Overview

• Ukrainian General Staff recorded 200 combat engagements on October 7, including one missile strike, 82 airstrikes, 5,012 shelling incidents and the use of 6,159 kamikaze drones.
• By 16:00 on October 8, at least 107 clashes had occurred, with 25 Russian assaults concentrated on the Pokrovsk axis and continued pressure on the Novopavlivsk sector.
• Night attacks hit energy and rail facilities in Poltava and Sumy regions, prompting power outages across five regions and route changes or delays on multiple Nizhyn‑direction trains, according to Ukrenergo and Ukrzaliznytsia.
• Southern commanders report a tendency toward escalation with increased drone and artillery strikes; Kherson authorities say over 1,500 drones were launched at the region in a week with about 77% intercepted, and the Navy reports no confirmed signs of a large river-crossing operation.
• Regional officials reported civilian casualties and infrastructure damage in Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk regions, while satellite data showed a large fire persisting at the Feodosia oil terminal in occupied Crimea after a reported drone attack.