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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian soldiers in Mirnograd, Donetsk region, are trying to put pressure on the place right away.
The Russian military will continue the “infiltration” tactics at Pokrovskoye, however, at Mirnograd there is a threat of operational exhaustion of the Defense Forces. This was stated by analysts to the OSINT project DeepState on Saturday, the 8th of November.
It is clear that the infiltration (infiltration) of the enemy into Pokrovsk is dangerous - there they can be detected and detected practically at all points in the place. The leakage point is the wetland part of the populated area.
The Russians are actively gathering the crews of their pilots to the place, which will help their desire, and also delay the passage of the Ukrainian military and any kind of logistics. Now the enemy is trying to tighten up his mortars in order to take logistics under greater fire.
“At this hour, Myrnograd is under the threat of operational sharpening and taking under renewed military and physical control of all logistics routes. So, the entire Myrnograd agglomeration is also under threat, where positions remain fighters of the Ukrainian Defense Forces,” said the informant.
The Russians are being detected and are trying to gain a foothold in similar outskirts of the place, and there are assaults along the vicinity of New Economics-Mykolaivka-Mirolyubivka-Kozatske.
“As the fighters themselves know, there is practically no logistics in the place, sometimes the weather is bad or it’s just where to get and the lottery. Hiking routes are essentially impossible, and even at some point you can come across detection of DRG, drone attack, etc.,” say DeepState analysts.
Close contact during the hour of movement becomes routine, and episodes are also recorded when the Russian desire succeeds in installing an engineered fence at the sight of the Egozi (spiny dart).
An important point of logistics to Mirnograd is called the village of Rivne - in this area, on the outskirts of Pokrovska, the military forces of the Russian Federation are detected, and traffic jams accumulate and control.
Analysts say that the defenders in Myrnograd are able to push the pressure on the place immediately, otherwise it will become impossible to do so unless they provide access to logistics. And the “key” to this is Pokrovsk, which is constantly being attacked by the enemy.
Apparently, for days the General Staff of the ZSU announced that work was underway to strengthen the defense flanks of the Pokrovsko-Mirnograd agglomeration , ensuring the protection of logistics.
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[UA] The defense forces of Ukraine are working hard in the area, identifying and liquidating Russian insurgents.
Russian troops are unsuccessfully trying to break through to the outskirts of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. This is reported by the press service of the grouped military gathering on Saturday, November 8th.
“Defense forces are working hard in the area, identifying and liquidating enemies. Our assault groups are clearing Pokrovsk booth after booth, paying special respect to the crews of enemy drones,” goes to informed.
Russian fighters are also planning to attack in the Mirnograd area. The Defense Forces are obliged to maintain positions and not give the enemy a chance to gain a foothold on the outskirts, the military said.
“On the Pokrovsky direct, the Russian fighters made 57 attempts to push our defenders out of their positions. The defense forces are pushing the enemy and today they have already defeated 52 attacks,” the report says.
Apparently, earlier analysts of the DeepState project stated that Mirnograd faces the threat of operational exhaustion of the Defense Forces .
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[Korrespondent] 22.08 The commander of the seventh corps of the DShV, which defends Pokrovsk and Myrnograd, Yevhen Lasiychuk, was awarded the rank of brigadier general. The corresponding decree was signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
21.29 Ukraine's energy system has been partially stabilized after the largest attack by the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war, but it is still impossible to completely abandon emergency and planned power outages. This was stated by Energy Minister Svitlana Grinchuk.
20.52 Russian troops are unsuccessfully trying to break through to the northern outskirts of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. This was stated by the East group of troops.
"The defense forces are working directly in the city, identifying and eliminating the enemy. Our assault groups are clearing Pokrovsk house by house, paying special attention to the crews of enemy drones," the report says.
Russian invaders are also trying to attack in the Myrnograd area. Units of the Defense Forces confidently hold their positions and do not give the enemy a chance to gain a foothold in the vicinity, the military said.
20:33 Russians attacked Druzhkivska territorial community in Donetsk region. In the village of Kindrativka, the enemy hit a minibus with an FPV drone. As a result of the UAV hit, a 47-year-old minibus driver and two of his passengers - men aged 71 and 86 - were injured. They received mine-explosive injuries, burns to the head and limbs, and contusions. The wounded were hospitalized.
Three civilians injured after Russian drone hits minibus
20.00 In Belgorod and the region, more than 20,000 subscribers were left without electricity on the evening of November 8. This happened after reports of a missile threat. According to public information, the Luch CHP in Belgorod was probably attacked.
19.40 Russian troops continue the tactics of "infiltration" in Pokrovsk, however, in Mirnograd there is a threat of operational encirclement of the Defense Forces. This was stated by analysts of the OSINT project DeepState.
