΈSecondary market trade volume decreased sharply to UAH3.5bn, with UAH1.8bn in resale of "reserve" bonds after auction and UAH1.4bn in trades of bills maturing 2025-2026.
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π€Ukraine plans to replace Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov after the NATO defense chiefs meeting in Brussels on Feb. 14, 2023, with debate ongoing about whether his successor should be a military officer or civilian.
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π₯Ukrainian artillery destroyed a Russian Terminator infantry fighting vehicle in the Kreminna sector using a guided 155mm howitzer shell.
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πRF-controlled media claimed that UAF 68th infantry-jaeger, 66th mechanized, and 56th motorized infantry brigades were demolished attempting to advance, losing over 600 personnel.
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πRF-controlled media claimed the UAF 93rd Mechanized Brigade lost over 50% of the personnel of its 20th battalion attempting to advance on Artemovsk.
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February 14, 2023 62 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian artillery or HIMARS struck the Akhtamar hotel near Volnovakha, which was occupied by Russian or Chechen forces.
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π₯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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π€The European Union added Russia to its tax haven blacklist, citing Russia's 2022 tax legislation that failed to address concerns about opaque treatment of international holding companies' tax affairs, and noting that dialogue with Russia on taxation matters halted following Russian aggression against Ukraine.
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π₯Serhiy Hryhorchak led a combat mission where his unit occupied a two-story building and he personally engaged and killed Russian invaders on the second floor using his machine gun.
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π¦Norway's government announced it will donate eight Leopard 2 tanks and up to four support vehicles to Ukraine, fulfilling a previous commitment.
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February 15, 2023 98 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π 1 βΈ
π₯Russian artillery struck villages around Vuhledar and the town of Kurahove.
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βοΈUkrainian counterattack in the vicinity of Opytne was reportedly thrown back by Russian forces, with conflicting reports of ongoing street fighting.
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βοΈSix more flying objects with angled reflectors of radio waves were detected over Kyiv region, prompting air defense to respond.
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πThe UN reported that over 7,000 civilians were killed in Ukraine in the first year of the full-scale invasion, with around 12,000 injured.
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π₯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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February 16, 2023 62 events π₯ 3 π’ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π’Commander Madyar stated that the city of Bakhmut will hold.
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π₯Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian BMP3 infantry fighting vehicle that had approached the city.
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π₯Russia launched a missile attack firing 32 missiles at cities across Ukraine, including central regions (Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovograd), northern and western areas, hitting an industrial site in Lviv near the Polish border.
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π₯Azerbaijani President Aliyev said Russia deliberately hit Azerbaijan's embassy in Kyiv during three separate Russian attacks in 2025, which he said could not be dismissed as collateral damage.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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February 17, 2023 55 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π’Professor Stefan Wolff provides an analytical overview of the Russia-Ukraine war on its first anniversary, stating that Ukraine has proven more resilient than expected, having stopped Russian advances and recaptured territories.
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π₯Russian forces increased offensive operations and are attempting to gain ground in Marynka.
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π₯Continued back-and-forth fighting around Kreminne with no major changes in territorial control.
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βοΈUkrainian 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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π€The United States and G7 allies announced plans for a major new package of sanctions against Russia to be implemented around February 24, the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions will target technology exports to Russia's defense industry, individuals, expand banking restrictions, and crack down on sanctions evasion in third countries.
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February 18, 2023 32 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯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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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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π₯Russian forces conducted a missile strike targeting Ukrainian infrastructure.
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π₯Russian forces continued offensive operations northwest of Svatove and in Kreminna area.
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π₯Russian forces continued offensive operations around Bakhmut, along western outskirts of Donetsk City, and in western Donetsk Oblast.
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February 19, 2023 19 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna, near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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π₯Russian shelling killed three adult members of a family (father, mother and uncle) in the village of Burgunka, Kherson region.
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π₯Russian offensive operations in Luhansk Oblast are underway with Russia likely lacking sufficient reserves to dramatically increase scale.
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π‘οΈThe Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the formal integration of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic militias into the Russian Armed Forces.
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π€French President Emmanuel Macron stated in an interview that he wants Russia to be defeated in its war with Ukraine but not "crushed", and that France does not support taking the fight to Russian soil.
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February 20, 2023 23 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
βοΈRussia conducted a test of its SARMAT intercontinental ballistic missile that appears to have failed, according to U.S. officials.
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π€US President Joe Biden visited Kyiv during wartime to demonstrate American support for Ukraine.
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π₯Russia conducted a failed test of the Sarmat missile during US President Joe Biden's visit to Kyiv.
π₯Russian forces continued offensive operations around Vuhledar, Kremina, and Bakhmut with high casualties reported.
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π₯Russian offensive operations ongoing around Kremina.
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February 21, 2023 42 events π₯ 3 π 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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πRussian military casualties are distributed unevenly across regions, with Moscow and St. Petersburg relatively unscathed while Eastern regions see death rates 30+ times higher as a percentage of population.
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π₯Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to systematically continue Moscow's offensive in Ukraine.
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π₯Russian forces shelled Kherson city using Grad missile systems, causing approximately 20 explosions.
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βοΈBelgium launched an investigation after a suspected Russian spy ship was spotted off its North Sea coast in November 2022, potentially surveying key energy and communications links.
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February 22, 2023 46 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 βοΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Continued strikes on Mariupol resulted in 11 explosions reported across the city.
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π’UN experts stated that Russian destruction of Ukraine's cultural sites could amount to an attempt to erase Ukrainians' right to their identity, calling it a deliberate campaign of destruction.
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π₯Russian forces targeted Kharkiv with S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems on February 22, 2023.
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βοΈA US MQ-9 surveillance drone was intercepted by Russian aircraft on February 22, with Russian jets coming within 100 feet of the drone.
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β‘οΈKing Charles III visited Ukrainian military recruits undertaking training in the United Kingdom.
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February 23, 2023 54 events π§ 1 β‘οΈ 1 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 +1 βΈ
π§Meta reported that Russia has shifted to spammer-style influence operations, using thousands of fake accounts to hijack online conversations about the Ukraine war and creating bogus news outlet websites at similar addresses.
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β‘οΈRussia moved unmarked military convoys near the Chernihiv region border, possibly to stage provocations ahead of the full-scale invasion anniversary.
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π₯Three explosions struck Mariupol during daylight, with two hitting the Ilych steel factory area and one near the airport.
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βοΈRussian special services are sending tens of thousands of anti-mobilization messages via Telegram to Ukrainian phone numbers, urging recipients to refuse mobilization. Ukrainian intelligence has identified over 40 fake accounts sending these messages.
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π’Putin delivered a video address on Defender of the Fatherland Day, calling Russia's military a guarantor of national stability and promising to strengthen defense capabilities through increased arms production.
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February 24, 2023 112 events π€ 3 βοΈ 1 π΄ 1 βΈ
π€China released a 12-point position paper on the Ukraine conflict, reiterating its stance calling for peace negotiations and neutrality while urging respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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βοΈElements of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade counterattacked to clear Russian infantry from the south-west suburbs.
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π€China's position paper criticized Western sanctions on Russia as counterproductive and called for abandoning Cold War mentality, in a veiled criticism of NATO while affirming legitimate security interests of all countries.
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π€China announced it would roll out its peace plan for Ukraine on February 24, the anniversary of Russia's invasion.
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π΄Wagner Group forces recaptured several blocks in southern Bakhmut following complaints by Prigozhin about ammunition shortages earlier in the week.
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February 25, 2023 50 events π₯ 2 π΄ 1 π’ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π΄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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π’Ukrainian soldier Serhiy Volkov in Donetsk mocked Putin's order to capture the Donbas by March, questioning which year this would happen, stating Russian forces lack resources for a major offensive.
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β‘οΈGeneral Syrsky, ground forces commander, visited Bakhmut to assess the situation following the dismissal of General Moskalev.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged a Russian oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna, near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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February 26, 2023 21 events π₯ 2 π§ 1 βοΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π§Belarusian partisans disabled a Russian A-50 aircraft at the Machulishchy airbase in February 2023.
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π₯Two kamikaze drones detonated on a Russian A-50U AWACS aircraft at Machulishchy Air Base, scorching paintwork and weakening support structure, forcing the Russian air force to ground the aircraft for 48 hours for repairs.
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π₯Russia claimed to have taken several villages near Bakhmut in recent weeks, making the fighting increasingly difficult for Ukraine.
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βοΈUkrainian armor-infantry teams launched local counterattacks against Russian forces in the northern Bakhmut suburb villages of Yahidne and Berkivka.
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π‘οΈThe Institute for the Study of War assessed that Russia likely began running out of combat-ready forces by late May 2022.
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February 27, 2023 40 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Russia launched 14 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones overnight, triggering a five-hour air raid alert across Ukraine.
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π₯One of the Russian drones struck buildings in Khmelnytskyi, killing an emergency services worker.
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π₯Mysterious explosions occurred near Mariupol over recent weeks, targeting an ammo cache at the airport, two fuel depots, and a steel works used as a Russian military base.
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π₯Russian drone attack on Kyiv lasted five and a half hours as drones were launched in two waves to exhaust Ukrainian air defense.
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π₯A suspected Ukrainian long-range drone penetrated Russian airspace near St. Petersburg, triggering air raid warnings and grounding civilian flights before crashing near a gas condensation plant southeast of Moscow.
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February 28, 2023 59 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π‘οΈUkraine survived severe Russian attacks on energy infrastructure during January and February 2023, overcoming widespread power outages and blackout threats.
βοΈDonetsk People's Republic Head Denis Pushilin claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin issued guidance on increasing checkpoint capacity to facilitate movement between occupied Donetsk Oblast and Rostov Oblast.
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ποΈARC 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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π₯A Ukraine-manufactured UJ-22 Airborne drone crashed near the village of Gubastovo in Russia's central Kolomensky region, southeast of Moscow, ten meters from the gas compressor station Voskresensk.
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π€In February 2023, Vladimir Putin announced Russia's suspension of participation in the New START treaty.
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π₯The Conflict Observatory (US Department of State-funded project of Yale University School of Public Health) published a report assessing Russia's systemic program for the separation of Ukrainian children from their parents, examining forcible deportations, re-education, and subsequent adoption by Russian parents.
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π₯The Conflict Observatory report estimated that Russia had forcibly abducted at least 6,000 Ukrainian children between the ages of four months and 17 years.
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π₯The Conflict Observatory report identified 43 camps in Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea established to put Ukrainian children through Russian patriotism programs.
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π₯Humanitarian worker Pete Reed was killed in Bakhmut in early February 2023.
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March 2023 (1,591 events)
March 1, 2023 41 events π₯ 4 π¦ 1 βΈ
π₯The battle for Bakhmut in the Donetsk region became a grinding and costly engagement.
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π¦Poland delivered 10 Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, fulfilling its promise of 14 total tanks.
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π₯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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π₯Explosions struck military targets near the villages Razdolne and Gvardeyske in Crimea.
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π₯Explosions struck Russian military infrastructure in Belgorod, Rostov and Kursk.
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βοΈIn late March, the Shevchenkiv District Court of Kyiv ordered 24-hour house arrest for Metropolitan Pavel after he was searched by the Security Service of Ukraine and accused of supporting Russian aggression and inciting national and religious enmity.
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March 1, 2023 229 events βοΈ 2 π€ 1 π‘οΈ 1 π 1 βΈ
π€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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π‘οΈUkrainian forces appear to be holding positions near Opytne south of Bakhmut, though firepower dominance in the sector remains unclear.
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βοΈThe 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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βοΈSwiss prosecutors charged four bankers at Gazprombank's Swiss branch with helping hide tens of millions of Swiss francs belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin through accounts for his daughter\'s godfather Sergei Roldugin.
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πVideo emerged showing a Ukrainian soldier whose flak vest stopped a 30mm autocannon round, demonstrating individual protective equipment effectiveness.
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March 2, 2023 52 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π€Russian lawmakers approved legislation criminalizing criticism of mercenaries (including Wagner fighters), with penalties of up to 15 years in prison for spreading 'false information' and up to 7 years for 'discrediting' volunteers.
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π₯Up to ten companies from the USA, South Korea, EU, Israel and China are suspected of selling satellite images to Russia for targeting Ukrainian critical infrastructure, violating US/EU sanctions.
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π₯Ukrainian drones conducted regular attacks on Russian regions far from the frontline, including Tula, Kaluga, and Moscow regions.
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π₯Children's chess coach Oleksii Druzhynets was killed while defending his town of Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia region from invading Russian forces.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged a Russian oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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March 3, 2023 42 events π₯ 3 β‘οΈ 2 βΈ
π₯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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π₯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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β‘οΈUkrainian vlogger Madyar reported his unit was being withdrawn from Bakhmut after 110 days on the line.
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β‘οΈGeneral Oleksandr Syrsky visited Bakhmut on Friday, his second visit in less than a week, with official photos released confirming the phased defense is a planned operation.
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π₯Two more bodies were found in the rubble on Friday morning, bringing the death toll to 5.
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March 4, 2023 45 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 2 βΈ
π‘οΈUkrainian forces are constructing a new defensive line along the Rai-Aleksandrovka-Chasov Yar axis west of Bakhmut.
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π₯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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π‘οΈRussian 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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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian forces struck the Belbek airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea with an unknown airborne weapon.
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March 5, 2023 13 events π‘οΈ 3 π€ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π€Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola in Lviv to discuss Ukraine's EU accession process, the peace formula, and European integration.
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π₯Russian soldiers shot and killed Mykhailo Kovalenko, 62, at a checkpoint on Yablunska Street in Bucha after he got out of his vehicle with his hands up to present himself.
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π‘οΈUkraine repelled more than 130 Russian attacks over the past day in multiple directions including Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut and Avdiivka.
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π‘οΈUkrainian forces are likely conducting a limited tactical withdrawal in Bakhmut, though it's too early to assess if they'll completely withdraw from the city.
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π‘οΈThe Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on March 5 that Kyiv's military leadership was debating whether to order a phased withdrawal from forward positions in Bakhmut.
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March 6, 2023 52 events π₯ 3 π 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π42-year-old Oleksandr Matsievsky, a sniper with the 163rd battalion of territorial defence in Chernihiv region, was executed by Russian forces after saying 'Slava Ukraini'. The execution video went viral on March 6, 2023.
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π₯Russia launched a wave of 15 Shahed-136 drones against Kyiv, with Ukrainian air defense shooting down 13 of them. No casualties were reported.
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π₯The British Defense Ministry reported that disagreements between Wagner Group and Russian Ministry of Defense over munitions allocation highlight the difficulty in sustaining high levels of personnel and ammunition required to advance with their current tactics.
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π₯Russian soldiers shot and killed Mykhailo Romaniuk, 58, on Yablunska Street in Bucha while he was accompanying his niece's boyfriend to visit the younger man's wounded father at a hospital.
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π‘οΈThe 155th Brigade, now largely conscript-based with negligible combat effectiveness, is participating in the Russian assault on Vuhledar.
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March 7, 2023 50 events π₯ 3 π’ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π’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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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in Volna, a village near Moscow-annexed Crimea in Krasnodar Krai.
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π₯The British Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian defense in Bakhmut continues to degrade forces on both sides, with Russian advances into the north of the town over the weekend.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck the Belbek airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea with an unknown airborne weapon, causing a series of explosions.
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π₯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.
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March 8, 2023 54 events β‘οΈ 1 π§ 1 π₯ 1 π¦ 1 +1 βΈ
β‘οΈColonel 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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π§US officials have seen new intelligence indicating a 'pro-Ukrainian group' was behind the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, though no evidence implicates Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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π₯Russian forces have fitted tanks with overhead cages, additional armor and wooden logs to protect against Ukrainian Javelin, N-LAW and drone anti-tank weapons.
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π¦Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov requested urgent delivery of 155mm artillery shells and air defense equipment from EU partners, stating Ukraine needs 'munitions, munitions, and more munitions'.
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π‘οΈUkraine fitted Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) to older tanks to protect them against newer generations of anti-tank weapons.
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March 9, 2023 43 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia launched a massive overnight missile attack on Ukraine, firing 81 missiles of which 34 were shot down by Ukrainian air defense.
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π‘οΈUkrainian soldier with call sign 'Stone' stated that there has been no order to withdraw from Bakhmut and Ukrainian forces are still repelling Russian attacks, despite being outnumbered 10 or 12 to 1.
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π€Ukrainian rights group Truth Hounds was awarded Norway's Sakharov Freedom Award for their work documenting war crimes and potential crimes against humanity in Ukraine.
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π₯Russian forces struck a maternity ward in Vilnyansk.
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π₯Russia responded to an alleged raid in Bryansk Oblast by firing over 80 missiles including six Kinzhal hypersonic missiles towards Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv regions.
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March 10, 2023 63 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π‘οΈAndriy Yermak stated that Ukraine is holding the line in Bakhmut despite difficult fighting conditions, contradicting NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg's expectation that the city would fall soon.
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π€Russia and the United Nations held talks in Geneva on renewing the Ukraine grain export deal (Black Sea Grain Initiative), with UN officials stating that millions of lives depend on its extension.
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π₯Ukrainian forces previously used JDAM guided bombs on a building in Bakhmut, with Russian sources calling it a test run for deploying the weapon from Soviet-made aircraft.
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π₯Russia launched a mass missile attack against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, resulting in 6 deaths and widespread damage to power and water systems.
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π₯Russia launched an unusually large number of hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles in a major wave of long-range strikes, the first since February 16, 2023 and likely one of the largest since December 2022.
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March 11, 2023 26 events π₯ 3 π¦ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces shelled Kherson city, killing three civilians and wounding two others when a car was hit by a shell and caught fire.
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π₯Wagner Group forces have taken control of most of the eastern part of Bakhmut over the past four days, with the Bakhmutka River now marking the front line in the town centre.
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π¦Iran finalized a deal to purchase Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, according to state media reports.
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π₯Rising gymnastics star Kateryna Diachenko was killed when a missile hit her home in Mariupol, also killing her entire family.
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π‘οΈRussian forces did not make any confirmed advances within Bakhmut on March 11, 2023.
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March 12, 2023 25 events π₯ 3 π 1 π€ 1 βΈ
πUkrainian forces eliminated more than 1,100 Russian fighters near Bakhmut in one week, with at least 1,500 more seriously wounded and unable to fight.
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π€Swiss President Alain Berset defended Switzerland's ban on transferring Swiss-made arms to Ukraine, stating the policy is based on commitment to peace, humanitarian law, and mediation.
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π₯A Grom-E1 missile struck the north-western district of occupied Donetsk.
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π₯Russian forces shelled Kherson, killing three people and wounding two others
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π₯Russian forces conducted an air attack in the Kuibyshevsky district using a winged FAB-500M-62 bomb, with an unexploded bomb and damaged wing module recovered.
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March 13, 2023 39 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 2 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Ongoing combat operations including shooting continue along the Slovyansk-Kramatorsk-Bakhmut line.
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π₯Russian forces launched 93 attacks on the Kherson region, firing 412 shells from heavy artillery and Grad systems.
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βοΈUAF MiG-29 observed flying above the Kyiv-Kharkiv highway.
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βοΈThe closed-door trial of Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza began in Russia on charges including treason for comments critical of the Kremlin. He faces up to 25 years in prison.
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βοΈPetro Vovchuk, former chairman of the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine (SFGCU), was extradited from Lithuania to Ukraine on March 13, 2023.
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March 14, 2023 39 events π₯ 1 π¦ 1 βοΈ 1 π΄ 1 +1 βΈ
π₯Russian artillery ammunition shortages have worsened, with extremely punitive shell-rationing in force on many parts of the front, preventing Russian formations from generating operationally significant offensive action.
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π¦55 Ukrainian soldiers completed a four-week training course in Spain on Leopard 2 tanks and will fly to Poland before returning to Ukraine.
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βοΈA 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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π΄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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β‘οΈReporter observed Ukrainian military traffic including supply trucks and armored vehicles moving from Chasiv Yar toward Bakhmut along supply roads within range of Russian artillery fire.
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March 15, 2023 51 events βοΈ 2 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
βοΈThe 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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π₯Ukraine accused two Russian soldiers of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl and gang raping her mother at gunpoint during the invasion.
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π¦Germany delivered 18 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine; the tanks are ready for frontline deployment following completion of Ukrainian crew training.
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βοΈUkrainian forces shot down a Russian Su-24 warplane near Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast.
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βοΈA Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea on March 15.
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March 16, 2023 53 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈUN Commission of Inquiry released its first report finding that Russia's forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children constitutes a war crime, with possible crimes against humanity
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π₯An ammunition dump in the Mariupol region exploded at several locations on the same day as the Rostov incident.
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π₯UN Commission of Inquiry found that Russia committed widespread attacks on civilians and infrastructure, killings, torture, rape and other sexual violence constituting war crimes
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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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March 17, 2023 56 events π€ 3 π₯ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
π€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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π€Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a state visit to Russia from March 20-22 to discuss sanctions evasion schemes and Chinese interest in mediating a negotiated settlement to the war in Ukraine.
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π€The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, accused of deporting Ukrainian children.
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π₯Russian forces conducted offensive operations in and around Bakhmut, with Ukrainian forces repelling Russian assaults near Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Ivanivske, and Klishchiivka.
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π¦Slovakia approved the transfer of 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine.
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March 18, 2023 29 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 π 1 βΈ
π€Ukraine secured a procedural victory in London High Court regarding the $3 billion 'Yanukovych Debt' case, with the court deciding the case should go to a full trial in open session rather than an expedited procedure.
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π22-year-old Karel Kucera was killed in action near Bakhmut on March 18, 2023 while fighting as part of Ukraine's International Legion.
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π₯Three Shahed-136 drones struck non-residential premises in Yavoriv district, Lviv region, with three others shot down.
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π₯Two drones struck a critical infrastructure facility in Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk region, causing a fire and significant damage.
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π₯Russian forces targeted Ukraine with 16 Shahed-136 drones overnight on March 17-18.
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March 19, 2023 31 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈUkrainian 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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π₯Ukrainian forces fired eight HIMARS rockets at targets around Nova Kakhovka, causing large fires at a potential river crossing site.
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π₯The Armed Kit Foundation vehicle was shelled with a mortar during a trip towards Lysychansk in Luhansk Oblast.
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π₯A shell hit the building where Oleksandr Dubok and his team were staying overnight.
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π₯Russian shelling killed three people and injured two others in the village of Kamianske in Zaporizhzhia region.
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March 20, 2023 44 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
π€Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, marking Xi's first visit since the war began.
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π₯Russia launched a missile attack on Kramatorsk overnight and shelled Avdiivka with artillery and Grad multiple rocket launchers.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged a Russian oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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π₯A chain of blasts hit railroad infrastructure and military installations in Dzhankoi, Crimea. Ukrainian forces claimed responsibility for the strike.
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π¦EU foreign ministers agreed on a two-billion-euro plan to provide Ukraine with one million artillery shells over 12 months, sourcing from EU member state arsenals and through joint procurement.
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March 21, 2023 32 events π₯ 2 π€ 1 π§ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π€NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urged China to take into account Ukraine's conditions for peace with Russia during Xi's visit to Moscow.
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π₯Russian forces launched an overnight drone attack on the Kyiv region using Iranian-made Shahed drones, resulting in three civilian deaths and seven injuries.
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π§Ukrainian forces struck a major rail intersection in Dzhankoi, reportedly rendering it non-operational.
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π₯Russian forces made marginal gains in and around Bakhmut amid a reported increase in the tempo of Russian operations around Avdiivka.
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βοΈFifteen children returned to Ukraine from Russia on March 21, but none were returned through any agreement with the Russian side.
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March 22, 2023 41 events π₯ 3 β‘οΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
β‘οΈUkrainian forces conducted a drone attack against Sevastopol.
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π₯At least two, possibly six, Russian long-range missiles hit an apartment building in Zaporizhia.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna, near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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π‘οΈRussian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced plans to modernize anti-missile defense systems in Moscow, including equipping units with new S-350 air-to-ground missile systems.
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π₯A Shahed drone struck a dormitory in Rzhyshchiv, killing 9 civilians.
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March 23, 2023 43 events π₯ 2 β‘οΈ 2 π€ 1 βΈ
π€Kyiv formally requested Finland to consider transferring F-18 Hornet fighter jets.
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π₯Russian drone attack on the town of Rzhyshchiv in Kyiv Region resulted in 9 deaths, with search and rescue operations now completed.
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π₯Russian forces partially regained control over immediate approaches to Kreminna town in northern Luhansk Oblast, making gains of up to several kilometers.
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β‘οΈGeneral Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the front line in the Posady-Pokrovsk sector (Kherson sector).
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β‘οΈRussian forces conducted troop rotation in Nova Kakhovka, initially mistaken for abandonment by Ukrainian sources.
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March 24, 2023 46 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces conducted a strike against Beryslav with guided aerial bombs.
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π‘οΈUkrainian soldiers reported that Russian attacks have decreased in intensity near Kreminna and Bakhmut, while continuing to ramp up around Vuhledar. They also mentioned recapturing a village near Kreminna that the Russians had taken.
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βοΈSBU uncovered a corruption scheme in Odesa where officials extorted bribes from grain exporters under the grain deal, with one intermediary detained with nearly 400,000 Hr ($11,000) and officials demanding $0.40 per ton of exported grain.
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π₯A Ukrainian soldier was killed when his vehicle hit a Russian mine during an evacuation mission. The soldier's friend and platoon commander, both 24 years old, were also killed in the incident.
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π₯Ukrainian forces captured a Russian subversive group of locals, including a 15-year-old girl who was the group's commander. The group had killed many Ukrainian soldiers.
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March 25, 2023 32 events π‘οΈ 3 π’ 2 βΈ
π’1+1 television reported Russian forces have little artillery ammunition in the Bakhmut sector while Ukrainians are conserving theirs.
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π‘οΈTensions between the Russian Ministry of Defense and Wagner Group have likely worsened Russia's operational situation in Bakhmut.
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π‘οΈRussia has likely shifted its operational focus to the Kremina-Svatove sector in the north, areas where Russia likely only aspires to stabilise its front line.
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π‘οΈRussia appears to have returned to a more defensive operational design after inconclusive results from its attempts to conduct a general offensive since January 2023.
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π’Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admitted in an interview that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not yet ready to launch a major counteroffensive due to shortage of military support, stating they cannot start without tanks, artillery, and long-range rockets.
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March 26, 2023 50 events π’ 3 π₯ 2 βΈ
π₯Russian unit reported shooting up a Ukrainian probe consisting mostly of pickup trucks and BTRs.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck three Russian force concentration areas in east bank Kherson Oblast.
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π’Igor Girkin wrote that attacks around Marynka are going badly and criticized Russian generals as 'idiots' burying soldiers.
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π’Yevgeny Prigozhin posted video stating Wagner will continue fighting in Bakhmut and denied Bloomberg reports of being sidelined.
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π’President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine's spring counteroffensive cannot begin until western allies provide more weapons and ammunition, specifically tanks, artillery, and HIMARS systems.
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March 27, 2023 58 events π₯ 3 π¦ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian S-300 missile strike hit near a kindergarten killing two civilians and injuring 36.
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π¦Ukrainian tank crews completed training on UK-donated Challenger 2 tanks in Britain and returned home to continue fighting against Russia's invasion.
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βοΈSBU uncovered a corruption scheme where Odesa officials from the State Service of Food Safety and Consumer Protection extorted bribes from grain exporters under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, demanding $0.40 per ton of exported grain.
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π₯Dzhankoe hit again, probably by long-range drones targeting railroad infrastructure and rolling stock.
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π₯Car bomb injured local police senior officer Mikhail Moskvin, identified by Ukrainians as a collaborator.
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March 28, 2023 57 events π₯ 3 π’ 2 βΈ
π’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.
π’Ukrainian lawmaker Fedir Venislavsky stated that additional mobilization is not expected in Ukraine, even if Russia deploys tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. He noted that the General Staff will determine mobilization needs based on military requirements, such as for a counteroffensive, but the potential transfer of nuclear weapons to Belarus would not be the reason for additional mobilization.
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π₯Russian forces continued attempts to encircle the Donetsk Oblast town of Avdiivka, making only marginal progress at the cost of heavy losses in armored vehicles.
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π₯Russia launched an overnight kamikaze drone attack against Ukrainian cities, with 14 out of 15 Shahed-136/131 drones shot down.
