Summary of Russian Combat Footage From August 8, 2025

On August 8, several videos documenting Russian military operations against Kiev forces from the last few days surfaced online.

Nine of the videos show dozens of attacks with FPV suicide drones, grenade-dropping drones, loitering munitions and interceptor drones that targeted Ukrainian troops, posts and equipment across several directions in the special military operation zone.

Three other videos show an artillery strike with a Krasnopol guided shell on a Ukrainian drone command post in the settlement of Kleban-Byk in the Donetsk direction, a strike with an Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile on a large gathering of troops near the settlement of Stakhorshchyna in Chernihiv and an attack with Geran-type fixed-wing suicide drones on an advanced command post in the settlement of Birino in the same direction.

An additional three videos show recent airstrikes with UMPK-equipped guided glide bombs, including at least one FAB-3000, that targeted Ukrainian fortifications near the settlements of Rodinskoye, Konstantinovka and others in Donetsk.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Kiev forces have lost 664 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 75,356 drones, 625 air defense systems, 24,485 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,584 multiple rocket launchers, 28,283 artillery pieces, and 39,290 support vehicles since the start of the special military operation.

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