Eurasia Press & News
In today’s summary:
In the covered direction, attempts of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to advance towards Dobropolly
In the southern Donetsk direction recorded the presence of the Ukrainian military in Novokhatsky near the river Mokrya Yali
Ukrainian drones struck a series of strikes on the infrastructure of the power bridge “Kuban – Crimea”
Over the past 96 hours, the Forces of unmanned systems hit 35 Russian tankers and other vessels
The number of strikes on automotive equipment in the near and middle rear of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in July 2026 increased to 34 per day
The Russian Su-35 downed on the eve fell on the territory of the Luhansk region about 40 km from the front
NATO countries pledged to allocate up to $140 billion of military assistance in 2026–2027
The Insider – Russia and China are exploring joint options to counteract the operation of the Starlink systemThe situation at the front
In the Konstantinov direction, it is reported about the advance of Russian troops to the west of Konstantinovka.
Voenblogger Anatoly Radov Confirmsthat the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation captured Nicholas Paulia to the west of Konstantinovka. According to Map Deep State, the settlement is controlled SOU and defends from “Grey Zone” more than 5 km.
In the Cape Verge, attempts of the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance towards Dobropolly.
Explorer under the nickname Playfra Reportsthat the Russian military continues to advance on Dobropolye, in particular they are trying “Sit down” in Vodyanskoe through Shevchenko north of Pokrovsk (until 2016 – Krasnoarmeysk), as well as “infiltrated” in Dobropolye itself under the cover of forest belts along the railway line with unclear results.
In the southern Donetsk direction, the presence of the Ukrainian military in Novohatsky near the Moskarya River was recorded.
Playfra Researcher drew attention in the video “Flag” in Novokhatsky in the Donetsk region, published in social networks of the Ukrainian 37-th Obrmampus (mess were subsequently deleted, but the video itself preserved) On Map Deep State Novokhatskoye is designated as a “gray zone”. Ukrainian military observer Bogdan Miroshnikov Confirms, that Novokhatskoye was “+/-” cleared some time ago and adds that the sweeps are now going on in several neighboring villages.
OSINT-Resources Tochnyi.info and Unit Observer Reportsthat local offensive operations in the east of the Dnipropetrovsk region began in May 2026 by three brigades DSHV. According to analysts, the attacks continue on a section of 20 km wide from Green Gaya to Vorone. The authors believe that the Ukrainian successes are explained, among other things, by the stretched front of the Russian group of troops “Vostok”, which is trying to maintain the pace of the offensive to the west of Gulyaipol, as well as the fact that the Ukrainian attacks fall into the junction of the Vostok and “Center” groups.
The Ukrainian OSINT-project “Eye of the Mountain ✙ News and Analytics” calculated on the basis of the Deep State map that over the past week from June 29 to July 5, the area of the territory of Ukraine occupied by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation increased by 17 square kilometers (during the week before that – by 16 square meters. km, a week earlier – by 23 square kilometers). According to the calculations of the same resource based on the reports of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the number of clashes at the front increased by 2%, amounting to an average of 142 per day.
Mutual shelling and sabotage
Air Force of the Armed Forces Reported about the raid on the night of July 9, 96 means of an air attack: 94 drones such “Shahed” (including reactive), other types and UAV-imitzers (72 UAVs – 77% – were shot down or suppressed) and two Iskander-M ballistic missiles. Two missiles and 19 UAVs in 13 locations were recorded, as well as the fall of debris in four locations.
When hitting a UAV on a 25-storey residential building in the Desnyansky district of Kiev the night before, a child was injured. Upper floors of the building Received damage, reported in SSES. The moment of hitting the house was hit by Video. Total from attacks on Kiev in a day Died three people, 16 more Injured, reported in the Metropolitan police.
As a result of the attack on Odessa on the same evening, four people were killed, seven more were injured, local authorities said. The city’s infrastructure was damaged.
