Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22.45 Russian military attempted to approach the city of Sudzha in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation via a gas pipeline. They were discovered by Ukrainian paratroopers and are now being destroyed. This was reported by the Ukrainian Airborne Assault Troops.
21:53 Ukraine expects that the talks with US representatives in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia will be productive and its interests will be taken into account. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an evening video address.
20.57 Russian aggressors prepared their attack on the city of Dobropillya in Donetsk region well. That is why it became one of the most brutal. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in his evening video address.
18.47 The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command is in control of the situation in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, and the information about a massive breakthrough of the Ukrainian border by Russians in the Sumy region is not true. This was reported by Ukrayinska Pravda with reference to a comment from the press service of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
17.42 Due to new Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed and five others were wounded. This was reported by the head of the local OVA Vadim Filashkin. Pokrovsk and Konstantinovka were hit.
17.17 Since the beginning of the current day, 101 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 10 directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the details in the operational summary as of 16:00.
16:40 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Saudi Arabia next Monday, but will not meet with American negotiators. He announced this on the social network X. The head of state also named the composition of the Ukrainian delegation for the talks on March 11.
15.56 Ukrainian paratroopers in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation set up an ambush for Russian attack aircraft that were trying to attack through a local gas pipeline. This was reported by the officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Miroslav Gai.
15.25 The number of civilian casualties as a result of the Russian missile strike on the city of Dobropillya in Donetsk Oblast has reached 40 people. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
14:56 There is currently no record of a mass breakthrough of the border between Novyenkiy and Zhuravka in Sumy region. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation. As is known, the network is spreading information about a mass breakthrough of the Russian army on the border of Sumy region. The Center verified this information in the Kursk group of troops and reported that the enemy is still trying to act in individual groups of several people. The main goal of such groups is to consolidate their positions on Ukrainian territory and expand the combat zone. The Ukrainian Defense Forces are effectively destroying such groups.
14:15 Defense forces destroyed enemy communication antennas and a Russian video surveillance system in the Kharkiv region. This was reported by the operational-strategic group of forces (OSGV) Khortytsia, which published a video. It is noted that in the Vovchansk direction, the Skorpion unit, in cooperation with RUBpAK Furia, successfully destroyed the takeoff point of enemy drones, two communication antennas and a Murom-M video surveillance system, which the enemy tried to disguise as a birdhouse.
13:50 The Ukrainian command is not planning to withdraw troops from the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing its own sources. According to the publication's sources, measures are being taken to stabilize the situation and countermeasures are being planned.
12.56 Russians dropped five aerial bombs on the city of Konstantinovka, wounding four civilians. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin. According to him, local residents aged 29 to 48 were wounded. Seven multi-story buildings, four private houses, four administrative buildings, a pharmacy, a store, six power lines and two gas pipelines were also damaged in the city.
12.41 An official of the State Space Agency who worked for the Russians has been detained. This was reported by the SBU on March 8. The defendant had secret information about domestic strategic enterprises, as well as access to secret satellite images.
12:20 In the Leningrad region (Russia), the Kirishinefteorgsintez (KINEF) oil refinery was attacked on the night of March 8. This was reported by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, Andrei Kovalenko.
10.53 Russian troops attacked Ukraine with missiles and dozens of drones in six directions on the night of March 8. Air defense shot down more than half of the drones and a missile. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force. The downing of an Iskander-K cruise missile and 79 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones was confirmed. 54 enemy drone imitators were lost.
9.50 Over the past 24 hours, 124 combat clashes have occurred on the front. More enemy attacks have been recorded in the Kursk region, as well as in the Toretsk direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the operational zone in the Kursk region, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine have repelled 26 attacks by Russian invaders over the past 24 hours.
8.52 Russian occupiers lost 1,000 soldiers in the war against Ukraine in one day. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also destroyed 24 artillery systems, 113 vehicles and 148 enemy UAVs. This was reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
8.37 The death toll from the Russian airstrike on Bogodukhov has risen to three. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov. According to him, all the dead are civilian men. A rescue operation is underway at the site of the strike.
8.16 In Zaporozhye, on the night of March 8, as a result of the fall of fragments of a Russian drone on the territory of a private enterprise, a large-scale fire with a total area of ​​400 square meters broke out. This was reported by the State Emergency Service. The fire engulfed the welding shop and auxiliary buildings. The blast wave damaged two nearby cars.
7.45 At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded as a result of enemy shelling of Dobropillya in Donetsk Oblast. This was reported by the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Donetsk Oblast. As a result of the shelling, 8 five-story residential buildings, an administrative building and 30 cars were damaged, fires broke out in two five-story buildings and administrative buildings.
7.23 At about 2 a.m. on March 8, Russians used a drone to strike a civilian enterprise in Bogodukhov, Kharkiv Oblast, killing one person and injuring seven others. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
01.48 Russian occupiers launched a massive drone attack on Odessa in the evening of March 7. As a result of the massive drone attack, fires broke out in Odessa. A hangar with agricultural machinery, a service station building, a car shop, solar panels in an open area, and a four-story industrial building burned. Critical infrastructure was also damaged. According to preliminary data, there are no victims or injured.
00.30 Maxar Technologies has confirmed that it has cut off Ukraine's access to its satellite imagery after the United States government decided to temporarily suspend Ukrainian accounts in the Global Enhanced Geospatial Data Delivery (GEGD) program. The program provides individual users with access to commercial satellite imagery that Maxar produces for the U.S. government.