– Ukrainian forces struck Russia‘s state-owned Kombinat Kristal oil storage facility near Engels, Saratov Oblast on the night of January 7 to 8.
– Ukrainian forces struck a command post of the Russian 8th Combined Arms Army (CAA) (Southern Military District [SMD]) on January 8 in occupied Khartsyzk, Donetsk Oblast.
– Russian forces advanced in Kursk Oblast, in Toretsk, and near Kurakhove.
– Russian forces are increasingly using drones attached to fiber optic cables in Ukraine.