On the first day of the ceasefire, the Russian army attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region, Zaporizhzhia region, and Kherson region. There were casualties and injuries as a result of the strikes.
Babel has collected the main points about the consequences of the Russian shelling.
This morning, the Russian army hit a car with a drone in the Zaporizhzhia region: the driver was killed and two passengers were injured.
A woman was killed and another was injured in a drone attack in the Dnipropetrovsk region. A high-rise building and a lyceum were damaged.
During the day, Russians attacked Komyshany, Nezlamne, and Tomyna Balka in the Kherson region — one person was killed and three others were wounded. Houses, high-rise buildings, a hospital, and cars were damaged.
In Kharkiv, the Russian military used a drone to strike a nine-story building.
Also during the night, Russia attacked Ukraine with an “Iskander-M” ballistic missile and 43 strike drones. Nine drones and a missile were hit in six places, and debris fell in two places.
- The US President Donald Trump reported on the evening of May 8 the beginning of a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine (May 9, 10, and 11). This was later confirmed by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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