Russian strikes killed six people in Ukraine on October 8
Russian shelling on October 8, 2025, killed six people and wounded 15 others across the Kherson, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, according to the National Police of Ukraine.
A rescuer extinguishes a fire in a building in the Donetsk region that came under Russian attackThe fatalities from the Russian strikes the day before were residents of the Kherson and Sumy regions.
In the Kherson region, the dead include a man from Bilozerka who died in the hospital from injuries sustained after a Russian drone dropped an explosive. Also killed were two Kherson city residents who died overnight when a Russian drone struck their car.
Russian forces wounded ten other people in the Kherson region.
The injured include two female residents of Antonivka and Kherson city residents, among them four police officers who were struck by a Russian drone while working at the scene of a traffic accident.
In the Sumy region, three people were killed — two men and one other person whose identity was not disclosed. They were killed with mortar, drone, and airstrikes in the Bilopillia, Mykolaiv, and Velyka Pysarivka
In the Sumy region, two men and one other person — whose identity was not detailed — were killed. They were victims of mortar, drone, and airstrikes in the Bilopillia, Mykolaiv, and Velyka Pysarivka hromadasі .
A high-rise building is burning in the Donetsk region after a Russian strikeRussian strikes over the past day in the Kharkiv Oblast wounded a 72-year-old pensioner in Derhachi and a security guard at an enterprise in the Borivska hromada.
In the Zaporizhzhia region on October 8, Russian strikes wounded two elderly people in Huliaipole and Kushuhum. The Russian military used airstrikes and a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) to hit the settlements. Overall, Russians launched 580 strikes in the region that day, resulting in significant destruction.
In the Donetsk region, Russians killed one person in Kramatorsk over the past day.
October 8 passed with no casualties or injuries in the Dnipropetrovsk region, but Russian strikes destroyed houses and other facilities in this region.
A private house in the Dnipropetrovsk region damaged by a Russian strikePreviously, ZMINA reported that Russians killed three people in Ukraine on October 7.
These strikes come amid reports that this year, Russia plans to cause large-scale blackouts in Ukraine before the heating season and halt the railway, which is why Russian forces are deliberately striking energy infrastructure and Ukrzaliznytsia’s assets.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his evening address, said that he believes that the more effectively Ukraine evolves in long-range warfare, the sooner it will be able to achieve peace. He stated that Ukraine will significantly scale up the use of its long-range weapons and already has clear plans for the coming months.
Moreover, the President added that Ukraine supports all global diplomatic efforts for peace in the Middle East and strongly hopes that fair pressure on Russia will also bring peace for Ukraine.
