1000 days of resistance: key figures and statement from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Defense Forces strike a military target in Russia for the first time with ATACMS ballistic missiles, Russians strike Hloukhiv, in the Sumy region, and Kharkiv: 12 dead , including an 8-year-old child, and 12 injured in Kharkiv.**
Day 1000 of resistance: key figures and statement from the Armed Forces of Ukraine
November 19, 2024 marks the 1000th day of resistance against Russia's full-scale invasion. Here is this period in figures: approximately 20% of Ukraine is occupied, 30% is mined, the longest alert lasted more than two days, and Russian losses amount to more than 700,000 military personnel.
According to alerts.in.ua, since the start of the invasion (at 12:53 p.m. on November 18), 50,857 air alerts have been issued across Ukraine. The Donetsk region comes first with 5,462 alerts, followed by Kharkiv (5,164) and Zaporizhzhya (5,071).
According to the UN, as of October 30, 2024, 3.67 million Ukrainians are internally displaced, while 6.2 million are refugees in European Union countries. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recorded, as of October 15, a total of 6,752,000 Ukrainian refugees worldwide.
The latest UN report on the protection of civilians during armed conflict (October 2024) indicates that between February 24, 2022 and today, 12,162 civilians have been killed in Ukraine (including 2,615 in the territories occupied by the Russia) and 26,919 were injured (including 4,056 in areas under occupation). Since the start of the conflict, the UN confirms a total of 15,572 civilian casualties.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, as of November 18, 2024, the war has caused the death of 591 children and injured 1,690 others. In addition, 148,430 crimes of aggression and war crimes were recorded, of which nearly 114,000 were violations of the laws and customs of war.
During this large-scale war, 75 medical facilities were destroyed and 587 damaged. In the field of education, 324 establishments were destroyed and 1,172 damaged, according to the UN. The World Health Organization reports 2,134 confirmed attacks on healthcare facilities. According to UNESCO, 457 cultural sites in Ukraine were damaged.
Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of Ukraine sent a message to Ukrainians on the 1000th day of war.
“The Russian-Ukrainian war is not a sprint, but a marathon. We resisted steadfastly during the first thousand days of this large-scale invasion. Behind us are many superhuman trials. However, victory will go to the one who lasts one day longer than the enemy. So it's time to act together again, like a thousand days ago, like ten years ago, when the Russian-Ukrainian war began. This concludes the message from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Defense Forces hit a military target on Russian territory for the first time with ATACMS ballistic missiles
On the night of Tuesday, November 19, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a military target on the territory of Russia for the first time using ATACMS ballistic missiles, reported Yuriy Butousov, editor-in-chief of Censor.NET.
On Facebook, he clarified that this was the first ATACMS missile launch by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, authorized by the administration of US President Joe Biden.
“Today, a new Kremlin “red line” has been crossed. The whole world will now watch if Putin dares to react,” the journalist wrote.
He added that these long-range strikes on Russian territory will not cause a rapid change in the war, but will inflict significant losses on the rear infrastructure of the Russian army, complicate maneuvers and logistics in border areas, and force the Russians to disperse their air defense systems even further.
The target appears to have been an arsenal of the 1046th Material and Technical Support Center located near the town of Karachev in the Bryansk region of Russia.
The General Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine previously confirmed that Ukrainian forces attacked a Russian depot in the Bryansk region. According to the military, at 2:30 a.m., 12 secondary explosions and detonations were observed in the arsenal area.
“The destruction of ammunition depots of the army of the Russian occupiers with the aim of putting an end to Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine will continue,” assured the General Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The head of the Center for Combating Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Kovalenko, clarified that this is the 67th arsenal of the Russian GRAU in the Bryansk region. According to him, this warehouse contained artillery ammunition, KAB guided bombs and anti-aircraft missiles.
The Russians struck Hloukhiv, in the Sumy region, and Kharkiv: 12 dead, including an 8-year-old child, and 12 wounded in Kharkiv.
Twelve people, including a child, lost their lives following a Russian strike on a dormitory in the town of Hloukhiv, Sumy region, late in the evening of November 18. People may still be under the rubble.
Sources: Sumy Regional Military Administration on Telegram, Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office on Facebook, and Ukrainian Emergency Services on Telegram.
Later, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that 7 people were killed in the attack on Hloukhiv. Then, emergency services indicated that the death toll rose to 11, before being revised to 12 victims.
On November 19, Russia also struck Kharkiv, injuring 12 people. On November 9, Russian troops shelled the Kyiv district of Kharkiv, also injuring 12 people. Among them, five were hospitalized, including two men in serious condition.
