Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your messages every day because we are certain that we need to keep talking about war. On February 28, the United States and Israel went to war with Iran. Do you think this will affect the world’s position on the Russian-Ukrainian war? Will she “fade into the background” as some believe? Will it become more difficult for Ukraine? Is it possible to compare the attack on Iran with the Russian attack on Ukraine? The feedback form is at the end of this article. You can read the previous day’s review here.
Ukraine
Russian armed forces attacked the Sumy region on the night of March 8. Russian drone in the Sumy region He hits On board the Kyiv-Sumy train, which had 200 passengers on board at the time of the collision. Diesel locomotive damaged. No one was injured.
Also on the night of March 8, Russia attacked Kharkov and Zaporozhye regionAccording to local authorities. There are no reports of casualties. In the Chuzhevsky district of the Kharkov region there was a strike It had to According to employees of the State Emergency Service who arrived at the scene of the fire in a private house. The fire started after a drone attack. Three local residents were injured.
how I mentioned In the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of March 8, Russian forces launched strikes on Ukraine with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 117 drones, about 70 of which were Shahed-type kamikaze drones. The Ukrainian army shot down 98 drones. Two missiles and 19 drones hit targets in 11 locations.
father words Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Russia used 1,750 drones, 1,530 bombs and 39 missiles to attack Ukraine last week. He said that Ukraine needed more air defense missiles and called for tougher sanctions on the Russian Federation.
Russia and the territories annexed by Ukraine
On the night of March 8, the head of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that the Ukrainian armed forces launched a large-scale missile attack on energy facilities in Belgorod. “Severe damage was caused to energy infrastructure facilities. As a result, interruptions in electricity, water and heat supplies were recorded,” he said, promising to assess the damage during the day. Gladkov did not report any casualties.
By the time this material was published, the villages of Shepekinsky and Grivoron district had also come under fire in the area. Six people were injured.
In Armavir, Krasnodar region, as a result of falling drone debris It caught fire Regional authorities reported that the oil depot. The fire area is 700 square meters put out.
In the city of Vasilievka in the annexed Zaporozhye region, a local resident was killed as a result of a drone attack, about 10 people away. receive The Russian-appointed “governor” of the region, Yevgeny Paletsky, said that there had been casualties. He added that many residential buildings were damaged.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, operating air defense systems over the past night intercepted and destroyed 72 Ukrainian drones.
War in pictures. March 8 in occupied Velika Novosyolka in the Donetsk region
War through the eyes of Medusa readers
Medusa’s readers live in different countries and have different attitudes toward war. We publish your messages to see this event through your eyes. Our editors try to represent all viewpoints, even if they do not match the editorial position. However, in accordance with the Medusa Law, we do not publish messages that contain “hate speech,” justify the killing of civilians, or express direct support for an aggressive war.
Maria (Netherlands / Moscow). My children’s lives in Russia have gone downhill. Because of the war, they all left their city, left their jobs, and lost their homes. (Age range between 20 and 35 years).
Sometimes a deceptive notion creeps in that those who stayed silent as tightly as their peers sometimes only benefited financially. [от войны] Instead of emigrating, they make a career, enjoy their summer homes and go on vacation to Dubai. History is silent about conscience..
Those who immigrate face a lot of psychological problems, children have difficulty adapting to schools in a foreign language, and families often break up.
All those young people who do not want to live in a totalitarian state that starts wars with its neighbors are also victims of this vile war.