War
The Russians struck a residential building in Kharkiv with a ‘Banderole’ missile. Two people are known to have been killed and more than 30 injured
On the morning of 8 July, the Russians struck a five-storey residential block in the Nemyshlyanskyi district of Kharkiv. Two people were killed and more than 30 others were injured.
The Ukrainian military has bombed four bridges in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Video
On 7 July, the Ukrainian military carried out strikes on bridges in the Valuy District of the Belgorod Region in Russia. According to Russian sources, the damaged bridges were being used to supply Russian troops in the Kharkiv sector.
Russia has begun jamming Starlink in an attempt to disrupt the new tactics employed by Ukrainian attack drones
The Russian army has begun to deploy new electronic warfare systems on a large scale to jam the Starlink satellite internet service, which the Ukrainian military uses to control long-range attack drones.
‘General Chereshnya’ has doubled its drone production and is now manufacturing over 100,000 drones every month
The Ukrainian drone manufacturer ‘General Chereshnya’ has more than doubled its production capacity and now produces over 100,000 drones a month. This makes the company one of the largest manufacturers of FPV drones in Ukraine.
A criminal investigation has been launched following the shelling of Vyshneve. Investigations are ongoing — OGP
Following the shelling of Vyshneve in the Kyiv region on 6 July, which caused the most extensive damage to residential areas since the start of the full-scale invasion, the police have launched a criminal investigation.
Iran carried out strikes on US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait following the US attacks
Iran has announced strikes on US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait in response to US attacks on its territory. The day before, the US military reported strikes on Iranian military infrastructure following attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Russia attacked nine regions of Ukraine overnight; there have been fatalities, dozens of people have been injured and there has been widespread destruction
On the night of 8 July and throughout the following day, Russian forces carried out strikes on Kyiv and the regions of Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Sumy, Chernihiv and Donetsk. The attacks resulted in fatalities, with dozens of civilians injured, and damage to residential buildings, businesses, energy facilities and transport infrastructure.
A woman was killed and two people were injured in Kyiv following a night-time rocket attack
One person was killed and two others were injured as a result of the Russian missile attack on Kyiv on the night of 8 July. Fires broke out in the Sviatoshynskyi and Desnianskyi districts of the capital, and a tram depot was also damaged.
Russia’s largest oil refinery has halted operations following a drone attack
Following a drone attack, Russia’s largest oil refinery, the Omsk Oil Refinery, has halted oil processing. According to Reuters, the plant has completely halted production due to damage to key facilities.
The military airfield in Borisoglebsk, the oil refineries in Tatarstan and the Saratov Region – the results of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ drone attack Video
On the night of 8 July, Ukrainian drones attacked a number of oil and military facilities on Russian territory. According to monitoring channels, facilities in the Saratov Oblast, Tatarstan, the Krasnodar Krai, and the Voronezh and Rostov Oblasts were targeted.
The General Staff reported 271 combat engagements over the past 24 hours and identified the hottest sectors of the front
Over the past 24 hours, 271 combat engagements were recorded on the front line. The highest number of Russian attacks took place in the Pokrovsk, Sloviansk, Huliaipole and Kostiantynivka sectors.
The General Staff has updated the figures on Russian army casualties over the past 24 hours
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has lost a further 1,260 troops, as well as dozens of artillery pieces, vehicles and other weaponry. The updated figures were released by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
