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The Institute for the Study of War reports in its daily update that the Russian military attempted assaults on all fronts, in Kharkiv Oblast, Kherson Oblast and Donbas, without yielding results. Meanwhile, Ukraine targeted logistics behind Russia's front lines in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts with precision strikes.
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Thursday, October 8
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At 10:00 a.m. local time, Ukraine’s biggest private energy firm DTEK announced emergency energy shutdowns in Brovary, Buchanskyi, Vyshgorod, and Boryspil districts of the capital.
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"Russia comes to the Ukrainian land with death," Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said.
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"The government looks forward to the smooth resolution of all pending issues between the two countries and will continue consultations with the Ukrainian side to this end," the South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
"If this winter in Ukraine is as difficult as the whole world expects, we are ready to receive as many people as need safety," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said at the Moldova Security Forum in Chisinau on Oct. 8.
Videos and images from local residents, shared by Ukrainian monitoring channels, show explosions, fire, and smoke rising from the area surrounding the oil refinery.
An investigation on a mass Russian drone incursion into Polish air space on Sept. 9 concluded on Oct. 8.
Strelnikov has starred in several critically acclaimed films in recent years, including the 2026 action-thriller "Killhouse," where he played a special forces commander.
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At this point, there appears to be no prospect of a negotiated settlement, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Russia attacked across Ukraine with 142 Shahed-type drones, 82 of which were jet-powered overnight on Oct. 8, Ukraine's Air Force said.
The U.K., the EU, and Ukraine have all targeted crypto schemes in recent sanctions packages as Russia uses the technology to evade existing sanctions.
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The Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat facility is one of Russia’s largest oil refining and petrochemical plants, located some 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the front line in Ukraine.
We need "a substantive discussion about adaptation periods, the volumes of market access, and safeguard mechanisms," said Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotskyi.
Russia being able to trade grain while it blockades Ukraine from doing likewise "is an unacceptable situation," said Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius.
The EU's Enlargement Commissioner, Marta Kos, had already said, "We have to protect the farmers in the EU, and we are already discussing this subject with Ukraine."
