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Chasiv Yar, Huliaipole and a ship near Kaliningrad
Summary
A look back at the security picture in Ukraine on 8 April 2024, from the eastern front to the Baltic Sea.
What did the war look like on 8 April 2024? Reports from that day pointed to heavy fighting in the east, deadly shelling in the south and a Ukrainian claim of a strike far from the front line.
Fighting around Chasiv Yar
Heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops took place around the city of Chasiv Yar on 8 April 2024. Ukraine described the situation there as "difficult" and "tense".
Civilian deaths in Huliaipole
Shelling killed three civilians in Huliaipole, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on the same day.
A claim in the Baltic
Ukraine also claimed on 8 April 2024 to have damaged the Russian Navy missile ship Serpukhov in the Baltic Sea near Kaliningrad.
The days before
The preceding days had brought further attacks. On 7 April 2024, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that Unit 6 of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant had been targeted by a drone strike. According to the IAEA statement, nuclear safety had not been compromised.
On 6 April 2024, a Russian drone strike on Kharkiv killed eight civilians and injured ten others. At least nine high-rise buildings and a petrol station were badly damaged.
Taken together, the reports from 6 to 8 April 2024 show fighting and strikes across several parts of Ukraine: the Donetsk front, the south, the north-east and the nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia. They also include a Ukrainian claim of damage to a Russian vessel in the Baltic.
