Overview

• Damaged but still passable, the Korabelniy road bridge remains under constant kamikaze, artillery and guided-bomb fire, prompting more evacuations of island residents
• Ukraine’s Air Force shot down 82 of 108 Russian drones overnight on August 7–8, sustaining defensive lines along the Dnieper, repelling any crossing attempts
• Russia launched 723 strikes in Zaporizhzhia, causing three deaths and 13 injuries; nearly 110 strikes across 47 settlements in Sumy resulted in civilian casualties and property damage; a drone raid on Dnipro wounded four and ignited fires
• Kherson officials say utility cutoffs have worsened daily, leading to scheduled water deliveries of just two hours per day as damaged power lines and high drone activity block repairs
• Ukrainian commanders dismiss any immediate risk of a Russian amphibious landing on Korabel, stressing that anti-landing units can detect and neutralize assault groups before they cross