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π₯One civilian was injured by a Russian guided bomb in Sumy region.
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March 29, 2023 33 events π’ 2 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈUkraine's Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced that Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive during April-May 2023, attacking Russian forces in several directions at once. He mentioned that Leopard tanks will be used in the counterattack as planned by the General Staff.
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π€The United States announced support for a special international tribunal to try Russia for the crime of aggression related to Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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π’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.
π’Metropolitan Pavel of the UOC-MP issued a video address threatening President Zelensky and Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko, warning of divine retribution for the eviction notice at Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
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π₯Ukrainian long-range munitions struck the Russia-occupied city of Melitopol, hitting the city's locomotive depot at the rail switching station. Eight to ten explosions were reported at 5:30 AM.
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March 30, 2023 34 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Russian forces on the occupied left bank of Kherson oblast launched 54 artillery attacks using 319 shells from mortars, MLRS, artillery, tanks and drones, striking five residential districts.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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π₯Russia launched ten Shahed-136/kamikaze drones at Ukrainian cities, with nine being shot down by air defenses. No casualties reported.
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π₯Wagner Group and conventional Russian forces have likely lost substantial manpower in the Bakhmut area, constraining Russia's offensive.
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π₯One civilian was killed and two more were injured by Russia shelling of Huliaypole, Zaporizhzhia region.
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March 31, 2023 83 events π‘οΈ 2 π’ 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π’Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, stated that Ukraine will not use force to evict pro-Moscow clergy from the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and that all actions will follow legal procedures.
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π‘οΈConflicting 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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π‘οΈRussian 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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βοΈRFE/RL faced internal backlash after management announced the hiring of journalist Ilya Klishin, who previously wrote an article defending Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea.
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π€The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided that Ukrainian athletes will boycott the 2024 Olympics tournaments if Russian or Belarusian representatives participate, responding to IOC rules allowing neutral status for athletes from Russia and Belarus.
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π€Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Moscow for three days at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin to discuss deepening Russian-Chinese cooperation.
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π§Pro-Ukrainian hacker group Cyber Resistance hacked Sergey Morgachev, a Russian military intelligence Lieutenant Colonel and alleged mastermind behind Fancy Bear (APT 28), leaking his passport, car registration, driver's license, personal photos, and legal documents.
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π§Pro-Ukrainian hackers used Sergey Morgachev's AliExpress account to order sex toys, FBI memorabilia, and gay pride paraphernalia, with the items successfully shipped before he became aware of the hack.
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π€Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin a month after China released its peace plan for Ukraine.
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April 2023 (1,809 events)
April 1, 2023 25 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯A Russian glide bomb misfired and created a massive crater in downtown Belgorod.
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π₯An explosion at a cafe in Saint Petersburg killed prominent pro-Kremlin military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and injured 25 others.
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π₯Russian occupiers committed 6,139 war crimes in April alone, resulting in the death of 207 Ukrainian civilians including 11 children.
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βοΈProsecutor General's Office sent an indictment to court against Stanislav Stenin, company commander of the 106th Airborne Division, for ordering the shooting of a convoy with 'Children' and 'Evacuation' inscriptions in Irpen.
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β‘οΈAfter his release from detention, Efremov traveled to New York and lived homeless for two weeks, sleeping on park benches and in the subway.
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April 1, 2023 248 events π₯ 2 π€ 1 π§ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian forces have routinely struck Crimea with US-provided ATACMS and UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles since April 2023.π€Finland officially joined NATO in April 2023, abandoning its previous policy of military non-alignment.
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π§Russian hacking group APT29 (Cozy Bear) intercepted a legitimate email advertisement for a used BMW car being sold by a Polish diplomat in Kyiv, embedded malicious software into the attachment, and sent it to 22 foreign embassies in Kyiv.
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π₯Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks along the Svatove-Kreminna line, including unsuccessful offensive operations near Kreminna, Chervonopopivka, Makiivka, Dibrova, Hryhorivka, Bilohorivka, and Verkhnokamyanske.
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π¦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.
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April 2, 2023 44 events π₯ 2 π§ 1 π₯ 1 π 1 βΈ
π§A bomb explosion occurred in a St Petersburg cafe, killing prominent military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and injuring around two dozen people.
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π₯Ukrainian-born Vladlen Tatarsky, a Kremlin propagandist, was killed by an explosive-filled statuette in a St. Petersburg cafΓ©.
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π₯An explosion in a cafΓ© in St Petersburg injured 42 people.
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π₯Vladlen Tatarsky, a prominent pro-Kremlin military blogger, was killed in an explosion at a cafe in Saint Petersburg.
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πRussia has suffered up to 200,000 casualties since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with a significant minority due to non-combat causes.
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April 3, 2023 40 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
π€German Economy and Energy Minister Robert Habeck made a surprise visit to Kyiv on April 3, 2023, to discuss Ukraine's post-war reconstruction and signal German support for Ukraine's victory and rebuilding.
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π₯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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π¦German arms firm Rheinmetall announced it would open a maintenance center in Romania near Satu Mare to service Western combat systems used by Ukraine, including Leopard 2 tanks, Marder IFVs, and self-propelled howitzers.
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π₯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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π₯Russian troops hit Bilopillia, Sumy region with mortars and automatic grenade launchers.
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April 4, 2023 79 events π¦ 2 π€ 1 π’ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π¦The United States announced $2.6 billion in military aid for April, consisting primarily of ammunition including Patriot missile reloads.
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π¦Russia announced it has provided Belarus with Iskander-M missile systems that can be fitted with nuclear warheads, along with training for Belarusian personnel.
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π€Finland joined NATO, expanding the alliance's border with Russia.
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π’Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a video address on April 4, 2023, discussing military operations, supply of ammunition, and international support.
β‘οΈA Boeing 737-800 aircraft badged to Ukrainian airline SkyUp evacuated its last plane from Boryspil, turning off transmitters until reaching Chernivtsi and tracking to Iasi, Romania.
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April 5, 2023 52 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈThe State Bureau of Investigations completed a criminal investigation into Oleg Kulinich, former Head of the SBU Main Department in Crimea, for treasonous actions including withholding intelligence on Russia's invasion plans and distributing arms to unauthorized persons during the war.
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βοΈRussian forces advanced in Avdievka but were pushed back by Ukrainian artillery strikes on the lost positions.
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βοΈTwo UAF brigades claimed to have retaken positions and captured prisoners in Bakhmut.
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π₯Isolated reports of Ukrainian Armed Forces conducting probing attacks in sectors outside of Bakhmut.
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π₯Civilian objects in Beryslav and Antonivka, Kherson region hit with MLRS, artillery, mortars, UAVs and air-launched weapons, four injured.
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April 6, 2023 38 events π₯ 2 π§ 1 π¦ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π§Classified US and NATO documents regarding Ukraine's military buildup before its counteroffensive were leaked to Twitter and Telegram, with the documents containing information on arms supply schedules, troop numbers, and ammunition costs.
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π₯Ukrainian forces used Excalibur artillery shells to strike Russian positions on the western bank of the Dnipro River, destroying multiple Russian weapons systems.
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π¦The U.S. provided M982 Excalibur 155mm extended-range guided artillery shells to Ukraine, which were used against Russian forces attacking Mykolaiv.
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π€French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing to discuss China's role in ending the Ukraine conflict.
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π₯Ukrainian aviation conducted six strikes on areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of Russian occupiers.
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April 7, 2023 58 events π’ 2 π€ 1 π₯ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π€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.
π’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.
π₯Ukrainian fighters shot down a Chinese drone equipped with an improvised explosive device in the Bakhmut direction.
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π‘οΈRussian 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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π’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.
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April 8, 2023 102 events π₯ 2 π€ 1 ποΈ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π€French President Emmanuel Macron visited China for diplomatic talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping regarding the Russia-Ukraine war.
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ποΈSince the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russian forces have fired approximately 4,750 missiles at Ukraine, costing an estimated $16 billion.
π₯31 Ukrainian children who were deported by Russia returned to Ukraine on April 8, marking the 5th rescue mission by Save Ukraine.
π₯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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π₯Russians shelled seven communities in the Sumy region, specifically Bilopilska, Khotynska, Velykopysarivska, and Myropilska communities, resulting in 79 attacks.
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April 9, 2023 61 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 1 ποΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π‘οΈThe 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.
ποΈRussian forces partially destroyed the forest fund of Luhansk region over 26,000 hectares, causing over 180 billion hryvnias in damage.
π₯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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π₯Russian missiles struck a residential building in Zaporizhzhia, killing a 50-year-old man and his 11-year-old daughter. The girl's mother (46) was rescued from the rubble, while her elder daughter was not at home.
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βοΈThe US Department of Justice began an investigation into leaked US documents related to Ukraine that had spread across the internet, including Twitter, Telegram and Discord.
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April 10, 2023 41 events π¦ 2 π’ 1 π 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π’StopFake reported that Russian media outlets falsely claimed the US gave permission to Ukraine to conduct attacks against new regions of Russia, misquoting John Kirby's statements from an April 5 CNN interview.
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π¦Acting Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen announced at a joint briefing with Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov that Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands plan to deliver approximately 100 Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine, with deliveries expected to begin by summer 2023.
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π¦Ukraine and Russia conducted a prisoner exchange, returning approximately 100 soldiers each.
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πA video apparently showing the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner of war by a Russian-speaking attacker surfaced last week, sparking international outrage and comparisons to Islamic State tactics.
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βοΈDaria Herasimchuk, advisor to the President's representative on children's rights and rehabilitation, reported that Ukrainian children deported by Russia who returned to Ukraine described being beaten and punished for refusing to sing the Russian anthem, refusing to stand up for the Russian anthem, refusing to chant 'Go Russia' every morning, and for noting they are Ukrainians.
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April 11, 2023 59 events π’ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π’On April 11, 2023, the Russian State Duma adopted a law establishing a unified digital registry of individuals eligible for military service, enabling authorities to serve call-up papers electronically rather than by physical letter.
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π’Eurocontrol issued an updated forecast on Tuesday predicting that Ukrainian and Russian airspace will remain closed until 2029, while noting the document does not model potential unexpected changes such as reopening or new routes.
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π€The IMF raised Russia's 2023 economic growth forecast from 0.3% to 0.7%, predicting deficit-fueled government spending will help counteract war costs, though the Russian economy will be about 7% smaller than pre-war forecasts over the medium term.
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π’Military analyst Agil Rustamadze stated in an April 11 interview that the Ukrainian offensive will be limited and cannot liberate Crimea or reach 1991 borders in the short term.
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π’NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said in an interview that decisions to launch counteroffensives against Russian forces would be made at the last minute based on real-time intelligence, with multiple options kept under consideration.
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April 12, 2023 52 events π€ 2 π§ 1 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π§Pro-Russian hacker group NoName disrupted Canadian government websites including the Prime Minister's office and Senate through a DDoS attack during Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal's visit to Ottawa.
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π€Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov initiates international arbitration proceedings against Russia seeking compensation for assets seized by Russian-backed "DNR" and "LNR" in Donetsk and Luhansk regions during 2014-2017.
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βοΈUkrainian special forces counterattacked and pushed Russian airborne troops back to their previous positions in Bakhmut.
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π€An International Arbitral Tribunal ordered Russia to compensate Naftogaz $5 billion for assets seized in Crimea in 2014, the largest such award against Russia for expropriation.
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π’Mikheil Saakashvili received the Lech KaczyΕski Prometheus Award from Poland for his contribution to the fight for freedom, presented to his mother in his absence.
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April 13, 2023 68 events π₯ 3 π¦ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces continued offensive operations in Bakhmut, with Wagner assault groups advancing through the city center and Russian Airborne Forces relieving Wagner units on the flanks.
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π₯Russia launched 19 air strikes and 39 MLRS attacks across Ukraine, causing civilian casualties.
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π₯Russian forces conducted 49 land-borne attacks focused on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka axes.
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π¦Germany approved Poland's request to re-export five Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine from former East German inventories.
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π‘οΈRussian forces continued to reinforce and strengthen their positions in southern Ukraine in preparation for a potential Ukrainian counteroffensive.
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April 14, 2023 77 events ποΈ 2 π₯ 2 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
ποΈCSIS reports that Western sanctions are causing difficulties for Russia in producing new weapons, particularly affecting the production of tanks, drones, missiles, and electronic warfare equipment due to lack of microchips, optical systems, and bearings.
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β‘οΈUkrainian units including the 46th Mech, 93rd Mech, border troops, and possibly elements of 3rd Shock continue to rotate through Bakhmut with supply lines via Chasiv Yar remaining open.
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ποΈUkrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise confirmed Ukraine is preparing to resume flights and has developed an action plan with Eurocontrol to restore air navigation services, while noting that Russian missile attacks had previously damaged aviation infrastructure at multiple airports.
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π₯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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π₯Russian forces conducted 96 artillery attacks against the Kherson region over a 24-hour period, firing 447 shells using heavy artillery, UAVs, and aircraft. The city of Kherson was specifically targeted nine times.
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April 15, 2023 29 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 2 π€ 1 βΈ
π€Neighboring countries imposed an embargo on the import of Ukrainian-produced grain, causing rail transport volumes to reduce twofold.
π₯Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks near Kreminna.
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π₯Russian forces continued offensive operations in and around Bakhmut.
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π‘οΈRussian forces may be preparing to defend territory in the Kupyansk direction.
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π‘οΈRussian forces continued defensive operations in southern Ukraine.
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April 16, 2023 39 events π₯ 3 π’ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π’President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers Easter address to the Ukrainian people on the 417th day of Russia's full-scale invasion, expressing faith in victory, commemorating fallen defenders, and outlining goals of territorial liberation, national reconstruction, and prosecution of war criminals.
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π₯Around 02:30 on Easter morning, Russian troops fired S-300 missiles at communities in Zaporizhzhia region, completely destroying the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in the village of Komyshuvakha.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, located near Moscow-annexed Crimea, according to Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev.
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π₯Charity foundation Club Dobrodiiv with support from humanitarian organization Plan International published results of an all-Ukrainian survey conducted by Kantar examining the experiences, moods, and future visions of Ukrainian teenagers during Russia's full-scale invasion.
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π₯Russian forces attacked civilian targets across nine Ukrainian oblasts during the 24 hours to Easter morning, killing four civilians and injuring 16.
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April 17, 2023 50 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π’VoxUkraine published a monthly report documenting 917 cases of Russian disinformation related to Ukraine across 85 monitored media outlets in six European countries during March, identifying narratives alleging Western control over Ukraine and justifying Russian aggression.
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π₯Russian forces, including Wagner mercenary units and VDV (airborne troops), intensified attacks on Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut with 'satanic zeal', resulting in unprecedented fierce fighting.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna, Krasnodar Krai, near Moscow-annexed Crimea, according to regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev.
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π‘οΈIntelligence reports confirmed Russia has constructed at least two and in some sectors three fortification belts in Ukraine's southern regions.
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βοΈCroatian court denied asylum requests for five Chechen refugees who fled Russia to avoid forced participation in the war against Ukraine.
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April 18, 2023 37 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
π€The US warned Russia not to tamper with sensitive technology at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, citing that it is unlawful for unauthorized persons including Russian citizens and entities to access US technology.
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π₯Ukrainian drones struck a power substation in Belgorod, Russia, causing power outages across parts of the city.
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π₯A 46-year-old man stepped on a landmine while employees of Kharkivoblenergo were checking power lines in Stepne village, Kharkiv Region. The explosion blew off his foot.
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π₯Russian forces shelled a market in Kherson city, killing at least one person and injuring several others shortly after announcing Putin's visit to the region.
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π¦Canada delivered eight Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, with photographs released by the Ukrainian Armed Forces showing loading and transport via a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 Globemaster III.
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April 19, 2023 38 events π₯ 3 ποΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯Russia launched a drone attack using Shahed-136 drones on Odesa early Wednesday, with Ukraine's air defenses destroying most of the attacking drones.
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ποΈA bright flash lit up the sky over Kyiv on Thursday night (April 19, 2023), initially causing speculation it was a Russian attack or air defense system, but authorities later determined it was likely a meteorite/bolide.
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π‘οΈUkrainian 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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π₯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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April 20, 2023 55 events π₯ 2 ποΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯A Russian Su-34 aircraft had an abnormal discharge of aviation ammunition over the city of Belgorod.
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ποΈResearch by Ukraine's State Service for Educational Quality found that 800,000 Ukrainian students (20% of all students) switched from in-person to online or family-based education due to Russia's full-scale invasion.
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βοΈUkrainian parliamentarian Roman Kostenko publicly speculated about Ukraine's pending counteroffensive, stating that taking the 'left bank' of Kherson would create conditions to make Crimea an island if the Kerch Bridge is destroyed, and would require a corridor of 80km with at least 30-40km width to avoid being closed off.
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π€Kyiv City Council terminated the land lease agreement with the Russian embassy in Kyiv.
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π₯Russia conducted 3 rocket attacks, 57 airborne attacks including 26 Iranian Shahed drones (21 neutralized), 69 assaults on Ukrainian positions, and 35 artillery assaults in Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts over a 24-hour period.
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April 21, 2023 69 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 2 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈA resident of Marhantsya in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was sentenced to 15 years in prison for passing Ukrainian military positions to Russian forces, including S-300 anti-aircraft system locations.
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βοΈThe Court of Appeal of Kyiv rejected an appeal by Metropolitan Pavel's lawyers to release him from house arrest, maintaining his confinement with electronic monitoring until at least May 30.
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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian forces in Luhansk Oblast used British-supplied artillery to engage Russian positions, including planned targets and unexpected missions to repel assaults.
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π₯Russia launched Iranian Shahed drones against Kyiv, with Ukrainian air defenses destroying 8 out of 10 drones.
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April 22, 2023 41 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Crimea, according to the regional governor.
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π€Russia announced the expulsion of more than 20 German diplomats and new limits on German diplomatic mission staff in retaliation for Berlin's expulsion of Russian embassy personnel.
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ποΈMore than 3,000 residents of Belgorod were evacuated from their homes after an unexploded bomb was discovered near the site of another explosion earlier in the week.
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π₯Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line and near Siversk.
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π₯Ukrainian air defenses shot down several Russian kamikaze drones during an overnight attack on Kyiv, breaking a 25-day lull in attacks on the capital.
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April 23, 2023 25 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian soldiers from the 'Da Vinci Wolves' unit fought off a Russian attack near Bakhmut, engaging in close-quarters combat after receiving a radio message that 'orcs jumped into our trenches'.
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π₯Bodybuilding champion Liudmila Chernetska and her husband Bohdan were killed in a rocket attack on their home.
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π‘οΈYuriy 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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β‘οΈAn exchange of gunfire occurred between Wagner Group forces and Russian military in Luhansk Oblast.
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ποΈThe Internet Archive began archiving Telegram channels at scale, capturing over 1 billion posts from more than 100,000 public channels.
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April 24, 2023 56 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 π΄ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯On April 24, 2023, Ukrainian remote-controlled unmanned surface vehicles (RUSV) 'kamikaze drones' attacked Russian warships anchored in Sevastopol.
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βοΈWagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin launched an information operation to undermine the credibility of Russian state-affiliated private military groups.
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π΄Ukrainian soldiers captured Russian military blankets designed to block thermal detection, constructed with thermal-reflective material inside olive drab covers.
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π’Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Head Kyrylo Budanov stated that the Kremlin made a decision to replace the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh with a contingent of conscripts.
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April 25, 2023 47 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 2 π€ 1 βΈ
βοΈDetectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU) uncovered a 1,600 square meter warehouse filled with humanitarian aid of unknown origin in Lviv region on April 25. The warehouse contained food, clothes, household chemicals, bed linen, children's goods, including 74 tons of canned food worth $0.5 million. Around 60 trucks were needed to deliver the humanitarian items to the warehouse.
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π€Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba published an article in Foreign Affairs arguing that NATO should accept Ukraine as a member, calling on the alliance to abandon the Membership Action Plan requirement and set a timetable for Ukraine's accession at the Vilnius summit.
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βοΈAndrei Medvedev, a former Wagner mercenary who claims to have deserted in November 2023 after fighting in Ukraine for four months, went on trial in Oslo for his involvement in a street fight outside a bar in February.
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π₯Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces struck Ukrainian positions on Velykiy Potemkin island and in coastal areas near Kindyika on April 25.
π₯Ukrainian Air Force aircraft (likely MiG-29s) dropped four 250 kg JDAM-guided bombs on Russian positions in Bakhmut, captured by surveillance drone footage.
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April 26, 2023 72 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Russian forces continued making gains in Bakhmut as of April 26, with geolocated footage showing advances to Persha Lisova Street in western Bakhmut. Russian milbloggers claimed Wagner fighters reached the intersection of Tchaikovskyi and Yuvileina Streets.
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π₯Ukrainian forces continued targeting Russian logistics on the east (left) bank of Kherson Oblast, with Ukrainian Southern Operational Command reporting strikes on Russian manpower concentration areas and an observation post.
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π₯Russian milbloggers claimed Russian forces conducted unsuccessful ground attacks near Makiivka, Nevske, Torske, and Bilohorivka (all near Kreminna) on April 26.
π₯A Russian missile strike on a museum in Kupiansk killed 2 people and wounded 10, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accuse Russia of trying to erase Ukraine's history and culture.
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π₯Russian forces launched a strike against the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolayiv, killing one civilian and injuring more than 20.
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April 27, 2023 38 events π₯ 3 ποΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces conducted long-range missile strikes on Mykolaiv as part of renewed attacks on civilian targets.
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ποΈUkraine is making progress towards reopening its airspace to civil flights, possibly in a partial capacity, with French cooperation in training Ukrainian civil aviation pilots and air traffic controllers.
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βοΈPolish authorities discovered the remains of an aerial military object in a forest near Bydgoszcz, which local media described as a missile with Cyrillic writing.
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π₯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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π₯Russia launched its current missile and UAV campaign starting April 27-28, targeting concentrations of equipment, troops, and ammunition to disrupt Ukraine's preparations for counteroffensive.
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April 28, 2023 70 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia launched a major wave of cruise missile strikes against Ukraine, the first such attack since early March 2023. While most missiles were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses, at least 25 civilians were killed in the attacks.
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π₯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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π€Five EU states (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia) reached an agreement to allow the transit of Ukrainian food exports, lifting unilateral measures while implementing exceptional safeguard measures for wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower seed.
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π₯Russian bombers launched cruise missiles over the Black Sea on Friday evening according to Telegram channel reports.
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π₯Russian missile strike hit Dnipro on Friday morning, causing destruction and civilian casualties.
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April 29, 2023 19 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯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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π₯Ukrainian forces subjected the Russian-occupied city of Novaya Kakhovka to intense artillery fire, cutting off electricity in the city.
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π₯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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π₯Russian forces made a marginal advance on the eastern outskirts of Vuhledar.
π₯An overnight Ukrainian strike on the Russian border village of Suzemka left four dead.
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April 30, 2023 68 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈUnconfirmed rumors suggest Ukrainian forces have been pushing back and regaining ground in Marynka since the weekend.
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π‘οΈRussian 126th Guards Coastal Defense Brigade shelled Ukrainian forces on Velykyi Potemkin island.
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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna, near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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π₯A suspected drone attack hit an oil depot in Sevastopol, Crimea, causing a large fire. Russian-installed authorities said the attack was caused by a drone but sought to downplay the incident.
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Invalid Date 12 events π§ 2 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π§Pro-Ukrainian hackers 'burned' 986 cryptocurrency wallets controlled by Russian intelligence agencies (GRU, SVR, FSB), making them unrecoverable, with some funds sent to pro-Ukrainian charities.
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βοΈAiden Aslin was banned from entering the Schengen Zone, with Germany issuing an alert for his refusal. Polish authorities deported him back to Britain when he attempted to enter via Poland, and Moldovan authorities subsequently also deported him after learning of the Polish deportation.
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π§The SBU infiltrated a Russian video conference 'Russian-Iranian Cooperation in a Changing World' organized by Russia's Institute for Commonwealth of Independent States, with an SBU officer posing as a Russian academic to announce that participants would face international sanctions as accomplices of war crimes.
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π₯A Russian missile strike on a residential neighborhood in Uman killed 23 people.
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π‘οΈThe Rapid Response Brigade's 2nd Battalion (military unit No. 3018) adopted the drone as a symbol, naming it the Star of David.
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May 2023 (1,766 events)
May 1, 2023 48 events π₯ 4 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Wagner Group forces captured Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast after months of intense fighting.
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π₯Ukrainian drones sparked a blaze at a fuel storage facility in Volna, Krasnodar Krai.
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π₯An explosion in the Nizhny Novgorod region injured Zakhar Prilepin, a pro-Kremlin writer.
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ποΈRussia 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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π₯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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May 1, 2023 221 events π 1 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 π₯ 1 +1 βΈ
πAFP video reporter Arman Soldin was killed in a Russian missile strike near Chasiv Yar, Ukraine.
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βοΈVsevolod Kniaziev, chief justice of the Ukrainian Supreme Court, was arrested in May 2023 for allegedly receiving a $2.7 million bribe to render a favorable verdict for a company owned by mining tycoon Kostyantyn Zhevago.
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π’Prigozhin claimed Wagner possesses large stocks of weapons captured from Ukrainian forces during the seizure of Soledar in January 2023.
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π₯Sevastopol was struck or air defense was triggered, with smoke observed rising over the military port.
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βοΈUkraine'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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May 2, 2023 39 events π 3 π’ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π’Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, stated that Russian military forces have altered their tactics for missile strikes on Ukraine by targeting civilian areas to force premature Ukrainian counteroffensive, influence Western public opinion, and test Ukraine's air defense systems.
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π₯More than 400 sports facilities including stadiums, training grounds, and other important sports infrastructure have been damaged or completely destroyed during the war.
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πWagner 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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πThe White House estimated Russia has suffered over 100,000 casualties (including over 20,000 killed) since December 2022, with about half of those killed being Wagner Group soldiers recruited from Russian prisons.
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πSince the Russian invasion began in February 2022, 287 Ukrainian athletes have been killed on the front lines, including 11-year-old rhythmic gymnast Kateryna Diachenko.
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May 3, 2023 39 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 2 π¦ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π‘οΈUkraine's air defense forces shot down all 21 Shahed drones launched against Kyiv, with no casualties or damage reported.
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π₯Russia launched a drone attack on Kyiv using 26 Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones from the north (Bryansk region) and south (eastern coast of the Sea of Azov).
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π¦The European Commission unveiled a plan to boost artillery shell production capacity to one million rounds per year, with 500 million euros in EU funding.
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π‘οΈCaroline Nordengrip, a former Swedish MP who had been training Ukrainian soldiers since October 2022, officially enlisted in the Ukrainian army as a member of the 47th Brigade, becoming the first international woman to join the regular Ukrainian army.
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May 4, 2023 51 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈBerlin police opened an investigation into a suspected leak of classified information regarding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's potential visit to Germany in mid-May 2023.
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π₯Several residential buildings in Moscow were damaged by drone attacks on May 4, 2023. No one was injured.
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π‘οΈUkrainian air defenses shot down a Russian Kinzhal missile over Kyiv using American Patriot PAC-3 missiles.
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βοΈA physical altercation occurred at the PABSEC conference in Ankara between Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Marikovsky and Russian diplomat Valery Stavitsky after the Russian delegate forcibly removed a Ukrainian flag from Marikovsky's hands, leading to Marikovsky punching Stavitsky multiple times before security intervened.
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π₯A U.S. Patriot missile defense system intercepted a Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile over Ukraine.
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May 5, 2023 37 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 2 βΈ
βοΈA married couple, Jamie Lee Henry (US Army major and doctor) and Anna Gabrielian, was indicted by the US Justice Department on eight counts for conspiring to provide confidential health information of Americans associated with the US government and military to Russia.
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βοΈA dual citizen of Chile and the United States was detained in Kharkiv for promoting Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine on social media, facing up to eight years in prison.
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π₯Russia fired 2 Shahed UAVs on May 5, both destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses.
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π₯A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Krasnodar.
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π₯Russian forces conducted ground attacks near Kreminna and Avdiivka.
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May 6, 2023 44 events π₯ 4 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯An Audi car carrying pro-Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin was blown up in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, causing serious injuries.
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β‘οΈWagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin and Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Kadyrov announced plans for Chechen "Akhmat" troops to replace Wagner Group forces in Bakhmut starting May 10.
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π₯An attempt was made on the life of Russian politician and propagandist Zakhar Prilepin, with his driver killed.
