A minibus destroyed by a Russian strike on Kramotorsk in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, October 8, 2026

UPDATE 0612 GMT:

High-level Ukrainian officials are meeting Donald Trump’s envoys, real estate developer Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, in Miami on Friday and Saturday.

The Ukrainian delegation includes Presidential Chief of Staff Kyrylo Budanov; foreign intelligence director Rustem Umerov; diplomatic advisor Sergey Kyslytsia; and legislator Davyd Arakhamia.

Officials from the UK, France, Germany, NATO, and the European Union will also be present.

US and Ukrainian officials said Witkoff and Kushner intend to present “new ideas and proposals“. Among them are a partial ceasefire halting attacks on energy infrastructure and grain shipments.

Ukraine has said it is ready to agree, but the Kremlin has shown no willingness to halt attacks.

Witkoff and Kushner met Donald Trump on Thursday to present the latest proposal. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Deputy National Security advisor Mike Needham also attended.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday, “As for what might be realistic or more realistic, I am not ready to say yet. I do not want to say something and then have Russia, as always, do the opposite out of spite. So let’s wait and see.”

UPDATE 0607 GMT:

One man has been murdered and seven people injured by Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia city in southern Ukraine.

The attacks were on a high-rise residential building and an educational institution.

UPDATE 0556 GMT:

The UK will provide Ukraine with £54 million ($71 million) in humanitarian and energy funding, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced during a trip to Kyiv on Thursday.

The package includes £20 million ($26 million) in funding for emergency repairs to Ukraine’s energy grids and for back-up generators and solar power sources. Another £34 million ($45 million) will be invested in the securing of heating and the maintenance of water infrastructure.

UPDATE 0548 GMT:

In overnight attacks on several Russian regions, Ukraine reportedly struck oil infrastructure and a factory manufacturing fuel components for Kh-55 and Kh-101 cruise missiles.

Monitoring channel Exilenova+, citing residents, reported flashes from explosions and smoke in the area of the Redkino Experimental Plant in the Tver region. The sanctioned plant, which produces components of Decilin-M rocket fuel, was previously struck in February 2026. Around 6,000 first-person-view drones and their components were destroyed.

NASA’s FIRMS platform reported that the oil depot, north of the city of Belgorod, was set ablaze.

UPDATE 0541 GMT:

Much of Kyiv lost power Thursday amid a Russian attack on energy infrastructure.

Most neighborhoods endured outages throughout the day. The metro was shut down. Many residents reported a lack of running water.

As of 12:30 a.m. on Friday, areas on the left bank of the Dnipro River remained without power. Ukraine’s State electrical operator, Ukrenergo, announced limits to electricity consumption on certain regions of the country.

At least 33 civilians were murdered and 22 wounded by a Russian glide bomb strike on two minibuses in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Thursday.

The buses were set afire. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that two of the slain could not be identified because of the severity of their injuries.

The Kramatorsk and Sloviansk military administrations, near the frontline in the Donetsk region, ordered a halt to all public transport.

Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin posted:

Russia comes to the Ukrainian land with death. She hits our cities, kills our people and multiplies her crimes every day.

The Russians are targeting civilians. For them, a bus with passengers is an attractive target precisely because one hit can kill as many people as possible.

Four more civilians were killed and six injured across Donetsk on Thursday morning.

Zelensky pledged, “This strike will not go without our response. Russia is trying to destroy all life in Donbas, and the world needs to react to this.”