War update: 312 clashes on front lines over past day, Pokrovsk axis most active
Ukrainian forces engaged in 312 combat clashes with Russian invaders on Sunday, February 8, with 72 clashes recorded on the Pokrovsk axis.
09 February 2026
Ukrainian forces engaged in 312 combat clashes with Russian invaders on Sunday, February 8, with 72 clashes recorded on the Pokrovsk axis.
One person was killed and two others were injured in Odesa as a result of a Russian drone attack overnight on Monday, February 9.
The total combat losses of Russian forces from February 24, 2022, to February 9, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amounted to about 1,247,580 personnel, including 1,250 killed or wounded over the past day.
Access to high-speed internet is becoming an increasingly acute problem for the population of the Russian Federation.
As a result of carbon monoxide poisoning on February 7–8 in Ukraine, four people died and 25 were injured, including 15 children.
The German charitable organization Ukraine-Hilfe Berlin e.V. has directed more than €10 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine since February 2022.
In Russia, wage arrears increased 2.3 times over the past year and reached a record high for the last nine years.
08 February 2026
The head of French military intelligence, General Jacques Langlade de Montgros, confirmed productive cooperation between his agency and the Ukrainian side.
Over the course of February 8, 283 combat engagements took place along the front between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders. The enemy was most active in attempts to attack in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors.
In the coming weeks, there will be active engagement with partners, and this work is expected to produce results.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine is forming consolidated energy teams that will be able to quickly join efforts to restore electricity and heating in the regions.
In the Sumy region, Russian military forces attacked a civilian vehicle with a drone, injuring a 19-year-old driver and a 16-year-old passenger.
As a result of Russian shelling of Kherson, five women were injured.
Only U.S. President Donald Trump can stop the Russia-Ukraine war.
Currently, about 450 Ukrainian companies are engaged in drone production, making the sector the largest in Ukraine, thanks in part to significant investment volumes.
Ukraine is beginning to export its own defense technologies to Europe. In 2026, ten export centers will be operational, and production of Ukrainian drones will start in Germany in mid-February.
Since the start of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops have been involved in 123 clashes, with the majority of enemy attacks occurring in the Pokrovsk sector.
Russian troops have been unable to break through to Lyman in the northern Donetsk region, as Ukraine’s Defense Forces are “holding the town well.”
This week, the aggressor country, the Russian Federation, attacked Ukraine with more than 2,000 combat drones, 1,200 guided aerial bombs, and 116 missiles of various types.
Based on the results of previous strikes on the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation, damage to a technical facility for servicing medium-range ballistic missiles, an assembly building, and a logistics warehouse has been confirmed.
Last night, Russian troops fired multiple rocket launchers at the central part and the Korabelnyi district of Kherson, injuring eight people.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 69 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine since Saturday evening, and the enemy hit 13 locations.
Rescue workers in Odesa extinguished a fire that broke out as a result of a Russian attack on an industrial enterprise.
Over the past 24 hours, Russians killed two residents of the Donetsk region in Kindrativka and wounded three more.
Between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, 294 combat engagements took place over the past day, with the enemy showing the most activity in the Pokrovsk sector and elevated activity in the Kostiantynivka and Lyman sectors.
Russia suffered approximately 1,246,330 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and February 8, 2026, with 1040 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
U.S. President Donald Trump has taken an unconventional step for American diplomacy by involving military commanders in talks on Iran and Russia's war, according to media reports.
In Yahotyn, Kyiv region, a Russian attack during the night of February 7 almost completely destroyed the logistics center of the ROSHEN confectionery factory.
07 February 2026
On the front, 241 combat engagements took place, with the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelling 63 enemy attacks in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors.
The next few days will be very challenging for Kyiv due to the situation in the energy sector and severe cold.