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π₯Russia fired 8 Shahed UAVs on May 6, all destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses.
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May 7, 2023 20 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 2 π€ 1 βΈ
βοΈA Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet intercepted a Polish border guard plane conducting a routine Frontex patrol over the Black Sea, performing aggressive and dangerous maneuvers that caused the crew to temporarily lose control of the aircraft.
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π€Turkey's presidential press secretary Ibrahim Kalin said the war in Ukraine cannot be won by battlefield trench advancements, and suggested ending it through a new security agreement between Russia and the West.
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βοΈUkrainian 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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π₯A Russian missile strike damaged a mobile hospital in Mykolaiv region belonging to the Red Cross of Ukraine.
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π₯A Russian missile strike killed 9 members of a demining team in Kherson region while they were on duty.
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May 8, 2023 51 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Russian forces dropped white phosphorus (Wille Pete) on Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut in an attempt to smoke defenders out.
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π₯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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π₯Russia has shifted its missile attack strategy to target Ukrainian logistics centers, weapons supply routes, equipment and manpower in order to disrupt preparations for Ukraine's offensive actions.
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π₯Russian missiles completely destroyed a warehouse of the Red Cross of Ukraine in Odesa, killing one employee.
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π₯Russia fired 35 Shahed UAVs on May 8, all destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses.
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May 9, 2023 47 events π₯ 3 π§ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π§Joint investigation by European media outlets revealed that Russian secret services are staging or infiltrating anti-Ukraine demonstrations in major European cities including Paris, The Hague, Brussels, and Frankfurt.
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π₯Russian artillery destroyed a bridge on the road connecting Bakhmut to Chasiv Yar.
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π₯Russia launched a massive barrage of 25 missiles slammed into Ukrainian cities.
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π₯Russia fired 8 Kaliber missiles and 17 Kh-101/555 missiles on May 9, with all Kalibers and 15 Kh-101/555s destroyed.
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May 10, 2023 60 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 2 βΈ
π₯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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βοΈUkrainian 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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βοΈUkrainian 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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π₯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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π₯Russian forces launched 23 missiles, 43 air strikes, and 97 MLRS attacks in a 24-hour period.
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May 11, 2023 26 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
βοΈUkrainian 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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π€The Polish Senate unanimously adopted a resolution on May 11, 2023 supporting Ukraine's membership in NATO and calling for fast-track procedures similar to those used for Finland and Sweden.
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π₯Ukraine's military destroyed or put out of action 166 Russian tube artillery systems (mortars, howitzers, and cannon) during the period April 28 β May 11, 2023.
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π₯Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks northeast of Kupyansk and along the Svatove-Kreminna line.
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π₯Russian forces targeted Ukrainian positions west of Huliaipole and in Kherson region.
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May 12, 2023 39 events π₯ 4 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π‘οΈRussian 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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π₯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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π₯Russian forces conducted 59 air strikes and 95 MLRS attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements.
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π₯Russian forces conducted over 60 air strikes, artillery or mortar attacks across Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Kharkiv oblasts.
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May 13, 2023 51 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia launched a wave of 21 Shahed drones at Ukrainian cities, with 17 intercepted and 4 hitting targets.
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π₯A Russian drone strike hit Mykolaiv, injuring 11 people and damaging a five-story residential building and a shop.
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π‘οΈUkrainian forces consolidated on previously gained ground rather than launching new attacks, following two days of counterattacks around the city.
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βοΈTwo Russian combat jets (Su-24 and Su-35) and two Mi-8 helicopters were shot down over Bryansk Oblast, with official confirmation from both Russian and Ukrainian sides and video evidence of missile strikes.
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π₯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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May 14, 2023 31 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Russian forces experienced self-inflicted destruction of five aircraft and nine pilots.
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π₯Supply facilities in occupied Luhansk were destroyed.
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π₯A mine exploded at an agricultural facility in Mykolayiv oblast, killing five Ukrainian civilians.
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π₯Russian artillery and rocket attacks across Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk oblasts killed three people and wounded 13.
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π₯A Russian missile attack destroyed an industrial facility and hit targets in Khmelnitsky and Ternopil oblasts in western Ukraine.
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May 15, 2023 69 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π€NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that Ukraine must win the war against Russia before further NATO membership discussions can occur, calling it the "most urgent task" to ensure Ukraine prevails and that Putin does not win.
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π₯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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π₯Igor Kornet, a senior LPR police officer, was severely injured in a bomb blast at a Luhansk barber shop.
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π₯Russian forces launched 11 rocket attacks on Kharkiv, Konstantinovka and Zolochiv.
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π₯Russian forces conducted 41 airborne assaults and targeted some 40 population centres in southern regions with artillery and mortar attacks.
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May 16, 2023 59 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯On May 16, 2023, Russian forces conducted the largest targeted attack to destroy the American Patriot air defense system using 16 ballistic missiles from Iskander OTRK, Kinzhal missiles, and S-400 systems, plus cruise missiles and drones.
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π₯Russian forces conducted 31 missile and rocket attacks including S-300s, Kalibrs, Iskanders, and Kinzhals, with 25 missiles/rockets destroyed by Ukrainian defenses.
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βοΈLaw enforcement detained Vsevolod Kniaziev, the head of Ukraine's Supreme Court, as part of a $2.7 million bribery investigation.
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β‘οΈRussian forces are reportedly deploying additional manpower from Belarus to reinforce their positions in Luhansk Oblast.
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π₯Russian forces conducted two S-300 missile attacks on Donetsk oblast and 48 air raids over the past 24 hours.
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May 17, 2023 46 events π¦ 1 π§ 1 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 +1 βΈ
π¦Ukraine's Ministry of Finance conducted a bond auction, issuing UAH-denominated 10-month military bonds, EUR-denominated 12-month military paper, and a 2.5-year 'reserve' bond to refinance debt redemptions.
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π§SBU cyber specialists blocked online cameras that automatically recorded Ukrainian air defense operations during the Russian attack on Kyiv. The cameras were on the balance sheet of commercial structures in Kyiv and had open access allowing widespread posting of attack footage.
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π₯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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βοΈThe Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) identified six Kyiv residents accused of illegally disseminating information about Ukrainian air defense operations during a Russian attack on May 16, 2023. The suspects allegedly filmed air defense activities and posted videos on social media, which could have revealed air defense locations to Russian forces.
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π€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 ReykjavΓk.
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May 18, 2023 54 events π₯ 4 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian forces conducted small-scale infantry attacks and artillery strikes against Russian fortifications to the north and south of Bakhmut.
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π₯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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β‘οΈWagner Group forces retreated 570 meters in the southern part of Bakhmut, according to their leader, who cited lack of support from the Russian military.
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π₯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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π₯Russian military sources claimed Ukrainian special forces were operating against Soledar but were unsuccessful; no corroborating evidence was available.
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May 19, 2023 49 events π’ 2 π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π’Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov addressed the Ukrainian-American Forum in Kyiv, discussing Ukraine's war progress against Russia, NATO membership aspirations, and the massive challenges of landmine and unexploded ordnance contamination affecting approximately 160,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory plus 400,000 square kilometers in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
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π’Ukraine's UN Ambassador Serhiy Kyslytsya stated at the UN Security Council that Russian President Vladimir Putin has two options: surrender or repeat Hitler's fate (suicide in a bunker on April 30, 1945).
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βοΈUkrainian counterattacks near Bakhmut eliminated the threat of Russian encirclement and forced Russian troops to allocate resources to defend against a limited offensive.
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π₯Russia launched overnight drone and missile attacks on Ukraine using Shahed-136/131 drones and Kalibr cruise missiles from Black Sea ships, with 16 drones and 3 missiles shot down by Ukrainian air defense.
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π₯Russian forces struck a private industrial enterprise in Kryvyi Rih, injuring a 64-year-old woman who was hospitalized in serious condition.
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May 20, 2023 28 events π₯ 4 π 1 βΈ
πMore than 20,000 Wagner mercenaries were eliminated during the fighting in Bakhmut.
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π₯Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on Kyiv overnight, with air defense systems successfully destroying all detected targets.
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π₯Explosions were reported in Russian-occupied Mariupol.
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π₯Russian forces continued limited ground attacks in the Kreminna area.
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π₯Russia fired 20 Shahed UAVs on May 20, all destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses.
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May 21, 2023 40 events π₯ 2 β‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
β‘οΈGeolocated footage published on May 21 shows that Wagner forces advanced towards the T0504 entrance to southwestern Bakhmut.
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βοΈRussian 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.
π’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.
π₯Russia restarted frequent long-range missile strikes deep into Ukraine since early May 2023, primarily aimed at degrading Ukrainian air defenses.
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π₯Russia started integrating unarmed surveillance UAVs, including Russian-produced SuperCam UAVs, into deep strike operations to obtain timely battle damage assessment and improve targeting cycle.
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May 22, 2023 102 events π₯ 1 ποΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 +1 βΈ
π₯The armed group attacked and shot up a Russian border station upon entry.
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ποΈThe 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.
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βοΈRussian security forces reportedly pushed approximately 80 personnel aboard two BTRs and two tanks back toward the border at Kozinka.
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π‘οΈRussian authorities confirmed the cross-border raid and stated that local defense forces were moving to the area to respond.
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π΄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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May 23, 2023 59 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈRussian forces claimed to have eliminated the incursion force, stating they killed over 70 fighters and destroyed four armored vehicles.
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π₯Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that Russia deliberately targeted Azerbaijan's embassy in Kyiv during three separate Russian attacks in 2025, which he said could not be dismissed as collateral damage from Russia's war in Ukraine. Moscow denied the allegations.
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π₯Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the unit that attacked the power line a 'diversionary group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.'
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π₯Ukrainian armed forces neutralized a Russian Mi-24 attack helicopter using Igla MANPADS near the village of New York in Donetsk region.
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π₯Ukrainian air forces undertook 8 raids against Russian positions.
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May 24, 2023 61 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π 1 βΈ
π‘οΈThe Kerch Bridge linking Crimea to mainland Russia was closed for several hours on the morning of May 24, 2023 for Russian drills involving smoke-generating vehicles. The bridge was reopened to traffic at around 11 a.m. local time.
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βοΈRussia scrambled an Su-27 fighter jet to intercept two US Air Force B-1 bombers flying over the Baltic Sea to prevent alleged border violations.
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πApproximately 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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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian FPV drone destroyed a Russian drone near Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast.
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May 25, 2023 64 events βοΈ 2 β 1 π₯ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
βUkrainian 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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π₯Ukrainian forces struck Russian troops and equipment at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol using long-range weapons.
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π¦Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange with Russia, returning 106 POWs captured in the Bakhmut region. Eight officers and 98 soldiers and sergeants were returned.
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βοΈUS 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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βοΈRussia launched 36 Shahed drones against Kyiv in the twelfth air attack on the capital this month. All drones were intercepted and destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses during a three-hour attack.
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May 26, 2023 71 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 2 β 1 βΈ
βοΈRussia 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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π₯A Russian missile struck a medical facility (polyclinic) in Dnipro, killing 1 person and injuring 25 people including 2 children.
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βοΈRussia 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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βUkrainian 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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π₯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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May 27, 2023 35 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π€The Kyiv Security Forum presented a position paper titled 'Fighting for NATO' urging NATO to offer Ukraine membership and initiate accession negotiations at the Vilnius summit.
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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian forces struck a Russian troop base near the village of Novopetrivka outside Berdyansk.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged a Russian oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna, near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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π₯Shelling in Russian border regions killed two people on May 27, 2023.
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May 28, 2023 39 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on Kyiv, killing one civilian (a 41-year-old man) and injuring a 35-year-old woman. Air defenses shot down over 20 drones.
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π₯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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βοΈRussia launched its largest ever air assault on Ukraine, consisting of 40 Kh-101/555 missiles and 35 Shahed-136 drones. Ukrainian air defense systems destroyed 67 of 75 Russian drones and missiles.
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β‘οΈThirty members of the Wagner mercenary group quit their positions and deserted Bakhmut using military vehicles.
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π₯Ukrainian forces conducted rocket strikes, possibly using HIMARS, against the Almaznom industrial zone in Stakhanov, Luhansk region.
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May 29, 2023 37 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Russia launched a large strike targeting Starokostiantyniv Air Base, marking the first attack on this facility in what would become a series of strikes.
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π₯A Russian missile strike on Kyiv on May 29, 2023 triggered false reports that Kyrylo Budanov had been killed or seriously injured.
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π₯Russia targeted a settlement in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing one man and wounding nine people including an 11-year-old child.
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π₯A missile attack on a village in the Kharkiv region left six people wounded, including a pregnant woman and children aged 10 and 14.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna, near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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May 30, 2023 68 events π₯ 4 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Moscow was targeted by a drone attack early Tuesday morning causing minor damage to several buildings with no casualties. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated all emergency services were on scene and no one was seriously injured.
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π‘οΈUkrainian air defense launched three Patriot missiles to intercept Russian cruise missiles targeting Kyiv.
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π₯Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on Kyiv using Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, the third aerial assault on Ukraine's capital in 24 hours.
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π₯Russian forces launched an overnight attack on Odesa and Mykolayiv.
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π₯Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 36 of 40 Kh-101/555 missiles, 30 of 38 Shahed drones, and 11 of 11 Iskander missiles during the attacks.
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May 31, 2023 62 events π’ 2 π€ 1 π 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π€Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was inaugurated, potentially setting the stage for visits by both Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin to Turkey.
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πUkrainian 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.
π‘οΈUkrainian air defenses, including the US-made Patriot system, successfully shot down over 90 percent of Russian missiles and drones targeting Kyiv during the May 2023 attacks.
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π’Andriy Yusov said that Putin and Lukashenko fear uprisings and color revolutions, noting that Lukashenko understands the catastrophic nature of getting involved in the war but Putin is pushing him.
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π’U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby stated that the U.S. does not support or encourage attacks inside Russia but does not tell Ukraine where to strike or not to strike.
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π€Russia lifted its unilateral ban on flights with Georgia, enabling the resumption of direct air traffic.
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π€Georgia's ruling party and government supported resuming air traffic with Russia, while President Salome Zourabichvili called for a boycott of Georgian Airways.
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π₯Members of the Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion crossed into Russia's Belgorod region from Ukraine using tanks, APCs, and armored vehicles in a cross-border operation.
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π₯Russia increased aerial assaults on Ukrainian communities since early May 2023 as part of its response to Ukraine's counteroffensive.
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π₯In early May 2023, two drones were shot down above the Kremlin in Moscow.
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π₯Ukrainian Magura V5 drones damaged the Russian spy ship Ivan Khurs in an operation 120km northeast of the Bosphorus Strait.
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ποΈAccording to Kommersant, 2,000 flights were recorded by planes using expired parts as of May 2023.
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June 2023 (2,629 events)
June 1, 2023 67 events π₯ 4 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯Ukraine previously struck the Chonhar Bridge in late June 2023 using UK-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles, confirmed by Ukrainian military officials.
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β‘οΈRussia redeployed large portions of its forces from the east bank of Kherson Region to Zaporizhzhia and Bakhmut sectors to respond to Ukrainian counteroffensive actions.
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π₯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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π₯An early June AFU attempt to break through Russian lines in the Tavria region was stopped by Russian defenses near Mala Tokmachka, with the 47th Mechanized Brigade losing 10-11 Bradley IFVs and 3-5 Leopard 2 tanks in less than a day.
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π€A group of African states led by South Africa traveled to Ukraine and Russia as part of an African Peace Mission to broker peace and ensure Russia's adherence to the Black Sea Grain Deal.
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June 1, 2023 347 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯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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π₯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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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian forces struck a cable factory housing Russian troops and equipment in occupied Berdyansk with Storm Shadow missiles.
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π₯Russian artillery conducted strikes against Ukrainian forces, likely reconnaissance elements, on the northwestern part of Velykyi Potemkin Island in the Dnipro River delta on June 1.
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June 2, 2023 42 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Russian partisans crossed the border again at the same location, supported by Ukrainian army artillery, causing fires in Sobolevka.
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π₯Ukrainian forces launched paired Hrim missiles as part of pre-offensive bombardment of Russian targets.
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π₯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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π₯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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π₯Heavy artillery hit a multi-story building in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, killing two and injuring four.
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June 3, 2023 38 events π₯ 4 π’ 1 βΈ
π’Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is ready for the counteroffensive but needs more weapons, particularly Patriot air defense systems, to protect both soldiers and civilians.
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π₯Russian anti-Kremlin fighters (Freedom of Russia Legion and Russian Volunteer Corps) launched a cross-border raid into Belgorod region from Ukraine, marking the second such incursion in two weeks.
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π₯A ballistic missile strike killed four and injured six in a residential building in Dnipro.
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π₯Strikes on Slovyansk, Velyka Novosilka and Koma in Donetsk region killed two and injured four.
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π₯24 communities in the Zaporizhzhia region hit with UAV, artillery and MLRS, killing two and injuring five.
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June 4, 2023 42 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π§ 1 βΈ
βοΈUkrainian forces launched offensive operations in three sectors of the front around Bakhmut, southwest of Orikhiv, and Velyka Novosilka beginning June 4, marking the start of Ukraine's counteroffensive.
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π§A monument/plaque to Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov in Kyiv was sprayed with red paint as an act of protest connected to the war with Russia.
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π₯22 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region were attacked by aviation, UAVs, MLRS and artillery, destroying 16 civilian objects.
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π₯Russian forces conducted artillery strikes on settlements in Belgorod region, including Shebekino and Novaya Tavolzhanka, with the governor acknowledging ongoing combat in the border village.
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π₯A missile strike on Dnipro city killed three and injured 22, including five children, destroying six apartments.
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June 5, 2023 44 events π₯ 4 π§ 1 βΈ
π§Russian radio stations were hacked and broadcast a fake President Putin speech claiming Ukrainian troops armed by NATO had invaded Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions.
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π₯Ukrainian forces conducted artillery strikes from the Kherson side across the Dnipro River, causing fires on Russian-held territory.
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π₯Pro-Ukrainian Russian fighters launched a cross-border incursion into Russia's Belgorod region using Western-supplied weapons including armored vehicles from the US and Poland, and rifles made in Belgium and the Czech Republic.
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π₯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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π₯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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June 6, 2023 111 events π₯ 2 ποΈ 2 π₯ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯Russian troops blew up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant in June 2023, causing a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster across southern Ukraine.
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ποΈThe Kakhovka HPP was completely destroyed, with its engine room blown up and the station deemed beyond repair.
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π₯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.
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ποΈRussia's full-scale war against Ukraine caused the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam and subsequent flooding.
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June 7, 2023 41 events π¦ 2 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian artillery targeted Ukrainian special operations forces conducting amphibious operations using small boats and zodiacs in the Dnipro River delta.
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π¦The Louvre in Paris began safeguarding 16 works of art from the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum in Kyiv to protect them from war-related risks including theft, illicit trafficking, and damage from rocket strikes.
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βοΈUkrainian forces conducted a significant attack in western Zaporizhzhia region southwest of Orikhiv on the night of June 7-8.
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π¦Kyiv Post journalist Anna Neplii and volunteer 'Khakhol' organized fundraising for a vehicle for the air reconnaissance platoon of the 17th Separate Tank Brigade, with Kyiv Post contributing the final Hr. 50,000 of Hr. 165,000 needed.
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π₯The NGO VidNova+ organized a four-hour basic first aid course in Odesa to teach civilians and military personnel tactical first aid skills, including how to stop bleeding from wounds and transport casualties without a stretcher.
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June 8, 2023 58 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π€Protesters gathered outside the UN mission building in Kyiv demanding the UN recognize the Kakhovka dam explosion as a war crime committed by Russia, provide humanitarian assistance to Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, and remove Russia from the UN Security Council.
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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian President Zelensky visited the flooded Kherson region to observe the aftermath of the Kakhovka dam destruction and ongoing evacuation efforts.
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π₯Russian forces shelled Kherson, targeting civilians using motorboats for flood evacuation work and injuring nine civilians.
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π₯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 116 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 ποΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π’Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar reported on Telegram regarding the situation on the front lines and specific military operations.
π₯The Russian army launched a missile attack on the Zviahel district in the Zhytomyr region, killing one person and injuring others.
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ποΈEnergoatom reported that the water level in the Zaporizhzhia NPP cooling pond is stable at 16.66 m, sufficient to meet the station's needs.
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π₯Russian army engineers have rigged the Crimean Titan chemical plant in Armiansk with explosives, threatening to create a toxic disaster if Ukrainian forces approach the area.
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βοΈRadio New Zealand launched an investigation after discovering that stories about the Ukraine invasion were edited to reflect a pro-Russian view.
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June 10, 2023 100 events π₯ 4 ποΈ 1 βΈ
ποΈA 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.
π₯Russian forces conducted 71 hostile attacks on the Zaporizhzhia region, including air strikes, MLRS attacks, and artillery shelling.
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π₯Ukrainian missiles struck the Arabatska Strelka spit in Kherson region on the morning of June 10.
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π₯Russia shelled an evacuation site in Kherson, wounding two volunteers.
π₯The Russians conducted 12 massive shelling attacks on the center of Avdiivka within a half-day period on June 10, 2023.
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June 11, 2023 56 events βοΈ 1 βοΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 π₯ 1 +1 βΈ
βοΈUkrainian Armed Forces achieved local success during counterattacks southwest and southeast of Orikhiv.
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βοΈUkrainian air defense forces destroyed 8 Shahed-131/136 drones and 2 missiles over the Odesa region overnight.
β‘οΈThe enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of Bila Hora in the Donetsk region.
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π₯Russian forces shelled Bohoyavlenka in the Vuhledar community with Grad rockets in the Volnovakha sector. 1 person was wounded, 9 houses and 4 infrastructure facilities were damaged.
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π¦Ukraine completed a prisoner exchange, returning 95 Ukrainian soldiers who had been held captive. The group included 93 soldiers and sergeants, and 2 officers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, National Guard, and border guards.
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June 12, 2023 48 events π₯ 4 π§ 1 βΈ
π§Russian hackers from the NoName group targeted multiple Swiss government websites, including those of the justice ministry and police, in retaliation for Switzerland adopting EU sanctions against Russia.
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π₯Russia shelled a rescue boat evacuating civilians from the Russian-occupied left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region, killing three people and injuring ten others including two law enforcement officers.
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π₯The Russian defense ministry said its Priazovye reconnaissance ship was forced to fight off a swarm of boat drones 200 miles southeast of its base in Crimea on the southern fringe of the Black Sea.
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π₯Fighting continued in Russia's Belgorod Oblast with reports that almost all of its 45,000 residents have fled from the town of Shebekino.
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π₯Russian forces conducted 1 missile attack, 36 air raids, and 38 MLRS attacks on Ukrainian positions.
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June 13, 2023 71 events π₯ 4 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia launched a deadly attack on Kryvyi Rih, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding dozens more.
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π’Valery Markus, Senior Master Sergeant of the 47th Infantry Brigade, released a video defending his unit's performance and denying reports of heavy casualties from the June 9 ambush near Orikhiv, claiming Russian propaganda exaggerated losses.
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π₯Russian missile and drone attacks targeted Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Kryvyi Rih overnight. All projectiles aimed at Kyiv were destroyed.
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π₯Russian Shahed drones hit a business site and an apartment building in Kharkiv.
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π₯Russian forces shelled Ukrainian-controlled Orikhiv with guided aerial bombs, killing one person and injuring another.
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June 14, 2023 71 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈAnti-war activist Anatoly Berezikov died in a Russian detention center in Rostov-on-Don under suspicious circumstances, with his lawyer claiming torture and stun gun marks on his body.
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π₯Russian missile strike targeted civilian locations in Odesa including a shopping center and McDonald's, killing six to seven civilians.
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π₯Strike killed Russian and Chechen dignitaries in Kreminna sector, attributed to poor operational security and likely HIMARS.
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π₯Fighting ongoing around Staromayorske and Urozhaine; Ukrainian forces using drones to target Russian tanks.
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π₯Ukrainian long-range strike targeted Adam Delimkhanov, a member of Russia's Duma and close ally of Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, while he was leading a delegation visiting a penitentiary in Russian-controlled Donbas.
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June 15, 2023 50 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 βοΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π’According to a sociological survey by the International Center for Ukrainian Victory, 78% of Ukrainians consider all Russian citizens responsible for Russia's military aggression against Ukraine.
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βοΈUkraine's counteroffensive made progress on eastern and southern fronts, regaining control over 100 square km of territory. However, heavy Russian resistance continues with mined fields, explosive drones and intense shelling.
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βοΈJack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Air National Guard IT specialist, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on six additional counts of willful retention and transmission of classified national defense information.
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π₯Russian forces launched missile and drone attacks including four Kh-101/555 missiles, 27 Shahed drones, six Kh-22 missiles, and four Kalibr missiles against Ukraine.
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π₯Russian forces conducted 38 air raids and 52 MLRS attacks against Ukrainian positions.
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June 16, 2023 63 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π€An African peace delegation arrived in Kyiv, having visited Bucha, the site of a massacre by Russian troops last year.
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π₯Russian forces conducted overnight drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's southern regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Mykolayiv. One of four Kh-101/555 missiles was destroyed, and all 20 drones were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense.
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π₯Russian forces conducted three separate attacks that damaged the Azerbaijani embassy in Kyiv.
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π₯Russian forces conducted intensive fighting at Makarivka, 5-10 kilometers away from Russia's third line of defense.
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π₯Russia launched overnight strikes using four missiles and 20 Iranian-made drones against Ukraine.
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June 17, 2023 53 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Russian forces continued attempts to regain momentum on the Popasna axis, seeking to surround the Sieverodonetsk pocket from the south.
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π₯Russia claims the Ukrainian counteroffensive has failed but Kyiv says it has retaken several localities and about 100 square kilometers of territory, mainly on the southern front.
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π₯Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks on the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line.
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π₯Russian forces and Ukrainian forces continued limited attacks in the Bakhmut area.
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π₯Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces intensified attacks in western Zaporizhia Oblast.
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June 18, 2023 23 events π₯ 3 π₯ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯A mother and her young son, who were forcibly deported to Russia from the village of Lyptsi in Kharkiv Oblast on March 16, 2022, returned to Ukraine after the Ombudsman helped facilitate their return through the State Migration Service.
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π‘οΈAn 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.
π₯Heavy fighting continued across Zaporizhzhia Oblast, western Donetsk Oblast, and around Bakhmut with the most intense combat in these areas.
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π₯Explosions occurred at a military hospital being constructed in Bryansk, Russia.
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π₯Explosions occurred at an apartment building in Belgorod, Russia.
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June 19, 2023 56 events π₯ 2 π 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
πAn intercepted phone call reveals that Wagner Group drivers are making 15+ trips per day with KAMAZ trucks filled with corpses, indicating massive losses during the Bakhmut battle.
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π₯Ukrainian special forces operators from the 73rd Naval Center of Operations cleared Russian trenches in the southern sector, killing and seriously wounding several Russian soldiers.
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βοΈUkraine accuses Hungary of denying access to 11 Ukrainian POWs of Hungarian origin that Russia transferred to Budapest, with the prisoners being kept in isolation and denied contact with the Ukrainian embassy.
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π€US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that China renewed promises not to send lethal arms to Russia for use in Ukraine during talks in Beijing.
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π₯Explosions occurred at an ammo dump in Rykove in the occupied Kherson region.
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June 20, 2023 48 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia launched a country-wide drone attack using 35 kamikaze drones, with 32 shot down and hitting critical infrastructure in Lviv.
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βοΈRussia conducted 83 air strikes on Ukrainian territory on June 20, 2023, representing a nearly 60% increase from the daily average of 53 for June.
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π€The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is discussing a resolution recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes be excluded from the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
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π₯Russian artillery killed one civilian in Sumy region.
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π₯Ukrainian drones attacked three Russian regions and occupied Crimea.
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June 21, 2023 53 events π₯ 4 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations on the administrative border between Zaporizhia and Donetsk oblasts, assaulting Rivnopil and Pryutne with intense artillery duels across the zone.
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π’Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh stated that the US has provided Ukraine the systems and capabilities needed to be successful, acknowledged Russia would adapt, and that losses are expected.
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π₯Russian forces conducted intensified ground attacks near Kreminna in northern Donetsk region.
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π₯Russian forces conducted 83 air strikes on Ukrainian territory using fixed-wing planes or helicopters, the highest in ten days.
