Trump considering sending additional Patriot system to Ukraine – WSJ
U.S. President Donald Trump is considering providing an additional Patriot air defense system to Ukraine, following his recent pledge to strengthen Kyiv against Russian attacks.
09 July 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is considering providing an additional Patriot air defense system to Ukraine, following his recent pledge to strengthen Kyiv against Russian attacks.
A fire that broke out in Lutsk as a result of a nighttime Russian airstrike has been extinguished on the grounds of a garage cooperative and a private business.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 718 Russian aerial threats, including seven cruise missiles Kh-101/Iskander-K.
On July 8, Ukrainian forces engaged in 183 combat clashes with Russian invaders along the front line, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On the night of July 8-9, approximately 50 Russian drones and five missiles were recorded in the airspace over Ukraine's Volyn region.
Russia suffered approximately 1,029,660 military casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and July 9, 2025, with 1,050 personnel killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
A massive Russian attack involving drones and missiles caused fires in a garage complex and at a local enterprise in Lutsk.
A woman was injured and hospitalized following a Russian drone attack in the Brovary district in the Kyiv region.
08 July 2025
As of 16:00, a total of 86 combat engagements have taken place along the front line, 37 of them on the Pokrovsk axis.
The key perpetrator behind the attack has been named. Reconstruction has finally begun, though the process has been overshadowed by bureaucracy and complications around tenders.
Activist, volunteer, chief sergeant Stanislav Humeniuk — a photographer for the Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve — was killed as a result of a Russian missile strike on June 22, 2025.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the world to hold Russia accountable for the destruction of the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital on the anniversary of the attack.
Russian invaders increased the number of missiles and drones used to attack Ukraine by 1.6 times in a month, while the Defense Forces hit about 4,000 targets.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has published data on the Russian Kh-101 cruise missile — one of which struck the Okhmatdyt children's hospital — on the War & Sanctions portal.
The number of people killed in the Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv on July 4 has increased to three.
From the morning of July 7 to the morning of July 8, the Russian army carried out 120 attacks targeting 34 settlements in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, killing four civilians.
On July 7, a total of 188 combat engagements took place between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invading forces across the front line.
One of the individuals responsible for planning a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine on July 8, 2024, including the attack on the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, was Major Denis Alexeyevich Sheynov, head of the Special Engineering Service of the 121st Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, part of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.
Overnight on July 8, Ukrainian air defense forces neutralized 34 out of 54 Russian drones.
As of July 8, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine since February 24, 2022, are estimated at approximately 1,028,610 personnel, including 1,070 in the past 24 hours.
One of the individuals responsible for planning a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine on July 8, 2024, including the attack on the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, was Major Denis Alexeyevich Sheynov, head of the Special Engineering Service of the 121st Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, part of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.
07 July 2025
Ukraine is working with all its partners on drone production, and a meeting with the members of the "Coalition of the Willing" is being prepared for this week.
Ukraine is preparing to finalize new air defense agreements with its partners in the coming weeks.
The reconstruction of the treatment and diagnostic building of Ukraine’s National Children’s Specialized Hospital Ohmatdyt is currently being funded through charitable donations, while the state budget has reserved funds to support the effort if needed.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed that, during the night of July 7, Ukrainian forces struck a Russian ammunition production facility in Moscow region.
Russian occupation forces in southern Ukraine have increased the number of attacks on Ukrainian defenders' positions and air strikes on populated areas in Kherson, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, and other regions. In addition, the enemy has increased its use of Molniia-type loitering munitions by more than 40%.
A former official of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and former executives of a state defense enterprise are under investigation for supplying unfit missile systems, causing the state losses amounting to UAH 90 million (approximately $2.2 million).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that over the past week, the enemy used around 1,270 drones, 39 missiles, and nearly 1,000 glide bombs against Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that over the past week, the enemy used around 1,270 drones, 39 missiles, and nearly 1,000 glide bombs against Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Air Force reports that air defense units shot down 75 out of 101 Russian drones launched during a massive overnight attack on Ukraine.