8 July 2024 in Russo-Ukrainian war
- The Russians launched a missile attack on the outskirts of Sumy
- Orbán arrived in Beijing
- Several groups of cruise missiles attacked Ukraine at night and in the morning
- Poland raised its aircraft into the sky during a missile attack on Ukraine
- At night, 3 out of 6 missiles were shot down over Ukraine
- In the morning, the Russians hit the Metinvest enterprise in Kryvyi Rih, employees were killed
- In Kyiv, a Russian missile hit the "Okhmatdit" children's hospital
- In Kyiv, a residential building was hit, the entrance was destroyed
- Zelensky arrived in Warsaw
- As a result of the elections in France, the left took first place, the far-right came third
- Orban met with Xi Jinping and discussed Russia's war against Ukraine
- The EU has twice overestimated its projectile production capabilities for Ukraine and is handing them over late
- Russian rockets killed three people in Pokrovsk
- After the Russian attack on the Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih, the number of victims increased to 59, 11 more people died
- Ukraine and Poland signed a security agreement
- In the morning, anti-aircraft defense shot down 30 Russian missiles out of 38 launched
- The Russians do not carry out technical repairs at the ZNPP, the condition of its equipment is unknown
- On this day, cruise missiles of the Russian Federation flew at extremely low altitudes
- Reuters: NATO needs 35-50 additional brigades to defend against a Russian attack
- A pro-Russian party from Italy joined Orban's group in the European Parliament
- New restrictions are being introduced in Norway for fishing vessels from the Russian Federation
- The USA believes that the attack on "Okhmatdit" should be investigated as a war crime by the Russian Federation
- 744 enterprises left Mykolaiv region, 1000 ceased to exist
- In Prague, several dozen people protested after the Russian strikes on "Okhmatdyt"
- Germany reported sending Patriot and Leopard 1 ammunition to Ukraine
- 5 medics and 2 patients died as a result of debris hitting the medical center in Kyiv
- Stoltenberg condemned Russia's massive missile attack on Ukraine
- The troops of the Russian Federation are intensively attacking in the Pokrovsky direction