Russian forces launched a series of overnight drone attacks across Ukraine, injuring civilians, damaging homes and igniting multiple fires as strikes hit Chernihiv, Okhtyrka and the Kyiv region.
A Russian drone crashed near an apartment building in Chernihiv early on Dec. 8, injuring three people and causing significant damage, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (DSNS).
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The drone detonated close to a residential building, shattering windows and sparking a fire.
The DSNS reported that three people were injured, including one who required hospitalization. The explosion also damaged window structures and a gas pipeline, which rescuers extinguished.
DSNS psychologists have provided assistance to 24 residents so far, the agency said.
Russia also struck the city of Okhtyrka in the Sumy region overnight, hitting a nine-story apartment building with drones. The rescuers said a fire spread through apartments between the second and fifth floors.
35 residents were evacuated, while rescuers freed seven others - including a child - from damaged apartments.
“Due to the threat of repeated enemy attacks, work had to be temporarily suspended,” the agency wrote, adding that all fires were eventually extinguished and structural assessments are underway.
In addition, Russian troops attacked the Kyiv region for the third consecutive day. Late on Dec. 7, explosions were reported in the city of Fastiv.
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The DSNS later clarified on Telegram that Russian forces again launched drone strikes on the city of Fastiv.
“Russian troops again launched drone strikes on the city of Fastiv. The roofs of a three-story and a one-story building with an area of 1,500 sq. m caught fire,” the agency reported.
The blast wave damaged a private home and several administrative buildings. Firefighters extinguished all fires.
Two days earlier, on Dec. 6, drone strikes triggered fires and caused damage to the local railway station and motor-car depot.
Ukrzaliznytsia said it was forced to urgently reroute trains scheduled to pass through Fastiv due to the damage inflicted on the city’s rail infrastructure.
The DSNS later confirmed that one person was killed and five others were injured in overnight Russian attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region, including two children.
In Dnipro, an administrative building caught fire after a strike. Three apartment buildings and several cars were also damaged.
In the Kryvyi Rih district, a 51-year-old man was killed in the attack. An agricultural enterprise, a private house, and a gas pipeline were damaged.
In the Pavlohrad district, four people were injured, including a 14-year-old boy. A private house caught fire, two others were destroyed, and an outbuilding and a car were damaged.
In the Nikopol district, a 13-year-old girl was injured. Two five-story buildings, an art school, and a car sustained damage.
All fires were extinguished by rescuers.
Russian forces also attacked energy infrastructure in the Donetsk region early on Dec. 8, Ukrenergo said.
“The enemy launched strikes on the energy infrastructure of the Donetsk region. As a result, a significant number of consumers in the region were without electricity this morning,” the company reported.
Ukrenergo said emergency repair teams are working wherever security conditions allow, and efforts are underway to return damaged equipment to service as quickly as possible.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that from 6 p.m. on Dec. 7 to the morning of Dec. 8, Russia attacked Ukraine with 149 drones, including Shaheds, Gerberas, and others - around 90 of them Shahed-type.
As of 9 a.m., air defenses had shot down or suppressed 131 drones across the north, south, and east of the country.
Sixteen strike drones were recorded at 11 locations, along with the fall of downed drone fragments in four locations.
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