In the Kramatorsk district of Donetsk region, an enemy FPV drone attacked a minibus, injuring three civilians. The victims, including the driver and two passengers, were taken to the hospital with mine-blast injuries and burns.
Emergency rescue operations have been completed in Dnipro after the night Russian attack. The body of a man was recovered from under the rubble of a high-rise building; in total, 3 people died and 12 were injured, including 2 children.
116 combat engagements have been recorded at the front, with the enemy actively operating in the Pokrovsk, Sloviansk, and Kostiantynivka directions. Ukrainian forces repelled dozens of attacks, but fighting continues in many areas of the front.
Ukrzaliznytsia denies reducing train traffic in Poltava region, despite infrastructure damage. The company assures that all train traffic is maintained and infrastructure is being restored.
The enemy launched the most massive attack on Ukrainian thermal power plants since the beginning of the war, completely destroying generation. This happened less than a month after the previous strike.
The commander of the unmanned systems unit, suspected of negligent attitude to service, which led to the death of 12 servicemen and 7 civilians, was remanded in custody without the right to bail. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
In Ternopil, a conscript, while intoxicated, tried to escape from the TCC, but fell while attempting to descend from the 5th floor. He was hospitalized in intensive care, where he remains in stable condition.
Street fighting continues in Pokrovsk, Russian invaders are trying to advance to the north of the city, disguising themselves in civilian clothes. Ukrainian military managed to partially restore logistics and deliver ammunition.
The commander of an unmanned systems unit has been notified of suspicion over the death of 12 servicemen and 7 civilians during a ceremony in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The officer failed to ensure the event was stopped after an air raid alert was announced, which led to a missile and drone strike.
The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the destruction of an S-400 "Triumph" launcher and an occupiers' ammunition depot in Crimea on October 6, 2025. The SOF Resistance Movement obtained intelligence on the location of the 18th Russian army's ammunition depot in the village of Udachne near Simferopol, which was hit by SOF drones.
Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko reported on Russia's night attack on critical infrastructure in Kyiv and 8 regions. In Dnipro, a strike drone hit a residential building, killing one person and injuring 10.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On the evening of November 7, Russians shelled a gas station in the Pisochyn community in Kharkiv Oblast, presumably with KAB aerial bombs. Five people were injured, including a police officer, and the gas station and cars were damaged.
During the day, 170 combat engagements took place, Russian troops launched 55 air strikes and used 3,074 kamikaze drones. Ukrainian defenders repelled numerous attacks in various directions, destroying 110 occupiers and a significant amount of enemy equipment in the Pokrovsk direction.
The President of Ukraine approved the appointment of Yuriy Cherevashenko as the commander of unmanned air defense systems. Minister of Defense Denys Shmyhal has already signed the relevant order.
Newly appointed Nigerian Army Commander Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu announced intensified military operations in the country's northeast. This came after US President Donald Trump threatened military action if the government failed to stop religious violence.
A young man was rescued from the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. The family was forced to hide their son from conscription into the Russian army after he turned 18.
The European Investment Bank has provided Ukraine with 100 million euros to strengthen economic resilience and restore municipal heating infrastructure. 70 million euros will be allocated to a loan program for businesses, and 30 million euros will be used for the repair and modernization of heating systems.
A local ceasefire has been established near the Russian-occupied ZNPP to repair a 330 kV backup power line. The line is scheduled to be restored on November 8, which should prevent a nuclear accident.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the preparation of new contracts for servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The basic financial support for them will be 50-60 thousand hryvnias, and the term of the contracts will vary from 1 to 5 years.
President Zelenskyy reported 220 assaults on Pokrovsk in three days, with 314 Russian servicemen inside the city. The enemy reduced activity, reorienting the strike to Myrnohrad.
The head of the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center, Colonel Ants Kiviselg, stated that the change in weather did not affect the course of the war, and Russia is preparing new winter strikes on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure. The front line remains stable, but the Russian Federation continues to pressure Ukrainian positions, especially around Pokrovsk.
Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie received gratitude from the border guards of the 7th Carpathian Border Detachment for her constant support of Ukraine. She was presented with a set of national symbols and a coin of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
