Russian forces shelled areas around Poltavka, Stepove, Orikhiv, and other settlements on the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts using tubed and rocket artillery.

On the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts, Russian forces shelled the areas in and around Poltavka, Stepove, Trudove, Novomykhailivka, Bilohiria, Novoandriivka, Novopil, Volodymyrivka, Novosilka, Mala Tokmachka, Vremivka, Orikhiv, Zaliznychne, Stepnohirsk, Temyrivka, and Charivne using tubed and rocket artillery.

Russia shelled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, damaging monitoring sensors.

Ukrainian forces used HIMARS systems to strike Russian occupation troops at temporary deployment points in Melitopol.

Local media reported explosions at an airfield and the former REFMA factory, with local channels confirming multiple impact locations.

AFU attacked temporary deployment points of enemy troops at industrial sites in Melitopol with HIMARS missiles on the night of August 8.

According to preliminary estimates by Ivan Fedorov, more than 100 Russian soldiers were killed and significant military equipment was destroyed.

Ivan Fedorov stated that Russia redeployed a significant part of air defense from Melitopol to Kherson last week.