[NewsFrontInfo] 23:31 970 evacuated from dangerous areas of the Donetsk, Luhansk People's Republics and Ukraine to the territory of the Russian Federation.
22:09 The Russian Ka-52 demilitarizes the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Izyum direction from a roll-up.
18:20 Air raid sirens sound in the central and eastern regions of Ukraine. Local sources also reported the possible launch of cruise missiles from the Black Sea.
17:17 Several explosions sounded in the town of Bogodukhov northwest of Kharkov. There is a railway junction in the village, through which supplies of weapons and equipment of NATO countries for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine go.
15:51 In the Kharkiv region, the Russian military congratulated veterans and "children of the war" on the eve of Victory Day.
15:50 The Russian military discovered and seized a cache with weapons and ammunition left by Ukrainian saboteurs in one of the forest belts on the outskirts of Berdyansk.
15:33 In the city of Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, a peaceful life is being established. Small business is being restored in the city, there is electricity, two currencies are in use - hryvnia and rubles. There was fuel at the gas station. Residents of the city are actively preparing for the celebration of Victory Day, which they have been waiting for 8 years to freely celebrate it, proudly carrying the St. George ribbon in their hands.
13:53 Shoigu presented the gold stars of the Hero of Russia to the participants in the operation in Ukraine: the commander of the attack air regiment Litvinov and the navigator of the air regiment Dudin, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
13:20 The soldiers of the National Guard destroyed the caches with mines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 120mm mortar rounds were found at an abandoned Ukrainian military unit in the Zaporozhye region.
13:01 Russian Defense Ministry: A corvette of the Ukrainian Navy was destroyed by high-precision airborne missiles of the Aerospace Forces near Odessa.
12:42 Vladimir Putin sent congratulatory messages to foreign peoples and leaders on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War:
— Today, the common duty is to prevent the revival of Nazism, which brought so much suffering to people from different countries.
- In messages to the leaders of the DPR and LPR: today our servicemen, like their ancestors, are fighting shoulder to shoulder for the liberation of their native land from Nazi filth. As in 1945, victory will be ours.
— In his message to veterans of the Great Patriotic War and citizens of Ukraine, the president emphasized the inadmissibility of revenge on the ideological heirs of those who were defeated in the Great Patriotic War.
12:40 MelitopolreadySee you on May 9th! Fountains are working, billboards with congratulations, St. George ribbons and banners are everywhere) But the most important thing is that people on the streets are smiling!
11:51 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine. In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:
- 156 aircraft;
- 116 helicopters;
- 765 unmanned aerial vehicles;
- 297 anti-aircraft missile systems;
- 2927 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles;
- 335 rocket launchers;
- 1393 field artillery and mortar guns;
- 2746 units of special military vehicles.
11:40 in Melitopolwill passmarch of the Immortal Regiment.
11:05 High-precision missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a corvette of the Ukrainian Navy in the Odessa region - the Russian Defense Ministry. Highlights from the briefing:
In total, 4 Ukrainian aircraft, 3 UAVs and 4 helicopters were destroyed in the Odessa area in a day, including those with troops on board.
Rocket troops and artillery hit 56 command posts, 32 artillery firing positions, 415 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The command post of a mechanized brigade in the Pyatikhatka area of ​​the Kharkiv region and the communications center of the Chervonoglinskoye military airfield were also destroyed.
10:49 Two more Ukrainian Su-24 bombers and one Mi-24 helicopter were destroyed over Snake Island - the Russian Defense Ministry.
10:30 Konstantin Knyrik on the Walk of Fame in Kherson, which is decorated with portraits of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War from the Kherson region. The posters were made in Crimea by order of News Front. The EU flag came in handy as a cleaning cloth. For the last 8 years, portraits of the "heavenly hundred" have been hanging here.
10:10 EffectsAPU strike on the city of Naked Pristan in the Kherson region. The servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a criminal missile strike with the Tochka-U tactical missile system, endangering civilians. One house, where a family with a child lived, was completely destroyed. Ten more buildings were damaged, including the home of a labor veteran. Local residents suffered. Currently, the municipal services of the city have begun to eliminate the consequences of the missile attack.
10:02 For the second day in a row, the RF Armed Forces have been attacking air defense position areas in Odessa and its environs. Along the perimeter of the city there are four stationary batteries of the S-125 Pechora-2D air defense system. By May 7, three batteries had three launchers each, and another had four launchers. As a result of yesterday's strikes, two launchers were destroyed. The loss of personnel of the Ukrainian air defense forces amounted to 11 people killed and 18 people wounded. Today, Novaya Dofinovka and another air defense position area were struck, this time to the east of Odessa.
10:00 Losses of the Ukrainian side as a result of a special military operation of the RF Armed Forces on May 8, 2022:
During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 425 people killed, wounded and captured. The total losses in killed, wounded and captured in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, NGU and State Border Service are over 52 thousand people.
10 tanks, 22 armored vehicles, 25 field artillery and mortar guns, 1 MLRS, 31 vehicles and special equipment, 3 aircraft, 3 helicopters, 11 UAVs and 1 boat were lost.
09:43 Zaporozhye was closed for exits. The administration reports that such a measure was introduced in connection with the tense security situation.
09:04 Ukrainian troops launched a missile attack on civilians in the city of Golaya Pristan in the Kherson region. As a result, there are victims - the Russian Ministry of Defense.
08:20 Yesterday in Konstantinovka, the headquarters of the nationalists was destroyed by a missile strike. Command staff died.
08:12 An air raid alert is sounding almost throughout Ukraine.