Overview
- Dnipropetrovsk region continues large-scale outages and service disruptions, with about 250,000 customers still without heat and roughly 20,000 without water as restoration crews reconnect systems.
- Kryvyi Rih sustained a combined rocket-and-drone strike, including two Iskander-M hits on residential blocks, injuring 17 people including three children and damaging 29 apartment buildings as power and heat were partially knocked out.
- Zaporizhzhia’s electricity was largely restored within hours of the January 7 strike, though the regional utility urged residents to limit heavy appliance use due to a still-fragile grid.
- Frontline combat remained intense on January 8, with the General Staff reporting 142 engagements by evening and 27 Russian assault attempts on the Pokrovsk axis as Ukrainian forces held their positions.
- Authorities activated large-scale emergency support and winter storm measures, opening over 1,500 heating points and restricting traffic on key routes, while the U.S. Embassy advised residents to be ready to shelter from a major air assault.