- Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Odesa, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Poltava, Mykolaiv regions, and the DPR;
- According to the Ukrainian Air Force, on the night of August 09, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 174 strike UAVs, 2 Oniks missiles, 6 Iskander missiles, and 4 Kh-31/Kh-59 missiles;
- Russian forces struck an electrical substation in Odesa, as well as fuel depots in Bilyari and Novi Bilyari, and a road bridge in Mayaky, blocking traffic to the Danube ports;
- Russian forces struck UAV and EW warehouses in Savyntsi, Zidky, Barvinkove, and Volokhiv Yar in the Kharkiv region;
- Russian forces struck oil production facilities in the Okhtyrka district of the Sumy region;
- Russian forces destroyed UAV command posts in the DPR and Kherson region with FAB-3000 and FAB-500 bombs, and struck a temporary deployment point of the 34th AFU Marine Brigade in Antonivka;
- Russian forces struck warehouses in the Dnipropetrovsk region;
- Russian forces struck workshops of the Kromberg & Schubert Ukraina plant in Zhytomyr;
- Ukrainian losses amounted to approximately 1,445 troops over the past 24 hours.
- Russian forces expanded the area under their control in the vicinity of Kazachya Lopan;
- Fighting is ongoing in the area near the settlements of Goptovka-Kudiivka-Shcherbakovka.
- Russian forces advanced in the eastern part of Dobropolye and Annovka;
- Russian forces regained control of Stepi.
- Russian forces advanced south of Novopodgorne in the Dnipropetrovsk region;
- Ukrainian forces advanced in the Komar direction.
- Russian forces regained control of Pavlivka, and made advances to the east.
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the soviet army went during ww2 from moscow, leningrad and stalingrad all the way to berlin in less than 3.5 years. the russian army ran 100 km east in 2022 and has not been able to recover this lost territory in 4 years.