Overview

• The General Staff logged 162 combat engagements on Oct. 8, with 37 Russian assault attempts on the Pokrovsk axis and heavy fighting also on the Alexanderivsk (formerly Novopavlivsk) sector.
• Russian attacks hit an energy facility in Chernihiv’s Nizhyn district, cutting power to about 4,500 consumers and forcing Ukrainian Railways to reroute and delay multiple services through the area.
• Ukraine’s energy minister said more than 26 attacks targeted energy facilities in a single day and urged partners to provide additional air-defense and electronic-warfare systems plus replacement equipment.
• Ukraine’s OSCE delegation warned of rising nuclear risks, citing a strike that caused a three-hour blackout affecting Chernobyl-area systems and prolonged power problems at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia plant.
• Regional authorities reported new civilian casualties and damage from shelling and drone strikes in Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Sumy oblasts, with fires, building damage and infrastructure hits documented.