Monday, September 8, 2025

Russia Hits Kiev Defense Hubs in Massive Precision Strike

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Russian armed forces carried out a massive strike using high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles on facilities for the production, assembly, repair, storage, and launch of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as military airbases in the central, southern, and eastern parts of Ukraine, including the Kiev-67 industrial enterprise on the western outskirts of Kiev and the STS-GROUP logistics base." Sputnik

Fumarole temperatures and gas fluxes rise at Vulcano volcano, Italy

"Carbon dioxide fluxes at Vulcano volcano, Aeolian Islands,
Italy, sharply increased reaching more than 40 000 g/m²/day, before stabilizing around 30 000 g/m²/day. 
Temperatures of crater rim fumaroles reached 291°C (556°F), with the strongest increase between August 1 and 4 at a rate of about 15°C (27°F) per day. Soil degassing at the base of La Fossa cone and in the Vulcano Porto area also increased especially at Rimessa and Camping Sicilia monitoring sites." W

156 combat clashes on front lines

"A total of 156 combat clashes between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops were recorded along the front lines.
Russian
forces launched three missile strikes and 75 airstrikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, using 16 missiles and 143 guided bombs. In addition, they carried out 4,703 shelling attacks, including 184 from multiple-launch rocket systems, and deployed 4,679 kamikaze drones.
Airstrikes targeted areas near Novopavlivka, Shcherbaky, Mahdalynivka, and Lukianivske in the Zaporizhzhia region, as well as Antonivka in the Kherson region.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors,
Ukrainian forces repelled nine enemy attacks. Russian troops launched 15 airstrikes, dropping 38 guided bombs, and conducted 216 artillery attacks, including six with MLRS.
In the Kupiansk sector, five
Russian assaults were recorded, with Ukrainian defenders repelling attacks near Kupiansk and toward Pishchane.
In the Lyman sector,
Russian forces launched 17 attacks, attempting to advance near Karpivka, Hrekivka, Serednie, and toward Drobysheve, Shandryholove, and Derylove.
In the Siversk sector, 12 combat clashes occurred near Serebrianka, Hryhorivka, and in the direction of Yampil and Siversk.
In the Kramatorsk sector,
Ukrainian forces repelled four enemy attacks near Markove, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, and toward Stupochky and Minkivka.
In the Toretsk sector,
Russian troops carried out eight assaults near Poltavka, Shcherbynivka, and toward Pleshchiivka.
The Pokrovsk sector saw the fiercest fighting, with
Ukrainian defenders repelling 43 Russian attacks near Shakhove, Vilne, Kotlyne, Novopidhorodne, Novoekonomichne, Rodynske, Myroliubivka, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Promin, Lysivka, Udachne, Dachne, Novoukrainka, and toward Novopavlivka.
In the Novopavlivka sector,
Ukrainian forces repelled 22 enemy assaults near Komyshuvakha, Zelenyi Hai, Obratne, Olhivske, Oleksandrohrad, and in the direction of Ivanivka, Sosnivka, and Filiia.
In the Orikhiv sector, Russian forces launched four attacks near Plavni and toward Mala Tokmachka, Stepnohirsk, and Novodanylivka." Ukrin