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Latest information on the situation on the front line on November 7 (updated)
2026-11-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:14 Crews of the 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled howitzer of the Vostok group of forces destroy edenemy strongholds

20:18 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 28 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Oryol regions

20:00 Resident of Energodar wounded in the village of Dneprovka as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian drone, said Maxim Pukhov, head of the Zaporizhzhya NPP satellite town.

19:22 Attack drone crews of the Center group liquidated Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Dobropillya area

17:39 In the Kyiv region, in the Irpen area, as a result of strikes hit fuel tankers used to deliver fuel to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Additionally, the Severnaya 330 kV-Petrivtsi electrical substation was damaged near Novi Petrivtsi in the Kyiv region. A bulk carrier transporting military equipment to Ukraine was damaged in the Black Sea east of Odesa.

17:35 Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed four hits by Russian Armed Forces on the Northern Bridge in Kyiv

16:23 Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked market in Kakhovk. Stores and cars were damaged

15:49 As a result of the strike of the Russian Armed Forces, in the Vyshgorod district of Kyiv set afire warehouse premises

15:23 Operators of the Sokol-I interceptor drone from the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group detonated remotely neutralizing Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the air.

14:22 In Lisichansk during a UAV attack wounded a man, said LPR head Leonid Pasechnik

An enemy drone struck a railway crossing in Lisichansk, injuring a 41-year-old man. He is receiving medical attention.

12:13 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of November 7, 2026

Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. In the Khar'kov region, personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Khatnee, Izbitskoe, Bugayevka, Pogoreloe, Velykyi Burluk, and Kolodezne in the Khar'kov region.

In addition, in the Sumy region, formations of a mechanized and two airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Mykhailivske, Vakalivshchyna, Bititsa in the Sumy region and the city of Sumy.

The enemy lost more than 150 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 14 vehicles, and three electronic warfare stations.

Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Maleyevka, Monachinovka, and Nechvolodovka in the Khar'kov region and Mayaki in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 220 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 14 cars, a field artillery gun, and two electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. Formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Semenovka, Nikolaevka, and Starodubovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 25 cars, and two electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Novopavlivka, Kamenka, Andriivka, Belozerske, Vesela Gora, Kryvorizhzhia, Yakovlevka, and Rohanske in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Ivanivka in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 345 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, four cars, and two electronic warfare stations.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of an assault brigade, two airborne assault brigades, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Podgavrilovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Storchevoe, Zalivnoe, Vasilevskoye, Novorosivka, and Kirovo in Zaporizhia Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 205 servicemen, two vehicles and an artillery piece.

Units of the Dnipro Forces Group have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and mountain assault brigades have been defeated near the villages of Preobrazhenka, Yurkivka, and Hryhorivka in the Zaporizhia region.

Up to 35 military personnel, 22 vehicles and a field artillery gun were destroyed.

11:35 FPV interceptor crews of the West group of forces destroyed aircraft-type UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces rammed in mid-air in the area of the SVO

11:05 Civilian died as a result of a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack on a private home in the Belgorod region, the local operational headquarters reported

10:38 Russian Armed Forces at night attacked power infrastructure in the Vinnytsia region. Power outages are being recorded

10:01 10 enemy drones in the past 24 hours shot down over Sevastopol. Two private homes burned down due to the attack, Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev reported. No one was killed.

9:28 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.

In total, 189 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 a.m. on November 6 and 9:00 a.m. on November 7. The enemy used artillery 81 times on evacuated areas. Drones attacked our territory with explosive devices nine times. As a result of the attacks, two houses, a bathhouse, and sheds were damaged in the village of Krasnaya Nov' in the Lgovsky District.

9:16 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike using ground-based precision weapons and attack drones against military-industrial complex, energy, and transport infrastructure facilities in the city Kyiv and the Kyiv region.

In the city of Kyiv the following were affected:

- the Severny road bridge, which ensures the transfer of weapons, military and special equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

- an industrial enterprise (OOO "Meridian" named after S.P. Korolev), producing operational-tactical and cruise missiles "Flamingo".

In the Kyiv region the following are affected:

- Tripolskaya thermal power plant with a capacity of 1800 MW;

- Kievskaya electrical substation – 750 kV;

- a manufacturing enterprise for ammunition, explosives and gunpowder in Brovary (the State Powder Metallurgy Plant), which produces components of rocket fuel used in operational-tactical missiles.

Also in the Zhytomyr region, a 330 kV electrical substation, which provides operations for enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, was damaged.

In addition, a dry cargo ship, which was delivering military equipment and dual-use cargo to Ukraine, was hit in the Black Sea waters southeast of Odessa.

8:54 Operators of attack UAVs of the Vostok group stopped rotation and delivery of material resources of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

8:36 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 411 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type were over the territories of the Bryansk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Saratov, Samara, Tula regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

8:14 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian FederationinflictedA massive strike by ground-based precision weapons and long-range attack drones, which resulted in the destruction of military-industrial, energy, and transport infrastructure facilities in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region that support the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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