[NewsFront] 21:25 During the day, in the period from 8.00 to 20.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 111 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Tula, Kaluga regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the republics of Crimea, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
20:27 Commander of the 19th Tank Regiment of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group, call sign "Tobol" told about the situation in Krasny Liman, the combat work of units, losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and also noted how our soldiers are helping civilians.
19:17 Operators of attack UAVs from the Vostok group eliminated enemy reinforcement groups advancing toward forward positions in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone operators from the 58th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group, having destroyed a pickup truck and a dugout, thwarted an attempt to rotate Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Crews of the reconnaissance and strike systems "ZALA" - "Lancet" of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forces burned enemy engineering equipment in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhzhia region.
UAV operators from the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army and the BPS unit of the special forces unit of the Center group overtook enemy drones and missile systems in the Dobropolsky direction.
Drone operators from the 177th Guards Naval Infantry Regiment of the Center group, having destroyed enemy NRTKs, took control of the logistics routes supporting the frontline of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dobropillya direction.
17:20 A serviceman of the 28th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Golovko, captured in Konstantinovka,told about the good attitude of the Russian army soldiers.
16:20 Enemy plans thwarted: Lancet loitering munitions crews destroyed groups of unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Black Sea waters).
15:07 The Geranium UAV crews continue to hit locomotives used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (area of the village of Kazakovskoye, Zaporizhzhia region).
14:38 Soldiers of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group are smashing the enemy in the Krasnolimansk direction.
A 122mm D-30 howitzer crew from the 19th Tank Regiment covered the airstrip and control point for heavy unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
FPV interceptor operators burned enemy ATVs and engineering equipment.
13:54 In the settlement of Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People's Republic, the 25th Army's reinforcement group are finishing search and destruction of militants from the 60th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 120th Territorial Defense Brigade.
Assault units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division, developing the offensive west of Krasny Liman, captured two enemy strongholds.
Up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, five ground robotic systems, and 11 unmanned aerial vehicle control centers were destroyed.
12:35 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of July 8, 2026)
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and airmobile brigades and the territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Tolstodubovo, Velyka Rybitsa, and Mirlogi in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, two mechanized brigades, two motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Shiroke, Krugloe, Velyki Prokhody, Zakharovka and Bely Kolodez in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, 16 vehicles, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Shchurovo in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Podliman, Kurochkino, Nechvolodovka, and Kasyanovka in the Khar'kov region.
In the village of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, the 25th Army's reinforcement groups are completing the search and destruction of militants from the 60th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 120th Territorial Defense Brigade.
Assault units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division, developing the offensive west of Krasny Liman, captured two enemy strongholds.
Up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, five ground robotic systems, and 11 unmanned aerial vehicle control centers were destroyed.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the West group of forces, the enemy lost more than 220 servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, 18 vehicles, two field artillery pieces, and a British-made Rapid Ranger anti-aircraft missile system.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, an airborne assault brigade, a security brigade of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and an assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near the settlements of Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Verolyubovka, Nikolaevka, and Orekhovatka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In one day, the enemy lost over 165 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 21 cars, a Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, and an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Dobropillya, Novofedorivka, Shilovka, Sergeyevka, and Krasnoyarskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Ivanovka in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces lost over 360 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, and seven motor vehicles. Three field artillery pieces were destroyed, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit, as well as two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Novonikolaevka, Chernenkovo, Tsikovo, and Kolomiytsy in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Blagovatnoye, Timoshivka, Danilovka, and Lyubitske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost over 455 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and nine cars.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov and Kushugum in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 10 vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
11:23 Crews of the BPS troops of the "Southern" group of forces smashed to pieces enemy UAV control points and eliminated Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in Alekseevo-Druzhkovka.
08:10 During the night, from 20:00 Moscow time on July 7 to 8:00 Moscow time on July 8, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 415 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Vladimir, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republics of Crimea and Tatarstan, and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
07:53 Tonight, in response to the terrorist attacks of the Kyiv regime on civilian infrastructure on the territory of Russia, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with ground-based precision weapons against Ukrainian military-industrial facilities in Kyiv. The strike damaged:
an industrial enterprise of the SAMSUNG-UKRAINE company, which produced and stored components for the FP-5 Flamingo ground-based cruise missiles;
workshop for the assembly of long- and medium-range UAVs.
05:00 Sappers of the 1431st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 11th Army Corps of the North group conducted demining and destroyed explosive devices on one of the routes in the Khar'kov region.
During an engineering reconnaissance mission, a device resembling a TM-62 anti-tank mine was discovered, dropped by an enemy drone onto the side of the road. The explosive device was destroyed by installing a surface charge.