Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 8 May 2024

  • NATO's top general on the advancement of the Russians: Progress is limited, Ukraine can still win
  • Russian troops broke through to Krasnohorivka, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces blocked the assault groups
  • Austin: It is still too early to say about the effect of the aid provided by the United States to Ukraine
  • Russians attacked seven directions of the front, more than 120 combat clashes per day
  • Against the background of new attacks by the Russian Federation, Britain promises an additional 23 million euros for the restoration of Ukraine's energy sector
  • The head of the Pentagon confirmed the suspension of the batch of military aid to Israel
  • The elected president of Slovakia is ready for negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation in Bratislava
  • UZ restored the tracks in Kherson, damaged as a result of the morning shelling of the Russian Federation
  • Britain will expel Russia's military attache
  • 679 civilians remain in the almost destroyed Chasovoy Yar
  • The Russians hit the soccer field in Kharkiv
  • The Russians struck Zaporizhzhia, damaged critical infrastructure, parks, and transport
  • Russia has threatened France to strike its troops if they enter Ukraine
  • Lithuania declared that it was ready to send troops to Ukraine for training, but Kyiv did not ask
  • The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands: the situation in the war can still be changed in favor of Ukraine
  • The Russians shelled the station in Kherson
  • The Russians hit Bilozerka in the Kherson region, there were casualties and casualties
  • Slovakia is looking for a replacement for Russian gas in Azerbaijan
  • The Russians hit an energy generation facility in the Lviv region with cruise missiles
  • Russia attacked with 55 missiles and 21 "Shakhed", 59 targets were destroyed by air defense
  • Poland raised aviation because of a massive missile attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine
  • The Russians attacked Dnipropetrovsk region with rockets and Shaheds, 13 enemy targets were shot down by air defense
  • Russia attacked three TPPs, there is serious destruction
  • The Russians damaged critical infrastructure in Kirovohrad region and Poltava region
  • There was a massive attack on energy facilities in six regions of Ukraine
  • Russia launched a missile attack on Ukraine, an air alert was declared in all regions

  • 7 May 2024

  • More than 80 combat clashes took place at the front during the day
  • The defenders neutralized almost a thousand invaders and 13 tanks in a day
  • ISW: Russia bypassed sanctions and bought $500 million worth of aircraft equipment
  • Poland, the USA and the Baltic countries have started joint exercises of the air forces
  • The President of Romania said that he is ready to discuss sending the Patriot system to Ukraine
  • Several explosions rang out in Luhansk and an oil depot caught fire
  • The neutral states of Europe (Austria, Ireland, Switzerland and Malta) asked NATO for closer cooperation due to Russia's aggression
  • Russian shelling in Donetsk region caught fire, burning about 300 hectares
  • Poland launched fighter jets over a Russian plane over the Baltic Sea
  • The Russian army shelled a residential quarter of Kherson, 4 houses caught fire
  • Latvia handed Ukraine communication equipment worth 100,000 euros
  • Bloomberg: Lithuania's president called for better relations with China
  • The head of the Italian Foreign Ministry opposes the use of weapons sent by the country to attack the Russian Federation
  • In Ukraine, during the Great War, more than 500 medical facilities destroyed by Russia were restored
  • International reserves of Ukraine decreased by 3% in April
  • Air defense destroyed 2 Russian missiles in Odesa
  • Some Swiss banks continue to accept rubles from Russia
  • The SBU announced plans to assassinate Zelenskyi
  • In Russia, Putin was inaugurated for the new term of the presidency
  • Sandu: Moldova will do everything to preserve peace, but if the Russian Federation attacks, it will defend itself
  • The head of Polish intelligence: Putin is ready for a mini-operation against NATO, but sees the reaction of the West
  • The Russians attacked Nikopol in the morning and injured a woman
  • The IDF announced that it had taken control of the Rafah checkpoint from the Gaza side
  • Turkey conducts major exercises in its seas
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