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The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recorded 25,170 civilian casualties in 1,504 settlements of Ukraine, including 9,177 killed and 15,993 injured, since Russia’s full-scale invasion started. The relevant statement was made by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), an Ukrinform correspondent reports. In particular, among the victims whose sex was known, there were 4,202 men, 2,506 women, 281 boys and 225 girls. The regions with the highest numbers of civilian casualties were as follows: Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kherson, and Luhansk. According to the OHCHR, actual numbers of civilian casualties…

On July 8, 2023, Russian troops launched 11 attacks on the Sumy region’s border areas. A total of 54 explosions were recorded. The relevant statement was made by Sumy Regional Military Administration on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. The following communities came under enemy fire: Bilopillia, Nova Sloboda, Putyvl, Krasnopillia, Seredyna-Buda and Esman. In particular, the enemy struck the Bilopillia community with artillery and mortars (11 explosions each). Russians fired unguided air-launched missiles from helicopters at the Nova Sloboda community (six explosions). The invaders also launched mortar strikes on the Putyvl community (two explosions). In the Krasnopillia community, Russian troops…

Madrid and London do not look kindly on the American decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine. The Biden administration announced on Friday that the weapons will be included in the U.S.’s next $800 million arms package to Kyiv — a decision that has raised humanitarian concerns. A cluster bomb is a weapon engineered to scatter submunitions (or “bomblets”) over a wide area, potentially risking civilian collateral damage. Washington is not party to the 2010 Convention on Cluster Munitions, endorsed by more than 100 countries, including the U.K. and Spain, and banning their use. Neither are Russia and Ukraine. “It…

Ukraine is 500 days closer to victory, according to Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council. He said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. According to Danilov, it took three days to destroy the myth of Russia's military as "the second-strongest army," 49 days to sink the Moskva guided missile cruiser and 61 days to hold the first meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. He recalled that Snake Island was liberated on day 126 and the Crimean Bridge "got tired" on day 230 of the war.

Last night Ukraine’s air defense units downed five enemy Shahed-136/131 loitering munitions. The relevant statement was made by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “On the night of July 8, 2023, the enemy fired Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones from the southeastern direction (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai). Following the combat performance of the air defense units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces, five Shahed-136/131 drones were destroyed,” the report states. Meanwhile, some loitering munitions failed to be intercepted, and hit industrial and infrastructure objects in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions. According to the preliminary data, civilians…

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has visited Snake [Zmiinyi] Island, paid tribute to Ukrainian heroes, and expressed gratitude to everyone who has been fighting against Russian aggression for the last 500 days. The relevant video was posted by the Head of State on the social media pages, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Today we are on Snake Island, our Snake Island, which will never be conquered by the occupier, same as the whole of Ukraine. Because we are a country of the brave. Today we have honored our Ukrainian heroes, all the warriors who fought for this island, who liberated it.…

On the morning of July 8, 2023, Russian invaders attacked the Kirovohrad region with unmanned combat aerial vehicles. The relevant statement was made by Kirovohrad Regional Military Administration Head Andrii Raikovych on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In the early morning hours, enemy Shahed drones attacked the Kirovohrad region,” Raikovych wrote. In his words, air defense systems activated in the region. According to the preliminary data, no casualties or damage to civil infrastructure were reported. A reminder that, on July 3, 2023, Ukraine’s air defense units destroyed Russian drones in the Kirovohrad region.

The invaders have drafted a plan to escape from temporarily occupied Mariupol. That's according to Ukraine's National Resistance Center, Ukrinform reports. "Our underground learned that the occupation administration in Mariupol had developed a plan for 'evacuation' from the city. These plans provide for the transportation of collaborators, documentation and the most valuable property to Russia. It should also be noted that cargo operations are being accelerated in the Mariupol port, particularly grain export operations," the report reads.Read also: UK intel explains why Russia creates Azov Naval District in occupied Mariupol The National Resistance Center said that even if Ukraine's traitors…

The Russians launched four guided aerial bombs on Kozatske and Vesele settlements in Kherson region, damaging residential buildings and a production facility. "Russian aviation continues to terrorize Kozatske and Vesele. Today, around 10:00, the occupiers launched four guided aerial bombs on peaceful settlements. Due to enemy strikes, the facade of a cultural monument, the premises of a production facility, and residential buildings were damaged," the Kherson Regional Military Administration reports. Fortunately, civilians were not injured.

The Russian army has launched a missile strike on Ukraine's southern city of Zaporizhzhia, hitting an infrastructure facility. Zaporizhzhia region governor Yurii Malashko reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.Read also: Enemy attacks Ukrainian positions 18 times in Tavria direction, 156 occupiers eliminated "S-300 [missiles] hit an infrastructure facility in a city of many thousands in the middle of the day. One of the buildings caught fire. Specialists are working to eliminate the consequences of shelling," Malashko wrote. He added that residents of the city were not injured.