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08 May 2026
Russia's army has intensified operations across virtually the entire front and is regrouping forces. In particular, the enemy has concentrated around 106,000 troops in the Pokrovsk direction.
Since the start of the day, Russian forces have attacked the positions of Ukraine's Defense Forces 52 times. The enemy is concentrating its main efforts on the Pokrovsk direction.
Operators from the Unmanned Systems Forces grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit Tor-M2 and Tunguska air defense missile systems, an oil depot, communication hubs, and other key Russian military targets in Russia's Bryansk region and in Russian-occupied parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that in matters of a potential ceasefire, Ukraine will “strictly mirror their actions.” He noted that Russian forces began the day with shelling on the frontline and assault activity.
On Friday, drones struck the Khankala area in Grozny, where one of Russia’s largest military bases is located, as well as the square near the railway station close to the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB) office in Chechnya.
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the command post of the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade, where he spoke with servicemen about the needs of the units and presented state awards to Ukrainian defenders.
On May 8, operators of the Alpha special operations center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) carried out overnight strikes against the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez oil refinery and the Perm linear production and dispatch station.
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the command post of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade named after General-Cornet Leonid Stupnytskyi during a working trip to the Oleksandrivka sector of the front.
On Friday, 13 airports in southern Russia, as well as Moscow Vnukovo Airport, temporarily suspended operations. Among the targets hit by drones was the building of the Air Navigation of Southern Russia traffic control center in Rostov-on-Don.
The Russian military is urgently deploying four additional regiments, 24 battalions, and 162 batteries to counter Ukrainian strike drones.
More than 17,400 civilians have been killed by Russian strikes since the start of the full-scale invasion.
In temporarily occupied Crimea, a large electrical substation caught fire overnight on May 8 following a drone attack. A fire was also reported on the grounds of the Brom chemical plant, and a Russian military unit in Simferopol was reportedly hit.
Unmanned aerial vehicles operated by the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine Azov are taking control of the skies over the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol in the Donetsk region, currently patrolling roads up to 160 kilometers from the frontline.
Over the past day, the city of Kharkiv and 17 other settlements in the Kharkiv region came under Russian attack, leaving ten people injured, including three children.
Ukraine's Defense Forces struck an oil industry facility in Yaroslavl, Russian Federation, located 700 km from the Ukrainian border.
Ukrainian intelligence currently does not detect the presence of Russian military units in Belarus.
Over the past day, May 7, a total of 208 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line.
Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that air defense forces shot down or suppressed 56 out of 67 drones launched by Russia against Ukraine starting from the evening of May 7.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that as of 7:00 on Friday, May 8, more than 140 strikes on frontline positions and 10 assault operations had been recorded. Russian forces also carried out more than 850 drone strikes using various types of UAVs.
The total combat losses of Russian forces from February 24, 2022, to May 8, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,339,190 personnel, including 1,130 troops lost over the past day.
FPV drone operators from the Asgard Battalion of the 412th Nemesis Brigade of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a Russian BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system near Huliaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Representatives of the Medical Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are undergoing training in the United States, where they are participating in field exercises with the US Army’s 44th Medical Brigade, the international SOMA conference, and a course on prolonged field care.
Ukraine is facing a shortage of missiles for its Patriot, NASAMS, and IRIS-T air defense systems due to intense Russian strikes and difficulties with weapons supplies, which have depleted stockpiles and left some air defense units partially lacking ammunition.
07 May 2026
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov held a series of meetings in Sweden aimed at increasing both the quantity and quality of military assistance to Ukraine. A key focus of the discussions was preparatory work for signing contracts related to Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets.
There were 156 combat clashes along the front line, and on the Pokrovsk sector the enemy carried out more than 20 attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian forces lost 95 troops during assaults on Ukrainian defensive positions in that sector.
Most interceptor drone crews that have not yet shot down a single Russian Shahed drone are newly created units that are still in the process of formation and gaining operational experience.
The Russian army dropped three FAB-250 high-explosive aerial bombs on one of the city's residential neighborhoods in the Donetsk region, resulting in one death and one injury.
In the evening, Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia with a drone. Four people were injured, including a teenager.
Operators of the Unmanned Systems Forces grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck Buk-M3 and Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as other key Russian military targets in the Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Russian forces carried out an airstrike on the village of Shchaslyve in the Zaporizhzhia region. Three people were injured, while a residential house was destroyed.