8 February 2024 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• Russia attacked Ukraine with 17 Shaheds, 11 of them were shot down
• As a result of a night UAV attack, Mykolaiv was hit, patrol officers were injured in Odesa, and there was a fire from debris in Vinnytsia
• Britain continues duty-free trade with Ukraine until 2029
• Germany is alarmed by the blocking of aid to Ukraine in the US Senate
• The Russian Federation carried out a massive shelling of Selidovoy, one person was killed and seven were wounded
• Tusk criticizes the actions of the US Republicans regarding aid to Ukraine: Reagan is turning over in his coffin
• For the first time in 20 years, China has lost its lead in importing goods to the US
• Syrsky visited the Bakhmut direction
• The EU requires member states to stop the illegal flow of goods to Russia
• In Nikopol, the deputy mayor's car was shot: he died
• Britain's ambassador to NATO: Ukraine should lower its expectations regarding the Alliance summit in Washington
• The Russian helicopter was destroyed in the Avdiyiv direction
• Despite the sanctions, Russia continues to import Italian Beretta rifles
• Putin's visit to Turkey has been postponed
• Finland continued to close its border with Russia until mid-April
• The European Parliament adopted a resolution against Russian disinformation and attempts to undermine democracy
• Air defense forces shot down a Russian Kh-59 missile over Dnipropetrovsk region
• The Russians continue their assaults in the Avdiiv direction, in the morning there were 52 skirmishes on the front
• 100 Ukrainians were returned from Russian captivity, most of them defenders of Mariupol
• Taiwan banned the export of more than 70 machines to Russia and Belarus
• Zaluzhnyi was dismissed, Syrsky was appointed the new commander-in-chief
• Zelenskyy held a closed meeting with journalists, where it was about the release of Zaluzhny
• The Pentagon confirmed its readiness to work with the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces
• The Economist called the release of Zaluzhny a new stage of the war and suggested that Zelensky was mistaken
• In Russia, an oil refinery was on fire due to a drone attack
• Putin: Russia did not achieve its goals in the war against Ukraine
• The Russian Federation attacked 11 communities of Sumy Oblast, over 250 explosions per day
• Russia attacks the most in the Avdiiv and Marin areas
• Among Germans, the willingness to help Ukraine is decreasing
• Bild: German generals came to Kyiv at Zaluzhny's invitation on the day of his release
• At the front, there were 91 clashes per day, the Russians attacked in the area of ​​Avdiyivka
• During the day, the Defense Forces destroyed 910 Russian invaders