Overall, 12,162 civilians were killed and 26,919 were injured in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion, to October 31, 2024.
This year, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the government of Japan, Ukraine received seven high-voltage autotransformers, five gas turbines, and thousands of generators that will help the power system survive.
In recent weeks, North Korea transferred to Russia nearly 50 M1989 Koksan self-propelled artillery units and 20 upgraded 240-mm multiple rocket launchers, some of which were later deployed in Kursk region.
On the morning of November 17, Russian troops shelled the village of Hlushkivka in the Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, killing one person and injuring another.
As a result of Russian strikes targeting the Nikopol area and four other communities in Dnipropetrovsk region, an apartment block, a transport company, a shop, and a medical facility were mutilated. Private homes and power transmission lines were destroyed.
On Monday, November 18, Minister for Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha of Ukraine will visit New York to take part in events at the UN Headquarters marking 1,000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In western Ukraine’s Prykarpattia, local authorities deployed all available Invincibility Points, open 24/7, to keep residents warm as central heating supply was severed after a Russian missile attack on the generation facility in the area.
Commander of Ukraine’s Naval Forces Vice-Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa met with the troops defending Kherson region and discussed options for the further battlefield developments.
The Russian forces shelled Znob-Novhorod community in Shostka district of Sumy region with artillery, killing a 73-year-old man who was fishing at a lake.
Since the beginning of the day, over 70 combat clashes have taken place on the frontlines, with the Russian forces being particularly active in the Kurakhove and Pokrovsk sectors.