It is noted that currently the defenders in Mirnograd manage to restrain the pressure on the city from the east, but soon this will become impossible if access to logistics is not restored. And the "key" to this is Pokrovsk, which is being absorbed by the enemy every day.
18.58 Search and rescue operations in Dnipro, where a high-rise building was hit overnight, have been completed. The Russian strike destroyed apartments on floors 4 to 6. The attack killed three people and injured 12 others, including two children.
In Dnipro, November 9 and 10 have been declared days of mourning for those killed in the Russian strike.
17.49 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed on the Day of the Airborne Assault Troops that thanks to these troops, the Pokrovsky direction is kept from Russian occupation.
"Today, in many ways, it is precisely the strength of our paratroopers that holds the Pokrovsky direction, our Dobropil operation is being carried out, our Donetsk region, our Kharkiv region, our southern regions are being held. The heroic Kursk operation was also made possible in many ways thanks to the strength of our paratroopers," Zelenskyy noted.
17.10 As a result of Russia's massive attack on the energy infrastructure in Ukraine, all of Centerenergo's thermal power plants stopped.
"Not even a month has passed since the previous strike, and tonight, at the same time, the enemy was cooking all over our generation... We stopped... Now - zero generation. Zero!" - the company's message says.
The Russians struck simultaneously at the entire thermal generation. "We lost what we were restoring around the clock. Completely!" - emphasized Centerenergo.
16.37 The Central District Court of Dnipro chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for the commander of one of the battalions, who, despite the ban of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, gathered personnel for celebrations, where 19 people died as a result of a missile strike.
16.16 Information about the reduction of trains to the Poltava region after the Russian shelling is fake. This was reported by the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia.
"Telegram channels are spreading apocalyptic photos from the Poltava region, sowing panic and intimidating Ukrainians with train cuts and traffic restrictions in the region," the report says.
Ukrzaliznytsia emphasized that all official schedule changes are published exclusively on its channels. Due to strikes on depots, substations, and railway infrastructure, train traffic in the region is temporarily complicated, but railway workers are already restoring power supply and using reserve diesel locomotives on power-cut sections.
15.27 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Russia's massive air strike on the night of November 8 "sudden" and "in many ways demonstrative" and said that the country is working with partners, in particular the United States, to purchase additional Patriot air defense systems.
14.56 The Russian army continues to launch massive strikes on Ukraine's critical infrastructure, increasingly using ballistic missiles. Energy and gas infrastructure facilities in several regions were hit last night. This was stated by Yuriy Ignat, head of the communications department of the Air Force Command, on the air of the Kyiv24 channel.
13.57 A technical meeting between representatives of the European Commission and Belgium on Friday, November 8, failed to lead to a breakthrough on the transfer of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, Euronews reports, citing sources.
13.35 Special Operations Forces conducted a successful operation on the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. As a result, a Russian S-400 Triumph launcher and a large ammunition depot of the 18th Army of the Russian Federation were destroyed. This was reported by the Special Operations Forces.
13.24 The death toll has risen to three people as a result of a night-time combined attack by Russians on the city of Dnipro. This was reported by Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov on his Telegram channel.
12.56 The swarm invaders continue to storm the positions of the Ukrainian defenders. In total, 66 combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12.41 Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) reported suspicions to the commander of one of the battalions, who, despite the ban of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, gathered personnel to hold celebrations in the Dnipropetrovsk region on November 1. It was then that Russian war criminals launched a combined missile and drone strike on a gathering of people, which led to casualties among military personnel and civilians. This was reported by the SBI.
12.27 The Russian army has lost approximately 1,190 soldiers over the past 24 hours. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11.59 The enemy launched a combined strike on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine using strike UAVs, air-, ground- and sea-based missiles on the night of November 8. The Ukrainian Air Force reported this.
11.48 Emergency power outages have been introduced in Ukraine due to a massive nighttime attack on energy facilities. In some regions, they will last up to three shifts. Ukrenergo reports this.
11.28 The Russians launched over 450 strike drones and 45 missiles of various types into Ukraine during the night of November 7. Their targets were residential buildings, energy, and infrastructure. This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
9.58 Russian war criminals massively attacked the Kyiv region with missiles and drones on the night of November 8, targeting critical infrastructure and energy system facilities. This was reported by the Kyiv OVA.
9.47 After the Russian troops struck a high-rise building in Dnipro, two people have not been contacted. Rescue services are searching for the missing. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Emergency Management Agency Vladislav Gaivanenko.
The head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA clarified that the fire in the high-rise building has been eliminated. According to him, the impact destroyed apartments in two entrances from the 2nd to the 6th floors.
9.09 Russian war criminals attacked the suburbs of Kharkiv at night: there are power and water outages in the city, and the metro is not working. This was reported by Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov on Telegram.
