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08 May 2025
In Kharkiv region, as a result of a Russian strike on Velykyi Burluk, Kupiansk district, on May 7, buses of the Prolisok humanitarian mission, which operate social routes in frontline settlements, were damaged.
Employees of a utility company in Kupiansk were injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on a car.
Due to the heavy losses in manpower in the southern direction, the Russian command is redeploying professional artillerymen who have been training for a long time to infantry assault groups.
Despite Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a “ceasefire,” Russian forces continue their offensive along the entire frontline, and Ukraine is sharing all relevant information about ceasefire violations with its international partners.
Russian military hit a civilian car with an FPV drone near the village of Velyki Prokhody, Kharkiv region, leaving three women in the vehicle injured.
A total of 196 combat engagements were recorded between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invasion troops in the past day as the battlefield situation was most intense in the Pokrovsk direction.
In the afternoon and evening hours of Wednesday, May 7, Ukraine’s Defense Forces intercepted 20 Russian attack drones in the sky over Ukraine, and six more decoy UAVs caused no damage on the ground.
There is one enemy Kalibr carrier in the Mediterranean Sea, and no Russian warships in the Azov and Black Seas.
The total combat losses of Russian troops in manpower from February 24, 2022, to May 8, 2025, amounted to about 961,970 people, including 1,200 invaders killed in the last day.
In the Kupiansk direction, pilots of the Rubaka unit's drones tracked down and destroyed the Russian invaders' transport in a hiding place.
In the Novopavlivka sector, Ukrainian defenders used FPV drones to track down and destroy a Russian Vozrozhdenie multiple rocket launcher system.
As of the first quarter of 2025, the environmental damage caused by the shelling of Ukrainian military facilities by the Russian army is estimated at about UAH 367 billion, which is equivalent to about USD 9 billion.
Poland intends to finalize the 17th package of EU sanctions against Russia before the end of its presidency of the Council of the European Union, which concludes on June 30.
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Ukraine is working with international partners to localize production of the necessary air defense systems and missiles for them in Ukraine.
An emergency power outage was recorded in the Poltava district, tentatively due to infrastructure damage caused by the debris of a downed Russian drone.
Germany has transferred another package of military aid to Ukraine, which includes ammunition and missiles, small arms, demining equipment, and more.
On May 7, the Russian army attacked Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region 30 times with drones and fired from heavy artillery, there are damages.
The information that the car of one of the leading Ukrainian engineers who worked on the development of drones was blown up in Kharkiv is not true.
Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology - Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov showed how the robotic deminer “Zmiy” works, which is capable of withstanding the detonation of two anti-tank mines.
About two thousand civilians remain in the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, and several utilities and shops are operating there.
In the Kursk region, operators of the 413th Reid Battalion as part of the consolidated detachment of the Dzhmil UAV of the Unmanned Systems Forces hit the Zaslon wheeled radar at a considerable distance from the state border.
Last night, long-range drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) struck two key defense industry facilities in the Russian rear.
Since the start of the day, May 7, as many as 93 combat engagements have taken place between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with active fighting ongoing in seven operational directions, the most intense being in the Pokrovsk sector.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces shot down two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 81 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine beginning the evening of May 6.
Russian forces launched a missile strike at the town of Velykyi Burluk in Kupiansk district. Kharkiv region.
Latvia and Lithuania have reportedly refused to let Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's plane pass their airspace on its way to Moscow on May 9.
The EU and its member states must continue military support for Ukraine, but at the same time pay more attention to the further integration of the Ukrainian and European defense industries. In this context, the EU must move from the logic of direct supplies of military aid to Ukraine to placing defense orders directly in Ukraine, which is the most effective way to support its war effort.
Lithuania is eyeing production of naval drones under the 1+1 scheme – one for itself and one for Ukraine.
On the night of May 7, Russian invaders attacked Kyiv with a ballistic missile and 28 attack drones.