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Ukrainian poet Myroslav Herasymovych killed on front line

Ukrainian poet, prose writer, and screenwriter Myroslav Herasymovych was killed in action on Nov. 25 in Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, according to his brother’s Facebook post. Herasymovych, born in Lutsk on 29 November 1967, died just days before his 57th birthday. He was a graduate of the Taras Shevchenko National University's Faculty of Journalism. "In the […]

Ukraine

November 29, 2024

1 killed, 12 injured in Russia's attack on Kryvyi Rih

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Casualties from the Russian missile attack on residential buildings and medical facility in Kryvyi Rih late on Oct. 28 have increased to one dead and 12 injured, Ukrainian authorities report. A 39-year-old man died in the hospital following the attack, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii […]

Ukraine

October 28, 2024

Ukraine downs 8 Russian drones, at least 2 killed and 6 wounded over the past day

Ukrainian air defenses shot down eight out of 10 Russian drones launched overnight on Nov. 30, Ukraine's Air Force reported. Russia targeted Ukraine with Iranian-designed Shahed drones and an unspecified type of drone launched from the Russian oblasts of Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, according to the Air Force. The drones were downed over Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, […]

Ukraine

November 30, 2024

Mediazona confirms identities of over 75,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine

Through open-source research, Mediazona, a Russian independent media outlet, together with BBC Russia, confirmed the names of 75,382 Russian soldiers who had been killed since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion. Since Mediazona's last update in mid-October, the names of 2,483 Russian soldiers have been added to the list of casualties. The journalists note that […]

Ukraine

October 29, 2024

Some North Korean troops fighting on Russia's side killed, Zelensky says

Some of the North Korean soldiers deployed to fight for Russia have already been killed, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 1 without revealing their numbers. Pyongyang is said to have dispatched between 10,000-12,000 troops to aid Moscow's war, with the first clashes with Ukrainian forces reported in Russia's […]

Ukraine

December 2, 2024

Mediazona confirms identities of over 77,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine

Through open-source research, Mediazona, a Russian independent media outlet, together with BBC Russia, confirmed the names of 77,143 Russian soldiers who had been killed since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion. Since Mediazona's last update at the end of October, the names of 1,761 Russian soldiers have been added to the list of casualties. The […]

Ukraine

November 9, 2024

Media: Russian conscript killed after refusing to fight in Kursk Oblast

19-year-old Russian conscript Artem Antonov was shot and killed by his commander after reportedly refusing to sign a military contract to fight in Kursk Oblast, the Russian independent outlet IStories reported on Dec. 6. The incident occurred on October 21 at the "Ilyinsky" training ground of the 60th Motorized Rifle Brigade, where the commander fired […]

Ukraine

December 6, 2024

2 Ukrainian POWs allegedly killed by Russian forces in Kursk Oblast, Prosecutor General's Office reports

Russian forces allegedly killed two captured Ukrainian servicemen in Russia's embattled Kursk Oblast, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on Nov. 11. Reports of murders, torture, and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war are received regularly by Ukrainian authorities and have spiked in recent months. Most cases were recorded in embattled Donetsk Oblast. A footage purporting […]

Ukraine

November 11, 2024

Media identifies over 82,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine

Journalists and volunteers have identified the names of 82,050 Russian soldiers who died during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine as of Dec. 6, according to a joint investigation by BBC Russia and Mediazona, a Russian independent media outlet, published on Dec. 11. Russia has made territorial gains in eastern Ukraine, using brutal mass wave tactics […]

Ukraine

December 11, 2024

Russian navy officer allegedly killed in car bombing in occupied Sevastopol

A car exploded on a city street in Sevastopol in occupied Crimea on Nov. 13, killing a military service member behind the wheel, according to Russian-installed proxy head Mikhail Razvozhayev. While it remains unclear who was behind the incident, several Russian officers involved in the war against Ukraine have been found dead under suspicious circumstances […]

Ukraine

November 13, 2024

Ukrainian film actor Yakiv Tkachenko killed in action

Yakiv Tkachenko, a theater and film actor from Dnipro, was killed in action while serving on the front line with Ukraine's 128th Territorial Defense Brigade, his friends and colleagues reported on Dec. 14. Tkachenko was known for his roles in Ukrainian films such as "Chervonyi" ("Red"), "Dovbush," and "Pryputni" ("The Strayed"). He also appeared in […]

Ukraine

December 14, 2024

2 killed, 6 injured in Mykolaiv amid Russia’s mass missile and drone attack

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Two people were killed and six injured, including two children, in the city of Mykolaiv amid Russia’s mass drone and missile attack, regional governor Vitalii Kim reported on Nov. 17. The attack damaged several private residences, a multi-story building, cars, a shopping center, and […]

Ukraine

November 17, 2024