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π₯Russian forces launched a missile and drone strike on Ukraine, including 35 Shahed-131/136 drones, seven S-300 missiles, and one Iskander-M missile targeting Kyiv region and Zaporizhzhia.
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June 22, 2023 71 events π€ 2 π₯ 2 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π€At the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, allies pledged $65 billion for Ukraine's post-war recovery, with a commitment to make Russia bear the cost of reconstruction.
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π₯Storm Shadow strikes targeted Russian air defense and command and control installations in Crimea, preceding the Chongar causeway attack.
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π₯Long-range missiles struck and damaged a key automobile bridge on the E105 highway near Chonhar, creating a two-meter-wide hole in the main causeway and damaging a secondary causeway.
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π€The United Nations added Russian military forces and proxy armed groups to its 'list of shame' over the killing and maiming of children in Ukraine, based on a 2022 annual report on children in conflict zones.
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ποΈThe UN announced that clearing landmines in Ukraine will require an operation comparable to post-WWII European de-mining, needing $200-300 million per year over five years to address 75-80% of the problem causing economic hardship.
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June 23, 2023 117 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 β‘οΈ 1 π 1 βΈ
π’Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed revolt against the Russian government, capturing the southern command headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and marching toward Moscow before halting the advance after mediation by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
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β‘οΈYevgeny Prigozhin ordered Wagner Group mercenaries to march towards Moscow in a rebellion against Russia's military leadership, covering roughly halfway to the capital before a deal was reached.
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πOn June 23, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that the regular Russian army launched a missile strike on Wagnerites' rear camps.
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π₯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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π₯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 228 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π’Garry Kasparov, Russian democratic opposition leader, gave an exclusive interview analyzing Prigozhin's rebellion against Putin, stating the situation resembles 1917 Russia and that Putin's fall is inevitable.
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β‘οΈWagner Group troops mutinied and advanced toward Moscow, creating concerns about the preparedness of the capital's local security forces.
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π₯Prigozhin's forces shot down Russian military helicopters that were sent to attack them while returning from the front in Ukraine's Donbas.
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π₯Wagner Group shot down six Russian helicopters and one military aircraft during the march on Moscow
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βοΈYevgeny Prigozhin initiated an armed rebellion against the Russian government, with Wagner forces advancing on Moscow before turning back.
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June 25, 2023 56 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces launched an attack in the Serebryanka Forest near Kremina in Luhansk Oblast, likely reflecting orders to go on the offensive whenever possible.
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βοΈUkrainian forces have re-set and are undertaking major counter-offensive operations on three main axes in southern and eastern Ukraine, using lessons from the first two weeks to refine tactics for assaulting Russian defenses.
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π’Ukraine's Defense Intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov warned that Russia has a fully drafted and approved plan for a terrorist attack on Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, with explosives placed near four of the six power units.
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π₯Russian forces continued attacks in the Bakhmut direction, including in Klishchiivka and around Bakhmut itself, following the Wagner mutiny
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π₯Firefights took place in the left-bank village of Dachi, opposite Kherson on the Russian-occupied side of the river.
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June 26, 2023 87 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
βοΈA Ukrainian woman filed a criminal complaint in Germany against four Russian military members for allegedly raping her and killing her husband during the occupation of her village near Kyiv early in the invasion.
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π₯Russia launched a missile and drone attack on Ukraine from multiple directions, including a submarine in the Black Sea launching three Kalibr cruise missiles and eight Shahed-136/131 UCAVs launched from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov, plus four unidentified drones from the north.
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βοΈUkraine's Defense Minister Oleksi Reznikov stated that the current phase of the counteroffensive is a preparatory operation and that this year will be a game changer, while acknowledging Russian defensive lines were stronger than expected.
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βοΈThe criminal case against Yevgeny Prigozhin for organizing an armed rebellion remains open and is being investigated by the FSB, despite a statement from Dmitry Peskov on June 24 that the case would be closed.
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π€President Volodymyr Zelensky raised concerns with US President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Polish President Andrzej Duda and other world leaders about intelligence regarding Russian plans to mine the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
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June 27, 2023 97 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯3rd Assault Brigade conducted attacks near Bershchivka south of Bakhmut.
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π₯Russian forces fired two Iskander missiles at Kramatorsk, with one hitting the Ria Lounge pizza restaurant where Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was having a meal with Colombian writers and journalists.
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π₯10th Mountain Brigade conducted attacks north of Bakhmut.
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π₯47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade conducted successful attacks southeast of Orikhiv, gaining ground.
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π₯65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade attacked near Robotyne south of Orikhiv.
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June 28, 2023 64 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian missile struck a restaurant and residential building in Kramatorsk, killing 11 people and injuring approximately 50.
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π€Sergeant Major Valery Markus met with President Zelensky in Kyiv and took official photographs with him.
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π₯80th Airborne Assault Brigade conducted platoon-sized attacks near Klishchiivka south of Bakhmut, using grenades to clear Russian positions.
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π₯A series of six explosions occurred in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, according to Vladimir Rogov.
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π₯Russian forces shelled more than 150 population settlements, including 40 in Kharkiv region, 75 in Donetsk region, and 40 across Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
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June 29, 2023 90 events βοΈ 3 π€ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈUkrainian forces made gains on the route from Slovyansk to Bakhmut and near Klishchiivka, while Russian forces unsuccessfully counterattacked near Berezivka.
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π€The EU warned that Russia has become more dangerous following the Wagner mutiny, with a weaker Putin posing greater risks according to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
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π₯Russian forces continued intense artillery, aerial and armored counterattacks at Dachi on the left-bank of the Dnipro River and near the Antonivsky Bridge in Kherson region.
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βοΈUkrainian forces advanced toward Priyutne in Zaporizhzhia region, representing the southern-most point of Ukraine's offensive to date.
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βοΈRussian forces counterattacked near Kremmina in Luhansk region and at Pervomaisk and Mariinka in Donetsk region.
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June 30, 2023 213 events π€ 2 π₯ 2 π’ 1 βΈ
π€Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor OrbΓ‘n claimed he does not see Russia's failures in the war against Ukraine and criticized EU spending on Ukraine, stating funds should be used for Hungarian or Polish citizens instead.
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π₯Ukrainian forces conducted offensive operations in the Bakhmut direction, achieving gains of up to 1.5 kilometers on the city's flanks.
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π₯Russian forces continued limited offensive operations along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City front.
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π€Former US President Donald Trump said in an interview that Ukraine may have to cede some territory to Russia to end the war, and suggested the US should use the moment after Wagner PMC's rebellion to negotiate a peaceful settlement.
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π’President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commemorated the first anniversary of Zmiinyi Island liberation, thanking Ukrainian military forces including Defence Intelligence, SSU Alpha special unit, Naval Forces, army aviation of the Ground Forces Command, Air Force aviation, and border guards for their role in the operation.
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β‘οΈAfter the mutiny and conversation with Lukashenko, Prigozhin announced that his mercenaries were heading back to their field camps.
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ποΈEnergoatom signed an insurance agreement with Persha insurance company covering Ukraine's four nuclear power plants (Zaporizhzhia, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, and Pivdennoukrainska) for 111.49 million IMF SDRs (approximately UAH 5.44 billion).
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ποΈThe insurance coverage for Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant will only come into force after the plant is liberated from Russian occupation, consequences of Russian presence are addressed, and international nuclear insurance pools agree to participate in reinsurance.
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ποΈThe insurance agreement excludes coverage for nuclear damage resulting from combat actions, armed conflicts, or invasion.
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βοΈIn early June 2023, law enforcement officers seized 738 real estate properties owned by Alfa-Bank Ukraine (now Sens Bank).
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July 2023 (5,719 events)
July 1, 2023 56 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯A Storm Shadow missile was used to strike a hotel in occupied Berdyansk, killing a high-ranking Russian general.
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π₯Ukrainian unmanned surface vessels (USVs) struck the Crimean Bridge in July 2023, causing further damage to the road section.
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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian HIMARS rockets struck a Russian military training and relaxation camp on Dzharylhach Island in the Black Sea, killing up to 200 Russian soldiers.
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π₯Ukraine's 40th Artillery Brigade published video showing engagement where a NATO-standard 155mm howitzer, supported by drones, destroyed a Russian 203mm cannon.
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π€Russia withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Deal in an attempt to blackmail the international community into lifting sanctions related to its aggression against Ukraine.
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July 1, 2023 361 events π₯ 2 π€ 1 π’ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π€CIA Director William Burns made a secret visit to Ukraine and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and top intelligence officials. During the visit, Ukrainian authorities revealed their strategy to regain Russian-occupied territories and begin ceasefire talks with Moscow by the end of the year.
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π’Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny said in an interview that Ukraine's counteroffensive is hampered by lack of adequate firepower, including modern fighter jets and artillery ammunition.
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π₯Russian forces conducted limited offensive operations along the Svatove-Kreminna line, with unsuccessful attacks near Novoselivske, Nevske, Dibrova, and the Serebryanske forest area.
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π₯Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) attacked the Crimean Bridge in July 2023.
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βοΈUkrainian forces conducted counteroffensive operations in at least four sectors of the frontline on July 1, including near Bakhmut and along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City front.
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July 2, 2023 92 events π₯ 2 π€ 2 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯Russia launched a combined attack on Kyiv using 8 Shahed drones and 3 Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea, marking the first attack on Kyiv in 12 days.
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π€Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba responded to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor OrbΓ‘n's claim that Ukraine is "no longer a sovereign state", calling the arguments meaningless and describing them as "blah blah blah".
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π€Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg clarified that Austria is allowing EU countries to transport military equipment through its territory to Ukraine, stating this does not violate Austrian neutrality.
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π’Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, stated that the West should abandon the illusion that Russia will remain in its current form, predicting Russia will fragment into separate states.
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July 3, 2023 135 events π§ 1 βοΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 +1 βΈ
π§Russia is developing new digital surveillance tools to monitor users of Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal messenger apps for the purpose of suppressing internal opposition to the war against Ukraine.
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βοΈRussian forces launched a counteroffensive to eliminate the Ukrainian bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro near Antonivsky Bridge, employing tanks, artillery, TOS flame thrower rocket launchers, and Iskander missiles.
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βοΈUkraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) added Unilever to its list of international sponsors of war for paying significant taxes to the Russian state budget, thus supporting Russia's war economy.
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π₯Russian forces launched a drone attack on Sumy using Shahed drones, resulting in 1 death and 16 injuries. The attack struck the city center with four drone strikes, damaging an administrative building and two residential buildings.
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ποΈUkraine began preparatory work on constructing main water pipelines to supply regions affected by the Kakhovka HPP explosion. The project includes pipelines from Karachun reservoir to Kryvyi Rih and Southern reservoir, Marhanets to Nikopol, Khortytsia to Tomakivka.
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July 4, 2023 192 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 π΄ 1 βΈ
π€The Ukrainian diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church condemned the blessing ceremony in Moscow of the Armenian Arbat battalion, a volunteer military formation fighting alongside Russian troops.
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π₯A furniture factory in the Moscow region caught fire.
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π΄Ukrainian forces attacked near Luhivske, 10 km west of the Dnipro River and took a series of positions.
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π₯Ukraine launched offensive operations across six operational theaters from Kherson to Luhansk, with a new battleground emerging near Luhivske in western Zaporizhzhia.
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π₯Ukrainian and Russian forces continued conducting limited ground attacks around Bakhmut.
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July 5, 2023 205 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
βοΈUkrainian law enforcement served a notice of suspicion on Svitlana Fedorets, Chairman of the Zvenyhorod District Court in Cherkasy Oblast, for justifying Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.
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π€The White House stated its support for an 'open door' policy for NATO membership.
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π’Tony Radakin, Chief of the UK Defence Staff, stated that the main push of Ukraine's counteroffensive is yet to come and rejected accusations about slow Ukrainian advances.
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π₯Russian shelling on a residential area of the southern frontline city of Kherson killed two people.
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π₯Russian forces allegedly used chemical weapons (lewisite) during artillery bombardments against Ukrainian positions near Bakhmut, causing symptoms including nausea, vomiting, and loss of consciousness in some soldiers.
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July 6, 2023 195 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 1 π’ 1 π 1 βΈ
π₯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.
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π’President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in a CNN interview that there has been a split in Russian society, with the chain of command crumbling and Putin weakened
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πAt least 9 civilians killed in Russian missile attack on Lviv apartment building, with initial reports of 3 fatalities rising to 4, then at least 9 total.
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βοΈThe Security Service of Ukraine served a notice of suspicion in absentia on pro-Russian blogger Anatolii Sharii for collaborating with Russian FSB to create staged videos of Ukrainian POW interrogations.
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βοΈThe High Anti-Corruption Court upheld the Ministry of Justice's claim based on SBU materials and ordered transfer of a cargo/passenger aircraft from Russian corporation Rostekh to Ukraine.
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July 7, 2023 242 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π 1 βΈ
βοΈSSU detains FSB agent working at Ukrainian defense industry plant in Kirovohrad Oblast who was collecting intelligence on foreign weapons and repair of Ukrainian military equipment
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πDuring the first 500 days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 9,000 civilians have died, including over 500 children. This is three times the number of civilian deaths recorded during the previous 8 years of conflict in eastern Ukraine (2014-2022).
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π₯Ukrainian forces destroyed six Russian ammunition depots in Zaporizhzhia and conducted an effective strike on Makiivka in occupied Donetsk region on July 4.
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π₯Russian and Ukrainian forces conducted ground attacks along the Svatove-Kreminna line.
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π₯Russian forces continued assaults near Maryinka and the Avdiivka-Donetsk City area.
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July 8, 2023 133 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces launched a rocket attack on the town of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, killing six people and injuring five.
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π€Russian authorities are planning to confiscate housing from Ukrainian residents of Enerhodar and distribute it to Russian workers at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant as an incentive to attract personnel.
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ποΈUkrainian intelligence indicated that Russian authorities are capitalizing on the fear of a provocation at ZNPP to drive out Ukrainian personnel and increase Russian presence ahead of NATO summit.
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π₯Russian forces conducted ground attacks along the Kharkiv-Luhansk Oblast border and south of Kreminna.
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π₯Russian and Ukrainian forces continued ground attacks along the administrative border between Zaporizhia and Donetsk oblasts.
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July 9, 2023 161 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian forces fired on Oleshky, killing two civilians according to TASS news agency.
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π€The US, Britain, France and Germany discussed bilateral or multilateral security agreements to provide constant military assistance to Ukraine ahead of the NATO Summit in Vilnius.
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π₯Russian rocket strike on Lyman killed 8 people and injured 13 others at around 10:00 am local time. The strikes hit two busy intersections, setting fire to a residential building, an annex to a printing house, and three cars.
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π₯Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks north of Svatove and south of Kreminna in Luhansk Oblast.
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π₯Mykolaiv was hit with Russian S-300 missiles.
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July 10, 2023 184 events π 2 π‘οΈ 1 π₯ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
πUK Defence Intelligence estimates Russian average daily losses at about 400-440 soldiers over 17 months of full-scale war against Ukraine, noting the medical system was likely unprepared for the influx of wounded.
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π‘οΈUkrainian troops have not yet observed Akhmat special forces at the Bakhmut front despite claims by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov that they had been redeployed there.
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πA Russian airstrike on the Orikhiv school killed 8 people and injured 16 others.
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π₯Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine was hit with Russian S-300 missiles.
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π€Christoph Heusgen, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, stated that Ukraine should receive a signal at the NATO summit in Vilnius that it belongs to the Euro-Atlantic family and should be invited to join NATO once circumstances allow.
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July 11, 2023 183 events π₯ 2 π¦ 1 π€ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π¦Germany pledged another 700 million euros in military assistance to Ukraine at the NATO summit, including two Patriot missile system launchers, 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 25 Leopard 1 tanks, and 20,000 artillery rounds.
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π₯Ongoing shooting and combat activity confirmed in the general Kherson area and on the opposite side of the river.
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π₯Russian drones targeted grain facilities at a southern port in Odesa region, which houses three maritime terminals key to an expiring export agreement between Moscow and Kyiv.
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π€The Polish Sejm adopted a resolution on the 80th anniversary of the Volyn tragedy, stating that Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation must include admission of guilt and commemoration of victims.
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π’Ukraine's Defence Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov stated that Wagner Group fighters intended to capture nuclear weapons at the Voronezh-45 facility during their June 2023 mutiny in Russia.
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July 12, 2023 180 events π’ 2 π§ 1 π€ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π§Russian-affiliated hacker group From Russia with Love leaked confidential data about NATO summit preparations in Vilnius, including security details of 346 assets and routes of NATO delegations.
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π€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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π’Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed new security commitments from G7 powers but warned they could not be a substitute for eventual NATO membership, stating results were good but invitation would be optimal.
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π’Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated that negotiations with Russia will only become possible when Russia withdraws its troops from Ukraine, and that for now the path to victory is purely military as Russia stubbornly believes it can achieve its goals through military means.
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βοΈUkraine said it shot down 11 Russian drones out of 15 launched in overnight attacks on Kyiv, marking a second consecutive night of drone strikes on the capital.
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July 13, 2023 208 events π₯ 3 ποΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
ποΈUkrainian mobile phone networks and internet access are operational throughout Kherson city, while occupied areas use Russian networks. Residents use Telegram to communicate with relatives across the river.
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π€France's parliament approved a military spending bill allocating β¬413 billion for 2024-2030, representing the largest increase in 50 years, as a response to Russia's war against Ukraine.
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π₯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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π₯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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π₯Russia launched a third consecutive night of kamikaze drone strikes on Kyiv using Iranian-made Shahed drones. About 12 drones were downed in the city's airspace.
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July 14, 2023 216 events π€ 1 π¦ 1 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 +1 βΈ
π€The European Union cannot reach an agreement with the European Central Bank on a plan to use profits from more than 200 billion euros of frozen assets of the Russian central bank to restore Ukraine.
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π¦The US is purchasing decommissioned Phase III MIM-23 Hawk missile systems from Taiwan to transfer them to Ukraine as part of a military aid package.
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βοΈEstonian Defence Forces intelligence chief Margo Grosberg said Ukrainian counteroffensive operations are targeting Russian command posts, logistics centers, and transport hubs to find weaknesses for a breakthrough.
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π’Ukrainian ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko elaborated on his comment describing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's remark as "unhealthy sarcasm," explaining that sarcastic responses are unnecessary between friendly countries.
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π₯Ukrainian forces continued to press forward on the southern flank in Bakhmut, while Russian forces unsuccessfully counterattacked on the northern flank around Klischiivka and the southern canal.
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July 15, 2023 148 events π€ 2 π’ 1 π΄ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π’UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace stated in an interview that Russia will remain a serious threat in the coming years, expressing grave concern about the risk of direct military conflict with Russia whether by accident or otherwise.
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π€South Africa announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg in person despite an ICC arrest warrant, with at least 22 heads of state confirmed to attend.
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π΄Ukrainian sapper divers retrieved a Russian tank from the Desna River near Shestovytsa Village, Chernihiv Oblast. The tank was captured during a failed Russian river crossing attempt.
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βοΈUkrainian Armed Forces changed counteroffensive tactics in July 2023, shifting from direct assaults on Russian-mined fields to focusing on exhausting Russian forces with artillery and long-range missiles.
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π€South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol made an unannounced visit to Ukraine, touring the sites of civilian killings in Bucha and Irpin.
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July 16, 2023 110 events π₯ 2 ποΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia reported that its air defense forces downed at least ten drones around Sevastopol on the Crimea peninsula, with two UAVs shot down and five others electronically disabled.
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ποΈA fire broke out at a hospital for veterans under construction in Bryansk, Russia for the second time in a month.
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π₯The Kerch Bridge connecting Russian-occupied Crimea to the Russian Federation was attacked using drones at 3:00 AM on July 16-17, resulting in one span tilting and automobile traffic being closed.
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π‘οΈUkrainian forces are defending against Russian assaults in the Kupiansk sector of Kharkiv region, with fierce battles where positions change several times daily.
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β‘οΈUkrainian forces are gradually advancing on the southern flank near Bakhmut while trying to hold positions on the northern flank where Russian attacks continue.
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July 17, 2023 202 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈThe Security Service of Ukraine detained an FSB informant in Donetsk Oblast who was collecting intelligence on Ukrainian defenders and reporting to Russia about the consequences of a Russian missile strike on a cafe in Kramatorsk on June 27, 2023.
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π₯Ukrainian forces conducted a strike on the Kerch bridge, damaging the critical infrastructure connecting Crimea to mainland Russia.
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π₯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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βοΈA Russian military pilot died after his Su-25 attack aircraft crashed into the Sea of Azov during a training flight near Yeysk, Krasnodar region.
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π₯Russia withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative on July 17, 2023.
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July 18, 2023 210 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 2 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Explosions were recorded overnight in Odesa, Kharkiv and Mykolayiv in possible Russian missile attacks.
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π₯Russia launched a large-scale attack on Mykolaiv during the night of July 17-18, 2023, causing a large fire at one facility.
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βοΈRussian troops have gone on the offensive near Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, with Oleksandr Syrsky describing the situation as difficult and designed to draw Ukraine's efforts away from Bakhmut.
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βοΈUS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Mark Milley stated that Ukraine's counter-offensive is far from failure and that there is a lot of fighting remaining. He noted the counter-offensive may go slower than analysts assumed because real warfare differs from theoretical scenarios.
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π€UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly addressed the UN Security Council, calling on Russia to immediately withdraw troops from Ukraine and unblock the Black Sea for shipping.
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July 19, 2023 210 events π€ 1 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 β‘οΈ 1 +1 βΈ
π€The US is preparing sanctions against Kyrgyzstan for helping Russia circumvent sanctions by supplying sanctioned equipment and electronics including drones, optical sights, and bomb parts.
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βοΈRussian troops counterattacked and captured approximately a dozen prisoners from the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade.
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π₯Russian shelling attacks damaged the infrastructure of seaports in Odesa.
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β‘οΈUkrainian forces advanced more than a kilometer in an unspecified area of the Melitopol direction.
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π‘οΈUkraine's Armed Forces continue strengthening the border with Belarus by deploying explosive and non-explosive barriers following the arrival of Wagner PMC mercenaries in Belarus.
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July 20, 2023 228 events π€ 2 βοΈ 1 π¦ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈUkrainian Ground Forces Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that Ukrainian Defense Forces are gaining 500m to 1km of territory daily during the counteroffensive, though progress is slower than desired due to heavily fortified Russian positions.
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π¦The US may deliver F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by the end of 2023, according to John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council.
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π€Banks in Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan terminated cooperation with Russian payment system Unistream after the US imposed blocking sanctions on it.
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π₯Russian forces launched overnight missile and drone attacks on Mykolaiv, injuring 18 people including 5 children, with 9 hospitalized. The attack hit the city center, damaging at least 5 residential high-rise buildings and around 15 garages.
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π€The European Union is developing plans to establish a 20-billion-euro defense fund over four years (2024-2027) to support Ukraine's military capabilities against the Russian invasion.
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July 21, 2023 227 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 π¦ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
βοΈRussian former intelligence officer and nationalist mil-blogger Igor Girkin was arrested for 'extremism' on July 21, 2023. His recent comments turned to direct criticism of President Vladimir Putin and his time in power.
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π₯Russian missiles struck an agricultural enterprise in the Odesa region, hitting grain terminals and destroying 100 tons of peas and 20 tons of barley.
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π¦Bulgaria's parliament approved sending approximately 100 Soviet-made BTR armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine, along with armaments and spare parts.
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π₯53rd Brigade used cluster munitions against a village possibly containing Russian troops.
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π€Russia announced that British diplomats in Russia must notify authorities 5 working days in advance when traveling outside a 120km zone from Moscow and Yekaterinburg, citing London's "hostile actions" and measures hindering Russian diplomatic operations in the UK.
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July 22, 2023 120 events π₯ 4 π 1 βΈ
π₯Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv, Dnipro, and Odesa overnight, partially destroying the Transfiguration Cathedral. Two people were killed including an infant among the injured in Dnipro.
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πRussian servicemen in motorised rifle regiment units near Pershotravneve in Luhansk Oblast have low morale and poor psychological state due to large losses in manpower during hostilities
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π₯Ukrainian soldiers reported heavy fighting in the Zaporizhzhia direction where Russian forces had heavily mined all approaches and planted mines on retreat paths, causing significant Ukrainian sapper casualties.
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π₯Ukrainian soldiers reported slow advances of 1.5 km over one month near Bakhmut, with losses of 4-5 infantrymen per 100 meters gained and up to half a unit per kilometer captured.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck a Russian BK-16 landing craft in occupied Crimea, along with a radar station and a communications hub.
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July 23, 2023 119 events π 2 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈThe Wall Street Journal reports that Ukraine's spring 2023 counteroffensive may stall due to insufficient weapons and training. Western military officials knew Ukraine lacked sufficient shells, combat aircraft, and training to dislodge Russian troops.
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π₯Attack on the cathedral in Odesa. UN OCHA officials visited the site the day after it was hit.
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πRussian forces attacked settlements in northern Donetsk Oblast using artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems, resulting in 4 civilian deaths and 9 injuries across multiple villages and cities.
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π₯The Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral was seriously damaged during a massive Russian missile attack on the historical center of Odesa.
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πThe Russian attack on Odesa killed at least two people.
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July 24, 2023 169 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 2 ποΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈThe Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) revealed the identities of 31 alleged collaborators who joined Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs headquarters in temporarily occupied Kherson region, accused of participating in punitive actions including mass abductions, looting, and imprisonment in torture chambers.
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βοΈSSU and State Bureau of Investigation accused an opposition MP (Oleksandr Ponomarov) of high treason for collaborating with Russian forces in occupied Berdiansk.
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π₯Two drones attacked Moscow, with one crashing near the defense ministry on Komsomolsky Prospekt and another hitting a business center on Likhacheva Street. Russia claimed the attack was 'stopped' with drones suppressed and crashed, no casualties reported.
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ποΈEnergoatom reported that despite the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam by Russian forces, the water level in the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant cooling pond remains stable and controlled as of July 24, 2023.
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π₯AFP journalist Dylan Collins was injured in a drone attack while reporting on Ukrainian artillery forces near Bakhmut.
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July 25, 2023 169 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 2 π€ 1 βΈ
βοΈThe Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) served in absentia a notice of suspicion on former MP Yevhen Muraiev for treason, charging him with conducting informational and subversive activities against Ukraine and committing deliberate actions to humiliate national honour and dignity.
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βοΈThe Security Service of Ukraine's counterintelligence detained a woman in Chernihiv Oblast who was spying for Russia's GRU, collecting intelligence on Ukrainian Armed Forces units and aircraft movements on the northern borders.
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π€Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone conversation with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to discuss Russia's attacks on Odesa's historic center and port infrastructure, air defense needs, defence cooperation, Ukrainian offensive operations, NATO Summit support declaration, and bilateral security guarantees.
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π₯Russian forces launched an overnight drone attack on Kyiv using multiple drones.
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π₯Russia fired cluster munitions on a local reservoir and park in Kostiantynivka, killing a child and injuring at least six other civilians.
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July 26, 2023 200 events π₯ 4 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
β‘οΈUkrainian forces made marginal advances north of Klishchiivka (7km southwest of Bakhmut) based on geolocated footage.
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π₯Russia launched a large strike targeting Starokostiantyniv Air Base, marking the second attack on this facility in four months.
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π₯Russia launched multiple missile attacks against the Ukrainian port city of Odesa after pulling out of the Black Sea Grain Deal.
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π₯Russian forces conducted a large-scale missile strike largely aimed at rear areas in Ukraine on the night of July 26.
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π₯Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, in Bakhmut, along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line, in western Donetsk Oblast, and in western Zaporizhia Oblast on July 26.
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July 27, 2023 201 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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.
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βοΈUkrainian fencer Olha Kharlan was disqualified from the Fencing World Championships for refusing to shake hands with her Russian opponent Anna Smirnova after winning their match 15:7.
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π₯Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations north and south of Bakhmut, conducting assaults near Zaliznyanske, Berkhivka, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and Pivnichne.
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π₯Operational Command Pivden (South) warned that Russian forces may launch repeated attacks, including from the sea, following thunderstorms and storms. A Russian submarine missile carrier is on combat duty and ready to launch Kalibr missiles.
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π₯Russian troops attacked the city of Zaporizhzhia on the evening of July 27, 2023. No casualties were reported.