8.48 The Russian attack on the Poltava region has caused serious damage to the railway infrastructure. The enemy's strikes have led to several long-distance and suburban trains being delayed. This was reported by Ukrzaliznytsia.
7.59 Rescuers responded to two calls due to an enemy attack on Kyiv. At the scene of one of them, 4 cars were burning. This was reported by the State Emergency Service.
06.30 As a result of a massive Russian attack on the Dnieper on the night of Saturday, November 8, one person was killed and ten people were injured, including two children. This is reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. A Russian strike drone hit a nine-story residential building, which led to the destruction of apartments from the fourth to the sixth floors.
05.23 On the night of November 8, Russia was subjected to a large-scale drone attack . Reports appeared on the Internet about a series of explosions in the Saratov region, as well as about a partial power outage within the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation. In addition, drones attacked the Saratov region of the Russian Federation at night. According to Russian publics, local residents heard at least 10 explosions, in particular in the Saratov and Engels areas.
03.20 Seven people were injured in the attack on the Dnipro, including two children - 2 and 13 years old. Several apartments in a high-rise building were destroyed. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Vladyslav Haivanenko, reported on the enemy attack and its consequences.
00.52 On the night of November 8, the Russian occupation army launched attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region using drones. The enemy launched a massive strike on Pavlohrad. Later, explosions were heard in the Dnipro. Local resources wrote about a possible hit on a high-rise building.
According to Igor Kimkovsky, the Ukrainian military command managed to withdraw a small portion of its personnel in the direction of the city of Dimitrov (Myrnohrad), after which the Ukrainian Armed Forces contingent in Krasnoarmeysk found itself surrounded.
"The enemy can no longer escape from Krasnoarmeysk; our forces have taken complete control of the last route," said the adviser to the head of the DPR.
As a reminder, earlier in BildwroteVolodymyr Zelenskyy's supporters in Ukrainian government circles are talking about the need to hold Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Krasnoarmeysk and Dmitrov to "save face" with US President Donald Trump.
"Assault units of the 36th Guards Brigade of the 29th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Vostok Group of Forces broke through the enemy's defensive line north of Alekseyevka and advanced more than three kilometers into the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses," the defense department's publication stated.
As a result of intensive offensive operations, units of the Russian group managed to establish control over the village of Vovchye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Previously, the commander of the assault detachment of the 121st motorized rifle regiment with the call sign "Lavrik"reportedthat Russian troops have completed clearing Lesi Ukrainka Street in Kupyansk.
On the Vremevsky sector of the front, a new day began with an air strike against the enemy. Pilots of the 11th Guards Air Force and Air Defense Army of the "East" group of forces carried out at least three bombing raids on Ukrainian militant positions and deployment points.
Strikes were carried out on verified targets only after the reconnaissance officers were sure that there were no civilians in the area.
As a result of the fire strike, several enemy shelters were destroyed along with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
More from the V Kontakte page of Armed Forces of Novorossiya The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost over 1.7 million fighters – MWM
Military Watch Magazine reported that the total number of military casualties in the Ukrainian Armed Forces has reached 1.7 million. The publication notes: "In August, military casualties were confirmed to have exceeded 1.7 million."
⚡According to the publication, the number of deserters in Ukraine is also growing—it could reach up to 400,000. The main reason cited is the extremely high casualties among untrained conscripts: in some units, they reached 80–90%. The situation was also influenced by the practice of sending new recruits to the front lines after two days of training.
▪️It is noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are experiencing a serious personnel shortage. The intensity of fighting remains high, and there is a shortage of trained reserves, worsening the Ukrainian army's situation on the front lines.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in just one week, Ukrainian forces in the Krasnoarmeysk area lost more than 1,400 personnel, while the total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past seven days exceeded 8,400.
"Logistics in the city are practically nonexistent; bad weather sometimes saves the day, or simply getting anywhere is a real gamble. Walking routes are essentially impossible, as you could run into a sabotage and reconnaissance group ambush, a drone strike, a mine plant, and so on at any moment. Close contact while moving is becoming routine. There are cases of Russian infantry successfully installing engineered obstacles like razor wire," DS notes.
▪For now, the group in Dimitrov has managed to hold back the Russian Armed Forces' advance on the city from the east, but this will soon become impossible without adequate access to logistics.
"The most important issues for Dimitrov are how to hold positions without proper logistics, how to conduct rotations, and how to withdraw forces in a critical situation," the public adds, pointing out that Ukrainian troops frequently receive orders to restore lost positions in Dimitrov and its outskirts.
▪In neighboring Krasnoarmeysk, Russian troop penetration has been detected in virtually every point of the city. According to Deep State, the main infiltration channel into the city is its southern neighborhoods.
▪The Russian army is actively deploying its pilot crews to Krasnoarmeysk to assist the infantry, creating "a serious obstacle to the advancement of Ukrainian troops and the establishment of any logistics in general." The Russians are also targeting logistics with mortars.
