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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 7, 2026
2026-03-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Korrespondent] 22.58 Since the beginning of the day on March 7, 113 combat clashes have taken place. The defense forces continue to stop the enemy, destroy personnel and exhaust the combat potential of the occupiers, inflicting systematic fire damage. The enemy carried out one missile strike using 29 missiles and 58 air strikes - dropped 170 guided bombs. In addition, it used 6,562 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,471 shelling of settlements and positions of our troops. This is stated in the evening summary of the General Staff.

22.17 As a result of nighttime enemy shelling on Saturday, March 7, a pupil and player of the White Bars team 2017–2018, Gordiy Udovichenko, born in 2017–2018, died. His mother, Olena Mykhailivna Udovichenko, a primary school teacher, died with him. This was reported by the Hockey Federation of Ukraine.

21:29 Russians attacked an ambulance with an FPV drone in the Kutsurubsky community of Mykolaiv region. The driver and a doctor were injured and hospitalized.

20.33 Russian war criminals fired on rescuers who were liquidating the consequences of a night attack in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russians struck at rescuers while liquidating the consequences of a night attack in the Samariv district. One fire truck was destroyed, two more were significantly damaged. Fortunately, the firefighters were not injured. They were in a safe place during the attack.

20.10 In the Volchanska community of the Kharkiv region, there are dead and wounded civilians as a result of Russian strikes on Saturday, March 7. Two civilian men, 81 and 61 years old, were killed. Two more people were injured

18.40 One person was killed and five more civilians were injured in the Kherson region due to enemy shelling. This was reported on Saturday, March 7, by the press service of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office.

17.44 GUR units in cooperation with the Defense Forces of Ukraine stopped the enemy's attack on Zaporizhia in their zone of responsibility. This was reported on Saturday, March 7, by the GUR press service. For three months, soldiers of the Timur Special Unit of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine have been implementing a complex defensive operation in the Zaporizhia direction. During active operations, GUR special forces eliminated more than 300 occupiers, killed and wounded, and took another 39 Russian servicemen prisoner. With precise strikes from drones and artillery, military intelligence is systematically limiting the logistical capabilities of Muscovites - due to a lack of support, the occupiers are increasingly abandoning assault operations in the direction.

16.55 The enemy has launched 42 attacks since the beginning of the day on Saturday, March 7. The most intense is in the Pokrovske direction: since the beginning of the day, the invaders have tried to push our soldiers from the occupied positions 13 times, according to the latest report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

15.42 On the night of Saturday, March 7, Vinnytsia region suffered another massive combined enemy strike. 27 UAVs and 5 cruise missiles were recorded in the airspace of the region. There were no casualties, the head of Vinnytsia OVA reported.

15.17 The number of people killed in Kharkiv as a result of the Russian strike on the night of March 7 has increased to 11 people, including 2 children. This data was reported by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office as of 14.10.

14.41 Ukrainian drone operators captured more than a hundred Russian servicemen last winter using unmanned aerial vehicles, Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Telegram.

13.34 On the night of March 7, Russian occupiers hit a residential building in Kharkiv with the latest secret missile Izdeliye-30. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported this on Telegram.

12.57 ATACMS and SCALP missiles hit a place for storing, preparing and launching shaheeds near Donetsk airport. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this and also published a video of the consequences of the strike on Facebook.

12.27 Over the past 24 hours, 148 combat clashes were recorded on the front. This is evidenced by the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on Facebook.

11.59 Airstrikes on Kramatorsk in Donetsk region have injured at least six people. Among the injured are three children born in 2010, 2014, and 2024. This is reported by the Donetsk OVA.

10.25 Russia targeted energy in Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi and Chernivtsi regions, as well as the railway in Zhytomyr region on the night of March 7. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this on Telegram.

9.35 Russia launched a combined strike on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine on the night of March 7. A total of 509 air attack vehicles were recorded, of which 472 were recognized as shot down and suppressed. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

8.59 Search and rescue operations in Kharkiv at the site of the Russian strike continue. Rescuers have unblocked the bodies of seven dead people from under the rubble of a 5-story building. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported this on Telegram.

7.54 The Ukrainian Defense Forces killed and wounded 1,010 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.

7.38 Russian forces fired ballistic missiles at a high-rise building in Kharkiv. The hostile attack resulted in four deaths and at least ten injuries, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported.

06.30 During the massive Russian attack, the railway infrastructure was damaged, which is why Ukrzliznytsia is changing train routes. The changes will apply to trains that run in the Rivne, Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr regions.

03.56 A missile strike has almost completely destroyed a five-story building in Kharkiv. Five people are trapped under the rubble, but they cannot be reached due to a large-scale fire.

02.20 Russians attack Ukraine with drones and ballistics. Explosions have been heard in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odessa. In Kharkiv, a direct ballistics hit is reported in a high-rise building.

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