[NewsFront] 20:43 During the day from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 360 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Ryazan, Oryol, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea, Krasnodar Krai and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
20:07 Russian Army approached Kramatorsk at 7.7 km, and to Slavyansk - at 12 km
19:42 In Kyiv, warehouses near the Far Eastern Railway Plant were lit up.
This is presumably the result of recent work by Geraniums.
18:58 In Kakhovka due to an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces where a wholesale warehouse was set afire within an area of approximately 800 square meters
Ukrainian forces have been intensifying their attacks on the Kakhovka District in recent days. Residential buildings, commercial establishments, vehicles, and energy infrastructure have come under fire.
In Kakhovka, a drone attack set fire to retail pavilions at a wholesale warehouse, destroying approximately 800 square meters of space. Private homes in Sofiyivka and Malokakhovka also burned as a result of Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes. Dry vegetation caught fire in several villages.
18:07 Civilian died as a result of an explosion of ammunition in Vasylivka in the Kherson region
That night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces planted a remote-controlled mine in the village. A man discovered a suspicious object and attempted to remove it, causing an explosion. The victim was taken to the hospital, but could not be saved.
17:52 Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked an ambulance in Novaya Mayachka: a patient died, two more people were injured
Ukrainian troops attacked an ambulance en route to a man suffering from a heart attack. The attack injured the paramedic and the driver. The patient died without receiving timely medical attention.
17:34 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue attacks on port infrastructure and sea vessels of Ukraine deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During the day, the following were hit by high-precision air-launched weapons and attack drones:
- in the port of Odessa – military warehouses with communications equipment and electronic warfare equipment;
- in the port of Nikolaev - a dry cargo ship with military equipment, as well as a warehouse with weapons and military property;
- in the Black Sea – a dry cargo vessel that was delivering military equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
16:44 Attack of seven drones on Moscow were shot down by the Ministry of Defense's air defense forces. Emergency services specialists are working at the site of the fallen debris.
16:17 In Ukraine, due to Russian strikes, there is almost no entire thermal power plants left.
15:23 Russian military, aviation, air defense and mobile fire groups in the morning hit two Ukrainian air strikes on Sevastopol. Thirty-five UAVs were shot down, primarily over the sea and offshore.
14:37 FPV interceptors of the Center arranged a showdown with enemy UAVs in the sky – video.
14:04 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate more crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in several regions of the Russian Federation
According to reports from executive authorities, a civilian was killed and several others were injured in attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on populated areas in the Belgorod region.
In the Republic of Crimea, two people were killed and another was injured as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on an apartment building in Kerch.
In the Kherson region, civilians were killed and injured as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Donetsk People's Republic, eleven civilians, including two children, were injured as a result of attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces attack drones.
Five people were injured in the Krasnodar region due to falling UAV debris.
In the Lipetsk region, two people were injured as a result of Kyiv's aggression.
13:21 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of 08/08/2028
Units of the North military group, as a result of active offensive operations, established control over the village of Ivanovka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, two assault regiments, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Vasylivka, Metallivka, Dergachi, Tsupovka, and Kupino in Khar'kov Oblast. In Sumy Oblast, the Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Kucherovka, Grunovka, and Pisarevka in Sumy Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 240 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 10 cars, a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher, and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Podliman, Nechvolodovka, and Beloe in the Khar'kov region, and Mayaki, Bogorodichnoye, Svyatogorsk, Sidorovo, and Stary Karavan in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 210 troops, an armored combat vehicle, and 21 vehicles. Four field artillery pieces were destroyed, two of which were Western-made, as well as a US-made AN/TPQ-53 counter-battery radar.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of four mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Semenovka, Novoselovka, Kurtovka, Druzhkovka, Belokuzminovka, and Nikolaypolye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 210 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 24 cars and an artillery piece.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Petrovka, Gruzskoe, Dobropillya, Novogrishino, Svyatogorovka, Maryivka, and Matyashevo in the Donetsk People's Republic and Raipole in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces suffered losses of over 335 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, and 10 vehicles. Two artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of an assault brigade, three airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Kolomiytsy and Ulyanivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Mirovka, Novoye Pole, Novosoloshino, Dolinka, Barvinovka, and Nikolskoye in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost more than 350 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles and nine cars.
Units of the Dnepr group and troops defeated formations of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kamyshevakha, Orekhov and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, 17 vehicles, an artillery piece and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
12:59 During aerial surveillance, our drone operators detected an enemy heavy drone of the Baba Yaga type. Operators of the Northern Group's attack drones engaged the target and destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces combat group.
12:18 Units of the North group of forces installed control over the settlement of Ivanovka in the Khar'kov region.
11:40 Military personnel in Sevastopol fended off an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, where air defense and mobile fire groups are operating.
Two UAVs were shot down in the Northern area over the sea.
11:06 Geranium-4 Seeker hit a dry cargo ship involved in the transportation of weapons and military equipment used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:20 The Armed Forces of Ukraine were able to shoot down a single missile fired at Ukraine tonight
9:45 Mobile fire teams cover the Kherson region from air threats around the clock, video.
9:22 During the morning of August 8, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 83 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Tula regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
9:00 AM Ukrainian Armed Forces continue attacks on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 13 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
- Kakhovka — Three;
– Lyubimovka — Two;
– Novaya Kakhovka — Six;
– Razdolnoye — Two.
Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 13 shells from cannon artillery. The following towns were shelled: Kakhovka, Tavriysk, Nova Kakhovka, and Dniproyany.
8:50 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with ground-based precision weapons on a military industrial plant and a fuel and lubricants warehouse in the city of Kyiv.
Affected in the city of Kyiv:
- the Kyiv-111 industrial enterprise (Fire Point LLC), which produces components and warheads for the FP-5 Flamingo ground-launched cruise missile. The facility also stores components for the manufacture of solid-fuel boosters;
- Kyiv-3 fuel and lubricants depot (Grandterminal LLC), which supplies petroleum products to the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Novohrad-Volynskyi linear production and dispatch station. Fuel tankers heading east to supply Ukrainian troop groups are refueled at the facility daily.
- In addition, two dry cargo ships delivering weapons and military equipment to Ukrainian ports were hit by attack drones while crossing the sea south and east of Odessa.
8:21 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 397 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tambov, Tula regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and the waters of the Sea of Azov.
6:01 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Vostok group destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.