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2026-10-08 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Latest information on the situation on the front line on October 7 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 20:51 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 59 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Rostov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea

20:06 Due to attacks on energy began emergency power outages in Kyiv and the surrounding region

As a result of the latest attack by the Russian Armed Forces, power has been cut off to Kyiv's right bank. There is also no water in several districts, and water pumping stations are partially out of power.

19:27 Civilian died during a UAV attack in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka

The infrastructure of one of the city's public utilities was also damaged. Earlier, a civilian was reported injured in the Nikitovsky district following a drone attack.

19:14 11-year-old girl died during a missile attack on the Belgorod region, the regional operational headquarters reported.

Four more people, including a child, were injured in the village of Printsevka in the Valuysky district as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian drone.

18:00 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate more crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces in the Luhansk People's Republic and Belgorod Oblast

According to executive authorities, one person was killed and six civilians were wounded in the LPR as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to the operational headquarters, a civilian was injured in the Belgorod region as a result of Ukrainian Armed Forces drone strikes.

The Russian Investigative Committee will establish all the circumstances of the incident and the persons involved in the crimes.

17:34 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Belgorod and Kursk regions and the Donetsk People's Republic

According to the Belgorod Region Operational Headquarters, a child was killed in a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Five others, including an 11-year-old girl, were injured.

According to local authorities, one person died in the Kursk region as a result of a drone attack.

In the DPR, four civilians were injured due to the criminal actions of the Kyiv regime.

Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will establish all the circumstances of the incident and the identities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces representatives involved in the crimes.

16:50 In the Sumy region, at the point where it was opened a Croatian-made RAK-12 MLRS position was quickly reached by FPV drones from the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "North" group. After a brief assessment of the weapon's protection and concealment, the drone struck its target accurately.

16:28 Units of the Pskov Guards Airborne Forces formation of the Center group of forces are smashin genemy manpower and equipment, while simultaneously burning out command posts and drone launch sites.

15:52 Crews of the separate brigade "Varyag" together with the Russian Aerospace Forces hit a cable-stayed bridge in the Zaporizhzhia region. Precise strikes from FABs from the UMPB closed the logistics corridor used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to transport military supplies.

15:17 Sappers of the 12th Separate Guards Engineering Brigade of the Center group discovered and neutralized a hidden cache of homemade ammunition belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one of the high-rise buildings in liberated Krasnoarmeysk.

14:30 In the Sumy region, a Severian drone destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces bunker, video.

13:54 Child died during the missile attack on the Belgorod region

A child was killed and four others were injured in a missile attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region, including an 11-year-old girl, the regional task force reported.

13:17 Operators of attack drones of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed UAV control center in Semenovka on the Kramatorsk route

12:20 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 7, 2026

Units of the North military group in the Khar'kov region continue to tighten the encirclement and expand the external control zone.

Encircled by the enemy, fighting continues to liberate the villages of Nikolaevka, Varvarovka, Reznikovo, Nefedovka, and Lobanovka in the Khar'kov region. Enemy forces have been defeated near the villages of Kupino and Chernoye in the Khar'kov region.

Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 30 servicemen and a ground-based robotic system within 24 hours while encircled. Two enemy drone control centers were destroyed.

As the external control zone expands, active fighting continues for the settlements of Annopillya, Prykolotne, and Kotivka in the Khar'kov region. Furthermore, in the Khar'kov region, personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged near the settlements of Chernoglazovka, Dementiivka, Velykyi Burluk, Novoselivka, Belashi, Cherkasskaya Lozovaya, and Goryanoe in the Khar'kov region.

In the Sumy region, fire damage was inflicted on formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Grunovka, Kiyanitsa, Boyaro-Lezhachi in the Sumy region and the city of Sumy.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost up to 260 servicemen, a Tisa combat armored vehicle, 19 vehicles, a Bogdana 155mm self-propelled artillery unit, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge and defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service in the areas of the settlements of Chervony Oskol, Maliyevka in the Khar'kov region, Vovchiy Yar, Raigorodok, and Karpovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored combat vehicle, a 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery unit, 15 vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Southern group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.

They defeated the formations of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Belenkoye, Semenovka, Vasilyevskaya Pustosh, Slavyansk, Nikolaevka, Druzhkovka, and Kramatorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 155 servicemen, a Cossack combat armored vehicle, 23 vehicles, two field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Center group of forces have improved their position along the forward edge.

They defeated the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an unmanned systems brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, the Azov* special forces brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Svyatogorovka, Belozerske, Sergeyevka, Stepanovka, Novoyavlenka, Roganske, Lidino, and Novoandriivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Petrovpavlivka and Chuhuyevo in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. In the settlement of Dobropillya in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 51st Army advanced through the central and northern parts of the city.

