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During the day, the Russians fought in Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Luhansk regions
2022-09-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] The enemy fired mortars at Sumy at night.

by Iryna Lysohor


The night was relatively calm in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Zaporizhia Oblasts, Cherkasy Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, Kyiv Oblast and Zhytomyr Oblast.

At night there was shelling of the Myropil community of the Sumy region : 13 mortar attacks. In advance - without consequences. Over the past day, the Russians released 140 mines and projectiles of various calibers in the region, and there were also about 70 shots from small arms. They were beaten in the territories of Novoslobidska, Bilopolska, Myropilska, Shalyginska, Esmanska, Znob-Novgorodska, Seredino-Budska communities, according to a summary from the regional military administrations as of 8 am.

In Dnipropetrovsk, the enemy again shelled the Nikopol district , targeting Nikopol and the Marganets community. There were no deaths or injuries. The extent of the destruction is being ascertained. In Kryvyi Rih at night, the State Emergency Service extinguished a fire that occurred at an oil depot due to the arrival of a Russian rocket yesterday morning.

After midnight, the Russians launched a rocket attack on the Nemyshlyan district of Kharkiv , hitting a two-story building, which resulted in partial damage to nearby buildings. No losses. As a result of the shelling, the building of the car wash and the car were on fire. Nearby buildings of a cafe, a shop, a tailor shop and two cars were damaged. One rocket hit the ground.

In the region, the occupiers carried out intensive attacks in the Bogodukhiv, Chuguiv, Kharkiv, and Izyum districts. The enemy launched a rocket attack on the Pechenegs of the Chuguyiv district. Two people were injured. There is destruction of private sector houses. This morning, a rocket strike was recorded in the city of Zmiiv, a rocket hitting the ground near a medical institution, without casualties.

In Luhansk, the Russians resorted to ground military operations several times in the past , engaging in close combat with the defenders of Luhansk region near Bilogorivka and Verkhnyokamenka. In addition, during the night, the occupiers launched a rocket attack (two rockets in the direction of Kostyantynivka), nine artillery shells and four mortar shells were fired. Twice the occupiers used MLRS. There were four attempted tank attacks.

In the Donetsk region, a school and a high-rise building in Slovyansk , a medical facility in Kramatorsk, a private house in Kostyantynivka, the residential sector and farms in Vasyukivka, Rozdolivka, and Bakhmutsky were damaged as a result of shelling . Information about the victims has not yet been received.

Over the past day, artillery fire, Grad anti-aircraft missile defense system, S-300 anti-aircraft missile. The villages of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Kurakhove were fired upon. Khromov, village Epiphany, p. Georgiivka, village Kostyantynivka. Three Ukrainians were killed and two were wounded. The region remains without gas and partly without water and electricity. Mandatory evacuation of the population continues.

In the Mykolayiv region, Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed four X-101 air-to-surface missiles fired with the use of strategic aviation from the northern part of the Caspian Sea over the past day; an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle "Orlan-10" was shot down. As a result of shelling of the village Kutsurub damaged several residential buildings. There are no casualties. Shelling of territories and nearby settlements of Berezneguvatska and Shirokivska communities continues. Over the past day, the hits were outside the borders of populated areas. Information on damage and victims is being clarified.

Last day in the territory of the Kherson region. it was loud , during the day an air raid alert was announced several times, and hostilities continued in almost all districts, which residents were periodically informed about. In the temporarily occupied villages bordering the de-occupied ones, the Russians dug trenches and shelled neighboring settlements. On the air of their propaganda media, the occupiers promote the resumption of education in schools and once again promise a payment of 10,000 rubles for each child between the ages of 6 and 18.

We will remind you that yesterday the defense forces of Ukraine eliminated 460 invaders , shot down one plane and helicopter and five cruise missiles. 20 tanks were also destroyed.

As a result of Russian shelling in Slavyansk, three people died, a school and a house were damaged (updated)

[LB] Three victims of the Russian attack were found under the rubble of a high-rise building.

by Iryna Gamalii


In Slovyansk , Donetsk region , the entrance of a residential building was destroyed as a result of enemy shelling. Rescue operations are underway, information about the victims is being clarified.

This was announced on Facebook by the head of the city's military-civilian administration, Vadym Lyakh.

"Wednesday, September 7. We have a bad morning again. Two hits. Cherevkivka, 4th school. Fortunately, no victims. Torska Street, building 43. The entrance has "collapsed". There may be people under the rubble. Rescue work is underway The number of victims is currently unknown," Lyakh noted.

He added that neighboring houses were damaged by the shock wave.

Update 18:11. As a result of this attack, three civilians were killed, the Prosecutor General's Office reported .

"The invaders' shells hit private homes, a school, and a high-rise building, under the rubble of which two men and a woman died. Search and rescue operations are ongoing," the prosecutor's office said.

Update 15:56. The body of a dead man was found under the rubble.

Update 10:45 am. According to the information of the National Police of the Donetsk region, in Slovyansk, a school, an otolaryngological hospital, the building of the Station of Young Technicians and a high-rise building were destroyed. Police and rescue workers are working at the site, clearing the rubble of the building.

"At least three people remain under the rubble - two men and a woman, all civilians," the report says.

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