Russia – Ukraine war updates as of October 8, 2024

Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of October 8, 2024.

958 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 3,871 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. October 8, 2024 regarding the Russian invasion.

The nine hundred and fifty-eighth day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

172 combat clashes were recorded along the entire front during the last day. Pokrovsky and Kurakhivsky directions remain the hottest.

Yesterday, in total, the Russian aggressor carried out four missile strikes (seven missiles), 72 airstrikes (including 122 air defense systems) and 1,508 shahed attack drone strikes on the positions of our troops and populated areas, carried out 4,420 attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas.

The areas of the settlements of Yablunivka, Katerynivka, Obody, Zolochiv, Kupyansk, Tverdohlibove, Serebryansk Forestry, Stupochki, Nikonorivka, Petrivka, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivka, Oleksandropil, Tarasivka, Kalinove, Mala Tokmachka, Orihiv, Zaporizhzhia were hit by enemy airstrikes.

Yesterday, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces struck three vehicles and six areas of concentration of enemy personnel and equipment, the PMM base and destroyed the Osa air defense system.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continued active actions, a total of six combat clashes took place. Fighting took place in the areas of Staritsa and Vovchansk settlements.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our units 25 times. The main efforts of the invaders were made in the areas of Sinkivka, Novoselivka, Hlushkivka, Lozova and Kruglyakivka.

In the Lyman direction, our troops repelled 20 attacks by the occupiers near Makiivka, Grekivka, Nevsky, Novosadovo, Torsky, and in Serebryansk Forest.

In the Kramatorsk direction, our soldiers stopped four attempts by the enemy to break through our defenses in the Chasiv Yar and Stupochky areas of the Donetsk region.

In the Toretsk direction, with the support of aviation, the enemy carried out 12 attacks near the settlements of Toretsk, Dilyivka and Nelipivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 26 assault and offensive actions. The enemy concentrated its efforts in the areas of Lysivka and Selidovoy, where it carried out more than half of its attacks. In addition, attempts by the occupiers to advance were stopped near Novotoretsk, Kalinovoy, Krutoy Yar, Novogrodivka, and Mykolaivka in the Donetsk region.

In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Tsukuryny, Zhelany Drugy, Hirnyk, Novoselidivka, Gostroy, Georgiyivka, and Katerynivka, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops 37 times.

In the direction of Vremivsk, the aggressor carried out three assaults on our positions in the direction of Bogoyavlenka, Donetsk region.

Two unsuccessful attempts to attack Ukrainian units were repelled by the defenders of the Ukrainian land in the Orihiv direction near Robotyne.

In the Dnieper direction, our defenders harshly stopped seven attempts by the occupiers to advance on the line occupied by Ukrainian troops.

There were no significant changes on the Gulyaipole and Siversky directions. The enemy carries out permanent attacks on civilian infrastructure, the positions of our troops, and uses aviation.

On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. There were no signs of the formation of offensive groups of invaders.

On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, shelling populated areas from the territory of the russian Federation, conducting sabotage and reconnaissance activities.

Defense forces continue the operation in the Kursk region. According to available data, the Russian occupiers carried out 17 airstrikes, using 24 anti-aircraft missiles in Kursk region.

Our soldiers inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying forces, exhaust the enemy along the entire line of battle and in its rear.

So, last day the total losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,340 soldiers. Our soldiers also destroyed seven tanks, 30 armored combat vehicles, 47 artillery systems, an air defense vehicle, 43 operational-tactical UAVs, 3 missiles, 83 vehicles and nine units of special equipment.

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