The drones were launched from Russia’s Primorsko-Akhtarsk. Ukrainian Defense Forces mobile fire units, anti-aircraft missile units, and electronic warfare (EW) systems of the Air Force shot down Russian drones over Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. An air raid alert was issued in eastern Ukraine in the evening of Aug. 8 due to the drone attack threat. Explosions were reported in Kharkiv. Read also: Ukrainian defenders down Russian missiles and UAVs during overnight attackRussia loses 1k+ soldiers, 36 artillery systems, and special equipment in 24 hour…