The number of victims of the attack on residential buildings of Kharkov reached 42 people, including four children, reported in the State Emergency Service. Two dead were also reported.
The pro-Russian Telegram channel “Military Obvious Representative” published a video of the use of the USA “Geran-4 Siker” on the locomotives in the city of Lozovaya in the Kharkiv region and in the village of Kazakovskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the destruction during the day of July 8, 111 drones over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, Tula, Kaluga regions, the Moscow region, the Krasnodar Territory, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, the Crimean peninsula and the waters of the Black and Azov Seas. On the night of July 9, 73 UAVs were intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Kaluga, Novgorod, Tver, Orel, Leningrad, Rostov regions, the Moscow region, the Krasnodar Territory, the Crimean Peninsula and the aquator of the Sea of Azov.
Forces of unmanned systems hit the energy bridge “Kuban – Crimea”, namely the main point of entry of electricity from the mainland of Russia to the annexed peninsula – PP-2 “Crimea”. Also under attack were five power substations, three RDS, polygon and repair base of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, reported SBS commander Robert “Madair” Brovdi. The defeat of the Krym crossing point stopped the operation of the system, which receives four underwater cable lines of the power bridge with a length of 14.5 km and transfers them to the air power lines, writes Ukrainian edition of “Military”.
The “Military Infectioner” предупреждаетwarns that “without the normal operation of PP-2” the supply of electricity to the Crimea will be very limited, and with the complete destruction of the point will cease completely. “Taking into account the loss of a significant share of its own generation and distribution due to regular strikes of the APU, the power system and water supply of Crimea, the greatest consequences, especially during peak periods of summer and then winter,” the authors of the channel warn.
On the afternoon of July 9, the “head” of the occupied part of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, заявилsaid that all districts of the territory were “fully or partially de-energized.” The same was written by the “head” of the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region Evgeny Balitsky. As a result of the attack, a key energy facility was damaged, сообщилhe said.
In the Tver region at night was attacked “Tver oil depot” (aka oil depot “Red Star”), one of its tanks caught fire, said the Governor of the region Vitaly Korolev. The publication Astra drew attention to the fact that some of the tanks were equipped with antidrone networks, but they, apparently, were ineffective.
Another major fire after the attack of the UAV occurred in the Stavropol Territory. Ukrainian Telegram channels wrote that an oil depot was attacked in Mikhailovsk. Governor Vladimir Vladimirov later reported a fire at an industrial facility in the Vyazniki farm – only the railway separates it from Mikhailovsk. OSINT-analysis of Astra showed that a large rear knot for reception, storage, transshipment and small-scale shipment of light oil products was attacked. Later, Vladimirov написалwrote that the fire in Vyazniki increased – “the fire reached tanks with combustible materials.” Residents of the nearby street were evacuated.
Attacks on oil depots in the Tver region and the Stavropol Territory were confirmed by Volodymyr Zelensky. The SBU claimed responsibility for them.
In the Taganrog Bay again attacked two tankers, said the Governor of the Rostov region Yuri Slyusar. According to him, both ships received mechanical damage, there was a fire. There were no casualties.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the strike on another 12 Russian tankers, tugboat and dry cargo ship in the Sea of Azov at night. According to the Ukrainian military, the ships were used, in particular, to supply fuel and lubricants to the Russian army and to transport oil and oil products in circumventing international sanctions. It is also reported about the attack on the oil terminal in Bataisk. Robert “Madear” Brovdi, in turn, published the names of the attacked ships. According to him, over the past 96 hours, the Ukrainian Forces of unmanned systems hit 35 tankers, dry cargo and special fuses.
On the eve of the morning sea BEC Sea Baby Attacked tanker BLUE (IMO: 9236533), which the Ukrainian authorities refer to the Russian “shadow fleet”, reported in the SBU. The strike, as stated, was inflicted on the aft part of the vessel when it was in the exclusive economic zone of Ukraine near the occupied Yalta. The agency claims that the tanker received significant damage, and Russian aircraft unsuccessfully tried to destroy the sea drone.
