In Kharkiv, artillery shelling by Russian troops destroyed the building of the main National Police department in the Kharkiv region. 4 people died and 15 were injured.
The losses sustained by the Russian aggressors are much greater than those of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but so far no one has given an exact figure, according to Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Head of the President's Office.
On the 14th day of the war in Ukraine, Russia significantly reduced the pace of troop advance, but did not refuse from the offensive and plans to seize Kyiv.
On 9 March, Russian military forces entered Skadovsk in the Kherson region, locals were not allowed to visit the monument to famous Ukrainian poet, writer and artist Taras Shevchenko, and computers were taken out of the city council.
The Russian online media Medusa, with reference to its sources, reports that many high-ranking officials and employees of Russian state corporations did not expect such harsh sanctions because of the war in Ukraine and consider quitting their jobs.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the soldiers of the Russian occupier to end the war and return home because the Ukrainian people would stick it out to the end.
The situation on the Ukrainian border with Moldova and the unrecognised breakaway state of Transdnistria is more or less stable. The military units stationed there are not large enough to threaten Ukraine's border.
Ukrainian troops continue to control the city of Kharkiv, fighting continues in the Izyum region. Ukrainian border guards have repelled an attack by an invading sabotage and reconnaissance group near the town of Andriyivka.
Last night, battles were held across the Kyiv region, the Zhytomyr region was bombed, and Russian troops attempted to resume the offensive in the Zaporizhzhya region.
The Ukrainian military continues defending Kyiv and Chernihiv. In the Chernihiv region, the Russian invaders are hiding military equipment behind apartment blocks. Russian troops disguised in civilian clothes are advancing on Mykolayiv from the Kherson region.
The death toll from the Russian forces’ airstrikes in the evening and throughout the night on 7 March in Sumy reached 22 as the rescuers retrieved a boy’s body from the rubble.
On Tuesday, 8 March, the Russian aggressors continued to launch missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, while military equipment and manpower almost stopped the offensive. However, the enemy continues to make plans to capture Ukraine.