Naval infantry units continued their advance northwest along the railway. They captured a park area, a community center in the northern part of the village, and two industrial facilities at the Dobropolskaya mine. An attempt to relieve the encircled enemy by platoon-sized units of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, supported by armored vehicles, was repelled.

Within 24 hours, 82 buildings were liberated, and more than 25 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored vehicle, and a pickup truck were destroyed. In total, Ukrainian armed forces in the Center Group's area of responsibility lost up to 520 servicemen, seven armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, a field artillery gun, four electronic warfare stations, and a radar station.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses.

They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of an assault brigade, two airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade in the areas of the populated areas of Chernenkovo, Ivanovka, Gavrilovka, Kolomiytsy in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and Volnyanka, Nikolskoye, and Listovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 255 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 11 vehicles, and two American 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery units.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.

They defeated formations of two mechanized and a mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Kushugum, Kanevskoye, Yulievka and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

More than 30 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 22 vehicles, and a US-made 155mm M777 howitzer were destroyed.

11:34 Russian Aerospace Forces crews worked out FAB-500 and FAB-3000 aerial bombs at enemy temporary deployment points.

Areas of impact: the settlements of Krasny Molochar in the DPR and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.

10:23 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Kherson, Bryansk, and Belgorod regions

According to local authorities, an employee of the Golopristansky municipal district administration was killed and another was injured when an FPV drone struck a car in the Skadovsky district of the Kherson region.

In the Bryansk region, a man was fatally injured as a result of an explosion from a VFU explosive device in a forest near the village of Veleya in the Zhukovsky municipal district.

According to the Belgorod Region operational headquarters, three civilians were injured as a result of Ukrainian drone strikes on civilian targets in the Shebekinsky and Graivoronsky districts.

9:51 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as a result of a massive strike with high-precision weapons of land, sea and air based, unmanned aerial vehicles inflicted strikes on Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Khar'kov regions, as well as port and ship repair infrastructure facilities in the Odessa region, and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

As a result of the strike, the following were damaged :

in the city of Kiev and Kiev region :

- an industrial enterprise (Smart Ammunition LLC) in Kiev, which assembles and stores FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, FP-9 operational-tactical missiles, and components for them;

- an assembly shop and storage facility for unmanned aerial vehicles ( PJSC Fanplit) in Kiev, on the basis of which components for the FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, as well as long- and medium-range UAVs FP-1, FP-2, are produced;

- a plant (PJSC Kyiv Cardboard and Paper Mill) in the village of Obukhov, Kyiv region, on the basis of which the production and storage of FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, as well as components for them, are organized;

in the Chernihiv region :

- an industrial enterprise (TD Plastmass-Priluki) in the village of Priluki, which produces and stores components for FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles;

in Kirovograd region :

- a workshop of the "Alexandria Industrial Group" in the town of Alexandria for the production of components for long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles, including aircraft-type ones;

in the Dnipropetrovsk region :

- an enterprise of the rocket and space industry (State Production Association "Southern Machine-Building Plant named after O. Makarov") in Dnepr, which produces, stores and supplies the Armed Forces of Ukraine with FP-5 "Flamingo" cruise missiles, as well as long- and medium-range UAVs FP-1, FP-2;

in Poltava region :

- a manufacturing enterprise (PJSC Avtokraz) in the town of Kremenchuk, which produces and stores specialized chassis for launchers of FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles;

- the tobacco factory "JTI Ukraine" in the village of Kremenchuk, the production facilities of the enterprise are used to produce ammunition for small arms intended to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

in the Khar'kov region :

- a mechanical plant in the village of Lozovaya, which assembles and stores FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles and their components;

in Odessa region :

- the Danube Ship Repair plant in the port of Izmail, which produces and stores unmanned boats and components for them;

- in the port of Odessa, a dry cargo ship was delivering military and dual-use cargo to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

9:25 Crews of strike UAVs of the 58th Army of the Dnepr group hit FPV drones with fiber optic control, resistant to electronic warfare, were used to carry out precision strikes against strongholds, military equipment, and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.

8:41 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 311 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type were over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Tula, Oryol, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Smolensk, Tambov, Kaluga, Saratov, Samara, Penza, Rostov, Volgograd regions, Perm Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black and Azov Seas.

8:08 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as a result of a massive strike with high-precision weapons of land, sea and air based, unmanned aerial vehicles struck enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, involved in the interests of the company "Fire Point" for the production and storage of Flamingo cruise missiles and long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Khar'kov regions, as well as port and ship repair infrastructure facilities in the Odessa region, sea vessels involved in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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