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NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Overnight, Russian forces again struck civilian areas in Ukraine. At least 10 explosions were reported near Bucha, Kyiv region. In Shostka, Sumy region, residential buildings, cars, and social facilities were damaged. In Kharkiv’s Saltivskyi district, a Shahed strike caused a fire at a civilian enterprise.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Overnight on August 8, Ukraine faced an attack of 108 aerial targets, including 104 Shahed and other UAVs, plus 8 high-speed drones launched from Russia and occupied Crimea. Air defense shot down or suppressed 82 targets—3 high-speed drones and 79 Shaheds/decoys. Strikes were recorded in 10 locations, debris in 8.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦The Trump administration is considering new sanctions against Russia’s shadow oil tanker fleet if Putin does not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine by Friday, according to the Financial Times.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Trump will only meet with Putin if Putin also agrees to meet with Zelensky, a White House official told the New York Post.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Ukrainian forces maintain full control of Pokrovsk, with airborne brigades showing video evidence of clearing out Russian sabotage groups. Despite ongoing attempts by Russian units to infiltrate the city, coordinated actions by the 7th Air Assault Corps and other defense units have successfully neutralized Russian groups.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Putin says he’s not opposed to meeting with Ukraine’s president, but the right conditions need to be created first—and for now, those conditions are far off.
No you won’t.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦According to NYT, Putin’s main goal isn’t just taking Ukrainian territory, but controlling Ukraine’s foreign policy. Key demands include no NATO membership, major limits on defense, and returning Ukraine to Russia’s sphere of influence. Other points may be negotiable.
Putin just needs to get out of Ukraine, to say it politely 🙃
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Putin’s aide Ushakov says Russia considers the latest US proposal to end the war “quite acceptable,” according to Poland’s Onet. The plan reportedly involves not a peace deal, but a temporary truce with Ukraine, postponing the status of occupied territories for 49 or even 99 years. The US would gradually lift most anti-Russian sanctions, possibly resume energy imports long term, but makes no promises to halt NATO expansion or stop military support for Ukraine.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Combat drones from Ukraine’s military intelligence “Prymary” unit successfully struck a Russian Project 02510 “BK-16” landing craft and destroyed three Russian radars: Nebo-SVU, Podlyot K-1, and 96L6E. Occupation forces in Crimea have begun hiding valuable assets in dome shelters, but Ukrainian forces also hit one such dome at Ai-Petri, where Russia had placed an air defense base.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦A new KIIS poll shows 76 percent of Ukrainians firmly reject Russia’s “peace” plan, while 17 percent are willing to support it. The plan calls for Ukraine to withdraw from four regions, reject NATO membership, and lift sanctions on Russia. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports Trump told Zelensky and European leaders that Putin might start peace talks if territorial exchanges are discussed.