36 events (1 confirmed) and 28 statements.
Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said nearly 40 attacks on six districts killed two people and injured seven, and that more than 600,000 consumers lost power. [1][2] Ukrainian officials said drones hit Kremenchuk in the evening and injured seven people, and the founder of the Kolibri centre for children with disabilities said the centre was destroyed. [1] Acting Zaporizhzhia regional head Mykhailo Semikin said 55 bodies had been recovered at Komyshuvakha and 45 people were listed as missing, some likely among the bodies found, and Ukraine's State Emergency Service said drone strikes in the town injured two rescue drivers. [2] Kursk governor Alexander Khinshtein said a drone killed a man on a tractor in Ponyrovsky district. [1] Energoatom said the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant lost its last external power line early in the day and was receiving off-site power again by evening. [1][2]
Places in this day's records
18 places · 15 events not on the map
Country-wide (shaded): Ukraine
Wider areas: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast · Belgorod oblast · Odesa oblast · Tulcea County
Also in this area, not drawn: Zaporizhzhia
Statement
The hacker groups Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans BY said data from their claimed breach of Rosstat held over 410,000 war deaths as of the end of August 2026 and gave a wider estimate of 450,100, Ukrainska Pravda reported. The figures are unverified.
Silent Crow
8 Nov · to a mixed audience
Reported by Ukrainska Pravda
Open
Fixed site
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Power plant · Ukraine
A fixed site in this day's records.
Wikidata Q909477
Statements (28)
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's General Staff said there were 199 combat clashes over the past day, with two missile strikes, 74 airstrikes, 235 guided bombs, 7,557 kamikaze drones and 2,369 shelling attacks.
Government of Moldova: Moldovan President Maia Sandu said after a National Security Council meeting that Russia will make new attempts to destabilise Moldova in the coming months, Ukrinform reported.
Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said a container ship carrying weapons and military property to Ukraine was hit in the Black Sea south-west of Odesa, RIA Novosti reported. It did not name the ship, and no Ukrainian or maritime body's account was found.
Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said air defences downed three guided aerial bombs and 538 fixed-wing drones over the past day, RIA Novosti reported.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's General Staff said Russia lost 2,290 personnel over the past day and about 1,606,400 since 24 February 2022, Ukrinform reported.
Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said air defences intercepted 142 Ukrainian drones overnight over Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Oryol, Voronezh and Rostov oblasts, the Moscow region, Crimea and the Azov Sea, RIA Novosti reported.
International Atomic Energy Agency (Board of Governors and Director General): The IAEA said on X that the Zaporizhzhia plant lost its only remaining external line early on 8 November, the 27th such case in the conflict, and that the causes were not yet known, RIA Novosti reported.
Government of Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky said emergency work at Komyshuvakha had run for seven days after an aerial bomb strike that killed 55 people and that more people may be under the rubble.
Government of Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched 115 missiles, nearly 1,900 guided aerial bombs and more than 3,000 attack drones this past week and that a significant portion of the missiles were made this year.
Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said its forces struck ammunition depots, energy and transport sites used by Ukraine's forces, and drone production workshops, over the past day, RIA Novosti reported.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's General Staff said Russia lost 16,130 troops from 1 to 7 November, a record for the war, Ukrinform reported.
Government of Germany: Germany's government put its total aid to Ukraine since the full-scale war at nearly 101 billion euros, Ukrinform reported in a headline.
Government of Moldova: Moldovan President Maia Sandu said the Vulcanesti-Chisinau power line linking Moldova to Romania and the European grid was launched, that Moldova does not buy Russian gas and that two more lines to Romania are coming, Ukrainska Pravda reported.
Government of Italy: Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani said G7 foreign ministers will discuss recent cyberattacks suspected of being carried out by pro-Russian groups, European Pravda reported citing Reuters.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's General Staff said Ukrainian forces struck four Russian drone control stations on 7 November in occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Donetsk oblasts and in Russia, Ukrainska Pravda and Ukrinform reported.
Government of Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia used the humanitarian operation in Oleshky for military purposes, Ukrainska Pravda and Ukrinform reported.
Government of France: French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot told RTL that France will take part in the Abu Dhabi talks of 10 and 11 November and that its representative is not yet named, Ukrainska Pravda and Ukrinform reported.
Silent Crow: The hacker groups Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans BY said data from their claimed breach of Rosstat held over 410,000 war deaths as of the end of August 2026 and gave a wider estimate of 450,100, Ukrainska Pravda reported. The figures are unverified.
Government of Germany: German defence minister Boris Pistorius told the Funke media group that Germany cannot supply Ukraine more Patriot systems without gaps in its own defences, Ukrinform reported.
Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said its forces hit a container ship in Chornomorsk port and a dry cargo vessel in the Black Sea on the afternoon of 8 November, carrying what it called weapons and dual-use cargo for Ukraine, TASS reported. No Ukrainian, port or maritime account was found.
Government of Russia: Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev said Zelensky has always been against Trump and against peace in Ukraine, TASS reported in a headline.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's 7th Air Assault Corps said its units killed or wounded more than 20,000 Russian troops in the Pokrovsk sector of the front in 2026, Ukrinform reported.
Government of Ukraine: Acting Zaporizhzhia regional head Mykhailo Semikin said that as of 8 November 55 bodies had been recovered at Komyshuvakha, 29 had been identified and 45 people were listed as missing, some likely among the bodies found, and that drone attacks repeatedly suspend the search so no end date can be given, Ukrainska Pravda and Ukrinform reported.
Government of the United States: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said some progress may be made at the Abu Dhabi talks, that Kushner and Witkoff are on their way, and that security guarantees for Kyiv are a key issue, TASS and RIA Novosti reported.
Government of Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 800 square km had been retaken in the Oleksandrivka sector this year, Ukrinform reported in a headline.
Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said air defences shot down 50 Ukrainian drones from 05:00 to 17:00 UTC on 8 November over Crimea and Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Rostov oblasts, TASS reported.
Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said its forces struck the Kamenskaya 330 kV substation in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the afternoon of 8 November, which it said feeds Ukrainian defence enterprises, TASS reported. No Ukrainian account of this facility was found.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's General Staff said that as of 22:00 Kyiv time on 8 November there had been 127 clashes, 57 air strikes, 166 guided bombs, 5,888 kamikaze drones and 16,252 shellings that day, Ukrinform reported.
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