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July 28, 2023 182 events π₯ 2 π€ 2 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π‘οΈUkraine's State Border Guard Service reported that Belarus is using Wagner mercenaries to intensify the situation, though their number (just over 5,000) and location do not currently pose a threat to Ukraine.
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π₯Russia said it intercepted two Ukrainian missiles over its southern Rostov region, with debris falling on Taganrog injuring at least a dozen people.
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π€Viktor Medvedchuk, a former Ukrainian pro-Kremlin politician facing treason charges in Ukraine, registered a social movement called "Other Ukraine" in Russia. The group claims to be a public non-religious organization rather than a political party.
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π€The EU imposed sanctions on 12 Russian individuals and entities for running a disinformation campaign called 'Recent Reliable News' that spread propaganda about the Ukraine war through fake media web pages.
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π₯Russia launched attacks on Danube port infrastructure, specifically targeting the ports of Ismail and Reni.
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July 29, 2023 106 events π₯ 3 π§ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π§Ukraine's National Resistance Center reports that Russian authorities are planning terrorist attacks against their own population in Bryansk Oblast, from Novye Yurkovichi to Belaya Berezka area.
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π₯Fighting continued in the Orikhiv sector near Robotyne village, where Russia's 58th Combined Arms Army is engaged in combat operations.
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π₯A Russian missile strike on the city of Sumy hit an educational institution, killing at least one civilian and injuring five others.
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π’A sociological survey by the Razumkov Centre Sociological Service found that 52% of Ukrainians believe events are developing in the right direction, down 9 points from a previous poll showing 61% in February-March 2023.
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π₯Russian VDV units continued offensive operations in the Serebriansk Forest west of Kremina, but made minimal territorial gains.
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July 30, 2023 112 events π₯ 4 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian drones targeted Russia's Economic Ministry tower in Moscow-City on July 30.
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π₯A drone fell near Taganrog, where there is a major military airfield, in Russia's Rostov region.
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β‘οΈOver 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers arrived at a remote location in Dartmoor, England to take part in special training for an operation to liberate Russian-occupied Crimea.
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π₯Three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow on July 30, 2023. One drone was shot down by air defense over the Odintsovo district, while two others were suppressed by electronic warfare and crashed into a Moscow-City office complex, damaging two office towers.
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π₯Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Svatove-Kremina line.
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July 31, 2023 246 events π₯ 4 π§ 1 βΈ
π§A 53-year-old man threw Molotov cocktails at the military commissariat on Tchaikovsky Street in St. Petersburg, claiming he was lured into taking out multiple loans and coerced by a person pretending to be an FSB officer who promised to help clear his debts in exchange for setting fire to the office.
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π₯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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π₯On July 31, a missile attack on Kryvyi Rih killed 6 people and injured almost 80.
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π₯Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Svatove-Kreminna and Avdiivka-Donetsk City lines and made claimed gains in Luhansk Oblast.
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π₯Russian forces launched a Shahed drone strike on two civilian buildings in Kharkiv, injuring one person.
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π¦Georgian Airways launched transit flights for Russians traveling from Moscow to Nice via Tbilisi after being sanctioned by Ukraine.
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π₯Ukrainian Security Service (SSU) conducted a drone attack on the Kerch (Crimean) Bridge using experimental Sea Baby surface drones carrying up to 850 kilograms of explosives.
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π₯Russia conducted a major attack on Lviv, described by the mayor as the biggest since the full-scale invasion began.
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π₯Earlier in July 2023, Russia said it had downed five Ukrainian drones that disrupted the functioning of Moscow's Vnukovo international airport.
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π₯Russian attacks on the Odesa region have increased since the expiry of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, targeting grain infrastructure.
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π₯Ukrainian Magura V5 drones damaged the patrol ship Sergey Kotov in the Black Sea.
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August 2023 (5,795 events)
August 1, 2023 78 events π‘οΈ 3 π₯ 1 π 1 βΈ
π‘οΈA 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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π₯Ukrainian Defence Intelligence operatives destroyed one Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber and disabled two others during a special operation deep inside Russian territory.
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π‘οΈThe 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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π‘οΈUkrainian military intelligence conducted Operation Titmouse, in which Russian pilot Maksim Kuzminov voluntarily flew a Mi-8 helicopter from Russia to the Kharkiv region in August 2023, bringing it safely to Ukrainian forces.
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πDuring Operation Titmouse, two Russian crew members of the Mi-8 helicopter chose not to surrender and were killed upon landing.
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ποΈAn explosion occurred in the sea near the Romanian resort village of CostineΘti, likely caused by a sea mine hitting and exploding at the pier, resulting in minor damage but no injuries.
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August 1, 2023 383 events π₯ 4 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
β‘οΈRussian pilot Maxim Kuzminov drove a Mi-8 helicopter into Ukrainian territory as part of the Synytsia operation, then surrendered.
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π₯A missile, likely a high-explosive fragmentation shell, struck Myroslava's vegetable garden in August, damaging the garage, house, and yard.
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π₯Armed kamikaze drones struck Moscow for a second consecutive night, with at least one UAV hitting the 17th floor of an office building in the Moscow City financial district.
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π₯The Russian Ministry of Defense accused Ukraine of attempting to attack two Black Sea Fleet patrol boats with unmanned semi-submersibles on August 1, 2023.
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π₯Kyiv experienced another Russian aerial assault overnight with 10 drones, causing no injuries from falling debris.
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August 2, 2023 186 events π₯ 2 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 π§ 1 βΈ
π₯A drone attack took place near occupied Sebastopol, the port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
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π₯Explosions occurred at the Olenivka detention facility where Ukrainian prisoners of war were held, resulting in a fire that killed Ukrainian POWs. The guards locked the prisoners inside and prevented their escape while the facility burned.
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π₯The UN humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine reported that humanitarian needs are only 30% funded, with 17 million people needing assistance totaling $3.9 billion.
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βοΈRussian partisan movement Atesh reports that Russian commanders have set up a torture chamber in the basement of a house in Rozivka, Zaporizhzhia region, where deserters and refuseniks are abused and raped.
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π§Six military registration offices in Russia were targeted in arson attempts, all arrested suspects are women, with Russian authorities blaming "UkroNazis."
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August 3, 2023 153 events π₯ 3 π’ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯Ukrainian sea drones attacked the Russian Ropucha-class landing ship Olenegorski Gornjak at Novorossiysk naval base. The SBU stated the ship was damaged with a serious hole and cannot perform combat tasks.
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π’Andrii Yusov, representative of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, discussed Russian psychological operations (psyops) and bot farms on Ukrainian Radio.
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π₯Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed seven Russian field ammunition storage points on the left bank during operations in southern Ukraine.
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π€The EU Council adopted sanctions against Belarus on 3 August 2023, expanding the ban on export of firearms and ammunition, as well as goods and technologies for aviation and space industry.
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August 4, 2023 211 events π₯ 1 β 1 βοΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 +1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces attacked the Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast five times using heavy artillery and MLRS, injuring two civilians (an 85-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man) and damaging more than two dozen private buildings, cars, trucks, solar panels, greenhouses, gas pipelines, and power lines.
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βRussian Navy landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak was seriously damaged while near the Black Sea Fleet's Novorossiysk base during the night of 3-4 August 2023, with images showing the vessel listing at 30-40 degrees.
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βοΈKyiv claims Russia is planning a false flag attack at the Mozyr Oil Refinery in Belarus, using saboteurs disguised as Wagner mercenaries to justify dragging Belarus into the war against Ukraine.
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π‘οΈAir defense systems were activated in several regions of occupied Crimea.
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π€President Volodymyr Zelenskyy convened a three-hour meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff to discuss the use of precision weapons, grain corridor issues, and development of the domestic military-industrial sector.
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August 5, 2023 123 events π€ 2 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces launched Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from Tambov Oblast and Belarus towards Ukraine, with missiles heading toward multiple oblasts including Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi (Starokostiantyniv), Poltava, Vinnytsia, and Kyiv.
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βοΈVadym Skibitsky of Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) stated that Ukraine's ongoing counter-offensive is proceeding as planned and poised for success, with Ukrainian forces maintaining the initiative on the battlefield.
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ποΈA fire has been burning for five days in the most valuable steppe area of Dzharylhach National Nature Park, a zone of absolute protection established in 1974.
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π€US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Polish Defence Minister Mariusz BΕaszczak held a telephone conversation to discuss the situation with Belarusian helicopters entering Polish airspace and the presence of Wagner Group fighters in Belarus.
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π€Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba held a telephone call with Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to discuss the future of the Black Sea Grain Initiative following Russia's withdrawal.
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August 6, 2023 103 events π₯ 3 π’ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
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π‘οΈUkrainian air defence destroyed 13 Kalibr cruise missiles, 17 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, and 27 Shahed-136/131 combat drones during a Russian air attack from the evening of August 5 to morning of August 6, 2023.
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π₯Two elderly people were injured by a strike on Mykilske, Kherson region.
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π₯A woman was killed and three civilians were injured by shelling of two settlements in the Kharkiv region.
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π₯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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August 7, 2023 184 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 2 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈMetropolitan Ionafan (Anatoliy Yeletskykh) of the Tulchyn Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate was sentenced to five years in prison for circulating pro-Kremlin propaganda leaflets calling for government overthrow and border changes, and posting messages supporting Russian invaders on Russian Orthodox Church websites.
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π₯Two missiles hit residential buildings in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region.
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π₯Russia claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian drone in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, using anti-aircraft defense systems in the Ferzikovsky district overnight on August 7, 2023.
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π₯Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange with Russia, bringing home 22 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers from captivity. The group included two officers, privates and sergeants, with ages ranging from 23 to 54. Some of the released soldiers were wounded.
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βοΈUkraine's SBU security service detained a woman accused of gathering intelligence for Russia to plot an attack on President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to the southern Mykolaiv region.
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August 8, 2023 157 events π€ 2 π§ 1 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π§The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) blocked attempts by Russian military intelligence (GRU) hackers to penetrate the Armed Forces of Ukraine's combat data exchange system, preventing access to sensitive information about Ukrainian military operations.
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π€Lithuania's Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) froze Russian and Belarusian assets worth over β¬103 million as part of Western sanctions.
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π₯Russian governor Aleksandr Bogomaz reported that the village of Belaya Berezka in Bryansk Oblast came under fire on the evening of August 8, 2023, damaging an administrative building, a factory, and residential buildings.
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βοΈThe Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) discovered a network of female agents operating in the Donetsk region who were working for Russia's FSB and Wagner group. The agents collected intelligence on Ukrainian military equipment movements, including flight paths of attack helicopters near Avdiivka and routes for transporting heavy armored vehicles.
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π€The US Department of Defense stated it is increasing vigilance following joint maneuvers of Russian and Chinese warships near Alaska. Pentagon spokesperson Patrick Ryder noted that Russia and China continue to seek ways for military cooperation.
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August 9, 2023 209 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯A massive explosion occurred at the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant in Sergiyev Posad, approximately 75km from Moscow center. Local authorities blamed a breach in protocols rather than a Ukrainian drone strike.
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π‘οΈA Russian pilot (Captain Maxim Kuzminov) defected to Ukraine by hijacking a Mi-8 helicopter from the 319th Separate Helicopter Regiment and flying it to a Ukrainian airbase in the Kharkiv region as part of a six-month special operation called 'Titmouse' executed by Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR).
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βοΈA German military officer identified as Thomas H. was arrested in Koblenz on suspicion of spying for Russia, having approached the Russian consulate in Bonn and Russian embassy in Berlin in May 2023 to offer cooperation.
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π€US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that Brazil's vote is crucial to bring Russia back to the Black Sea Grain Initiative, expressing his belief that President Lula da Silva could help convince Russia to resume the grain deal.
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π₯A Russian double-tap missile attack on Pokrovsk in Donetsk region killed 9 people and injured 82, including two children.
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August 10, 2023 170 events βοΈ 2 π₯ 1 π¦ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈUkraine has not yet confiscated 88 commercial companies that directly or indirectly belong to 25 Russian oligarchs cooperating with the Russian military-industrial complex, according to State Watch think tank's Trap Aggressor project.
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π₯Russia claimed to have intercepted 11 Ukrainian drones near Crimea overnight - two near Sevastopol and nine crashed in the Black Sea after electronic warfare suppression.
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π¦Ukraine submitted a report to the Pentagon about using American cluster munitions (DPICMs) on the battlefield, including data on rounds fired and destroyed Russian targets.
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βοΈA fourth organizer of a coup plot involving Viktor Medvedchuk's accomplices has been sentenced to prison in Ukraine.
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π₯Russian occupation forces are cremating fallen soldiers in the open area near Melitopol, causing complaints from local residents about acrid smell for several months.
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August 11, 2023 200 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 π¦ 1 π§ 1 βΈ
βοΈRussia destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the western outskirts of Moscow.
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π₯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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π¦The German government is considering supplying Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles from the Bundeswehr stockpile, with technical modifications to prevent strikes on Russian territory other than Russian-occupied Crimea.
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π§Stickers calling people to join the Wagner Group private military company have appeared in Krakow, Poland. The stickers contain a QR code linking to a Russian website.
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π₯Russian forces conducted a series of missile strikes in Ukraine, targeting a Ukrainian airfield for the second time in the last week.
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August 12, 2023 113 events π₯ 4 π¦ 1 βΈ
π¦Russia has begun producing and using its own version of Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones (Geran-2) for attacks on Ukraine, according to Conflict Armament Research analysis of downed drones.
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π₯Ukrainian kamikaze drones destroyed a Russian BMPT Terminator infantry fighting vehicle in Donetsk Oblast. The SBU released video of the operation showing the vehicle being hit by two drones, followed by a rescue attempt with a T-80 tank that was also struck.
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π₯A Russian missile attack targeted Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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π₯A man was killed in the Kharkiv region during Russian attacks.
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π₯Ukrainian forces reportedly launched two missile strikes targeting the Kerch Strait Bridge.
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August 13, 2023 111 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯A Russian patrol ship (Vasily Bykov) fired warning shots at the Sukru Okan cargo vessel, which was sailing under Palau's flag and heading to Izmail port in Ukraine.
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π₯Russian forces bombarded Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast twice during the night of August 13, 2023, using heavy artillery. Nearly a dozen shells hit the district center and Chervonohryhorivka hromada.
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βοΈRussian military officials in occupied Hornostaivka conducted house-to-house searches for deserters.
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π€Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on Germany to supply Taurus cruise missiles, stating this would not lead to escalation of the war.
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π₯Russian forces shelled the village of Shyroka Balka in Kherson region, killing three adults and a 23-day-old infant.
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August 14, 2023 179 events π₯ 3 π 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia launched a third wave of missile and drone attacks targeting Odesa region using 15 attack drones and 8 Kalibr-type sea-based missiles.
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πThe strike resulted in around 50 Russian soldiers being admitted to a city hospital in Mariupol, where at least 13 of them died from their injuries.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged an oil storage facility in Volna, a village near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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π₯Explosions occurred at the Talin oil field near Nyagan in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, resulting in casualties.
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π€Moldova expelled 45 Russian embassy staff members (diplomats and technical employees) who left the country on Aug. 14, 2023.
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August 15, 2023 212 events π₯ 4 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian air strikes overnight killed three people in Lutsk, western Ukraine. An industrial facility was hit in the city.
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π’German Bundestag MP Roderich Kiesewetter criticized Saxony minister-president Michael Kretschmer for opposing Taurus missile deliveries to Ukraine, warning that such an attitude would cause Ukraine to disintegrate and Putin to continue the war against Moldova and Baltic states.
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π₯Russian forces launched 12 missile strikes, 67 air strikes, and over 40 MLRS attacks at Ukrainian positions and settlements.
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π₯Russian missiles targeted Lviv, with most intercepted but some hitting residential buildings causing damage to over 100 apartments and a kindergarten.
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π₯Russian missiles hit the eastern city of Dnipro, causing a fire at an enterprise facility and injuring two people.
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August 16, 2023 168 events π₯ 3 β‘οΈ 2 βΈ
β‘οΈThe 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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β‘οΈThe first vessel sailed through the temporary sea corridor launched by the Ukrainian Navy, marking the unblocking of the ports of Great Odesa.
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π₯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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π₯Russia's defense ministry reported that Ukrainian drones attacked the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow at 5:00 am local time using three unmanned aerial vehicles.
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π₯Russian forces launched kamikaze drone strikes on the Reni Sea Trade Port in Odesa Region, damaging grain silos and warehouses belonging to three port operators.
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August 17, 2023 191 events βοΈ 2 π€ 1 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈA 23-year-old resident of Odesa was detained by the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv for spying on behalf of Russian military intelligence, having attempted to locate Ukrainian air defense systems near power facilities and gather information about Ukrainian military repair bases.
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π€President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed laws extending martial law and general mobilisation in Ukraine for 90 days until November 15, 2023.
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π₯The State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience announced that over 30,000 Hasidic pilgrims intend to travel to Uman for Rosh Hashanah in September 2023, despite ongoing war conditions and security concerns.
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βοΈA Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter was shot down near Rabotine; the pilot reportedly survived the crash.
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βοΈKazakhstan blocked the website of Russian TV channel Tsargrad, which is linked to oligarch Konstantin Malofeev.
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August 18, 2023 200 events π€ 1 π₯ 1 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 +1 βΈ
π€Latvian intelligence (SAB) assessed that Vladimir Putin's regime appears stable, with large-scale protests considered unlikely but not impossible.
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π₯A massive fire covering at least 1,300 square meters broke out in the cargo terminal of Novorossiysk port's eastern district on Friday morning, with barrels of fuel oil catching fire.
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π₯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.
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βοΈUkrainian command decided to reduce battlefield casualties during the summer offensive, switching to tactics using smaller units across different areas of the front.
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π₯Military medics at a frontline hospital safely removed a mine shank from the body of a wounded soldier after bomb disposal experts confirmed it was safe to remove.
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August 19, 2023 127 events π₯ 4 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯On August 19, 2023, Russian forces used an Iskander cruise missile to strike the center of Chernihiv.
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β‘οΈPutin traveled to Rostov-on-Don to meet with top Russian military commanders including Valery Gerasimov, in a rare trip near fighting zones.
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π₯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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π₯Russian forces conducted probing attacks in the Kupiansk area but achieved no significant advances.
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π₯Russia reported that Ukrainian sabotage groups were operating in the south and that Russian forces repelled Ukrainian attempts to cross the Dnipro River into Russian-occupied territory.
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August 20, 2023 112 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia said it thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow and its region at around 4:00 am local time, destroying the drone through electronic warfare. The drone crashed into an uninhabited area with no casualties or damage reported.
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βοΈRussian authorities in Rostov Oblast claim to have downed three drones, with two falling on the territory of a military unit in Kamyansk and one falling 1 km north of Novoshakhtinsk.
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π₯Russian forces continued attritional offensive operations in the Donbas region, particularly around Bakhmut, seeking to consolidate occupied territories through methodical advances using massed infantry assaults against Ukrainian positions.
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π₯Ukrainian forces continued counter-offensive operations in the Zaporizhzhia direction toward the south, attempting to find ways to breach Russian defensive lines and potentially isolate Crimea.
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π₯A Ukrainian drone raid hit a railway station in the western Russian city of Kursk, injuring five people.
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August 21, 2023 192 events π₯ 2 π€ 1 ποΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π€Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniichuk said Kyiv was considering suspending the visa-free travel regime in response to Ukrainian citizens being denied entry to Israel.
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π₯Russia's defense ministry reported thwarting a Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region using electronic warfare. The drone crashed in Odintsovo district with no casualties.
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ποΈRussia has introduced mandatory military training in secondary schools (grades 10-11) starting September 1, 2023, replacing the Basics of Life Safety and Health course. The curriculum includes live ammunition shooting at ranges under military supervision, UAV operation, trench building, and nuclear explosion classification.
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β‘οΈThe Russian Ministry of Defense is creating new military formations possibly to allow more combat effective units currently defending in Kherson Oblast to redeploy to more critical sectors of the front.
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π₯Ukraine attacked an airfield in the Kaluga region of Russia.
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August 22, 2023 184 events ποΈ 2 π€ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π€The ICJ scheduled hearings for September 18, 2023 to address Russia's objections regarding the court's jurisdiction in Ukraine's genocide case against Russia.
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π‘οΈRussian forces began flooding ferries in the Kerch Strait to create a protective barrier for the Crimean Bridge, with plans to flood at least six watercraft.
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βοΈUkrainian drones attacked Moscow region for the fifth consecutive night, with two drones intercepted over Krasnogorsk and Chastsy areas.
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ποΈMoscow's Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports temporarily halted all flights due to the drone attacks.
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ποΈRussian media outlet Baza reported that bread prices in Russia are expected to rise by 10% in autumn 2023 due to Russia's exit from the grain deal, ruble collapse, and sanctions.
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August 23, 2023 201 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Russian drone attack hit grain infrastructure in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, damaging granaries and production/transshipment complexes. Air defense forces destroyed nine Shahed drones during the strike.
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π₯A passenger plane crashed near Tver, resulting in 8 confirmed deaths, allegedly including Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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π₯Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow for the sixth consecutive night, with three drones targeting the city. Two were shot down by Russian air defenses in Mozhaisky and Khimki districts, while a third crashed into a building in the Moscow City business district.
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π₯Russian military aircraft conducted a pre-dawn coordinated strike using guided aerial bombs that hit a kindergarten and surrounding residential structures in Kherson.
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π₯A Russian Shahed drone struck an educational institution in Romny, Sumy Oblast at 10:00, killing four employees (principal, deputy principal, secretary, librarian) and destroying the school building.
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August 24, 2023 185 events π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 π₯ 1 +1 βΈ
π₯On the night of 24 August, Russian forces launched a missile attack on Dnipro, striking multiple infrastructure targets.
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βοΈUkraine's Security Service detained a Russian agent who was a department director of a Kyiv insurance company. The agent gathered intelligence on energy infrastructure by meeting with heads of Kyiv energy companies under the pretense of insurance contracts, and transmitted this information to a Russian GRU officer to prepare air strikes on Kyiv's energy infrastructure for the heating season.
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π’Analyzing the implications of Prigozhin's death for Putin's control and Russia's political landscape, noting that the June mutiny revealed Putin's weakness but his subsequent actions demonstrate his return to power.
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π₯A private Embraer Legacy aircraft carrying Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino in Tver Region, killing all 10 people on board.
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π€US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement congratulating Ukraine on its 33rd Independence Day, marking also 18 months since Russia's full-scale invasion.
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August 25, 2023 220 events π₯ 3 π΄ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π΄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.
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π₯On the night of August 25, Russian forces launched five missiles and a Shahed drone from the Black and Azov seas targeting southern Ukraine.
π₯Ukrainian Special Forces conducted combat operations near Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region, capturing positions from Russian forces.
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π₯Russian authorities in Sevastopol reported that drones attempted to attack the city on the night of August 24-25, claiming all UAVs were shot down over the Black Sea near Cape Chersonesus.
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βοΈOleksii Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, stated that the Ukrainian counteroffensive is difficult but progressing every day according to the approved plan.
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August 26, 2023 150 events π₯ 4 ποΈ 1 βΈ
ποΈA large-scale fire broke out at a pyrotechnics warehouse in Kemerovo, Russia, covering an area of 750 square meters.
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π₯Russian troops shelled the village of Podoly in Kharkiv region, hitting a cafe and killing two people.
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π₯Russian forces conducted airstrikes in the Zaporizhzhia direction, targeting multiple settlements.
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π₯Russian forces shelled Kherson twice on August 26, resulting in injuries to two women.
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π₯Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the Lyman direction, targeting multiple settlements.
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August 27, 2023 179 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian special forces landed near Olenivka and Maiak in Crimea during an operation supported by the Navy, engaging Russian occupier units in a firefight.
π₯Military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) attacked a Russian airfield in Kursk using kamikaze drones on the night of August 27. The attack targeted four SU-30 and one MIG-29 aircraft, as well as S-300 radars and two Pantsyr missile systems.
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π₯Russian forces continued offensive operations on the Kupyansk-Svatove line but did not make territorial gains.
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π‘οΈRussian forces have heavily fortified their positions in southern Ukraine with anti-tank ditches, barriers, and minefields, though some areas are less densely mined to allow retreat.
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π’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.
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August 28, 2023 273 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 2 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed a control point of UAVs and 174 Russian invaders in the Bakhmut direction.
π₯Ukrainian military counterintelligence conducted a drone attack on Kursk airfield, targeting Russian military aircraft and air defense systems.
π‘οΈOccupiers 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.
π‘οΈThe State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the causes of the plane crash, considering versions including technical malfunction, pilot error, and organizational violations.
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βοΈThe Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) detained a resident of Kherson who was recruited by Russian secret services (FSB) for intelligence gathering. The suspect collected and passed data on locations and movements of Ukrainian Armed Forces to the FSB, and adjusted Russian fire on transport infrastructure and medical institutions in Kherson.
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August 29, 2023 169 events π 2 π₯ 1 π₯ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯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.
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πAccording 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.
π1 person was killed and 8 were injured as a result of shelling in the Donetsk region.
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π₯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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π’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.
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August 30, 2023 229 events π₯ 3 π’ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces launched a rocket attack on Kyiv in the morning.
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π₯Russian forces fired 10 shells at Nikopol using heavy artillery, damaging a five-story building, 7 cars, power lines, and two private enterprises.
π’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.
π₯Russian missile fragments damaged private houses and caused a fire on the territory of a cemetery in the Kyiv region, with no casualties reported.
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π₯On Aug. 30, a Ukrainian drone swarm hit a military airfield near Pskov, destroying two Il-76 transport jets totally and damaging two more beyond repair.
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August 31, 2023 236 events π‘οΈ 1 π₯ 1 π¦ 1 π 1 +1 βΈ
π‘οΈUkrainian sappers neutralized five Russian anti-personnel mines on the route of the IAEA mission to Zaporizhzhia NPP.
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π₯Dmitry Utkin, commander of the Wagner Group, was buried without military honors at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery in Mytishchi near Moscow.
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π¦The World Bank approved US$232 million in funding for the Housing Repair for People's Empowerment (HOPE) project to provide compensation for light repairs to private homes damaged by the Russian invasion.
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πUkrainian Armed Forces killed 45 Russian occupiers, wounded 135, and took one captive on the Tavriia front over a 24-hour period.
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π₯Russian forces shelled the center of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, injuring one person and damaging administrative buildings and private houses.
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π₯A Russian aircraft fired a guided missile at Zmiinyi Island during the rescue operation.
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βοΈUkrainian forces launched a Bayraktar drone and a rescue ship to search for the missing special operations soldier in the Black Sea.
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β‘οΈOlesya Krivtsova traveled from Lithuania to Norway's far north (Kirkenes) to work as a trainee journalist for the Barents Observer.
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β‘οΈA Ukrainian Special Operations Forces soldier (alias Conan) fell overboard from a boat during a special operation in the Black Sea in August 2023.
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β‘οΈUkrainian special operations forces returned to safe territory after the operation, with Conan reaching dry land around midnight.
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September 2023 (6,442 events)
September 1, 2023 32 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯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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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian ammunition warehouse near the occupied city of Sorokyne in Luhansk Oblast.
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π₯Ukraine launched a successful attack targeting the Black Sea Fleet's headquarters in Sevastopol and the Sevastopol ship repair plant, resulting in damage to two Russian ships.
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π₯Ukrainian Magura V5 drones damaged the Russian patrol ships Sergey Kotov and Vasily Bykov in the Black Sea.
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September 1, 2023 527 events π₯ 2 ποΈ 1 π₯ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian forces conducted offensive operations south of Bakhmut and made marginal advances northwest of Klishchiivka based on geolocated footage.
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π₯Russian forces shelled the town of Seredyna-Buda in the Sumy region with artillery, resulting in damage to residential and critical infrastructure.
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ποΈKharkiv opened 60 classrooms in the metro for underground schooling, with classes starting on September 4, 2023. Children will attend in two shifts (9:00-12:00 and 13:00-16:00) via school buses on 34 routes.
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π₯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.
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π‘οΈElements of the Russian 25th Combined Arms Army began participating in hostilities in Luhansk Oblast despite being understaffed and lacking training due to accelerated deployment.
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September 2, 2023 144 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 2 βΈ
π₯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.
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π₯On September 2, 2023, Russian forces attacked Kramatorsk with rockets, leading to advisories for residents to avoid unexploded ordnance.
