Overnight in Ukraine’s regions: Shelling of Kyiv outskirts, attempted attack on Starokostyantyniv

Olena Roschyna – Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 08:39

Last night, fighting continued in Irpin, Russian troops shelled the Makarov and Hostomel districts near Kyiv, and the Ukrainian military fought off an attack on Starokostyantyniv in the Khmelnytsky region.

Source: information from Regional Military Administrations as of 8:00 on Tuesday, 8 March

Details: Kyiv region. Fighting in Irpin. Shelling of the Makarov and Hostomel districts. Movement of Russian military vehicles recorded in the north of Brovary district. Constant air raid sirens in Vasylkiv, Bila Tserkva, Hostomel, Uzyn.

"We are preparing for evacuation," the Kyiv Regional Military Administration said.

Chernihiv region. There were several air raids overnight. Defensive battles near Chernihiv and in the Cherhiv region.

Khmelnytsky region. Air raid sirens. Attempts to fire on Starokostyantyniv. The attack was repulsed.

Kharkiv: Relatively calm last night. In the Kharkiv region, fighting on the Izyum and Derhachiv fronts.

Sumy region. Air raid on residential areas of the city of Sumy, in a residential district. More than 20 dead and wounded, including children. Sumy region: air strikes on villages, on residential houses. The number of victims is being clarified.

Okhtyrka: Another air raid overnight. Russian troops bombed residential neighbourhoods, private houses and grocery stores. They hit the already damaged thermal power plant again. The town has been entirely without heat for the last 4 days. The number of victims is being clarified, the State Emergency Service is clearing away the rubble.

Poltava region. Air raid sirens in the cities of Lubny and Poltava in the evening. The night was calm.

Zaporizhzhia region. The enemy is preparing to attack the city of Zaporizhzhia, and regrouping troops to this end.

In the occupied settlements of Polohy, Vasyliva, Tokmak, Melitopol, Berdyansk, and Enerhodar, the situation is under the control of local community leaders.

At the same time, the enemy is trying to establish a police regime through overtly terrorising civilians.

Luhansk region. Shelling of Popasna, Rubizhne, and Severodonetsk. In Popasna, 2 people were killed when a psychoneurological dispensary was shelled. 3 civilians were wounded in Rubizhne. There is no gas supply, in places no electricity or water either.

Donetsk region. Mangush (the town right before Mariupol and therefore on its line of defence) is under the control of the Russian military.

Mariupol could briefly be reached; the local government reported that the city was in a disastrous state and that people there are waiting for humanitarian aid.

"Volnovakha has already been razed to the ground. The evacuation from there will continue today," the Regional Military Administration said.

Shelling in the area of ​​Avdiyivka. A battle began near ​​Maryinka in the morning.

Kherson. At 02:00 in the morning, powerful explosions were heard, consequences are still being determined.

Mykolayiv. On 7 March, the Russian army was repulsed. Explosions were heard at night in the city of Mykolayiv, but it was quiet in the rest of the region.

Chernivtsi. Air alarm in the evening. The night passed quietly.

Odesa, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Lviv, Zakarpattia, Cherkasy, Dnipro – the night passed peacefully in each of these cities. The same was true in the Volyn and Rivne, Kirovohrad, and Zhytomyr regions.