Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,261 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key events on day 1,261 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Friday, August 8:

Fighting

• The Ukrainian military said its drone units hit the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region. It was not immediately clear what the extent of the damage was at the refinery, which, together with the Krasnodar refinery, processed 7.2 million metric tonnes of crude oil in 2024.
• Local Russian emergency services said they had extinguished a fire at the Afipsky…