Fifteen settlements in Kharkiv region under Russian attack, casualties reported
In the Kharkiv region, 15 settlements were under Russian attack yesterday, and there are casualties.
09 March 2026
In the Kharkiv region, 15 settlements were under Russian attack yesterday, and there are casualties.
There were 130 combat clashes between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops over the past day.
Ukraine's air defense neutralized 161 out of 197 drones launched by the Russian army against Ukraine since the evening of March 8.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces used drones to destroy a mechanized column of Russian invaders on the Huliaipole front.
Russian troops attacked the Nikopol and Samar districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with strike drones, causing fires and damaging an enterprise.
In the Sumy region, five people were injured over the past day as a result of Russian attacks.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces used drones to destroy a mechanized column of Russian invaders on the Huliaipole front.
In parts of Ukraine, on Monday, March 9, from 08:00 until the end of the day, hourly electricity outage schedules and power limitation schedules will apply only to industrial consumers.
The Iranian drone that attacked a British airbase in Cyprus in early March contained a Russian-made navigation system.
Statistics from the combat activity of Ukrainian defenders this winter show that Russian forces have suffered their highest personnel losses while capturing only minimal amounts of Ukrainian territory.
08 March 2026
On the night of March 8, unmanned aerial systems (SBS) struck a number of enemy targets in the Russian-occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions, including warehouses, Tor air defense systems, and R-330Zh Zhytel electronic warfare systems.
Russian troops launched a drone strike on one of the enterprises in the Myrhorod district.
Russian troops attacked two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times throughout the day with drones and artillery, damaging homes, infrastructure, and an educational institution.
In the afternoon of March 8, Russian troops attacked the village of Ukrainka in the Kherson region with a drone, injuring a man.
Russian forces attacked the Derhachi community in the Kharkiv region with Molniya drones, injuring a civilian.
In the Poltava region, part of the gas production facilities suspended operations on March 8 after a Russian drone strike.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian experts would arrive in the Middle East as early as the following week.
All deadlines set by Russian forces for reaching operational space in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions were thwarted by Ukrainian defenders over the winter.
Today, security concerns extend beyond the Middle East to Europe as well, and Ukraine is ready to help strengthen the continent’s defense.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that following talks with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Rob Jetten, during which a full range of key issues was discussed, a joint statement had been signed.
The Russians cannot regain the positions they previously held, not only in Kupiansk itself but also in the surrounding area.
On March 7 and during the night of March 8, Ukrainian Defense Forces hit several Russian army targets, including in the temporarily occupied Crimea and the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten honored the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders today, March 8, at the Wall of Remembrance.
On the morning of March 8, Russia attacked railway infrastructure in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions, and an enemy drone hit the locomotive of a Kyiv-Sumy passenger train.
In the Sumy region, as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, one civilian was killed, and seven were injured.
The Russian army struck firefighters at night while they were dealing with the aftermath of an attack in the village of Velyka Babka in the Chuhuiv district of the Kharkiv region.
Over the past week, Russia has used nearly 1,750 strike drones, 1,530 guided aerial bombs, and 39 missiles of various types against Ukraine.
Over the past week, Russia has used nearly 1,750 strike drones, 1,530 guided aerial bombs, and 39 missiles of various types against Ukraine.
Russian troops have struck an industrial enterprise in the Myrhorod district of the Poltava region, damaging equipment.
In the Chernihiv region, 69 Russian shellings in 24 hours disabled power lines and damaged equipment, a garage, and cars.