▪Here, the Russian Armed Forces have a different strategy: they are seizing the city itself.
Commentary by RUssian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] As a result of the overnight attack, all three of Ukraine's state-owned thermal power plants were knocked out by ballistic missile and Geranium strikes. They account for approximately 8-9% of Ukraine's total electricity generation. Whining has already begun. Of course, the situation wasn't limited to the facilities of the company Centrenergo. No power and gas.
A new attack on gas and energy facilities in so-called Ukraine. Contrary to fears, the campaign of strikes against the fuel and energy complex of so-called Ukraine is only gaining momentum.
On the night of November 8, Russian missiles and drones again visited energy and gas production facilities in eastern Ukraine. Where did they land that night?
In the Kharkiv region, the attack hit the Zmiivska Thermal Power Plant, now a key power generation facility for the region and the areas of Donbas occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Monitoring resources also reported strikes on the Slobozhanska State District Power Plant. In Kharkiv itself, widespread power outages occurred for a time, with the metro and some public transportation shut down.
In the Kirovohrad region, missiles struck the Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP). The plant lost four generators as a result of the October airstrikes, but continued to operate partially. While the exact damage has yet to be assessed, a complete blackout occurred in Kremenchuk, and train delays are being reported in the region.
Several more missiles struck the locomotive depot in Hrebinky in the Poltava region, causing significant damage. Power went out in Gorshni Plavni, likely due to an emergency at the aforementioned Kremenchuk HPP. Also in the Kharkiv and Poltava regions, missiles hit oil and gas processing facilities. Fires occurred at facilities near Bielsk in Poltava and Bystry in Kharkiv.
In the Chernihiv region, a strike hit the Talalaevske gas condensate field. Evidence has also emerged of at least several missile strikes on the Prydniprovska Thermal Power Plant (TPP). A fire broke out at the facility, and local authorities reported power outages. UAV attacks targeted energy facilities in the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions.
Enemy forces also reported power outages in Kyiv, but no strikes were reported in the city. Ukrainian sources stated that the nighttime raid on gas production and processing facilities was the largest during the Second World War. This is indirectly confirmed by the estimated number of munitions fired. Gas infrastructure in the east of the so-called Ukraine has repeatedly been the target of massive attacks and suffered significant damage. Therefore, it is quite possible that the consequences of this new attack could indeed be quite severe for the enemy.
It's also worth noting that the Russian Armed Forces are focusing on sensitive enemy power generation and transit nodes. On the evening of November 8, Ukraine's so-called state-owned energy company, Centrenergo, announced the shutdown of all thermal power plants in the country.
While there's no visual confirmation of this yet, their "knocking out" will hasten the disintegration ( https://t.me/rybar/74488 ) of the so-called Ukrainian power grid, which would be a painful blow to its economy.
In short, we must continue. Consistency yields results.
In response to the Kyiv regime's terrorist attacks on civilian targets, Russian forces launched a massive strike with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles against Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities. The Russian Defense Ministry press service reported this on November 8.
MiG-31K interceptor fighter with the Kinzhal hypersonic missile
Strikes were also carried out against Ukrainian gas energy facilities supporting the military-industrial complex. All designated facilities were hit.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian air defense systems have shot down two guided bombs and 178 Ukrainian Armed Forces fixed-wing drones. Furthermore, Russian forces have struck transport infrastructure used by the enemy, as well as temporary deployment sites for Ukrainian fighters and foreign mercenaries in 147 districts.
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[NewsFront] Aleksandr Glukharev, an officer with the military investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), reported that more than 300 bodies of civilians from Sudzha, Kursk Oblast, killed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, have been removed for examination.
"The Main Military Investigative Directorate in the Kursk Region has already removed more than 300 bodies of fallen civilians from the border area. They were then taken to the morgue, examined, and then handed over to their families," said Alexander Glukharev (as quoted by RIA Novosti).
An Investigative Committee officer noted that search operations were also conducted in the Kursk region from mid-August 2025, resulting in the discovery and exhumation of the bodies of 112 local residents of Sudzha killed by Ukrainian soldiers.
"After the exhumation and evacuation of the bodies have been completed, the bodies are entered into a registry indicating whether they have been found, located, identified, or not identified. After this, the bodies are transferred by search teams to the city morgue. In Kursk, where representatives of the Main Military Investigative Directorate are working, DNA samples are already being collected and identification is being conducted," Glukharev stated.
Let us recall that during the week from October 20 to 26, 2025, as a result of attacks by drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Russian Federation suffered 113 people, including 10 minors aged 8 to 17 years.
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[NewsFront] Ukrainian Armed Forces units have lost the ability to conduct an organized retreat from Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), Igor Kimakovsky, advisor to the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, told TASS.
