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08 January 2026
Fighters of the special unit "OMEGA-WEST" of the National Guard of Ukraine carried out a successful assault on a stronghold of Russian invaders in Rodynske, part of the Pokrovsk community in Donetsk region.
Operators of the FPV unit "Aquila" of the "Steel Border" Brigade of the State Border Guard Service demonstrated how they destroyed Russian equipment, a depot, and shelters in the Kursk direction.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has approved the new Ukrainian-made Zmiy Droid 12.7 strike-reconnaissance ground robotic system for use by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russia is likely to be able to pose a significant threat to NATO earlier than predicted in the West, especially if a ceasefire occurs in Ukraine, which would free up Russian forces and allow Russia to rearm and recover.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin stated during a church service that Russian troops, "on God's instruction," are carrying out a "holy mission" to defend the homeland in Ukraine.
07 January 2026
Rescuers have extinguished all fires caused by Russian military strikes on port infrastructure in the Odesa region.
Since the start of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops have engaged in 255 combat clashes.
In Myrnohrad, the Donetsk region, Ukrainian units are holding defensive lines in the north and containing the enemy in the central part of the town, while preventing Russian invaders from bringing in equipment from the southern direction.
Fighters of the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade have thwarted a massive assault by Russian forces in the Pokrovsk sector.
Russian troops shelled the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Kherson, with one of the shells hitting the main dome of the temple.
Eight people were wounded in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of a massive Russian attack on Wednesday, January 7.
Russians struck two ports in Odesa, killing one person and injuring at least eight others.
The Russian army attacked Zaporizhzhia, explosions were heard in the city, and a commercial facility was damaged
Since the beginning of the day, 140 combat engagements have taken place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops. Fighting is currently ongoing in eight sectors of the front, with the heaviest pressure on the Pokrovsk sector.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has confirmed that the ammunition initiative for Ukraine will continue.
The decision to deploy British troops to Ukraine after a ceasefire must be approved by a vote in the House of Commons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine has not yet received any new air defense systems from the United States; however, the U.S. is "gradually" supplying missiles for existing systems.
Security guarantees for Ukraine from European partners and the United States do not include a nuclear umbrella.
A woman was killed and three other people were injured in a Russian drone attack in the Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region.
In December 2025, during a special operation on the Zaporizhzhia front, a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Bratstvo unit, which is part of the Tymur Special Unit of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), carried out a deep raid behind enemy lines near the Kakhovka Reservoir.
On the night of January 7, Ukrainian defense forces struck the Oskolneftesnab oil depot in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation and a military warehouse of material and technical resources in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.
In Dnipro, the number of people injured as a result of a massive Russian drone attack has risen to eight.
Explosions occurred in the Zaporizhzhia region, with a threat from Russian drones.
In Kryvyi Rih an enemy drone hit an industrial facility.
On January 6, Russian troops carried out strikes on a food industry enterprise and the territory of a state forestry enterprise in the Chernihiv region.
In the morning, Russian troops shelled the city center of Kherson; at present, one fatality has been confirmed, and law enforcement agencies are establishing the victim's identity.
Over the past day, January 6, three settlements in the Kharkiv region were under Russian strikes.
The governor of Belgorod region reported that a fire broke out at an oil depot in the Stary Oskol district following an attack by Ukrainian drones.
In the Kherson region, five people were wounded as a result of Russian aggression.
In the Cherkasy region, as a result of an attack by Russian UAVs, buildings at several enterprises in the Uman district were damaged.