Injury toll from Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih rises to 17
The Russian army attacked Kryvyi Rih with missiles and UAVs, with 17 people injured after a strike on a residential area.
08 January 2026
The Russian army attacked Kryvyi Rih with missiles and UAVs, with 17 people injured after a strike on a residential area.
Russian forces attacked a port in the Odesa region with drones, damaging an empty oil storage tank.
Ten people have been reported wounded as a result of a Russian Iskander missile strike on Kryvyi Rih.
Following a massive drone attack, the Zaporizhstal steel plant lost external power supply and suspended production processes.
After Operation Spiderweb, carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) under the leadership of General Vasyl Maliuk, Russia has still been unable to repair the damage inflicted on its strategic aviation.
Russian forces shelled the central part of Kherson, injuring three people.
The United Kingdom has delivered 13 Raven air defense systems and two prototypes of the new Gravehawk system to Ukraine.
An oil tanker heading to the Russian port of Novorossiysk came under drone attack in the Black Sea.
As of the morning of January 8, more than one million consumers in the Dnipropetrovsk region remain without heating and water supply. Restoration efforts are ongoing.
Russian forces shelled and carried out FPV drone attacks on the Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Pavlohrad, Nikopol, and Synelnykove districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging civilian infrastructure.
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railway) has restored train services in Zaporizhzhia to standard operation, while backup diesel locomotives are being used at full capacity in Dnipro.
On the frontline on January 7, 275 combat clashes were recorded between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders.
Specialists from Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo have restored electricity supply to residents of the government-controlled part of Zaporizhzhia region.
Air defense forces neutralized 70 of the 97 drones launched by Russia against Ukraine from the evening of January 7.
Over the past day, Russian forces carried out 698 strikes on 30 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, wounding five people.
Operators of the FPV unit "Aquila" of the "Steel Border" Brigade of the State Border Guard Service demonstrated how they destroyed Russian equipment, a depot, and shelters in the Kursk direction.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has approved the new Ukrainian-made Zmiy Droid 12.7 strike-reconnaissance ground robotic system for use by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russia is likely to be able to pose a significant threat to NATO earlier than predicted in the West, especially if a ceasefire occurs in Ukraine, which would free up Russian forces and allow Russia to rearm and recover.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin stated during a church service that Russian troops, "on God's instruction," are carrying out a "holy mission" to defend the homeland in Ukraine.
Russian propaganda is spreading disinformation aimed at disrupting mobilization processes in Ukraine, falsely claiming that "mass raids" by recruitment centers and "drone hunts for people" are taking place.
07 January 2026
Since the start of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops have engaged in 255 combat clashes.
Russian troops shelled the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Kherson, with one of the shells hitting the main dome of the temple.
The Russian army attacked Zaporizhzhia, explosions were heard in the city, and a commercial facility was damaged
Since the beginning of the day, 140 combat engagements have taken place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops. Fighting is currently ongoing in eight sectors of the front, with the heaviest pressure on the Pokrovsk sector.
A woman was killed and three other people were injured in a Russian drone attack in the Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region.
The incidents involving violations of Turkish airspace were not isolated; there have already been several confirmed cases, indicating that they were not accidental.
In December 2025, during a special operation on the Zaporizhzhia front, a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Bratstvo unit, which is part of the Tymur Special Unit of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), carried out a deep raid behind enemy lines near the Kakhovka Reservoir.
On the night of January 7, Ukrainian defense forces struck the Oskolneftesnab oil depot in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation and a military warehouse of material and technical resources in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.
In Dnipro, the number of people injured as a result of a massive Russian drone attack has risen to eight.
In Dnipro, the number of people injured as a result of a massive Russian drone attack has risen to eight.