Russian forces have lost 1,300 soldiers, 11 tanks, 35 armoured combat vehicles, and 23 artillery systems over the past 24 hours alone. Source: General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces on Facebook Details: The total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February 2022 and 9 May 2024 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses – ed.] 478,730 (+1,300) military personnel;7,429 (+11) tanks;14,281 (+35) armoured combat vehicles;12,340 (+23) artillery systems;1,058 (+1) multiple-launch rocket systems;793 (+1) air defence systems;349 (+0) fixed-wing aircra...
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Ukraine’s air defence in Odesa Oblast have destroyed 17 out of 20 Russian Shahed drones used by the Russians to attack Ukraine on the night of 8-9 May. Source: Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukraine's Air Force, on Telegram Details: Oleshchuk reported that the Russians launched 20 Shahed-131/136 attack drones from Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea on the night of 8-9 May. Air Force anti-aircraft missile forces as well as mobile fire groups from Ukraine’s Defence Forces destroyed 17 attack drones in Odesa Oblast. Background: Ukraine’s Air Force warned of the threat of Russian attack drones from th...
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Experts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that the latest Russian strikes are intended to degrade Ukraine's power grid and depleted air defences before the arrival of US security assistance. Source: ISW Details: The report notes that Russian forces carried out large-scale missile and drone strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on the night of 7-8 May, further exerting pressure on Ukraine's exhausted air defence capabilities ahead of the arrival of major US and Western security assistance. Analysts note that this is the fifth large-scale Russian missile and drone strike o...
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Ukrainian drones purportedly attacked an oil depot in the village of Yurovka near the city of Anapa in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai on the night of 8-9 May, and there were explosions in the Russian city of Belgorod, with fires breaking out. Source: BBC News Russian; Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlets, citing the Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters; Russian Telegram channels Details: Initially, Russian media and Telegram channels reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had supposedly attempted to attack an oil depot in the village of Yurovka near Anapa using a UAV. Later, the Russian authorit...
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The Russians have attacked Sumy Oblast 36 times over the past 24 hours, launching 28 air-dropped mines on two hromadas and attacking two more with guided aerial bombs. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories] Source: Sumy Oblast Military Administration Quote: "A total of 183 explosions have been recorded. Yunakivka, Myropillia, Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Velyka Pysarivka, Esman, Shalyhyne, Seredyna-Buda and Znob-Novhorodske hromadas have been fired upon." Details: The Russians attacked Yunakivka hromada with mortars...
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Ukraine’s air defence systems were responding to attacks by Russian Shahed drones in Odesa Oblast on the night of 8-9 May. Source: Dumska, a local media outlet in Odesa Quote at 01:02: "Air defence systems are responding in the oblast." Details: Later, Dumska reported that it was "loud in Chornomorsk" and mentioned new explosions in the oblast, adding that air defence systems were responding. Updated: The all-clear was given in Odesa Oblast at 02:16. Background: Ukraine’s Air Force warned of the threat of Russian attack drones from the Black Sea on the night of 8-9 May. Support UP or becomeour...
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has once again stressed that the Alliance has no plans to deploy troops in the territory of Ukraine. Rather, it is important that Ukraine should be supplied with sufficient military aid. Source: Stoltenberg in an interview for Italian news agency ANSA during a visit to Italy, as reported by European Pravda Details: Stoltenberg pointed out that due to delays in the supply of US and European military aid to Ukraine, Russian forces have been able to make progress in their offensive. Even though "the situation is changing now", there are no reports of this a...
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that on Wednesday, 8 May he heard reports by Defence Minister Rustem Umierov and Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the positions of Ukrainian forces in the combat zone and on physical protection for people. Source: Zelenskyy’s evening address Quote: "Today, there was a separate report by the Minister of Defence of Ukraine and a report by the Commander-in-Chief. Our positions at the front, the physical protection of our people and communities, and the disruption of any attempts at a Russian offensive are urgent priori...
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Gilat SkyEdge satellite internet communication systems manufactured in Ukraine are being imported to Russia in large quantities. Source: Slidstvo.info, citing customs data available to the investigative outlet Details: It is noted that in 2023, about 22,000 Gilat SkyEdge systems worth about US$5 million were imported to Russia. At the same time, these systems are manufactured in Uzhhorod by the plant of the American outsourcing company Jabil Circuit for the Israeli corporation Gilat Satellite Networks. According to Slidstvo.info, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the media has re...
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed 116 judges pursuant to decrees dated 8 May. Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, stated that as of today, 22% to 61% of judge positions remain vacant. Source: decrees of the President of Ukraine; Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, on Facebook Quote from Mudra: "The staffing of the judicial system, the procedures for the selection and appointment of judges, professional training, and facilitating scrutiny of their integrity – these are the foundation of the changes [being made in the judi...
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