Between 09:00 on July 8 and 09:00 on July 9
Between 09:00 on July 8 and 09:00 on July 9, 107 enemy drones of various types were shot down (including 19 aircraft). There are no casualties among the Armed Forces of Ukraine resulting from these attacks, but three people in the Oktyabrsky district have been injured: a two-year-old child, a 39-year-old woman, and a 41-year-old man – all with blinding shrapnel wounds.
Consensus
- Over the past day, more than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Kursk Oblast.
- The governor of Kursk Oblast, Alexander Khinshtein, reported on the events.
- There were no fatalities as a result of the attacks.
- Drones and artillery were used in attacks against the region.
- Property damage occurred, including damaged buildings and vehicles.
Points of divergence
- 120 drones were shot down between 9 a.m. July 18 and 9 a.m. July 19; artillery was used in 26 attacks on evacuated districts, and 11 drone strikes involved explosive devices. — kommersant
- Eight people were injured, including three in Kursk (a 36-year-old man with multiple blind shrapnel wounds to back and legs, a 69-year-old woman with head trauma and broken leg, and a 41-year-old woman with acrobatic injury), one Belarusian citizen in Lygovo with shrapnel wounds, another man in Lygovo, a bus driver injured by drone impact, and a 28-year-old man who lost his leg after stepping on an explosive device. — kommersant
- Nine multi-apartment buildings and 34 cars were damaged in Kursk; damage to shops, houses, and infrastructure occurred in Obояn, Lygovo, Ryazhkovka, Rylsk, and Kurchatov. — kommersant
- A power facility was damaged in the Kurchatov district but electricity supply was mostly restored by morning. — kommersant
- 107 drones were shot down between 9:00 a.m. July 8 and 9:00 a.m. July 9; artillery attacks occurred 78 times on evacuated districts, with six drone strikes using explosive devices. — vesti
- Three people were injured in the Oktyabrsky district: a 2-year-old child, a 39-year-old woman, and a 41-year-old man—all with blind shrapnel wounds. — vesti
- A fuel storage tank was pierced at a gas station in the Obояn district; damage to facade and roof of a gas station and three cars occurred. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Ukrainian forces shot down 120 drones over Kursk region — Коммерсантъ
- More than 100 drones shot down over Kursk region in a day — Вести