8 May 2023 in Russo-Ukrainian war

  • An air alert was announced in Ukraine: an explosion rang out in Odesa, air defense was operating in Kyiv and the region
  • Fires broke out in Odesa as a result of being hit by enemy missiles
  • Drone attack on Kyiv: there are casualties and destruction
  • ISW: The Russian Federation is not capable of conducting coordinated defensive operations on the entire front line
  • Night attack of "Shakheds" on Kyiv: 5 people injured, there is destruction
  • Ukrainian defenders destroyed 35 out of 35 Shaheds at night
  • On the night of May 8, Russia fired 8 Kh-22 missiles over Odesa
  • The occupiers are taking people out of Tokmak and have problems with fuel
  • Macron, Scholz, Sunak: 40 European leaders have confirmed their arrival at the summit in Chisinau
  • Russia is actively recruiting labor migrants from Central Asia for the war
  • The Russian Federation shelled 10 regions during the day: 28 wounded, three killed
  • The night drone attack had no consequences for Ukraine's energy system
  • Unrecognized Transnistria asked Russia to send more "peacekeepers"
  • Europe is reducing the volume of gas purchases in anticipation of a further drop in prices
  • The strike of the Russian Federation destroyed the warehouse of the Red Cross with humanitarian aid in Odesa
  • Eurostat counted almost 4 million Ukrainians who are granted temporary protection in the EU
  • The Russians have tactical successes in the Avdiyiv, Bakhmut and Lyman directions
  • Ukraine received almost EUR 190 million in soft loans from the World Bank
  • The Russian Federation shelled the Kherson region: 9 victims, including a child and a village headman
  • By agreement, Ukraine and the Russian Federation began to visit places of detention of civilians
  • 8 more UAV strike companies were formed in Ukraine
  • Sanctioned goods from Germany enter the Russian Federation through parallel imports from neighboring countries
  • Instructor courses for the Ukrainian military have ended in Lithuania
  • About 130 cases of possible circumvention of sanctions against the Russian Federation were discovered in Switzerland
  • Poland transferred 10 MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine
  • The invaders attack Bakhmut and 3 other directions, 2 ammunition warehouses of the invaders flew into the air
  • More than 70% of Ukrainians believe that it is impossible to compromise with Russia
  • Danube ports brought an additional $1.5 billion to Ukraine after the release of Zmiinyi
  • In Skadovsk, the occupiers curtail the work of "administrations" and take away documents
  • The Russians attacked Dnipropetrovsk region with missiles
  • The Russians attacked the Kharkiv region
  • Large-scale training of the Special Operations Forces of NATO and partner countries has started in Romania
  • Italy urged its citizens to leave Ukraine amid mass attacks by the Russian Federation
  • The Russians hit the Sumy region - 70 explosions, there is damage
  • US State Department: Putin's war against Ukraine did not go according to the Kremlin's plan
  • In Iran, they show off how their kamikaze drones "changed the rules of the game" in Ukraine
  • Italy sues Gazprom over cut gas supply
  • Defense forces hit more than 20 important enemy targets
  • Ukrainians destroyed 650 occupiers and 13 enemy artillery systems in one day
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