On the night of 9 July, a state of alert was declared in the Stavropol Krai of the Russian Federation due to the threat of a drone attack. Subsequently, reports emerged of a strike on an oil depot in the town of Mikhaylovsk.

The authorities in the Rostov Region have reported a second drone attack on tankers in Taganrog Bay.

As a result of the Russian attack on Odesa, four people were killed, and six others were injured.

In a resolution dated July 8, the European Parliament called on the Ukrainian authorities to uphold the rule of law and refrain from politically motivated prosecutions.

The settlement of Novokhatske in the Volnovakha district of the Donetsk region is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

More than 10 people have already been injured as a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv on 8 July. There have also been fatalities.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States could grant Ukraine the right to independently produce missiles for Patriot systems.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. leader Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara.

As a result of a Russian drone attack on the capital, damage and a fire were reported in the Desnianskyi district. One person is known to have been killed and four others injured.

Today, July 8, 2026, the Defense Forces shot down an enemy aircraft.