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Monday, 08 December 2025, 21:21
As a result of a Russian air attack overnight on May 24, nine residential buildings, two schools, a clinic, 26 cars, a Ukrposhta (Ukrainian post office) branch, a boiler facility, and a power line were damaged in Kyiv.
The Azot chemical plant in Russia's Tula region has been struck.
Kyiv and seven other regions of Ukraine were affected by a large-scale Russian attack involving 250 strike drones and 14 ballistic missiles, all targeting civilian infrastructure.
On May 23, four people were killed and seven others injured as a result of enemy shelling in Kharkiv region.
Overnight on Saturday, drones attacked Russia’s Lipetsk region. Local residents report a repeated strike on the Energia plant in the town of Yelets.
Late on May 23, Russian forces struck residential areas in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, with a FAB bomb, killing a woman and injuring three other civilians.
On May 23, Russian forces killed two civilians and wounded 13 others in the Kherson region.
The Air Defense Forces of Ukraine successfully intercepted six Russian Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles targeting Kyiv and neutralized 245 out of 250 enemy drones.
Kyiv endured one of the most intense coordinated airstrikes as Russian forces launched drone and ballistic missile attacks overnight, injuring 15 people.
Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with missiles, drones, and UAVs on May 23, causing destruction in the Synelnykove district.
On May 23, the Defense Forces of Ukraine engaged in 202 combat clashes along the frontline, successfully repelling 61 enemy assaults in the Pokrovsk sector.
In Berezan, Kyiv region, emergency responders have extinguished a fire triggered by a nighttime Russian drone strike.
The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to May 24, 2025 amount to nearly 979,830 invaders, including another 1,130 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day.
In response to a large-scale Russian UAV and ballistic missile attack, rescue teams are working to mitigate the aftermath in several districts across Kyiv.
Over the past day, Russian forces launched 403 attacks on 12 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Two Russian Kalibr missile carriers are currently deployed in the Black Sea, with a combined missile volley capacity of up to 12. Meanwhile, no Russian warships have been reported in the Sea of Azov.
Eight people sustained injuries in a large-scale Russian drone attack on Kyiv, with two requiring hospitalization.
In temporarily occupied Mariupol, Russian forces plan to demolish approximately 10,000 private homes, including residences on one of the city's oldest streets, Torhova.
23 May 2025
A 37-year-old scout Mykola Znaida from Kyiv region, who spent almost two years in captivity and whose family had no information about him for six months, has returned from Russian captivity.
An explosion occurred in Dergachi, Kharkiv region, around 20:10 on Friday.
In Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, two more people wounded in a missile attack by Russian troops - a 67-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man - sought medical care.
Russian troops shelled the town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, damaging residential buildings and killing a person.
The death toll in Odesa has risen to two after a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure.
Russian troops launched drone, artillery, and guided aerial bomb strikes on the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, injuring one civilian.
A man injured in a Russian airstrike on Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, has died from his wounds in hospital.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has unveiled exclusive footage documenting the release of 390 Ukrainians from Russian captivity. The exchange took place on Friday, May 23, as part of the first phase of the "1,000-for-1,000" prisoner swap.
As part of the "1000-for-1000" exchange, 390 prisoners have been returned to Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 84 combat engagements between Ukrainian defenders and Russian forces. Fighting is still ongoing in five sectors of the front, with the highest enemy activity reported in the Pokrovsk sector.
As a result of Russian strikes on Chuhuiv in Kharkiv region, a woman was killed.