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Russia – Ukraine war updates as of May 8, 2025

Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of May 8, 2025.

1,170 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,083 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. May 8, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.

The 1170th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 196 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.

Yesterday, the enemy launched two missile strikes using two missiles on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, as well as 89 air strikes, in particular, dropping 157 guided bombs. In addition, it carried out more than six thousand attacks, 151 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 2,891 kamikaze drones to strike.

The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, in the areas of the settlements of Boyaro-Lezhachi in the Sumy region; Volodymyrivka, Kostyantynivka, Novopil in the Donetsk region; Malynivka, Hulyaipole, Temyrivka, Novodarivka, Vysoke, Kamianske in the Zaporizhia region; Kozatske in the Kherson region.

Over the past day, the aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck ten areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, two control points for unmanned aerial vehicles, six artillery systems, one fuel and lubricants warehouse and a radar station of the Russian invaders.

In the Kharkiv direction, the aggressor stormed the positions of our defenders 11 times near Vovchansk, Vovchanskiye Khutory and Kamyanka.

In the Kupyansk direction, six attacks by the invaders took place over the past day. The defense forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions in the areas of Hlushkivka, Nova Kruglyakivka and Zagryzove.

In the Lymansk direction, the enemy attacked 24 times. He tried to advance near Kopanki, Hrekivka, Kolodyazy, as well as in the directions of Ridkodub, Novy Mir and Olhivka.

In the Siversky direction, during the day, the enemy carried out six attacks on the positions of our units near Verkhnokamyansky and Bilogorivka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, ten combat clashes were recorded in the areas of Bila Hora, Chasiv Yar and Predtechyny.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks near Shcherbynivka, Toretsk and in the direction of Diliivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 61 offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of Yelizavetivka, Pokrovsk, Troitsky, Malynivka, Lysivka, Kotlyny, Zvirovy, Udachny, Novosergiivka, Novooleksandrivka, Nadiivka, Bohdanivka, Andriivka, as well as in the directions of Bahatyr, Romanivka, Oleksiivka, Novaya Poltavka and Kotlyarivka.

In the Novopavlivske direction, the Defense Forces repelled 32 attacks on the positions of our troops near Konstantinopol, Novosilka, Vilny Pole, as well as in the directions of Novopol, Bahatyr and Odradne.

In the Hulyaipole direction, the enemy made one futile attempt to advance towards the settlement of Vysoke in the past day.

In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders successfully repelled seven enemy attacks in the Stepeve, Kamiansky and Shcherbaky areas.

In the past day, the enemy made one unsuccessful attempt to advance in the Prydniprovske direction.

In the operational zone in Kurshchyna, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 19 attacks by Russian invaders in the past day. In addition, the enemy launched seven air strikes using 19 guided bombs, and also carried out 325 artillery attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, including one from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the formation of offensive enemy groups have been detected.

Our soldiers inflict significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment and actively undermine the offensive potential of the enemy in the rear.

In general, the losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 1,200 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized two tanks, ten armored combat vehicles, 50 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, one air defense system, 141 unmanned aerial vehicles of the operational-tactical level, 120 vehicles and two units of special equipment of the invaders.

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