The 1st channel “UAV Developer” утверждаетclaims that most of the tankers attacked the day before were able to reach the ports, and only one of them received serious damage. The author also believes that the scale of the damage may look exaggerated in frames from thermal imagers, where even small fires seem like major fires. Meanwhile, he sharply criticized the command of the Black Sea Fleet and the absence of the simplest anti-drone defense structures on ships, believing that the fleet repeats the mistakes previously made by other branches of the troops.
Analysis of satellite images showed that the Saratov refinery as a result of the attack on the eve of the installations of the isomerization of the pentane-Hexan faction, communications in the area of the ELOU-AU-6 installation, as well as communications and containers of the tank park, the Ukrainian OSINT project “KiberBoroshno” found out. According to Reuters, the company suspended work.
At the TAIF-NK refinery in Nizhnekamsk, a large-scale fire was recorded on the territory of a large installation of ELOU-AU-7. In addition, overpasses and tanks of both the refinery and neighboring ethylene production were lit. Analysts note that the capacity of the affected primary oil refining plant is 7.3 million tons of oil per year. On the highway, the Cherkasy linear production and control station in Ufa, an attack on a large-scale fire in the tank park was recorded on the eve.
OSINT researcher Clément Molen recorded more than 240 videos of Ukrainian strikes on Russian logistics equipment since the beginning of July (34 impacts per day), despite the fact that for the whole of June 586 such shots (20 beats per day), and in May – 214 (7 strokes per day). Especially a lot of videos were shot in the area of Chaplin in the Kherson region, through which the detour goes for Russian trucks going to the Crimea, after blows to the bridges across the Chongar Strait. Also, the defeats of trucks were recorded on all roads leading to Donetsk.
According to volunteers CIT, for the day from 20:00 on July 7 to 20:00 on July 8 Known At least 25 dead and 186 injured civilians as a result of shelling and strikes in Russia and Ukraine, including in the occupied territories. Also CIT publishes A summary of attacks on the energy infrastructure during this period.
Losses
The air force of the APU said, and the Z-channels confirmed the loss of the Russian Su-35 fighter in combat in the east direction. According to Z-authors, from the Ukrainian side in the battle were attended by three F-16 fighters and SAM Patriot. In the 3 Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Published footage of the Sum-35 debris on the ground. OSINT Resource AMK Mapping established based on geobines and satellite images that the aircraft collapsed about 40 km from LBS, which is reportedly considered to be a standard distance from the front for the Russian Su-35 and Su-34 fighter-bombers. The Insider confirmed Geo-linking.
Armaments and Military Equipment
Following the summit in Ankara, NATO countries взялиcommitted to providing Ukraine with € 70 billion this year and at least for an equivalent amount next в следующемyear.
Donald Trump Promised issue a license for production to Ukraine SAM for the Patriot air defense system. How writes Bloomberg, the deployment of the production of these missiles in Ukraine may take years.
Germany and Ukraine signed an agreement on the joint production of jet drones “Bars”. As explained by the resource German Aid to Ukraine, at the first stage, Germany will finance the production of these drones for SOU, and in the future production will be deployed in Germany.
The Czech Republic will redirect a number of budget funds allocated to Ukraine to finance the program PURL, stated Foreign Minister Pyotr Matsina.
Rostec reported that the United Aircraft Corporation, which is part of the holding, transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces a new batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers, as well as Su-30SM2 fighters for naval aviation of the Navy.
The Insider Acquainted c documents of secret negotiations between Russia and China, which concern, among other things, the creation of systems for the destruction of satellites Starlinkair and missile defense systems, as well as tests of Chinese unmanned technologies on the battlefield in Ukraine.
On the main events of the war on July 8, 2026 – in the previous summary: the APU is advancing in the area of Stepnogorsk, “from the ambush” the Russian Su-35 was shot down, in the Sea of Azov hit 9 more tankers. What’s Happening at the Front
