Fishermen from France, Sweden, and Denmark are sending used fishing nets to Ukraine to protect against Russian drones. The Breton charity Kernic Solidarités has already delivered 280 kilometers of nets, which are used to protect military personnel and civilians along the front line.
Near Lyon, a man discovered gold coins and ingots worth €700,000 while digging a swimming pool. The treasure has no archaeological value, so the man kept it.
The German government plans to approve the purchase of defense equipment worth over 3 billion euros. The funds will go towards missiles for the IRIS-T SLM air defense system, 20 light Airbus combat helicopters, and 100,000 night vision devices.
In occupied Melitopol, schoolchildren are studying a new subject, "Ensuring Security and Defending the Motherland," where they assemble and program attack UAVs. This course is taught by collaborator Oleksandr Peredriy, who underwent training in Sevastopol.
The European Commission proposes to permanently freeze Russian assets in the EU and use the proceeds to finance Ukraine. Rejection of this plan could lead to annual EU expenditures of 5.6 billion euros, affecting the deficit and debt of individual states.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha stated that Russia attacked substations supplying electricity to the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants. He called for an urgent meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors.
Since the beginning of November 8, there have been 185 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops. The most active battles were recorded in the Pokrovsk, Pivdenno-Slobozhansk, and Oleksandrivka directions.
The Portuguese Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) has ruled that Belarusian citizens who were under temporary protection in the country after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine must leave Portuguese territory. They have 20 days to voluntarily depart, otherwise they may be deported.
Over the past day, 181 combat engagements took place on the Russian-Ukrainian front. The enemy launched one missile and 74 air strikes, used ten missiles, dropped 164 guided aerial bombs, and engaged 6,184 kamikaze drones.
On November 7, the Russian army lost 1190 servicemen and 98 units of equipment. The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 08.11.25 amount to 1,150,100 people.
On the night of November 8, the Russian army attacked the energy infrastructure of Poltava region, injuring one person. Emergency power, water, and heat outages have been introduced in some cities in the region.
In Kharkiv, metro train traffic has been temporarily suspended due to electricity supply interruptions. Stations are operating as shelters, and ground transport has been reoriented to carry passengers.
On November 7, Hamas handed over the body of a suspected hostage from the Gaza Strip to Israel through the mediation of the Red Cross. The body was delivered to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine for identification.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, commanders of the 1152nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Federation sell soldiers who refuse to participate in assaults into forced labor to collaborators. They are listed as "missing in action" and transferred to unpaid work in the rear, for which the commanders receive money.
As a result of the night air attack on Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions, the railway is operating under difficult conditions. A number of trains are changing routes, some services have been temporarily canceled.
As a result of an airstrike by an enemy guided aerial bomb on the Pisochyn community in the Kharkiv region, 8 people were injured. In the village of Korotych, a gas station building was destroyed, several cars were damaged, and all the injured were hospitalized.
On November 8, warm weather is expected in Ukraine under the influence of an anticyclone. Localized rain and fog are forecast, with air temperatures rising to 17 degrees Celsius.
Russia attacked Odesa region with attack drones, which led to a fire at an energy infrastructure facility. The liquidation was complicated by repeated air raid alerts; there were no dead or injured.
Satellite images have shown that China is actively expanding missile production facilities, increasing their area by more than 2 million square meters since 2020. More than 60% of the 136 missile industry or Chinese Rocket Force facilities show signs of expansion.
As a result of a night attack on Dnipro by a Russian kamikaze drone, one woman was killed and 10 people were injured. The strike hit a nine-story building, destroying apartments from the 4th to the 6th floors.
The European Union plans to establish a Center for Democratic Resilience to counter disinformation from Russia and other authoritarian regimes. This step is a response to the intensification of hybrid attacks and the spread of fake materials on social networks.
On the night of November 8, in Kyiv's Pecherskyi district, drone debris fell in the courtyard of a residential building. As a result, a fire broke out in two areas, with cars catching fire.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued arrest warrants for 37 Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing them of "genocide" and "crimes against humanity" in Gaza. Among those accused are also Defense Minister Israel Katz and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Explosions were heard in Kyiv on the night of November 8 during an air raid alert. The city authorities reported that air defense forces are working on Russian drones.
DPRK Defense Minister No Kwang Chol announced readiness for "more decisive and aggressive measures" in response to the arrival of the US aircraft carrier USS George Washington in Busan and the visit of US and South Korean officials to the demilitarized zone. This followed the DPRK's launch of a ballistic missile and a dozen rockets from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula, the Russian authorities are launching a digital control campaign, forcing employees of state and educational institutions to install the Russian messenger "Max". Refusal threatens disciplinary action, and management reports daily on compliance, which is a tool for surveillance and an element of a broader digital occupation strategy.
American geneticist James Watson died at the age of 97 in East Northport. He was one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 and a Nobel laureate in 1962.
On the night of November 8, energy infrastructure facilities in Russia's Volgograd region were attacked by drones. Some settlements were left without electricity.
Democrats in the US Congress are calling on Prince Andrew, King Charles III's younger brother, to appear for questioning regarding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has invited him to provide testimony in an investigation concerning Epstein's associates.
As a result of the Russian attack on Dnipro on the night of November 8, an apartment building was damaged, and 7 people, including two children, were injured. There is also destruction in the Samarivskyi district, Pavlohrad, and Synelnykivskyi district.
