Hlushkivka in Kharkiv region remains under Ukrainian forces’ control – military
Russian forces do not control the settlement of Hlushkivka in the Kharkiv region.
09 February 2026
Russian forces do not control the settlement of Hlushkivka in the Kharkiv region.
Fighting has been ongoing for a long time in the area of the settlement of Dehtiarnе in the Kharkiv region, as Russian forces are attempting to infiltrate and establish control over the border area.
Russian forces continue to shell civilian railway infrastructure, with the main focus of the attacks on northern regions of Ukraine.
The most difficult energy situation remains in Kyiv: More than 1,400 buildings in the capital are still without heat, and the government is initiating an increase in the Warmth Packages program.
Units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, named after Prince Roman the Great of the 10th Army Corps, in cooperation with forces of the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade, named after Prince Kostiantyn Ostrozky, thwarted an enemy attempt to break through defenses in the Kupiansk sector.
Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled an attempt by a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group to advance into the rear north of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, killing three invaders and wounding two others.
On Monday morning, February 9, Russian troops launched an air strike on a residential area of Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region.
Yesterday, February 8, 10 settlements in the Kharkiv region were hit by Russian strikes, two people were killed, and six others were injured, including a minor girl.
In Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv region, one man was killed, and two men and two women were wounded as a result of an attack by the Russian Federation.
Russian troops launched nearly 90 strikes on 28 settlements in 15 territorial communities of the Sumy region in 24 hours, from the morning of February 8 to the morning of February 9, injuring seven people.
Ukrainian Defense Forces liberated Chuhunivka in the Kharkiv region from the Russian invaders, took some of them prisoner, and raised the national flag.
Ukrainian Defense Forces liberated Chuhunivka in the Kharkiv region from the Russian invaders, took some of them prisoner, and raised the national flag.
One person was killed and two others were injured in Odesa as a result of a Russian drone attack overnight on Monday, February 9.
A woman and a child were killed in a Russian drone strike on Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region.
08 February 2026
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.
Zelensky expressed gratitude to railway workers and rescuers whose work enables the country to withstand attacks this winter.
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 January, Russian forces attempting to breach Ukraine’s border suffered losses equivalent to nearly two battalions.
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.
07 February 2026
On February 7, Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 400 drones and about 40 missiles of various types, targeting the power grid, power generation facilities, and distribution substations.
06 February 2026
The Russian army has struck critical infrastructure in the Lozova municipal community in the Kharkiv region.
The National News Agency of Ukraine, Ukrinform, has hosted the ceremony announcing the winners of the 2nd Ukrinform National Ranking “Infoboom–Classical Music 2025”.
Over the past day, the Russian army struck Kharkiv and ten settlements in the region, injuring six people.
More than 50,000 power engineers and heating utility workers have been engaged in the repair and restoration of energy facilities across Ukraine.
05 February 2026
The Russians continue to attack the Zaporizhzhia region, leaving 12,000 households without power and causing damage to residential buildings.
As part of a prisoner exchange in the 157-for-157 format, Ukraine managed to bring home Marine Ruslan Kurtmallayev, a Crimean Tatar.
The Russian army carried out a drone strike on the village of Bakhtyn in the Borova community in Kharkiv region, injuring two women.
In Kharkiv, due to Russian strikes on critical infrastructure in the morning of February 5, there is no stable electricity supply, with intermittent or complete outages; electric transport has been halted.
In Kyiv, more than 1,100 buildings remain without heating.