[Vesti] May 8 is the 439th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Russia has once again massively attacked Ukraine - 35 strike UAVs attacked peaceful cities from the north. All drones have been destroyed.
Odessa region. Around midnight, the Russians attacked the Odessa region from Tu-22m3 bombers . A total of eight launches were carried out from the Crimea. Some of the missiles were shot down. The Russians hit the warehouse of one of the food enterprises and the recreation area on the Black Sea coast. There are no data on casualties yet.
08:00 . Kyiv region. As a result of a night attack on Kiev, five people were injured . In the Svyatoshinsky district, fragments of an UAV fell, damaging the facade of a residential building and a car. In the Solomensky district, a diesel fuel tank and cars in a parking lot were damaged. Also in the capital, probably due to debris, a gas pipe was damaged - a fire broke out, which has already been extinguished.
09:00 . Kharkov region. During the day, Russia launched air and missile strikes, fired artillery and mortars at the settlements of Kharkov, Kupyansky, Chuguevsky and Izyum regions. Seven civilians injured.
Donetsk region. At night, the Russians fired six missiles at the industrial zone of Kramatorsk - without casualties. Two civilians injured.
Kherson region. Russia fired 42 times at peaceful settlements in the Kherson region, firing 282 shells from artillery, MLRS, mortars, tanks and aircraft. During the day, two people were injured.
10:00 a.m. Odessa region. As a result of a missile attack on the Odessa region, three warehouse workers received minor injuries, they were treated on the spot. One person is considered missing, rescue work continues.
11:00 am . Odessa region. In the Odessa region, under the rubble of a warehouse destroyed as a result of an attack, they got the body of a security guard. Previously, he was considered missing.
12:00 . Kherson region. A 54-year-old woman, wounded during the shelling of Kherson on May 3, died in the hospital. The number of those killed as a result of massive shelling in the Kherson region that day increased to 24 people.
13:00 . Kherson region. The Russian army hit Antonovka: two people were injured - a 67-year-old woman and a 42-year-old head of the district. They were hospitalized. As a result of the shelling of Stanislav, 6 people were injured , including a child.
14:00 . Odessa region. In Odessa, a Russian rocket destroyed a Red Cross humanitarian aid depot. The fire completely destroyed the humanitarian aid that was in the warehouse. The work of the organization in the region was suspended.
15:00 . Nikolaevkskaya area. Due to rocket attacks on May 7, the mobile hospital of the Nikolaev regional organization of the KX was damaged. Part of the medical equipment, technical facilities and furniture that was there became unsuitable for further use. At present, the liquidation of the consequences of the shelling is underway. Over time, the hospital will work as usual, but in a different location.
16:00 . Odessa region. According to preliminary information, the shelling in the region was carried out by X-22 cruise missiles.
17:55 . In Odessa, the commander of a branch of one of the military units posed as a military commissar. For $2,500, he promised to make documents for the military man so that he could go abroad. After receiving a bribe, the commander was detained.
18:27 . Poland transferred 10 MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Defense Mariusz Blashak
18:49 . Ukraine's downing of the Kh-47 Kinzhal missile by the American Patriot indicates that this weapon has more noise than hypersonics. The Jerusalem Post writes about it.
19:20 . The Berlin Administrative Court upheld the complaint of the local police and banned the May 9 demonstration of Russian flags and symbols.
19:54 . In the Odessa region, as a result of Russian shelling on the night of May 8, a recreation center in the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district was destroyed. This is reported by the prosecutor's office of the region. Five neighboring bases and more than 20 private country houses were damaged.
20:30 . Russia Sends Museum Pieces to War in Ukraine - CNN. We are talking about tanks of the T-55 model, which were first adopted by the Red Army of the Soviet Union in 1948. Satellite images taken April 21-22 show that Russia was moving dozens of tanks from a warehouse at a base in Arsenyev in the country's Far East. They show that one of the tanks stored at the base is the T-55.
21:00 . The Russians launched a missile attack on the Pavlogradsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region . This was announced by the head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Council Nikolai Lukashuk
21:26 . In the temporarily occupied Skadovsk and several villages of the Kherson region, there is a curtailment of the activities of the occupation administrations. This is stated in the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:47 . Explosions are reported in Kharkov. Information is being verified
22:14 . The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published a video of the air defense operation during the drone attack on Kyiv on the night of May 8. According to the mayor of the city, Vitali Klitschko, Russian troops launched about 60 drones in Ukraine at night, 36 of them flew to Kyiv. All drones were shot down.
22:48 . Zakhar Prilepin's health condition remains stable, but he is still in the hospital, according to Russian media, citing his press secretary. The victim Prilepin also stated that the fact of the assassination attempt would not affect his activities and the decision to serve under the contract.