Ukraine's air defences downed 52 of the 103 Russian drones launched overnight, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday.

According to the outlets' conclusions for the year, 2024 will likely mark the "war's deadliest year," with a current count of over 20,000 confirmed over the past 12 months — although final conclusions cannot yet be made as data on casualties continues to emerge.

Russia is allegedly ratcheting up its heinous war crimes, executing Ukrainian prisoners at an increasingly high rate — with 86% of all of the murders occurring this past year. At least 147 Ukrainian POWs have been executed since Russia invaded the country in 2022 — and 127 of them were killed just this year,