Air defense forces destroy 84 of 110 Russian drones used to attack Ukraine since evening
Air defense forces destroyed 84 of the 110 Russian drones that the enemy used to attack Ukraine in the evening.
09 December 2025
Air defense forces destroyed 84 of the 110 Russian drones that the enemy used to attack Ukraine in the evening.
On the front line over the past day, December 8, 139 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to December 9, 2025 amount to approximately 1,182,610 personnel, including 930 in the past 24 hours.
On Monday, a Ukrainian vice-consulate was opened in Rzeszów (southeastern Poland).
The military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a Russian informant in the Mykolaiv region, who was spying on the movement of armored vehicles of the Defense Forces near the front line in the south.
08 December 2025
On the night of December 8, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck several Russian military targets. In the temporarily occupied part of Luhansk region, an ammunition depot and a fuel and lubricants storage site were hit, while in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region, a drone depot, a mobile fire group, and a Pantsir-S1 air-defense system were destroyed.
As a result of Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region over the past day, five people were killed and 11 injured.
Air defense forces neutralized 131 out of 149 drones used by the Russians to attack Ukraine from Sunday evening, December 7.
True victory will be when the countries once conquered by Russia appear in its place
On December 7, Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders engaged in 164 combat clashes, with the heaviest enemy pressure in the Pokrovsk sector.
Total combat losses of Russian forces from February 24, 2022, to December 8, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,181,680 personnel, with 810 killed over the past day.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna sector of the front, operators of the Prime strike UAV company of the 5th Border Guard Detachment destroyed a radar system used by Russian invaders to monitor the air situation, as well as enemy communication equipment.
07 December 2025
On the front, there were 139 combat clashes, with the enemy making 46 attempts to break through the Ukrainian defense in the Pokrovsk direction, losing nearly 90 soldiers in the process.
On the night of December 6, Russian invaders destroyed in Dnipro the distribution center of BaDM, one of the largest pharmaceutical distributors in Ukraine.
Italy will send Ukraine emergency energy assistance following another series of Russian strikes on the country's civilian infrastructure.
Four people were killed in the Kharkiv region as a result of enemy attacks.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have developed alternative logistics routes in case of damage to the Pechenizka Dam in the Kharkiv region by Russian invaders and are ready to restore the crossing as soon as possible.
Three people were killed and ten injured in the Kharkiv region as a result of enemy attacks.
Poland has submitted a request to Interpol to search for and detain, under Interpol red notices, two Ukrainian citizens suspected of sabotage on the railway – Oleksandr Kononov and Yevhen Ivanov.
A new distinction will be introduced in Ukraine to recognize active communities that support the front line, host internally displaced persons, and assist relocated businesses in resuming operations.
German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will discuss further support for Ukraine in Berlin on Thursday, December 11.
Human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who advocates for Ukraine on the international stage, Oleksandra Matviichuk, has called on Germany to supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles and to take a more decisive stance against Russia.
This week, Russia launched more than 1,600 combat drones, about 1,200 guided aerial bombs, and nearly 70 missiles of various types at Ukraine.
During the air raid alert, the enemy launched three strikes on the Zaporizhzhia region.
A total of 161 engagements between the Defence Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded on the frontline over the previous day.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 175 Russian drones, two Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, and two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles.
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to December 7, 2025, amount to approximately 1,180,870 people, including 1,080 people over the past day.
In Kremenchuk, Poltava region, a massive combined strike by Russian forces has caused disruptions in the supply of electricity, heat, and water.
Ukrenergo CEO Vitalii Zaychenko believes that it may take weeks to improve the electricity supply situation after the Russian attack on the night of December 6.
In all regions of Ukraine on Sunday, December 7, electricity consumption schedules will be in effect from 00:00 to 23:59, with three to four rotation blocks being disconnected.