The aftermath of one of the Russian attacks on Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Oblast on May 7-8, 2023. (Governor Pavlo Kyrlenko/Telegram)
In the last 24 hours, Russian attacks were reported in ten Ukrainian oblasts – Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, and Donetsk.
According to Ukraine's Defense Ministry media center, three civilians were killed, and 28 were injured.
Russia struck a total of 127 settlements using mortars, tanks, artillery, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), anti-aircraft missile systems, drones, strategic and tactical aviation, the media center said on May 8.
According to the report, 139 infrastructure facilities have been hit.
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