War in Ukraine

On the night of August 9, Russian forces attacked Odesa and the Odesa region with ballistic missiles and drones. According to preliminary reports, the attack damaged residential buildings and infrastructure.

On the night of August 9, a series of powerful explosions rocked Belgorod during a massive attack by Ukrainian drones. Russian air defense forces shot down the drones over residential buildings, after which fires broke out in various parts of the city.

In Izyum, Kharkiv Oblast, five people were injured as a result of a Russian airstrike. Among the injured are an 18-year-old man, three men aged 44, 50, and 67, and two women aged 67 and 87.

On August 8, Russia struck the city center of Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Nine people were injured in the attack, including four children.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia has established three rings of air defense around Moscow by deploying air defense systems from various regions of the country. At the same time, North Korea is gaining experience in modern warfare under Russia’s guidance.

The United States will supply Ukraine with interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense systems on a monthly basis.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ unmanned systems continue to systematically target vessels of the Russian Federation’s “shadow fleet” in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas. During the first month of the special operation codenamed “MoLoChKa,” Ukrainian operators struck a total of 218 enemy vessels.

On the night of Friday, August 8, a 3-year-old boy, his grandmother, and his grandfather were killed when five Russian drones struck a private home in the village of Pukhivka in the Brovary District of Kyiv Oblast. The child’s parents survived but were injured.

On the night of August 7–8, Russian occupation forces launched a combined strike against Ukraine, using six ballistic and anti-aircraft guided missiles, as well as 151 drones. Ukrainian air defense units managed to shoot down and neutralize 135 enemy UAVs, but were unable to intercept any of the six missiles fired.

Over the past 24 hours, on August 7, Russian occupation forces launched massive strikes on Kharkiv and settlements in the Kharkiv region. As a result of the enemy shelling, two people were killed, and eight others were wounded or suffered acute stress reactions.