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Monday, 08 December 2025, 20:49
Since the beginning of the day, 81 combat engagements have occurred between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops. Fighting continues in six sectors of the front, with the most intense battles taking place in the Toretsk and Novopavlivka directions.
Russian forces attacked Nikopol with heavy artillery resulting in the death of a woman and injuries to a child.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russian forces are attempting to encircle Ukrainian troops on Ukrainian territory in Kursk direction, but Ukrainian command is aware of these plans.
President Volodymyr Zelensky received reports from Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi on the frontline situation and from Defense Minister Rustem Umerov on new support packages from international partners.
As a result of a Russian airstrike on the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson, a girl, 15, as admitted to hospital with multiple injuries.
In the early hours of Saturday, March 15, a total of 21 Russian drones were spotted in the airspace around Kyiv, where air defense forces shot down 13 of them.
On the night of March 15, a series of Russian drone attacks, airstrikes, and rocket salvos targeted Kharkiv region, leaving at least four civilians affected.
On the night of March 15, the Russians attacked energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine’s Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has seized on statements about the alleged isolation of Ukrainian troops in Kursk region to distract from his recent rejection of the U.S.-Ukrainian proposal to cease fire.
At nighttime, on March 15, Russian forces launched strikes at Kharkiv region with drones, aviation, and multiple rocket launcher systems. Four people were injured, including three women aged 72, 76, and 56, and a 53-year-old man.
Russia's Ministry of Defense reported that at nighttime, on March 15, Russia was attacked by dozens of drones, 126 of which were allegedly "intercepted and destroyed."
On March 14, Ukrainian Defense Forces were engaged in 149 combat clashes with Russian troops. The largest number of attacks occurred in the Pokrovsk sector, where the Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled 43 enemy assault and offensive operations.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully downed 130 Russian drones, while 38 other enemy UAVs were lost from radars.
In Kherson region, two people were killed, and eighteen others were wounded as a result of Russian aggression.
As a result of missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, 14 people were injured including two children.
Russian forces have attacked railway energy supply infrastructure in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
As of March 15, 2025, Russia's total combat losses in Ukraine have reached approximately 892,840 personnel, with 1,180 soldiers killed in the past 24 hours.
The Russians attacked Zaporizhzhia region hitting an infrastructure facility.
During an air raid alert in Chernihiv, a Russian strike drone hit a residential building causing several cars in a parking lot to catch fire.
14 March 2025
In Kryvyi Rih, as a result of ballistic missile strike, the number of those injured has increased to 11.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin stated on Friday that, in order to fulfill U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk region, Ukraine’s military leadership should order them to lay down their arms and surrender.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the key tools for monitoring the ceasefire will be satellites, joint intelligence with the U.S., and drones.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the primary objective of the Kursk operation was to draw Russian forces away from Pokrovsk, the Kharkiv direction, and Sumy. Ukrainian forces successfully accomplished this task. However, the situation in Kursk region remains challenging.
In Sumy region, Ukrainian border guards, in cooperation with other units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, successfully stopped a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group (SRG) from penetrating the region.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 90 combat clashes between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with fighting in the Pokrovsk and Lyman sectors being the most intense.
Reports claiming that Ukrainian units are supposedly "surrounded" by the enemy in the Kursk region are untrue and have been fabricated by the Russians for political purposes.
The leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, expressed hope that a EUR 3 billion aid package for Ukraine will be approved in the coming days.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi has conducted a working visit to the defensive sector of the National Guard's 13th Khartiia Brigade on the Kharkiv front.
The tactics of Russian occupation forces in the Kharkiv sector remain largely unchanged, as they continue their unsuccessful attempts to push Ukraine's Defense Forces out of Vovchansk.