News War in Ukraine
As a result of a series of Ukrainian Defense Forces strikes on the Kapustin Yar test range in Russia’s Astrakhan region, several facilities were damaged.
During the night of February 8, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a logistics warehouse of an enemy unit near occupied Rozivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
During the night of February 8 (starting from 18:00 on February 7), the enemy launched 101 strike UAVs of types Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, and others from the directions of Kursk, Orel, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Shatalovo in Russia.
Over the past day, the combat losses of the aggressor state amounted to 1,040 personnel and 8 artillery systems.
During January, unmanned systems of Ukraine’s Defense Forces demonstrated extremely high effectiveness, eliminating nearly 29.7 thousand Russian servicemen. This exceeds the enemy’s mobilization rate, as Russia recruited only 22 thousand people over the month.
The President of Ukraine held a coordination meeting on the consequences of the massive Russian strike. The enemy used more than 400 strike UAVs and nearly 40 missiles, deliberately targeting facilities critical for the operation of nuclear power plants.
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale to Ukraine of spare parts and components for previously transferred American weapons systems.
During the night of Saturday, February 7, Russian occupation forces carried out a combined strike with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles of various types targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky reported on the consequences of the new massive strike by Russian occupation forces.
Over the past day, Russian occupation forces lost 730 personnel and 1,256 pieces of various equipment.
During the night of February 6 (from 18:00 on February 5) and throughout the morning, the enemy attacked with 328 strike UAVs of types Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, and drones of other types.
The Commander-in-Chief of the AFU, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, heard reports from the heads of training centers regarding the implementation of the adaptation program for recruits at training ranges, the organization of air defense coverage of training sites, and the construction and equipment of shelters.
In January, the total enemy losses killed and heavily wounded amounted to over 31.7 thousand personnel, which exceeded the volume of its manpower replenishment.
In the past day, Russian occupiers lost 720 soldiers killed and wounded.
The government, upon submission by Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, appointed Taras Chmut as the Ministry of Defense’s representative to the Supervisory Board of the Defense Procurement Agency.
Throughout January 2026, Ukraine’s Defense Forces carried out a series of successful strikes on a complex of hangar-type buildings used for prelaunch preparation of medium-range intercontinental ballistic missiles at the “Kapustin Yar” test site in Russia’s Astrakhan region.
Russian occupation forces have effectively lost communication after unregistered Starlink satellite terminals were disconnected.
During the night of February 5, the enemy attacked with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 183 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, and other types—about 110 of them were Shaheds.
Over the past day, Russian forces lost 770 soldiers killed and wounded.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and U.S. company RTX discussed speeding up the delivery of Patriot system missiles and transitioning to deep industrial cooperation to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense.
In January, Ukrainian-made systems demonstrated high results in destroying Shaheds.
A heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A “Solntsepyok” was destroyed on the Vovchansk sector of the South-Slobozhanske axis by drone operators of the “Bulava” battalion of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Black Zaporizhians.