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08 February 2026
Ukraine has agreements with international partners for the delivery of 150 new Swedish Gripen fighter jets and 100 French Rafale jets, which will significantly strengthen the Air Force.
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.
In January, Russian forces attempting to breach Ukraine’s border suffered losses equivalent to nearly two battalions.
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.
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.
Russian invaders are trying to concentrate in the southern part of Pokrovsk. Defense Forces are systematically firing on them.
Power shortages and damage prevent the cancellation of emergency power cuts in most regions of Ukraine, but restrictions have been reduced in some regions today.
On the night of February 8, Russian troops carried out a massive drone attack on Naftogaz facilities in the Poltava region.
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.
Following Russia's massive nighttime strike on Ukraine on February 7, during which more than 400 drones and nearly 40 missiles were used, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decision to impose new sanctions against Russia's military-industrial complex and financial sector.
Russian troops fired on the Chernihiv region 38 times in the past 24 hours, with 68 explosions reported.
Russian troops attacked railway infrastructure in the Chernihiv region again at night.
Over the past day, the Russian army attacked seven settlements in the Kharkiv region with UAVs and guided aerial bombs.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 69 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine since Saturday evening, and the enemy hit 13 locations.
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.
Russian forces shelled two districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, injuring a 10-year-old boy.
Over the past day, the occupiers carried out 577 strikes on 30 settlements. As a result of attacks on the Zaporizhzhia and Polohy districts, one person was killed and eight were injured.
Drone operators of the "Hart" Border Guard Brigade hit communications equipment and eight vehicles in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector that Russian invaders were using to deliver ammunition and personnel.
Russian forces struck Odesa overnight, damaging an industrial facility.
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.
Drone operators of the "Hart" Border Guard Brigade hit communications equipment and eight vehicles in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector that Russian invaders were using to deliver ammunition and personnel.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, border guards who are UAV operators from the "SHCHYT" unit destroyed one Russian tank and damaged another.
Russians are searching for ways to activate Starlink terminals on the front line.
In January of this year, soldiers from the Ghost Special Forces Unit of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine struck six Russian air defense targets.
In Zaporizhzhia, as a result of an enemy attack on an animal shelter, the number of dogs killed increased to 15, with another 10 injured.
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.
In Ukraine, on Sunday, February 8, hourly power outage schedules will be in effect for household consumers throughout the entire day, while industrial consumers will face capacity restrictions. In some regions, emergency power outages will continue to be applied.
Russian forces are intensifying pressure on the northern part of Myrnohrad, which remains under the control of Ukrainian units.