8 August 2023 in Russo-Ukrainian war
- The Russian Federation hit Nikopol with heavy artillery and MLRS: a lot of damage
- Prime Minister of Georgia to the 15th anniversary of the Russian attack: We want to peacefully reunite the country
- The number of wounded in Pokrovsk increased to 88, 7 died
- The Secretary General of the Council of Europe reacted to the Russian missile attack on Pokrovsk
- In the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian SSR hold the initiative, destroyed the Russian communications hub and 65 Russians
- European traders began to store gas in Ukrainian storage facilities
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China announced Lavrov's position on Ukraine after participating in a meeting in Saudi Arabia
- The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation lied about the attack on the command post in Pokrovsk
- Britain has expanded sanctions to limit Russia's access to military equipment
- The special services of the Russian Federation tried to break into the electronic system of planning the operations of the Armed Forces
- Russia began to create a shadow fleet of grain carriers
- The Ukrainian military entered the first line of defense of the occupiers in the South
- The Ukrainians are conducting an offensive in two directions, 20 skirmishes per day
- Zelensky called the counteroffensive difficult
- Ukrainian authorities urged Hasidim not to go to Uman for Rosh Hashanah
- Serbian President: If Ukraine recognizes Kosovo, it will lose everything in one day
- General Breedlove: In the West, they are in no hurry with the F-16 for Ukraine because of the fear of the Russian Federation
- Rheinmetall bought 50 Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine from Belgium
- Swedish satellite Internet terminals have arrived in Ukraine
- Pentagon: Biden gave the green light to the training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16
- The Russians shelled Sumy Oblast 12 times a day
- ISW: Ukrainian forces conducted a raid across the Dnipro in the Kherson region
- During the day, there were more than 30 combat clashes on the fronts
- Russia lost another 820 soldiers, 8 tanks and an air defense vehicle during the day