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βοΈUkrainian forces have breached the first line of Russian defense and are advancing between the first and second defensive lines in the counteroffensive.
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π₯Ukrainian Security Service (SSU) conducted an operation in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region using UAVs to attack a 'polling station' where traitors were gathering.
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βοΈUkrainian forces continued offensive operations on the Orikhiv axis in southern Ukraine, with units reaching the first Russian main defensive line.
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September 3, 2023 145 events π₯ 2 π€ 1 βοΈ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
π€Hungarian official Gergely GulyΓ‘s announced that Western powers should provide security guarantees to Russia as part of achieving lasting peace in Ukraine, while denying NATO membership for Ukraine.
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π₯The Ukrainian Armed Forces used a kamikaze drone to eliminate two Russian occupants in Donetsk region.
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π₯A Ukrainian drone struck a non-military building in the city of Kurchatov, near Kursk, causing a fire that Russian firefighters quickly extinguished with no reported casualties.
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βοΈUkrainian Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskiy claimed that Kyiv's troops have breached Russia's first defensive line near Zaporizhzhia after weeks of mine clearance operations.
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π¦Oleksii Asanov, a Ukrainian volunteer and co-founder of KazhanFLY, has set up 'Social Drone UA', a project to recruit people from around the world to build FPV drones and send them to Ukraine's troops on the frontlines.
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September 4, 2023 250 events π₯ 2 π΄ 1 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π΄Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officers arrested a former Russian militant during a Ukrainian counter-offensive operation in the village of Urozhayne, Donetsk region.
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βοΈRussian 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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π₯Artillerymen of the Ukrainian 3rd Brigade of the Spartan Task Force destroyed a group of Russian infantry in the Zaporizhzhia direction after the brigade's aerial reconnaissance unit detected and adjusted artillery fire.
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π₯A Russian drone struck Romanian territory near the Danube River during overnight attacks on Ukraine, with debris discovered and a crater found in a field.
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π₯Russia launched a 25-drone attack on targets across Ukraine, with 10-15 drones flying along the Danube River toward Ukrainian river ports Izmail and Reny.
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September 5, 2023 197 events π€ 2 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈThe Security Service of Ukraine served Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman with a notice of suspicion in absentia for financing the war against Ukraine.
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π₯SSU special forces destroyed a T-72 tank and an IFV-3 infantry fighting vehicle in the Svatove direction using drones.
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π₯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.
π€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.
π€President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the frontline eastern Donetsk region and met with soldiers.
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September 6, 2023 212 events π₯ 2 ποΈ 1 π’ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian drone attacks on the Izmail district in Odesa region killed one agricultural worker and damaged port and agricultural infrastructure, including administrative buildings. The attacks lasted three hours overnight.
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π₯Russian aircraft fired cruise missiles at Kyiv while other missiles also targeted the city. All enemy targets were destroyed by air defense with no casualties or damage reported.
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ποΈUkraine's Ministry of Finance signed an agreement with the World Bank for initial financing of $232 million under the HOPE project to repair partially damaged residential buildings in Ukraine-controlled areas.
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π’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.
π₯Russian forces launched a missile attack on a market in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, resulting in casualties.
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September 7, 2023 236 events π₯ 2 π§ 1 βοΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π§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.
βοΈGerman prosecutors in Lower Saxony investigated an incident involving a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy on a bridge in Einbeck. After further investigation, they determined the boy's initial testimony was false - he was playing with other children in a canal and got into an argument with a man who spoke Russian to them. The boy climbed onto bridge supports, the man pulled his T-shirt, and the boy believed he was pushed but did not actually fall into the water. A bottle was thrown toward the boy but it's unclear if it hit him or was deliberate.
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π₯The Russian army shelled Siversk with Grad multiple rocket launchers, resulting in one civilian death and three injuries.
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π₯Russian drones attacked the district encompassing Ukraine's Danube river port of Izmail for the fourth time in five days, using Iranian-made Shahed drones. The attack lasted three hours and damaged civil and port infrastructure facilities, an elevator, and an administrative building. A civilian truck driver sustained a minor leg injury.
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βοΈNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that Ukrainian troops have broken through Russian defenses and are making progress in their counteroffensive, advancing approximately 100 meters per day.
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September 8, 2023 247 events βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 +1 βΈ
βοΈRussian 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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π₯A Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih on September 8, 2023, resulted in 73 injuries, 1 death, and significant infrastructure damage.
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βοΈRussia's FSB detained a Russian citizen in his mid-40s for plotting a railway bombing in Crimea on instructions from Ukrainian military intelligence.
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π€Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov stated that Ukraine is ready to assist with auditing the $6.2 billion in US military aid and reported that all received assistance is under control.
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ποΈThe Wagner Group camp in the settlement of Tsel, Belarus near Asipovichy has been partially dismantled, with over 160 tents (55% of the original ~292) removed since July 28, 2023
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September 9, 2023 150 events π₯ 3 β‘οΈ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian drone fragments fell in multiple districts of Kyiv (Sviatoshynskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Podilskyi, Solomianskyi, Darnytskyi) overnight on 9-10 September, causing fires in various locations including Sovky Park, roadways, an apartment building, and a non-residential building.
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β‘οΈThe 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.
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π₯Russian troops shelled the village of Kostobobriv in the Semenivka community of Chernihiv region, seriously wounding a 68-year-old resident and damaging outbuildings.
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π₯Russian forces attacked Kupiansk, Kharkiv region with a guided aerial bomb on 9 September, damaging residential and outbuildings.
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π’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.
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September 10, 2023 192 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 2 π¦ 1 βΈ
π₯A sniper from the 'Ghost' group of the Presidential Brigade named after Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky eliminated a Russian occupier in Bakhmut from a distance of 960 meters.
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π₯Russia claims it downed two drones over Belgorod Oblast on the night of 10-11 September.
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π¦The Ukrainian combat FPV-drone KH-S7 was presented to the public, designed for striking various moving and stationary ground targets with a payload capacity of one kilogram.
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π‘οΈUkrainian forces repelled about 15 enemy attacks in the Mariinka area.
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π‘οΈUkrainian tanks from the 116th Separate Mechanised Brigade withstood attacks using Lancet drones and anti-tank missiles near Novoprokopivka.
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September 11, 2023 209 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 π§ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π’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.
π₯Ukrainian Defence Intelligence conducted a special operation to capture gas and oil drilling platforms (Boyko Towers) in the Black Sea near occupied Crimea.
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π§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.
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π₯Russian forces shelled Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, 4 times, launching over 30 shells.
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π‘οΈUkrainian Defense Forces successfully defended positions in Keramik, Avdiivka, Severne, Mariinka, and Rivnopole areas of Donetsk Oblast, repelling 20 enemy attacks.
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September 12, 2023 206 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 π 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π’Colonel Ivan Pavlenko, Head of the Main Directorate of Electronic Security and Cybersecurity of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, discussed electronic warfare operations in the Russia-Ukraine war, including drone jamming, communication disruption, and cyber operations.
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π₯SBU military counter-intelligence agents killed over three dozen Russian soldiers and destroyed enemy equipment using attack drones.
πRussian forces shelled Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast, killing two civilians, an 84-year-old woman and a 71-year-old man, and injuring three others.
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β‘οΈPutin claimed Russia recruited over 270,000 volunteer soldiers in the past six to seven months, in addition to the 300,000 mobilized during partial mobilization.
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π₯Heavy fighting continues in the Lyman direction.
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September 13, 2023 224 events π₯ 2 π₯ 1 π‘οΈ 1 π§ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π‘οΈThe 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.
π₯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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π₯Ukrainian troops destroyed two Russian BM-21 'Grad' MLRSs in the Donetsk region using HIMARS rocket systems.
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π§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.
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September 14, 2023 241 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 π§ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces conducted 118 attacks across 31 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on September 14, 2023, targeting residential areas, infrastructure, and civilians.
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βοΈSecurity Service of Ukraine detained a local woman in Kherson for spying and providing intelligence to Russian MP Igor Kastyukevich, who was appointed by the Kremlin as a handler for occupied Kherson Oblast.
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π₯A satellite photo confirms the destruction of a Russian S-400 'Triumph' air defense system near occupied Yevpatoriya in Crimea.
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π§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.
π₯Ukrainian strike damaged the Russian large landing ship Minsk and Rostov-on-Don diesel-electric submarine while they were undergoing dry-dock repairs in Sevastopol.
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September 15, 2023 258 events π₯ 2 π€ 1 βοΈ 1 β 1 βΈ
π₯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.
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π€Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi met with US and British partners to discuss the operational situation across the front, Ukraine's ammunition, weapons, military equipment needs, air defense, and Black Sea situation.
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π₯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.
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βοΈThe State Bureau of Investigation (SBU) completed a pre-trial investigation and sent an indictment to court charging former President Viktor Yanukovych and former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov with High Treason for extending Russia's Black Sea Fleet lease in Sevastopol and allowing additional Russian military deployment to Crimea.
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βThe Russian Black Sea Fleet has been deploying ships out of Sevastopol port to open water formations following Ukrainian strikes that damaged Russian ships and destroyed an S-400 air defense system in Yevpatoria.
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September 16, 2023 170 events π₯ 3 π’ 1 π§ 1 βΈ
π₯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.
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π’Kremlin propagates 10 myths about World War II including that the Great Patriotic War began on June 22, 1941; USSR hated Nazism; USSR was brilliant in buying time with Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact; USSR was tranquil before German invasion; USSR was selfless in sacrifice; Soviets alone defeated Hitler; Allies did not want second front in France; Soviet soldiers were unanimously heroic; USSR strictly obeyed all treaties; Europe was liberated by Red Army.
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π₯Fighting is ongoing on and near islands in the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast, according to a Russian milblogger.
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π§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.
π₯Russian forces launched five missile attacks on Kharkiv using Iskander missiles, hitting the Kholodnohirsk district.
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September 17, 2023 177 events π₯ 4 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π‘οΈAir defense forces in Ukraine, including fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft missile units, repelled the incoming attack.
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π₯Enemy attacks in Mariinka occur 10-15 times daily, primarily using infantry with Storm Z units.
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π₯Russian forces launched a night attack on September 17 using kamikaze drones and missiles that maneuvered to confuse air defenses.
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π₯Russian artillery shelled the village of Podoly in Kharkiv region, causing a direct hit to an apartment building.
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September 18, 2023 249 events π΄ 2 π₯ 1 π€ 1 π§ 1 βΈ
π΄National Guard of Ukraine soldiers captured enemy positions in the Novoprokopivka-Verbove area of Zaporizhzhia region.
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π₯A Ukrainian kamikaze drone attacked a car evacuating wounded Russian soldiers in the Robotyne area, blowing off a Russian medic's arm.
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π€Russia and Ukraine faced off at the International Court of Justice regarding Russia's claim that "genocide" in eastern Ukraine justified its 2022 invasion. The hearing concerned whether the ICJ has jurisdiction to order Russia to halt its military action.
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π΄The Ukrainian Armed Forces, including the 80th separate airborne assault brigade, the 5th separate assault brigade, and the Joint Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine 'Luty', liberated Klishchiivka in the Donetsk region.
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π§Saboteurs blew up two aircraft and one helicopter at the Chkalovsky airfield in the Moscow region on September 18, 2023.
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September 19, 2023 234 events π’ 1 π¦ 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 +1 βΈ
π’Zelensky stated that if there is still a place for Russian terrorists in the United Nations, the question should be directed to all member states.
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π¦The cargo ship RESILIENT AFRICA departed from Chornomorsk port carrying 3,000 tonnes of wheat, becoming the first vessel to use Ukraine's temporary Black Sea corridor for civilian ships.
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βοΈYaroslav Malenchenko, former coordinator of the pro-Russian movement Ukrainsky Vybir (Ukrainian Choice), was appointed as spokesperson of Pivdennoukrainska Nuclear Power Plant.
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π€First Lady Olena Zelenska appealed to UN Secretary-General AntΓ³nio Guterres and the United Nations to help bring Ukrainian children abducted from occupied territories back from Russia.
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π₯Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully attacked the Russian invaders' headquarters in Melitopol around 7:00.
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September 20, 2023 247 events π‘οΈ 2 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 π§ 1 βΈ
βοΈA Su-34 fighter jet crashed in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. The crew of two ejected and were evacuated from the crash site.
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π₯Russian forces attacked the town of Kupiansk with a guided aerial bomb, resulting in the deaths of three civilians.
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π‘οΈThe 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.
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π‘οΈIn the Zaporizhzhia direction, enemy attacks in Mala Tokmachka, Robotyne, and Novodanilivka resulted in significant losses for the occupiers.
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π§Ukrainian special services allegedly conducted drone strikes and a ground operation against Wagner-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebels near Sudan's capital.
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September 21, 2023 245 events π₯ 4 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
β‘οΈRussian forces relocated large amphibious ships from Crimean ports to Russian bases due to fears of Ukrainian strikes.
π₯Ukrainian forces launched a massive drone attack targeting Crimea and several regions in Russia, including Kursk, Belgorod, and Orel.
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π₯A rocket attack damaged the Pepsi plant in Vyshneve, Bucha district, on 21 September, causing shrapnel damage and injuring workers.
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π₯Artillerymen of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade destroyed Russian occupiers in Klishchiivka, Donetsk region, during nighttime operations.
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π₯Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Cherkasy region in the morning, resulting in debris falling in the city center.
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September 22, 2023 232 events π 1 π₯ 1 π‘οΈ 1 π’ 1 +1 βΈ
πUkrainian Defense Forces killed 480 Russian soldiers over the past day, bringing the total Russian combat deaths since February 24, 2022 to 274,950.
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π₯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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π‘οΈUkrainian forces successfully repelled enemy attacks northeast of Hryhorivka in the Bakhmut direction, Donetsk region.
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π’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.
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π₯Three Storm Shadow missiles struck the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, killing or seriously injuring dozens of senior officers.
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September 23, 2023 142 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π€Zelensky made a brief stop in the Polish city of Lublin to decorate two Polish volunteers.
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π₯At least three Storm Shadow cruise missiles struck the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, killing or wounding at least 60 senior Russian officers.
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π₯Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, near Bakhmut, along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line, in western Donetsk Oblast, and in western Zaporizhia Oblast but did not make any confirmed advances on September 23.
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π₯A 65-year-old woman was killed by a Russian projectile in the backyard of her home in Kherson, and a 27-year-old man was injured.
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βοΈUkrainian forces continue counteroffensive operations near Robotyne, with fighting extending from the settlement towards Kopani and between Novoprokopovka and Verbovoe.
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September 24, 2023 104 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯A Ukrainian kamikaze drone that was hijacked and landed at the Khalino airfield in Kursk exploded while being inspected by Russian air regiment members and FSB personnel, killing several of them.
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π₯A Ukrainian drone strike hit an administrative building in the central district of Russia's Kursk city, causing slight roof damage.
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π₯Russian airstrikes using guided bombs killed two civilians and wounded eight others in the Kherson region, with strikes targeting Kherson city wounding five, and a 67-year-old man in Lvove and a woman in Beryslav killed in separate strikes.
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π₯Ukrainian forces attacked north of Novofedorivka, threatening to cut off the Russian 56th VDV Regiment from other Russian units.
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π₯The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have destroyed a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet at Dolginstevo Air Base near Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk region.
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September 25, 2023 149 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
βοΈA 37-year-old former employee of a Ukrainian defense plant in Zaporizhzhia was sentenced to life imprisonment for treason after providing Russian forces with targeting information about Ukrainian troop movements and critical infrastructure.
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π₯Ukrainian forces launched three Storm Shadow cruise missiles at an industrial facility in Sorokyne, Luhansk region, targeting Russian-controlled infrastructure behind Russian defenses.
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π¦Ukraine received US$100 million from the World Bank under a guarantee from the UK, as part of the fifth additional financing of the PEACE in Ukraine project.
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π₯Russia launched a major overnight aerial attack on Odesa using 19 drones (Shaheds), 2 Onyx supersonic missiles, and 12 Kalibr cruise missiles from ships and submarines.
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π₯Russia shelled Kherson, damaging an educational institution. Strikes also targeted nearby Olgivka and Lvove.
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September 26, 2023 192 events π₯ 4 π₯ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian SBU drone attacked an electricity substation in the village of Snagost in Korenevsky District, leaving seven settlements without power.
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π₯Russian forces launched 12 Kalibr missiles from occupied Crimea and 19 Shahed attack drones towards grain facilities near Odesa port, resulting in a blast at the abandoned Hotel Odessa.
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π₯A fire broke out in the industrial zone west of Shchyolkovo, Moscow Oblast. Russian journalists assume the 857th Training Centre of the Russian Railroad Troops (military unit 11300) was on fire.
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π₯Russia launched 38 Shahed-136/131 drones from the southeastern direction in an overnight attack on Ukraine.
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π₯Four people were wounded in Kyselivka village in the Kherson region during Russian overnight attacks.
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September 27, 2023 204 events π€ 1 π’ 1 π₯ 1 ποΈ 1 +1 βΈ
π€Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced it will sell its entire Russian business to CommEX and exit the Russian market completely.
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π’Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umierov stated that Ukraine will respond to Russian attacks on energy infrastructure during winter, emphasizing the need for more weapons including jets to achieve battlefield advantages and regain territories.
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π₯The reconstituted Azov Regiment conducted successful assaults in the Kreminna area of Luhansk Oblast, capturing four Russian servicemen including a sub-commander from Russia's 228th Motorized Rifle Regiment.
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ποΈUkrenergo has implemented comprehensive protection for its substations against potential Russian missile attacks, including both active air defense systems and passive engineering fortifications.
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βοΈNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg acknowledged the steady progress of Ukraine's counteroffensive, noting Ukrainian forces have passed Russia's first line of defense and are inflicting heavy damage on Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
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September 28, 2023 220 events ποΈ 2 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
ποΈThe Centre for the Research of Trophy and Prospective Weapons and Military Equipment of the General Staff of the Armed Forces has analyzed Russian modifications to Shahed-136 drones, finding they are largely identical to previous versions except for the engine and hull manufacturing method.
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π‘οΈHUR 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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βοΈRussian occupying authorities in Kherson Oblast formally complained to the Kremlin about Russian military personnel robbing local residents under the pretext of fighting resistance.
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π₯Ukrainian SBU drones attacked and destroyed a Russian air defense system at the Kasta radar station near the village of Giri in the Belovsky District of Kursk Region.
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ποΈRussian forces are installing surveillance equipment in occupied Mariupol to monitor citizens' conversations and internet traffic, including 40 towers erected over the past three months across all districts of the city.
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September 29, 2023 183 events π 2 π¦ 1 π₯ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π¦Lithuanian company J&C Aero completed the modification and modernization of the Airbus A319 CJ aircraft used by Ukraine's President, including installation of a new In-Flight Entertainment system, Cabin Management System, and KA-BAND Satcom navigation system.
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π₯Russia's defense ministry claimed Ukrainian drones were destroyed overnight, with one drone damaging a power substation in Belaya village, Kursk region.
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π€The UK announced sanctions against 11 senior Russian officials and Russia's Central Election Commission over sham elections held in occupied Ukrainian territories (Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk) last October and September 2023.
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πSince February 2022, 3,863 mobilized soldiers have died in the war. One in five survived less than two months, and 60% died after January 1, 2023.
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πDuring the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russian Airborne Forces lost at least 209 soldiers; Special Forces of the Ministry of Defence lost 23 people; Marine Corps lost 60 people.
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September 30, 2023 200 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π€EU High Representative Josep Borrell made an unannounced visit to Odesa, emphasizing that the city should be known for its culture rather than as a frequent target of Russian attacks.
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π₯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.
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π₯Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes primarily targeting Vinnytsia Oblast on the night of September 29 to 30.
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π₯Russian forces conducted offensive operations near Kupyansk, Kreminna, Bakhmut, along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line, and in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area.
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π₯Russians launched attack drones from three directions (Cape Chauda in Crimea, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Kursk) in a combined attack targeting Ukrainian air defence systems.
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π₯Ukrainian missile strike destroyed the Russian Black Sea naval headquarters in occupied Sevastopol, Crimea.
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π₯Ukrainian forces broke through Russian field fortifications west of Verbove in the western Zaporizhzhia Region.
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π₯Ukrainian Magura V5 drones damaged the patrol ships Sergey Kotov and Vasily Bykov in the Black Sea.
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π₯In September, a Russian missile struck a residential area in the city of Sumy.
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π‘οΈSenior Lieutenant Garichenko (call sign "Gavr"), an officer in Russia's internal security troops Rosgvardia, defected to US authorities at the US Embassy in the United Arab Emirates while on vacation with his family. He turned himself over to State Department officials because he opposed Russia's invasion of Ukraine and had an upcoming assignment to combat duty.
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October 2023 (5,947 events)
October 1, 2023 68 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯Khokhol's unit was engaged in combat on the Kupiansk front, with 21 of 28 men needing replacement due to two killed, eight wounded, and eleven with concussions.
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π₯Russian occupiers murdered nine sleeping civilians, seven adults and two children, in the house of a farmer family in occupied Volnovakha.
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π€Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor OrbΓ‘n met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing and referred to the war in Ukraine as a "military operation" rather than calling it a "war", justifying this by saying Russia has not declared war.
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β‘οΈRussian troops launched an offensive around Avdiivka, Marinka, and Kupyansk.
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October 1, 2023 443 events π₯ 2 π§ 1 π‘οΈ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π§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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π₯Russian forces launched an assault on Avdiivka, which started in October 2023.
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π‘οΈThe 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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π’UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps stated that Ukraine's allies should not back down in their support and must remain steadfast, while asserting that Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot win the war he unleashed against Ukraine but also cannot find a way to exit it.
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π₯Russian sources claimed that Ukraine fired two Hrim-2 missiles at occupied Crimea on October 1.
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October 2, 2023 168 events π’ 2 βοΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈSBU detained an alleged Russian FSB agent in Kyiv who was gathering intelligence about Ukrainian Armed Forces and SBU special units specializing in unmanned aerial vehicles, including trying to enroll in a Kyiv 'Drone Army' school to identify training ground locations.
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π’Volodymyr Zelensky told EU foreign ministers that the length of the war, now in its twentieth month, will depend entirely on support Ukraine receives from its allies.
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βοΈRussian naval aviation has increased its role in controlling the Black Sea, with aircraft patrolling to detect Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and Su-24 jets conducting strike operations.
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π’Former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace stated that Ukraine is on the road to victory and will be victorious if Western allies deliver weapons in time, drawing parallels between Ukrainian morale during the full-scale war and UK morale at the beginning of WWII.
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π₯A large warehouse in Rostov-on-Don, Russia burned down. A Telegram channel claimed responsibility, stating the warehouse contained uniforms for Russian soldiers.
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October 3, 2023 195 events π€ 2 π₯ 2 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π€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.
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ποΈOn 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.
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π€The United States sent a diplomatic note (demarche) to Ukraine calling on it to increase anti-corruption efforts and linking this to further non-military support.
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π₯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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π₯Shelling on Ukrainian-controlled parts of the Kherson region killed one person and wounded four others.
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October 4, 2023 212 events π 2 π¦ 1 π₯ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π¦Ukraine unveiled a new thermal-blocking field jacket developed through the Brave1 defense cluster that makes soldiers invisible to Russian thermal cameras.
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πA Latvian military volunteer was killed in action near Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, confirmed by his brothers-in-arms. His name and alias have not been disclosed, and there is no official confirmation from Ukrainian or Latvian authorities.
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π₯Ukraine's SBU strike drones hit and damaged a Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft system near Belgorod, marking the first time Ukraine struck Russia's top-end air defense system inside mainland Russia.
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β‘οΈThe Russian Black Sea Fleet was relocated from Crimea to other locations due to Ukrainian strikes, halting its operational activity in the peninsula.
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πRussian information platforms claimed one Ukrainian special operator was captured during the raid, while HUR did not comment on Russian propaganda claims.
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October 5, 2023 211 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 2 π 1 βΈ
π₯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.
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βοΈThe Cabinet of Ministers appointed three new deputy ministers: Ivan Havrilyuk, Dmitry Klimenkov, and Stanislav Haider.
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βοΈUkraine's Security Service served Sergei Chemezov, CEO of Russian corporation Rostec, with a notice of suspicion under Article 110-2.4 of the Criminal Code for financing actions aimed at violent change or overthrow of Ukraine's constitutional order.
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πRussian bombardment killed 59 people in the village of Groza in early October.
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π₯Ukrainian drones attacked infrastructure facilities in Russia's Kursk region, causing widespread power outages across multiple districts.
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October 6, 2023 156 events π₯ 2 π§ 1 π€ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π§Cyber Resistance hackers breached the email of Colonel Roman Ershov, Chief of Russian National Guard OMON special unit in Kaluga Oblast, obtaining evidence of Russian riot police participation in the invasion of Ukraine.
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π€German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Washington and expressed concern about the lack of further US assistance to Ukraine due to Congressional paralysis, after meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House.
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π₯Russian forces launched two morning missile strikes on a residential area in Kharkiv, damaging two apartment buildings and destroying a three-story residential building.
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π₯Russian forces conducted a series of missile strikes targeting Ukrainian rear areas and port infrastructure on the night of October 6-7, 2023.
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βοΈUkrainian forces conducted offensive operations near Bakhmut and advanced in western Zaporizhia Oblast.
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October 7, 2023 186 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Russian military forces launched a missile attack on the Odesa region during the night of Oct. 7, 2023, using Onyx supersonic anti-ship missiles fired from occupied Crimea.
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π₯Hamas carried out an attack on civilians in Israel on October 7, 2023.
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π₯Israel responded to Hamas invasion by invading Gaza and Lebanon.
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π₯Ukrainian partisan activity killed a United Russia official in occupied Kherson Oblast.
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π₯Hamas launched a multi-pronged surprise attack on Israel from Gaza, firing approximately 3,000 rockets and sending fighters to infiltrate towns and kibbutz communities
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October 8, 2023 180 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π€UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on the Middle East situation but made no decisions.
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π‘οΈUkraine has likely liberated at least 125 square kilometers of territory in the Velyka Novosilka sector over the summer of 2023, with fighting intensity decreasing over the past four weeks.
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π₯Russia launched over 500 Shahed drones against Ukraine in September 2023, representing half the number used during the entire six-month heating season of late 2022-early 2023.
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π₯Israel responded with artillery strikes across the border after Hezbollah attack
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π₯Hamas militants carried out a large-scale attack on Israel, resulting in over 700 deaths and 2,100+ injuries since Saturday.
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October 9, 2023 237 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π€Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the 69th NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Copenhagen via video link, calling Russia a 'terrorist state' and appealing for continued international support against terrorism.
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π₯A car bomb attack killed Vladimir Malov, the local leader of Russia's ruling United Russia party in Kherson. The Ukrainian Resistance Center claimed responsibility on behalf of partisans.
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π₯A single anti-tank missile unit from Ukraine's 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade destroyed 24 Russian tanks over 96 hours during fighting in the Lyman sector on the eastern front.
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βοΈSBU counter-intelligence apprehended a GRU agent in Odesa who posed as a volunteer rescuer to gather intelligence on Russian air attack consequences and locate HIMARS and air defense system positions.
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π₯Russian forces launched armored attacks in the Kupiansk-Sviatove sector but suffered heavy casualties from Ukrainian artillery fire.
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October 10, 2023 161 events π₯ 3 π§ 1 π 1 βΈ
π₯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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π§Unknown individuals set fire to a Lenin statue that Russian occupiers had erected in the central square of Nova Kakhovka in April 2022. The coat of arms of Ukraine also appeared in front of the statue.
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πSerhiy Bolvinov, head of the Investigation Department of Kharkiv region police, confirmed that criminologists have identified 53 victims in the Hroza attack, with DNA examinations still ongoing and five individuals remaining missing.
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π₯Russian forces are attempting to advance along the Kupiansk-Svatove sector but suffering heavy losses due to Ukrainian artillery targeting their large-scale armored attacks.
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π₯Russian forces are dug in and reinforcing their positions in the Orikhiv/Tokmak sector, with both sides rotating troops while Ukraine fights a battle of attrition.
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October 11, 2023 206 events π₯ 3 π¦ 1 π 1 βΈ
π₯The Russian naval corvette Pavel Derzhavin was hit by an explosion near Sevastopol harbor. The cause of the blast remained unclear, with possibilities including a Ukrainian missile, long-range drone, or striking a Russian sea mine.
