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