War in Ukraine: The most important events of the last 24 hours, September 8, 2024

> Ukrainian forces transferred reserves to the area of ​​the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region to stop the advance of Russian troops. On the strategic section of the front in Donbas Ukrainian commanders have sent up to five brigades – wrote “Forbes”. The American magazine stressed that “dramatic changes around Pokrovsk should not be expected at the moment”. “Ukrainian reinforcements are conducting small-scale counterattacks, the main effect of which is to slow down or slightly withdraw the Russians,” he added.

> A cache of North Korean KN-23 missiles was destroyed last night in the Voronezh region in western Russia – reported the Ukrainian agency UNIAN on Saturday. The governor of this region, Aleksandr Gusev, announced state of emergency and evacuation of residents from areas near the explosion.

> Americans believe that Iran has provided Russia with short-range ballistic missiles for use in the war against Ukraine. Washington informed its allies about this. According to the AP agency, which cites its sources, the fact that Iranian missiles were transferred to Russia is confirmed by intelligence findings USA. No details were provided on the quantity of weapons delivered or the date of the transfers.

> Ukrainian forces are most likely using “dragon drones” in their battles with the Russians, which drop flaming thermite on enemy forces, wrote the portal of the American television CNN. It added that the term, which burns at a temperature of about 3,000 degrees Celsius, was used with terrifying effect during both world wars. Several such recordings have been published on Telegram channels associated with the Ukrainian armed forces. “Attack drones are our wings of vengeance, carrying fire straight from the sky! They become a real threat to the enemy, burning their positions with a precision that no other weapon can provide,” reads the commentary of the 60th Mechanized Brigade, quoted by CNN.

> Fragments of a Russian drone fired towards Kiev fell near the building of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. On the night from Friday to Saturday, Russian troops 67 drones were fired at various targets in UkraineUkrainian air defense shot down 58 of them. The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) social media reported that the debris from the downed drone did not cause any damage.

> Russia withdrew from the territory Belarus all of its units – said Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the border guard. Only logistics units remained, which do not pose a threat to Ukraine – he added. Demchenko recalled that last year Russia kept at least 10-12 thousand soldiers in Belarus, transferred to the neighboring country under the guise of conducting exercises.

> Five people were killed on Saturday in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine as a result of Russian artillery fire. Three people were killed and four were wounded in the city of Konstantynovka. Two men were killed near Toretsk, Reuters reported. Donetsk region governor Vadym Filashkin said on the Telegram social media channel that three men aged 24 to 69 were killed in the shelling of Konstantynovka on Saturday. Four people were injured and taken to hospital. Three power lines, a multi-story apartment building and an administrative building were damaged.