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π¦The US Department of Defense announced a $200 million military aid package to Ukraine, the 48th since August 2021, containing AIM-9M missiles, Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems equipment, HIMARS ammunition, 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds, precision aerial munitions, electronic warfare equipment, TOW anti-tank missiles, AT-4 anti-armor systems, small arms, over 16 million rounds of ammunition, explosive munitions, spare parts, training munitions, and maintenance equipment.
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πAccording to a NATO official, Russia has lost approximately 300,000 soldiers and mercenaries since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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π₯Russian forces intensified offensive operations near Avdiivka, focusing on Ocheretyne, Tonenke, Berdychi, and the Vodyane-Opytne line in an attempt to encircle the city.
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π₯Russian forces conducted drone strikes targeting port infrastructure in southern Ukraine and critical infrastructure in Kharkiv Oblast on the night of October 11 to 12.
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October 12, 2023 231 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces shelled Kherson State University, damaging the state university building.
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π₯Russia conducted strikes on Ukrainian Danube ports in southern Ukraine following its exit from the Black Sea grain deal.
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π₯Ukrainian territorial defense fighters discovered and engaged a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group of eight people attempting to cross the border in Sumy Oblast near midnight on October 12, 2023.
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π€The IMF completed its second review of Ukraine's Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program, noting three key achievements: economic growth projected at 3%, inflation reduced to single digits, and solid international reserves enabling controlled exchange rate flexibility.
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π₯Ukrainian forces disrupted Russian logistics by targeting a bridge near Panteleimonivka along the Yasinuvata-Horlivka route.
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October 13, 2023 199 events π₯ 2 π§ 1 ποΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian special operations forces provided targeting information for Storm Shadow missile strikes that took out two Russian warships in Sevastopol.
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π§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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π₯Ukraine's SBU and Navy conducted a joint operation using experimental 'Sea Baby' USVs to attack the Russian Black Sea Fleet missile carrier Buyan in Sevastopol harbor.
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ποΈUkraine's Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko reported to G7 financial bloc that Ukraine's GDP is forecast to grow by 4.7% in 2023, after a 29.1% decline in 2022.
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π€Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) removed Indian diamond manufacturer Shree Ramkrishna Exports from the list of international sponsors of the war after the company committed to following international obligations and not cooperating with Russian sanctioned subjects.
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October 14, 2023 140 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces continued intensive assaults on Avdiivka for the fifth consecutive day, attempting to surround the city with attacks from north and south.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck a Russian tugboat (Muru/Professor Nikolay Muru) and two other ships in Sevastopol during attacks on the Black Sea Fleet.
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π₯Russian forces attacked the Dniprovskyi market in Kherson from the temporarily occupied left bank of the River Dnipro around 15:00 on Saturday, 14 October. Initially two civilians were reported injured, but later it was confirmed there were no casualties.
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βοΈUkrainian 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.
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π‘οΈOleksandr Syrskyi reported heavy fighting in the Kupyansk and Lyman sectors, stating that Russian forces have initiated an aggressive offensive campaign after a two-month recovery period.
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October 15, 2023 149 events π‘οΈ 2 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 π 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces from the 2nd battalion of the 1234th regiment (military unit 29660) were deployed in offensive operations against AFU positions in the Svatove direction, Luhansk region, suffering significant casualties.
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βοΈThe Israeli army postponed a planned ground operation in Gaza Strip due to cloud cover that would have hindered air support capabilities.
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π‘οΈUkrainian forces shot down three Russian Su aircraft during Krynky operation after air defence was deployed
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π‘οΈCombat medics from multiple Ukrainian brigades (80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade, 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, 22nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, and Joint Assault Brigade of the National Police 'Lyut') operated a stabilization point in the Bakhmut sector to treat wounded soldiers.
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πA 14-year-old boy was killed and his 12-year-old friend was injured after triggering a mine while playing in a field on the outskirts of a village in Bashtanka district, Mykolaiv Oblast.
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October 16, 2023 176 events π¦ 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 π‘οΈ 1 +1 βΈ
π¦The first armoured ambulance purchased through the United24 initiative has arrived in Ukraine, with 13 total ordered at a cost of UAH 124 million.
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βοΈOleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, announced that Russian secret services are making active attempts to create a new agent network in Ukraine with the help of various fake experts.
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π€NATO began its annual nuclear deterrence exercise Steadfast Noon, involving aircraft from 13 member states including modern fighter jets and American B-52 bombers.
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π‘οΈUK Defence Intelligence revealed that PMC Redut has effectively replaced the Wagner Group in combat zones in Ukraine, recruiting mercenaries under the guise of volunteers including former Wagnerites.
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π₯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 194 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian air defenses reported destroying 28 Ukrainian drones over Kursk and Belgorod regions, and in the Black Sea.
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π₯Ukrainian Special Operations Forces and Defence Forces conducted a strike operation (Dragonfly) against Russian-occupied air bases in Berdiansk and Luhansk, destroying nine helicopters, special equipment, an air defense launcher, and ammunition storage, while also damaging runways.
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π₯An explosion occurred at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza on October 17, 2023. CNN's investigation concluded it was caused by a rocket fired from within Gaza that malfunctioned and broke apart midair, rather than an Israeli airstrike.
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π€Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel and expressing support for Israel's right to self-defense, while also advocating for the implementation of the two-state principle for Israel and Palestine.
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π₯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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October 18, 2023 198 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈThe Sviatoshyn District Court in Kyiv sentenced five former Berkut officers for the Feb 20, 2014 shootings on Instytutska Street that killed 48 people during Euromaidan protests. Deputy commander Oleh Yanishevsky was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia, Pavel Abroskin and Serhiy Zinchenko received 15-year sentences, Oleksandr Marynchenko got 5 years, and Serhiy Tamtura was acquitted.
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π₯Russian forces attempted a less substantial push against Ukrainian positions near Avdiivka between October 18-20.
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π₯Russian missile strikes on Zaporizhzhia city killed 2 people and injured 3 others, hitting a residential building that was destroyed from floors 3-5.
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π₯A Russian missile struck a food establishment in Stepove village, Mykolaiv region, killing two people and injuring one. Residential buildings and an agricultural enterprise were also damaged.
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π₯Two separate drone attacks on Al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq injured four US servicemen. The drones were downed but debris destroyed a hangar storing small aircraft.
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October 19, 2023 224 events ποΈ 1 π€ 1 π’ 1 π§ 1 +1 βΈ
ποΈUkraine launched the Iron Shelter website to provide up-to-date information on air-raid and bomb shelters across the country.
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π€Juraj BlanΓ‘r, former mayor of Ε½ilina known for statements supporting Russia and opposing weapons to Ukraine, is being considered as Slovakia's foreign minister in Robert Fico's government
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π’President Joe Biden delivered a primetime Oval Office speech urging the US to support both Israel and Ukraine, framing it as vital US interests to defeat Hamas and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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π§Ukrainian partisans from the ATESH movement infiltrated Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Airfield and conducted reconnaissance, exposing a hideout for Russian fighter jets including some undergoing repairs at the Sokil factory airfield near Vostok village.
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π₯Russian forces launched two major attacks on Avdiivka, targeting the old part of the city with artillery and Grada rocket systems.
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October 20, 2023 188 events βοΈ 2 π€ 1 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π€Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky published an opinion piece expressing support for Israel's position regarding the Al Ahli hospital incident in Gaza, claiming it was caused by a misfired Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket rather than Israeli action.
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βοΈRussian forces in occupied Kherson region are forcibly mobilizing local Ukrainian residents through a scheme where men are summoned to military enlistment offices under the pretense of "clarifying data" and issued immediate mobilization papers.
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βοΈUkrainian naval forces crossed the Dnipro River and captured at least one village on the east bank, advancing to scattered positions and overwhelming Russian troops in much of the area.
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βοΈUkraine's State Customs Service, in joint measures with the Ministry of Defense's Internal Audit Department, conducted checks on over 9,000 instances of humanitarian aid movement intended for approximately 200 military units during the first nine months of 2023.
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π’US President Joe Biden called on Congress to show unity and provide continued military aid to Ukraine, stating he refused to let terrorists (Hamas) and tyrants (Putin) win.
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October 21, 2023 111 events π₯ 3 π¦ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian S-300 missile strike on a Nova Poshta mail depot in Kharkiv region killed six postal workers and wounded 16 others on October 21, 2023.
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π¦The Ukrainian government approved a decree simplifying the procurement process for electronic warfare systems, allowing faster approval based on joint departmental test reports or examination of tactical and technical characteristics.
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π₯Ukrainian drones damaged a Russian oil storage facility in the Black Sea village of Volna near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
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π₯Russian forces conducted overnight airstrikes using Kh-59 guided air missiles, Iskander-K cruise missiles, and Shahed-136/131 drones.
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βοΈUkrainian forces have likely repelled another intensified Russian offensive effort towards Avdiivka in the past several days and inflicted further heavy personnel and equipment losses on Russian troops in the area.
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October 22, 2023 113 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯Russia launched eight S-300 missiles from Russian territory and the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk region.
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π₯Russia launched a Kh-59 guided missile from a Su-34 warplane operating from the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhya region.
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π₯Russia launched two unidentified UAVs from the north and three Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs from Cape Chauda in Crimea.
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π₯The Ukrainian Air Force carried out 12 strikes on clusters of Russian military personnel and equipment.
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π₯Russian forces launched a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine.
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October 23, 2023 170 events βοΈ 1 βοΈ 1 ποΈ 1 π’ 1 +1 βΈ
βοΈUkraine's Security Service exposed three Kherson residents who directed Russian strikes on residential buildings, identifying a former entrepreneur who defected to the Russians and organized an informant group.
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βοΈRussian attack drones entered Ukrainian airspace and were detected heading towards Vinnytsia Oblast, with later reports indicating they continued moving toward western oblasts including Khmelnytskyi and Zhytomyr Oblasts.
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ποΈRussia's Federal State Statistics Service published an updated demographic forecast predicting the population will decrease by natural causes at a rate of up to 700,000 people per year by 2026-2027.
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π’Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated that dual citizenship in Ukraine should become an element of state policy aimed at preserving and developing the global Ukrainian community, during a speech to the World Congress of Ukrainians.
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π₯Russian forces launched Shahed kamikaze drones from Crimean Cape Chauda targeting port infrastructure in Odesa region. The attack lasted over three and a half hours.
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October 24, 2023 193 events π€ 2 π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π€Ukraine expressed interest in German investments and equipment supplies to rebuild infrastructure and modernize its economy during the sixth German-Ukrainian Business Forum.
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π₯Russian forces launched drone attacks and artillery strikes on civilian targets in Kherson region, injuring four people including a 55-year-old man in Beryslav district and a 49-year-old man in Darivka village.
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π₯Ukrainian special units, reportedly from the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), conducted operations targeting Wagner PMC fighters and their associates in Sudan, with drone footage showing attacks on compounds and urban areas.
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βοΈUkrainian forces made confirmed advances southwest of Bakhmut, advancing across the railway northeast of Klishchiivka and possibly counterattacking near Khromove and Bohdanivka.
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π€Congressman Mike Johnson was elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives, replacing Kevin McCarthy who was ousted largely for backing Ukraine assistance.
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October 25, 2023 195 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯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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π₯Russian drone attack near Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant injured 20 people and damaged infrastructure, knocking out power lines serving local residents
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π₯Russian forces launched a drone attack using 11 Shahed drones from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russia. Air defense systems engaged targets in Cherkasy, Kherson, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Khmelnitsky, and Mykolaiv regions.
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π₯Russia targeted the Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery fire after midnight. Several shells struck a village in the Manganese community, but no casualties were reported.
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π₯Russian forces have intensified attacks on the industrial city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks.
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October 26, 2023 215 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 ποΈ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π’Russian nationalist and former officer Igor Girkin wrote a letter dated October 26, 2023 analyzing the front-line situation in Ukraine.
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ποΈA fire broke out at Thermoelectric Power Plant No.16 in Moscow, which supplies heat and electricity to 1.5 million households in northwestern Moscow.
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π€Mike Johnson was elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives, ending a 22-day stalemate. He has a record of voting against aid to Ukraine.
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π₯Russia continues attempting to capture Avdiivka with heavy losses, having lost 2,500 dead and wounded in the past six days.
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π₯Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line.
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October 27, 2023 156 events π₯ 3 π€ 2 βΈ
π₯An assassination attempt was made on former pro-Russian Ukrainian lawmaker Oleg Tsaryov, who was shot twice at around midnight and remained in serious condition.
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π€Representatives of Hamas and Iran met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow to discuss foreign hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, including Russian nationals among the hostages.
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π€The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine presented findings to the UN Security Council documenting war crimes committed by Russian troops in occupied areas of Ukraine, including willful killings, attacks on civilians, torture, rape, sexual violence, and forcible transfer of children.
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π₯Russian forces continued localized attacks around Kupyansk and made marginal confirmed gains southwest of Lyman Pershyi
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π₯Russian forces launched offensive operations around Avdiivka with extremely high casualties, reaching a probable wartime record of over 1,400 killed in combat on Oct 20
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October 28, 2023 108 events π€ 2 π₯ 2 π¦ 1 βΈ
π€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.
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π₯Ukrainian forces claimed to have killed 529 Russian soldiers and destroyed military equipment including seven tanks, nine armored fighting vehicles, one artillery system, 11 drones, and one Tor missile system near Tavriya in Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the past day.
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π₯Russian forces conducted a series of missile strikes against Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the night of October 27 to 28
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π¦Russian instructors have been arriving in Belarus to conduct training on UAV operations at the 927th UAV training centre in Bereza, Brest Oblast.
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π€Israel announced it will halt cooperation with SpaceX's Starlink project after Elon Musk stated that Starlink would provide satellite communications to humanitarian organizations in the Gaza Strip.
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October 29, 2023 107 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Ex-Wagner fighters are participating in the Russian assault on Avdiivka, suffering heavy losses. The commander of the Arbat Separate Guards Special Purpose Battalion described their situation as "good but not great" due to large personnel losses.
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π₯Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) conducted a drone attack on the Afip oil-refining plant in Krasnodar's Seversky district, causing explosions and fires at several processing facilities. The refinery is a major producer of jet fuel for Russian military aviation.
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βοΈUkrainian forces continued attacks south of Bakhmut and in the Melitopol area, with reports of establishing control over unspecified positions in western Zaporizhzhia.
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π₯Russian forces have begun deploying a new electronic warfare (EW) data station system in Ukraine.
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π₯ATESH partisan group published a cryptic message 'We are working. Silence' ahead of the overnight attack on Crimea.
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October 30, 2023 187 events π₯ 2 π’ 1 π§ 1 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π’Andriana Arekhta, war veteran and head of the Women's Veterans' Movement, gave an interview to CNN about the importance of US support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
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π§Ukrainian partisan group ATESH claimed its operatives infiltrated agents inside the 126th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade facilities and found the unit to be at 25 percent strength with individual soldiers suffering from poor morale.
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π₯Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a strategic air defense facility on the western coast of occupied Crimea near Olenivka village.
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π₯Russia launched Onyx sea-based missiles at a ship repair plant in Odesa, damaging the facility and injuring two civilians.
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ποΈRussia intends to switch the third power unit of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from scheduled repair to hot shutdown, violating Ukrainian nuclear regulatory licensing requirements that mandate cold shutdown for repairs.
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October 31, 2023 252 events π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 π₯ 1 +1 βΈ
π₯An explosion occurred at the Solikamsk Ural Plant, a gunpowder manufacturing facility in Solikamsk, Perm Krai, central Russia. Local authorities reported broken windows and doors but no casualties. Operations continued as usual after the incident.
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βοΈThe Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the detention of a 46-year-old Yalta resident allegedly coordinating an assassination plot against pro-Russian Ukrainian ex-MP Oleg Tsaryov, claiming the individual was acting under SBU instructions.
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π€The Kremlin announced that Western companies selling Russian assets would face strict restrictions, with no 'free exit' allowed. Companies from 'unfriendly' countries must obtain approval from a special government commission, with President Putin personally approving deals in energy and finance sectors.
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π₯UN humanitarian official Ramesh Rajasingham urged the UN Security Council not to lose focus on Ukraine as winter approaches, noting 18 million people (40% of Ukraine's population) need humanitarian assistance.
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π₯Russian Storm-Z units conducted 'meat assaults' using prisoner conscripts to attack Ukrainian forces in the Avdiivka area without backup artillery support.
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π€EU foreign ministers are preparing to hold a meeting in Kyiv, likely in early October 2023, to discuss political integration of Ukraine and demonstrate EU support during Russia's full-scale invasion.
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π₯Ukrainian naval drones damaged the large landing ship Olenegorskiy Gornyak and the Sig tanker during an operation at Novorossiysk.
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π₯Russia attacked Kharkiv with drones, damaging residential buildings.
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ποΈIranian proxy groups attacked the Al-Assad airbase in Iraq and the Al-Tanf airbase in Syria over the past few weeks, resulting in several dozen people injured with minor trauma and head injuries.
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ποΈIn October 2023, three Aeroflot planes experienced breakdowns within one day.
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π‘οΈUkrainian marines held a bridgehead in Krynky for 9 months despite Russian attacks, but never achieved full control of the village.
β‘οΈUkrainian marine forces abandoned two of three initial bridgeheads (near Antonovsky railway bridge and between Peschanoe and Podstepnoe) after 1-2 weeks to concentrate forces in Krynky.
November 2023 (5,870 events)
November 1, 2023 34 events π₯ 3 π 1 π€ 1 βΈ
πMajor 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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π₯Ukrainian special forces engaged Wagner Group mercenaries in combat in Sudan, chasing them through streets and shooting with RPGs.
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π₯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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π₯Russian mortar shell landed near Oleksandr and Anatoly on their fifth night at the position, injuring Anatoly with shrapnel in his back.
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π€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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November 1, 2023 436 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯Russian forces struck the Myrhorod airfield in the Poltava region, according to Russian sources.
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π‘οΈUkrainian forces continue to hold their ground on the left bank of the Dnipro River at Krynky and near Antonivsky roadway and railway bridges.
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π₯A UN humanitarian convoy traveling to Zaporizhzhia Oblast was hit by an attack, damaging trucks and supplies.
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βοΈThree individuals (two Russian-Canadians and one dual citizen of Russia and Tajikistan) were arrested in Brooklyn, New York City for attempting to circumvent US sanctions by shipping dual-use electronic components to Russia for military use in the war against Ukraine.
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November 2, 2023 223 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π€Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former NATO Secretary General, called for Ukraine to receive an invitation to join NATO at the Washington summit, arguing that this would help end the war with Russia.
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π₯Ukrainian intelligence forces (HUR) in conjunction with SSO and the 1st separate special forces brigade named after Ivan Bohun successfully disabled a Russian radio relay station 48Y6-K1 'Podlet' in the border area near Krasnaya Polyana, Belgorod region.
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π₯Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive actions across six fronts (Kupiansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka, Shakhtarsk, and Zaporizhzhia) on November 2, 2023.
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π’John Kirby, White House National Security Council Coordinator, commented on General Valerii Zaluzhnyi's article in The Economist, describing it as an important argument confirming the urgent need for further support for Ukraine.
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π₯SSO fighters destroyed a Zoopark radar system in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
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November 3, 2023 213 events ποΈ 2 π₯ 1 π 1 π¦ 1 βΈ
π₯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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ποΈThe Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has reduced the timeframe for supplying Ukrainian-made weapons and equipment to the Armed Forces as of November 1, 2023. The changes include cancelling weapons tests unrelated to confirming combat capability and reducing the number of checks at different production stages.
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πThe 128th Mountain Assault Brigade confirmed the deaths of 19 soldiers due to the Russian attack during celebrations on 3 November.
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ποΈThe IAEA conducted a rotation of its expert team at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the 13th such mission since establishing a permanent presence.
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π¦The United States announced a new $425 million military assistance package for Ukraine, including air defense and artillery munitions, anti-tank weapons, small arms ammunition, demolitions munitions, and $300 million in laser-guided munitions to counter drones.
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November 4, 2023 136 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, occupied Crimea, targeting maritime and port infrastructure. Ukrainian Air Force commander Mykola Oleschuk indicated SCALP cruise missiles were used, launched from Ukrainian military aircraft.
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π€The European Union Delegation to Russia is holding an online European film festival from November 1-15, 2023, titled "Cinema Unites!" featuring 21 EU films and 2 co-produced Russian-European films, despite Ukraine's protests.
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π₯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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π₯Russia has likely lost around 200 armored vehicles during assaults on the Donbas town of Avdiivka over a three-week period, due to Ukrainian anti-armor weapons, mines, UAV-dropped munitions, and precision artillery.
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π₯Kyiv claimed to have struck a shipyard in Kerch, on the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula. Ukrainian air force commander Mykola Oleschuk stated the shipyard housed one of the most modern Russian Navy ships capable of carrying Kalibr missiles.
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November 5, 2023 96 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈRamzan Kadyrov appointed his 15-year-old son Adam Kadyrov as head of his personal security department, following a video showing the boy beating a prisoner accused of burning a Quran.
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π₯Explosions destroyed at least a third of a Russian ammunition depot in the occupied village of Sjedove on November 5, 2023. The cause remains unclear and it is unknown if Ukrainian forces conducted the strike.
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π₯Ukrainian forces intensified strikes on rear Russian areas in southern Ukraine and occupied Crimea.
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π₯Russian forces conducted 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 and advanced in some areas.
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π₯Russian forces conducted the largest series of glide bomb strikes to date against targets in Kherson Oblast on November 5.
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November 6, 2023 233 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 ποΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈHennadii 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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π€Vladimir Putin has decided to run in the March 2024 presidential election, which will allow him to remain in power until at least 2030.
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ποΈPolish 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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π₯Russian forces launched a drone and missile attack on Odesa using Onyx and Iskander-M missiles, damaging the Odesa National Art Museum (which was celebrating its 124th anniversary) and several high-rise residential buildings, while kamikaze drones targeted port infrastructure.
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π₯Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in Russian-occupied Kerch hit a Russian guided-missile frigate under construction, starting a fire that took over six hours to extinguish.
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November 7, 2023 222 events π€ 2 π₯ 2 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π€Ukrainian transport ministry stated it had not received official demands from Polish carriers who are protesting competition from Ukrainian transport companies at three major border crossings.
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π€Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna stated that the European Commission's report on Ukraine's progress will be concise and focus on Ukraine being part of the broader EU enlargement political puzzle, while reforms must continue with no exhaustive list of tasks.
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ποΈYakymivka was chosen for the railway due to its "travel safety" according to occupation official Balitsky.
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π₯Ukrainian forces struck the Berdyansk airfield.
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π₯At least one US-made HIMARS precision-guided missile struck a government building in Russia-occupied Donetsk, demolishing its roof and killing at least six occupants.
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November 8, 2023 219 events π¦ 2 π₯ 1 π€ 1 π§ 1 βΈ
π¦Lithuania is planning to allocate β¬2 million to Ukraine for solving social issues caused by the war, with β¬1 million going to the EBRD fund supporting inclusivity and β¬1 million to the Ukrainian Solidarity Fund of the Bank of Development of the Council of Europe.
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π₯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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π¦The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the World Bank signed a grant agreement under the ARISE project, providing Ukraine with US$700 million to support agriculture.
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π€The European Commission set conditions for Ukraine including adopting a law on increasing NACP staff, removing provisions limiting NACP's asset verification powers, and adopting lobbying regulation laws.
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π§A Russian-backed politician was killed in a car bomb in occupied Luhansk.
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November 9, 2023 224 events π€ 1 π§ 1 π₯ 1 π¦ 1 +1 βΈ
π€Ukraine's parliament approved the 2024 budget with record defense spending, with approximately half of all expenditures allocated to defense needs.
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π§Ukrainian partisan group ATESH published high-resolution photographs of Russia's 126th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade base near the village Perevalne in south Crimea, claiming operatives approached within a few hundred meters and gathered intelligence on the unit's quantity, equipment condition, fuel tanks, and patrol patterns.
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π₯A sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Russian Volunteer Corps ambushed and fired upon a vehicle belonging to Russian border guards on the outskirts of the village of Ulitsa in the Bryansk region, resulting in the death of FSB Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Shaty.
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π¦The Ministry of Defense is allocated Hr.1.155 trillion ($32 billion), the National Guard receives Hr.102.2 billion ($2.8 billion), and other security forces receive funding in the 2024 budget.
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πAt least 15 Russian servicemen were wounded and five killed in the HIMARS strike on Skadovsk, according to Petro Andriushchenko. Several high-ranking Russian officers were also killed.
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November 10, 2023 219 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 π§ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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βοΈHennadii Popsui, a Russian proxy from Sumy Oblast, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason after guiding 128 pieces of Russian military equipment from Sumy Oblast to Kyiv Oblast in the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion.
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π§Ukrainian partisans in Mariupol blew up the car of a policeman collaborating with Russian occupation forces using an improvised explosive device placed near the driver's seat under the hood.
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π₯Russian forces launched an attack on Odesa Oblast with two strikes recorded in the Odesa district, injuring three people including a 96-year-old woman who was rescued from rubble.
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βοΈUkrainian defenders on the Bakhmut front have held the initiative for several months, moving from defensive positions to offensive actions after a year of fighting
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November 11, 2023 97 events π€ 2 π’ 1 π₯ 1 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π€Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former NATO Secretary General (2009-2014), proposed that Ukraine join NATO with Article 5 of the Washington Treaty not applying to territories currently occupied by Russia.
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π’Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated Poland on its Independence Day, expressing gratitude for Polish support during Russia's full-scale invasion and emphasizing the strong partnership between Ukraine and Poland.
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π₯Russia launched missile strike on Kyiv, the first major attack on the capital in nearly two months. Anti-aircraft defenses intercepted the missiles over Kyiv's left bank.
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ποΈUkraine's Ministry of Defence will require suppliers to mark fuel for the Armed Forces with red dye for diesel and green dye for petrol to prevent illegal sales and abuse.
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π€Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a video conference call with Polish President Andrzej Duda on the occasion of Poland's Independence Day to discuss bilateral relations and support.
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November 12, 2023 128 events π₯ 4 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian troops continue attempting to recapture Kupyansk in Kharkiv region, with the city remaining on the daily agenda of Russian occupation forces according to Ukrainian army spokesman Volodymyr Fityo.
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π₯Russian troops conducted multiple attacks in the Bakhmut sector, probing Ukrainian defenses for weak points. Ukrainian forces repelled 10 attacks in Khromovoy, Andriivka, and Klishchiivka districts of Donetsk region.
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β‘οΈUkrainian forces made a marginal gain on the east (left) bank of Kherson Oblast on November 12, 2023 amid ongoing ground operations.
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π₯Russian forces conducted a limited series of missile strikes targeting southern Ukraine on November 12, 2023.
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π₯A blast in Melitopol killed three Russian officers at a military headquarters during a meeting of FSB and Rosgvardia officials, carried out by local resistance movements.
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November 13, 2023 241 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 2 βΈ
βοΈA Ukrainian student, Maksym Hlebov, was arrested in occupied Crimea after sending a message of support to nationalist politician Iryna Farion on her Telegram channel.
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βοΈA Kharkiv resident was sentenced to life imprisonment with property confiscation for high treason, providing intelligence to Russian secret services that enabled a missile strike on the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration building on March 1, 2022.
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π₯Russian strikes killed three adults and injured a two-month-old baby in Kherson, targeting non-military infrastructure.
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π₯Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in four settlements east of Kupyansk and three towns west of Svatove.
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π₯Russian forces continued offensive operations in Zaporizhzhia region and made small gains north of Kopani.
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November 14, 2023 216 events π΄ 1 π€ 1 π₯ 1 ποΈ 1 +1 βΈ
π΄Ukraine's National Guard unit No 3017 captured four Russian soldiers on the Zaporizhzhia front during an attempt by Russian forces to reclaim lost positions. Three soldiers were from the 136th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade and one from the 1430th Motorised Rifle Regiment.
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π€Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba publicly stated that no one can seriously use the words 'Russia' and 'negotiations' in the same sentence, citing Russia's history of violating international agreements.
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π₯Save Ukraine organization evacuated four Ukrainian children with their families from Russian-occupied territories after the children were forced to attend a Russian school for four days. The families crossed into Ukrainian-controlled territory and will undergo psychological rehabilitation.
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ποΈRussia's Federal Statistics Service forecasted annual population extinction in Russia with the speed of up to 700,000 people a year.
