On the night of October 8, Russian invaders tried to attack Ukraine with drones.
In particular, during the drone attack, residents of Odessa heard explosions.
Read more about the main events of the night and morning of October 8 in the ICTV Facts collection.
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- Drone attack on Ukraine
- Explosions in Odessa
- Explosions in Sumy
- Russians entered the outskirts of Toretsk: fighting continues
- Ukraine received artillery shells purchased with funds Slovaks
Drone attack on Ukraine
On the night of October 8, Russian occupiers launched drones over the territory of Ukraine.
At 00:43, the Air Force reported the movement of Shahids in the Kherson region in the direction of the Black Sea heading for the Odessa region.
The threat of using attack UAVs was for the Nikolaev and Odessa regions. The Armed Forces warned about the possible work of air defense forces.
There was also a threat of the use of enemy drones for the Zaporizhzhya, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions.
Around 2 a.m., a new group of Shaheeds was flying in the Black Sea, heading for Chornomorsk.
At 3:23 a.m., the Air Force reported the movement of UAVs in the Odessa region, on a northwesterly course.
That night, the threat of enemy drones was also for the Kirovograd, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Khmelnytsky and Kharkiv regions.
At around 5 a.m., Shaheeds in Sumy region were moving in the Sumy region.
At 5:12 a.m., Shaheeds from Odessa region flew near the border with Moldova and were moving in the direction of Vinnytsia region. Also, the Shaheeds were in the Khmelnytsky region.
Later, the Armed Forces reported a threat of enemy UAVs for the Ternopil and Rivne regions.
Explosions in Odessa
Tonight, October 8, explosions thundered during a drone attack in Odessa.
Residents of the city heard the explosion at about 1 a.m. The day before, the Air Force reported a threat of enemy UAVs.
The air raid siren was announced in Odessa at 00:54.
The mayor called on citizens to stay in safe places until lights out.
It should be noted that several hours before the drone attack, the enemy launched ballistic missiles at Odessa.
One missile hit the civilian vessel OPTIMA under the flag of Palau. According to the chairman of the OVA, Oleg Kiper, a port worker, a 60-year-old Ukrainian, died. Five foreigners were injured.
Explosions in Sumy
On the night of October 8, explosions thundered in Sumy. This happened after the air raid alarm was announced.
Russian invaders attacked the city with guided bombs from the temporarily occupied part of Zaporozhye.
After a series of explosions in Sumy region and the subsequent threat of repeated launch of bombs and missiles, city residents were urged to remain in shelters until the all-clear.
Russians entered the outskirts of Toretsk: fighting continues
Anastasia Bobovnikova, press secretary of the Operational-Tactical Group Luhansk, reported that Russian soldiers entered the outskirts of Toretsk in Donetsk region. However, Ukrainian defenders are trying to prevent their advance.
– The hottest part now (in the zone of correspondence of the OTG – Ed.) is in the Toretsk direction. Fighting is taking place in Toretsk itself. The situation is unstable, battles are being fought for literally every entrance, – said Bobovnikova.
According to her, it is now difficult to assess what part of Toretsk is controlled by Russian troops.
However, it is known that the invaders entered the eastern outskirts of the city of Toretsk and advanced somewhat along Tsentralnaya Street, in the direction of the Tsentralnaya mine.
As Bobovnikova noted, the situation is constantly changing, sometimes the Ukrainian Armed Forces are recapturing their firing points, sometimes they are destroying ours somewhere.
“But we are constantly restoring them and trying to return what the occupiers have captured, and we are not letting them advance with all our might, no matter what it costs us,” the press secretary of the Operational-Tactical Group Lugansk summed up.
Ukraine received artillery shells purchased with funds from the Slovaks
Ammunition was delivered to Ukraine, which citizens of Slovakia collected more than 4 million euros. Another 500 thousand euros will be used to purchase grenade launcher rounds.
The initiator of the fundraising for ammunition for Ukraine, Fedir Blashchak, said that 122 tons of ammunition were purchased for this money. They were delivered to the logistics warehouse in six trucks, from where they were picked up by the Ukrainian side.
70 thousand Slovaks joined the collection.
The collection was opened after the Slovak government announced that it would not join the Czech initiative to collect funds for the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine.
About 4-5 months passed from the start of the collection to the transfer of shells to Ukraine.
According to the initiator of the collection, there are still 500 thousand euros left, which will be used in the near future. A new contract has already been signed for this, but these are smaller grenades for grenade launchers. They are expected to be delivered by the end of the year.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 958 days.
The situation in the cities can be monitored on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and the map of air raids in Ukraine.