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π₯A drone attacked the Tambov gunpowder plant in Kotovsk, Russia, causing a fire to break out in the mass mixing shop and damaging the roof of one building.
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November 15, 2023 198 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π€President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a telephone conversation with Slovak President Zuzana ΔaputovΓ‘ to discuss bilateral cooperation and Ukraine's EU accession progress.
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β‘οΈNorway previously deployed 10 instructors to Denmark to train Ukrainian pilots.
π₯Russian forces used an unidentified weapon deploying chloropicrin against Ukrainian defenders in the Sviatyskyi and Bakhmut sectors.
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π₯Russian forces conducted multiple air strikes in a civilian area of Zaporizhzhia region, killing three people including two State Emergency Service rescuers who arrived at the scene.
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November 16, 2023 177 events ποΈ 1 π€ 1 π₯ 1 π‘οΈ 1 +1 βΈ
ποΈA multimodal logistics hub called Horonda Platform will be built in the village of Horonda, Mukachevo district, Zakarpattia Oblast, to facilitate grain exports to the European Union. The project is being developed by Italian investors including FS Holding, Mercitalia Rail, and Mercitalia Terminal.
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π€The US Treasury imposed sanctions on three UAE-based companies and eight individuals plus six entities in Balkan nations for violating the Russian oil price cap and for Kremlin-backed influence peddling.
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π₯Russia intensified attacks on Avdiivka, using armored vehicles and targeting the industrial zone and high-rise buildings around the clock.
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π‘οΈRussian officials announced strengthening of air defense systems in Moscow and 16 other oblasts to protect critical infrastructure, citing Ukrainian drone threats.
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βοΈIryna Farion was fired from her position at Lviv Polytechnic National University following controversial remarks questioning the patriotism of Russian-speaking Ukrainian military members and posting a student's private email that led to his arrest in occupied Crimea.
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November 17, 2023 198 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈState 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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π‘οΈUkrainian Armed Forces successfully held liberated positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River against Russian attempts to recapture them.
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π₯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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π₯A newly built Russian corvette was damaged while at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, Crimea.
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π₯Ukraine's Rocket Forces and Artillery struck three clusters of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment, six artillery systems, two command posts and two ammunition storage points.
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November 18, 2023 147 events βοΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 π₯ 1 +1 βΈ
βοΈThe Ukrainian Defence Ministry's Internal Audit Service conducted an investigation into procurement irregularities for covers for personal file folders purchased at UAH 351 per item, which was found to be inflated compared to market prices of UAH 120-325.
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βοΈRussian forces launched Shahed drones in a coordinated attack on Ukraine, with multiple groups approaching from different directions including the north toward Kyiv.
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π’German Federal Minister of Labour Hubertus Heil called on employers to hire Ukrainian refugees with only basic German language skills, stating they can improve their language proficiency through work.
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π₯The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Dam in the Kherson region was destroyed during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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π₯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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November 19, 2023 100 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 2 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π₯Houthi militants hijacked the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea. The vessel was sailing from TΓΌrkiye to India under a Bahamian flag, registered to a British company partially owned by Israeli businessman Abraham Ungar (Rami), and leased to a Japanese company.
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π₯Russian drones struck an infrastructure facility in the Kyiv region, causing a fire but no casualties.
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ποΈUkraine's Infrastructure Ministry established a hub to assist Ukrainian drivers blocked at the Polish border, providing food, water, medicines, and fuel.
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βοΈUkrainian 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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βοΈUkrainian 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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November 20, 2023 179 events π€ 2 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π€Lithuanian parliament approved an amendment to redirect fines for non-compliance with sanctions to Ukraine's recovery fund
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βοΈPresident 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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π₯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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βοΈRussian forces broke a positional deadlock around Bakhmut, regaining positions between Klishchiivka and Andriivka (10 km southwest of Bakhmut), with elements of the 98th and 106th Airborne Divisions redeployed from Lyman direction.
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π€Russia denied accusations that it was sending migrants to the Finnish border, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov calling Finland's accusations "far-fetched".
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November 21, 2023 233 events π€ 2 βοΈ 1 π₯ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
βοΈA priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) was detained in Vinnytsia Oblast for suspected pro-Russian activities, including denying Russia's armed aggression and justifying the temporary occupation of part of Ukraine.
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π₯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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π’Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated Ukrainians on Dignity and Freedom Day, urging unity and strength while warning against political opportunism and internal division.
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π€The US State Department imposed sanctions on Russian military personnel Azatbek Omurbekov (Colonel) and Daniil Frolkin for war crimes against Ukrainian civilians in Bucha and Andriivka, including extrajudicial killings.
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π€US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Joseph Stalin, noting that both used food as a weapon of war and caused famine in Ukraine.
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November 22, 2023 242 events π§ 3 π¦ 1 π€ 1 βΈ
π¦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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π§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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π€Olha Stefanishyna expressed hope that EU member states would not allow Hungary to block the start of accession negotiations with Ukraine at a December summit, stating that 'strong EU states' would prevent Hungary from being the center of all events.
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π§Russian DoppelgΓ€nger 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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π§Russian DoppelgΓ€nger 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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November 23, 2023 196 events βοΈ 3 π₯ 1 ποΈ 1 βΈ
βοΈRussia's FSB detained a Ukrainian citizen in Voronezh, claiming he was an agent preparing to assassinate a senior Russian military officer using an explosive device.
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π₯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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ποΈAll four checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border that allow trucks over 7.5 tonnes were blocked by Polish protesters, with approximately 1,400 trucks waiting to enter Ukraine from Poland at the Shehyni route.
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βοΈIgors 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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βοΈRussia 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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November 24, 2023 169 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine using Shahed drones from multiple directions, targeting various oblasts including Kryvyi Rih, Kropyvnytskyi, Sumy, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Poltava, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, and Kharkiv.
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π€North Macedonia, as OSCE chair, decided to allow Russian planes to enter its territory to facilitate a Kremlin delegation's attendance at the OSCE ministerial meeting.
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π₯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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π₯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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π₯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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November 25, 2023 138 events π₯ 1 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π€ 1 +1 βΈ
π₯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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π‘οΈUkrainian forces from the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade defended against Russian attacks on Avdiivka, destroying visible Russian units.
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βοΈ500 tonnes of undistributed humanitarian aid was found hidden at companies in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, with authorities investigating who hid it and for what purpose.
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π€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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πAt least two people, including an 11-year-old child, were injured in Kyiv from falling drone debris.
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November 26, 2023 114 events π₯ 4 π 1 βΈ
π₯Several drones were downed in the areas of Naro-Fominsk, Podolsk, Odintsovo, and Ramenskoye city districts in Moscow region.
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πArtem Sachuk, vice-president of Ukraine's Chess Federation and a volunteer soldier, was killed in action during the war against Russian occupiers.
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π₯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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π₯In Bryansk region, five drones were shot down by Russian air defense.
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π₯Russian forces conducted a series of Shahed drone strikes on Ukraine on the night of November 25-26, 2023.
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November 27, 2023 185 events π§ 1 βοΈ 1 π¦ 1 π₯ 1 +1 βΈ
π§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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βοΈRussian forces made marginal advances northwest of Krasnohorivka and in the industrial zone on Avdiivka's southeastern outskirts.
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π¦Ancient Crimean gold treasures (Scythian artefacts, some around 2,000 years old) arrived in Kyiv after being stuck in Amsterdam's Allard Pierson museum for nine years following Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea.
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π₯Ukrainian former prisoners forcibly deported to Russia have been blocked at the Verkhnii Lars checkpoint on the Russia-Georgia border for up to 18 days, living in unheated basements with limited aid.
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βοΈRussian occupation administrations in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine have been instructed to prepare new lists of Ukrainian children without guardianship for deportation.
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November 28, 2023 225 events βοΈ 2 π€ 1 π 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π€Czech President Petr Pavel urged the West not to lessen support for Ukraine, warning that 2024 could be more favorable for Russia if support wavers.
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πA 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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π₯Russians have been using fewer kamikaze drones for two consecutive days on the Tavriia front, though they continue to drop guided bombs and conduct ground infantry attacks.
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βοΈUkraine'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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βοΈMoldovan President Maia Sandu stripped Alexandr Kalinin, leader of the pro-Russian Party of Regions and Congress of Moldovan Diasporas in Russia, of his Moldovan citizenship for recruitment into a foreign state's armed forces.
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November 29, 2023 204 events π€ 3 π 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π€The United States Department of the Treasury introduced sanctions against more than 20 individuals and legal entities that illegally finance and materially provide for the Iranian government.
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π€A bipartisan group of US senators introduced a legislative initiative to expedite the seizure of Russian oligarchs' assets for Ukraine's benefit. The bill would lift the $500,000 cap on administrative forfeitures and clarify DOJ authority to transfer seized property to Ukraine.
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πOleksiy Andreiev went missing during hostilities in Bohdanivka, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region on November 29, 2023.
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π₯Marianna Budanova, wife of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence Head Kyrylo Budanov, was poisoned with heavy metals (arsenic and mercury) in what is believed to be a special operation.
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π€Investigation by Radio Liberty reveals that individuals close to the Russian elite hold significant positions within OSCE, including Anton Vushkarnik (senior strategic adviser), Daria Boyarskaya (Head of Vienna Liaison Office/Putin's interpreter), and Saltanat Sakembaeva (former OSCE employee/wife of Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko), raising concerns about potential intelligence gathering and Kremlin influence.
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November 30, 2023 213 events π₯ 2 π€ 1 βοΈ 1 β‘οΈ 1 βΈ
π€The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) listed the Belgian gas company Fluxys as an international sponsor of war for facilitating Russian LNG exports that finance Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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βοΈThe Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted searches at the Pochaiv Dormition Lavra monastery, affiliated with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), as part of criminal proceedings related to inciting national enmity and hatred.
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π₯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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β‘οΈOver 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.
π₯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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π₯Russian Iskander missiles struck a Magura drone production facility, prompting relocation to underground facilities.
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π‘οΈUkrainian forces established and held a bridgehead in Krynky, on the left bank of the Dnipro River.
ποΈThe survey found that 82% of Ukrainians consider destruction to infrastructure and housing as a main problem, down from 87% in March.
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π₯A sociological survey by Transparency International Ukraine found that 73% of Ukrainians believe the country's reconstruction will take 10 years or more, up from 63% in March 2023.
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π₯17% of survey respondents reported suffering damage or destruction to their property, with 65% of those affected not applying for compensation.
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December 2023 (6,565 events)
December 1, 2023 55 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯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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π₯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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π₯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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π₯A British-supplied Storm Shadow missile hit a bridge at Chongar, linking Crimea to southern Ukraine.
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π₯Illia Kyva, a former Ukrainian lawmaker who sided with Russia and was a member of the pro-Russian party Opposition Platform - For Life, was killed in Moscow Oblast.
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December 1, 2023 577 events π§ 2 π₯ 2 π¦ 1 βΈ
π§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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π₯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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π§Ukrainian intelligence reportedly conducted a special operation on December 1 that damaged a train carrying fuel over a bridge along the northern bypass of the Baikal-Amur Railway in the Republic of Buryatia, damaging six fuel tanks.
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π₯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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π¦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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December 2, 2023 110 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π€UK Defence Intelligence reports that Russian authorities are attempting to suppress protests by wives and mothers of deployed soldiers by offering them larger payments in exchange for silence.
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π₯Nikopol hit with a Shahed drone, damaging a municipal enterprise.
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π₯A clinic in Kherson city was hit by a missile destroying its second floor.
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π₯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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π₯Russian forces advanced west of the railway north of Stepove and in areas southwest of Pervomaiske according to geolocated footage
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December 3, 2023 129 events π₯ 4 π₯ 1 βΈ
π₯A 2,000-sq.m production and storage facility at the Moscow Special-Purpose Vehicles Plant caught fire during the night of December 3-4, with over 150 firefighters and 50 appliances responding.
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π₯Two civilians killed and seven injured by artillery strike on Kherson city, an apartment building and two hospitals were damaged.
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π₯22 front line settlements struck by artillery, MLRS and drones in the Zaporizhzhia region, residential buildings and shops damaged.
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π₯Nikopol and Chervonohryhorivka, Dnipropetrovsk region hit with heavy artillery causing minor building damage.
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π₯120mm mortars hit Krasnopillia, Sumy region.
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December 4, 2023 206 events π₯ 3 π€ 2 βΈ
π€US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to hold a vote on billion-dollar aid for Ukraine and Israel as early as December 4, 2023, linking it to border security policy demands.
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π₯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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π€Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels to discuss Ukraine's NATO membership and long-term support.
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π₯Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region hit with heavy artillery and kamikaze drones destroying four homes, a gymnasium, three farm buildings, and powerlines.
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π₯Vasylivka, Zaporizhzhia region hit with guided aerial bombs, MLRS and artillery.
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December 5, 2023 241 events π₯ 3 βοΈ 2 βΈ
βοΈUkrainian 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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βοΈUkrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk posted video footage showing air defence forces downing Russian Shahed drones in southern Ukraine on December 5, 2023.
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π₯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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π₯21 settlements across the Zaporizhzhia region, hit by mortars, artillery, tanks, and UAVs.
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π₯Border communities in the Sumy region struck by mortars.
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December 6, 2023 219 events π₯ 2 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯Russian forces attacked a Ukrainian national thermal power plant in the frontline area during the night of December 5-6, 2023. The attack damaged equipment at the plant and left residents of a nearby settlement without heating supply.
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π‘οΈUkrainian 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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βοΈThe US Department of Justice brought war crimes charges against four Russian military officers (Suren Mkrtchyan, Dmitry Budnik, Valerii Lnu, and Nazar Lnu) for torturing an American citizen in Ukraine.
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π₯Russian forces launched Shahed-131/136 attack drones against port infrastructure in the Izmail district of Odesa Oblast, hitting a warehouse, grain elevator and lorries. Ukrainian air defense destroyed 11 drones but strikes still occurred.
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π’President Volodymyr Zelensky and his top military commanders are at odds over whether the war has reached a stalemate.
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December 7, 2023 226 events π’ 2 π₯ 2 π₯ 1 βΈ
π’Sergey Naryshkin, head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, wrote an article claiming Russia hopes to turn the war in Ukraine into a "second Vietnam" for the US, arguing that Western support for Ukraine may accelerate the decline of Western international authority.
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π₯Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reported that more than 19,500 Ukrainian children have been officially deported to Russia, with Russia continuing to deport groups of children daily.
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π’Imprisoned former Russian officer Igor Girkin forecasted that there will be no agreement between Russia and Ukraine to end the war and no freeze of the frontlines.
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π₯22 settlements were hit by MLRS, and artillery strikes in the Zaporizhzhia region.
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π₯Shahed drones hit port infrastructure and vehicles in Izmail on the Lower Danube region, killing a truck driver.
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December 8, 2023 208 events π€ 2 βοΈ 1 ποΈ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈPresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed three anti-corruption bills to implement EU recommendations, including increasing NABU staffing from 700 to 1,000 and reorganizing SAPO into a separate legal entity.
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ποΈConstruction of water supply pipelines to cities affected by the destruction of Kakhovka HPP dam is 87% complete, with the pipeline able to transport 550,000 cubic meters of water per day.
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π€The Verkhovna Rada approved draft law 10288-1 in general and in principle, amending laws on national minorities' rights to meet EU membership criteria. The bill allows private higher education institutions to choose EU languages for study while maintaining Ukrainian language requirements, guarantees minority language use in educational settings for EU official languages, and provides transitional rights for minorities whose languages are EU official languages. The bill explicitly excludes Russian as the language of the aggressor state and applies indefinitely rather than for five years.
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π€Ukraine's Minister of Youth and Sport Matvis Bidnyi condemned the IOC Executive Board's decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the 2024 Olympics as neutrals, calling it irresponsible.
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π₯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 122 events π€ 2 βοΈ 1 ποΈ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
βοΈSBU 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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π€A group of MEPs urged Polish President Andrzej Duda and EU leadership to address the blockade of the Polish-Ukrainian border by Polish hauliers, stating it undermines Ukraine's defense against Russian aggression and serves Kremlin interests.
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ποΈUkraine's Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko stated that Russian attacks are the only threat to systemic failure in Ukraine's energy system, but any blackouts would likely be temporary even with critical impacts.
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π€Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged the international community to condemn Russia's intention to hold presidential elections in temporarily occupied territories and to impose sanctions on those involved in their organization.
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π₯Artillery strikes on Kherson city center injured a woman and damaged a private enterprise and residential buildings.
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December 10, 2023 128 events π₯ 3 π€ 2 βΈ
π₯Russian forces launched Shahed attack drones from the Black Sea and Kherson Oblast, targeting multiple Ukrainian oblasts including Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, and Cherkasy.
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π€President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky attended the inauguration of newly elected President of Argentina Javier Milei in Buenos Aires.
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π€Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron by phone from Argentina, discussing Ukraine's EU accession and the grain corridor.
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π₯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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π₯Russian forces struck the Kharkiv region with two S-300 missiles.
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December 11, 2023 196 events π€ 3 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π‘οΈUkrainian 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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βοΈAllies 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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π€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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π€Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy began a working visit to the United States and met with US President Joe Biden to discuss defense cooperation, weapons production, air defense systems, and continued US support for Ukraine.
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π€The UK announced the establishment of the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) to monitor and enforce trade sanctions against Russia, including those related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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December 12, 2023 192 events π’ 1 π¦ 1 π€ 1 π§ 1 +1 βΈ
π’Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, stated that Ukraine's two-year resistance against Russia constitutes a major victory, acknowledging the counteroffensive was not as quick or effective as hoped.
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π¦Finland's Defence Ministry has decided to double ammunition production capacity, investing around β¬120 million total, to provide long-term support for Ukraine until the 2030s.
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π€Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with World Bank President Ajay Banga to discuss resuming mortgage lending in Ukraine.
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π§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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π₯Russian forces conducted a series of drone and missile strikes targeting Ukraine.
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December 13, 2023 200 events π₯ 2 π€ 2 π§ 1 βΈ
π₯Russia launched 10 ballistic missiles at Kyiv at 3 a.m., all of which were intercepted by Ukrainian air defense.
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π€The EU, represented by Josep Borrell, strongly condemned Russia's plans to hold pseudo-presidential elections in occupied Ukrainian territories (Crimea, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk) scheduled for March 15-17, 2024.
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π€Leaders of the European People's Party, Socialists and Democrats, Renew Europe, and the Greens signed a draft letter urging Brussels not to unfreeze β¬10 billion in funds for Hungary until the country solves its rule of law problems, citing concerns about judicial reforms and the National Judicial Council elections not being completed by mid-January.
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π§Russian hackers breached the cybersecurity of Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile operator, through a compromised employee account (pool account). The attack was carried out by the Russian hacker group Solntsepyok, which is linked to the Russian GRU.
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π₯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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December 14, 2023 288 events π€ 4 π₯ 1 βΈ
π€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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π€The European Union made a historic decision to open membership negotiations with Ukraine. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor OrbΓ‘n left the hall during the vote rather than casting a veto against the decision.
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π₯Russian forces used RG-VO gas grenades containing the chemical substance CS against Ukrainian positions.
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π€EU member state leaders decided to launch accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova regarding their entry into the European Union.
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π€The US Senate postponed its holiday recess to allow time for voting on a bill that would provide support for Ukraine, including military and macrofinancial assistance worth approximately $61 billion.
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December 15, 2023 210 events π€ 1 π₯ 1 π₯ 1 π¦ 1 +1 βΈ
π€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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π₯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.
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π₯Local deputy Serhiy Batryn detonated several grenades during a session of the Keretsky village council, injuring 23 people including the suspect.
π¦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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βοΈRussian air defense reportedly downed four drones over Kursk city in Kursk Oblast, according to the Russian governor and Ministry of Defense.
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December 16, 2023 136 events π€ 2 π₯ 1 ποΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π€ISW analyzes Russia's war plan up to 2026, published by Bild. Russia plans to occupy Ukrainian territory beyond the borders of four illegally annexed oblasts during 2024-2026.
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π₯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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ποΈUkrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsia has built its first grain hopper wagon adapted for both 1,520 mm Ukrainian tracks and 1,435 mm European gauge tracks.
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π€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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βοΈFormer FBI employee Charles McGonigal was sentenced to 50 months in prison and fined $40,000 for working for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
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December 17, 2023 102 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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βοΈUkraine'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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π₯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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π₯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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π₯Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of December 16 to 17.
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December 18, 2023 200 events π€ 3 π₯ 2 βΈ
π€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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π€Polish hauliers restarted their blockade of the Dorohusk-Yahodyn checkpoint, blocking cargo transport in both directions. The protest participants are located several kilometres from the Polish checkpoint and plan to allow only one lorry per hour, while exempting humanitarian cargo, animals, perishable products, and other important goods. Buses will not be obstructed.
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π€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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π₯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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π₯Russian forces made confirmed gains north of Khromove near Bakhmut, while Ukrainian forces claimed successful defense of positions near Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka.
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December 19, 2023 260 events ποΈ 2 π΄ 1 π‘οΈ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π΄Soldiers of the 3rd Spartan Task Force Brigade captured a Russian serviceman from the 70th Motor Rifle Regiment on the Zaporizhzhia front. The occupier surrendered during an attempt to storm Ukrainian positions.
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ποΈA 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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ποΈRussian occupying authorities in Severodonetsk are installing Soviet-era payphones and landline cable telephone systems, marking a return to Soviet technology in occupied territories.
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π‘οΈUkrainian Air Force shot down a Russian Kh-59 guided air missile over the Dnipro district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
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π₯Russian forces made confirmed advances northeast of Kupyansk.
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December 20, 2023 210 events π₯ 4 π€ 1 βΈ
π€German federal prosecutor Peter Frank requested the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main to confiscate β¬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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π₯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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π₯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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π₯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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π₯Russian forces launched Shahed drones toward Kyiv, which were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses. No casualties or destruction reported.
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December 21, 2023 194 events π₯ 2 π¦ 2 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯A Russian drone attack caused falling wreckage that sparked a fire at a private company's premises in Kyiv Oblast. The fire burned 1,500 metres and damaged windows and walls of a four-storey building, two warehouses, and eight cars. No casualties were reported.
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π¦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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π¦Ukrainska Bronetekhnika (Ukrainian Armour), Ukraine's largest private arms manufacturer, announced plans to establish licensed production of ASCOD infantry fighting vehicles in the country.
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βοΈThe Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted bill No 7457 in the second reading, legalizing cannabis for medical, industrial, and scientific use. The law will come into effect six months after publication.
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December 22, 2023 221 events π€ 2 π₯ 2 π₯ 1 βΈ
π€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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π€Ukraine and Moldova signed protocols to establish joint border control at checkpoints, simplifying border crossings for citizens and cargo.
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π₯Russia said it downed 10 Ukrainian drones over Moscow and border regions, including Podolsk district, Bryansk region, and Kaluga region.
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π₯Ukrainian Air Force shot down three Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers in the southern sector on Dec. 22, 2023, as retaliation for a Russian Shahed drone attack.
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π₯As of December 22, 2023, 1,214 residents remained in Avdiivka.
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December 23, 2023 130 events π₯ 3 π€ 1 ποΈ 1 βΈ
π€President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree introducing sanctions against more than 200 individuals and firms, including Ukrainian millionaire Vadym Yermalaiev (Cyprus citizen), over 100 firms mostly based in Russia and Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories like Crimea, and over 50 individuals.
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π₯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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π₯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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π₯Russian forces made confirmed advances near Kupyansk and Kreminna, northeast of Bakhmut.
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ποΈRussian occupiers closed the Crimean Bridge to traffic due to a missile threat in Crimea on the morning of December 23, 2023.
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December 24, 2023 133 events π₯ 5 βΈ
π₯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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π₯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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π₯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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π₯Ukrainian air defenses downed a Russian Su-34 fighter bomber near Mariupol on Christmas Eve.
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π₯Russia claimed to have downed four Ukrainian aircraft: three Su-27s and one Su-24 tactical bomber in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
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December 25, 2023 139 events π₯ 4 π’ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π’Czech Foreign Minister Jan LipavskΓ½ stated that the main challenge for Prague is to keep Russia as far away from Czech borders as possible and to continue supporting Ukraine, warning that if Ukraine falls, Russia would be at the EU borders.
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π₯Russian forces are attempting to advance near Ivanivka and Petropavlivka in Kharkiv Oblast, with Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi railway junction as their main objective.
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π₯Russian forces conducted aerial strikes against targets in Ukraine during the Christmas holiday period, resulting in civilian casualties.
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π₯Russia launched 31 Shahed-136/131 drones from occupied Crimea against Ukraine on Christmas Day, December 25, 2023.
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December 26, 2023 179 events π₯ 3 π₯ 1 π§ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π§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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π₯Ukrainian Air Force launched a cruise missile attack on the Russian landing ship Novocherkassk in Feodosia, occupied Crimea.
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π₯Russian forces conducted a series of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine on the night of December 23 to 24.
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π₯Russian forces made confirmed advances near Kreminna and near Avdiivka as positional engagements continue along the entire line of contact.
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December 27, 2023 211 events π¦ 2 π€ 1 π’ 1 π₯ 1 βΈ
π¦The US announced a final military aid package for Ukraine worth up to $250 million, including air-defense munitions, HIMARS ammunition, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, anti-armor munitions, and over 15 million rounds of small arms ammunition.
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π¦The US announced a $250 million military package for Ukraine on 27 December, the last announced in 2023.
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π€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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π’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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π₯The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) destroyed over 500 Russian tanks since the beginning of 2023, including T-90 and T-90M models worth nearly $5 million each. The tanks were used in "armoured fists" to storm Avdiivka and Bakhmut, and were brought to deter Ukrainian counteroffensive operations on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts.
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December 28, 2023 164 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 βοΈ 1 π’ 1 βΈ
βοΈA series of explosions occurred in Crimea's Krasnoperekopsk district following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack.
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βοΈPresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed bill No. 5420 into law, which criminalizes smuggling in Ukraine.
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π’Ivan Vyhivskyi, Chief of the National Police of Ukraine, stated that police are already maximally involved as part of the Security and Defence Forces in response to proposals to mobilise 100,000 law enforcement officers.
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π₯Russian Ground Forces' 18th Combined Arms Army attempted and failed to clear the Ukrainian bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River.
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π₯Ukraine has used cruise missiles, UAVs, and maritime drones to sink or destroy 23 Russian warships, submarines and vessels in the Black Sea
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December 29, 2023 245 events π₯ 3 π‘οΈ 1 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π‘οΈAn 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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π₯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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βοΈA 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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π₯Russian forces conducted a missile attack on Odesa, killing 29-year-old Olesia Puzerevych.
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December 30, 2023 159 events π₯ 4 βοΈ 1 βΈ
π₯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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π₯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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π₯Russian troops shelled Selydove on December 30, 2023, killing one woman and injuring six other people.
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π₯Russian forces conducted rocket attacks on Kharkiv in the evening, injuring more than 20 people.
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βοΈA MiG-31K fighter jet capable of carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles took off in Russia, triggering an air-raid warning across all Ukrainian oblasts.
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December 31, 2023 543 events π₯ 2 βοΈ 1 π¦ 1 π΄ 1 βΈ
βοΈRussia launched Shahed attack drones from eastern Ukrainian territories, with the movement tracked across multiple oblasts including Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia.
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π¦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.
π΄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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π₯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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π₯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.
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π§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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π₯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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π₯Russia used North Korean ballistic missiles in an attack on Zaporizhzhia.
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π₯A major cyberattack was conducted by a Russian hacker group against Kyivstar in December, resulting in a $95 million loss.
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π₯Ukrainian strikes against occupied Crimea in late December 2023 sank a Russian Tarantul-class corvette near Sevastopol.
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π‘οΈKhalus described how his unit conducted aerial reconnaissance using privately-bought equipment, including Mavic drones and FPV drones.
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βοΈA Ukrainian aerial scout was killed by Russian fire during a counteroffensive in the Zaporizhya direction in 2023.
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π‘οΈThe 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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π‘οΈVitaliy Motsnyy returned to military service after receiving prosthetic legs, continuing his service as a trainer for UAV pilots.
βIrish media reported in 2023 that a U.K. helicopter and battleship "chased off" a Russian submarine off Cork Harbor, Ireland.
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β‘οΈAfter being placed under house arrest and awaiting trial, Olesya Krivtsova fled Russia to Lithuania to avoid imprisonment.
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