On the night of December 8, Russia continued shelling Ukrainian territories, a missile attack was launched on the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the regional military administration (OVA), said in a Telegram channel.
According to him, the attack was made on Kupyansk at 4:30 am, the S-300 missile hit the administrative building. The wall was destroyed, cars were damaged, windows were shattered. The village of Pechenegy in the Chuguevsky district was also shelled, which caused fires to break out in the fields. Air defense systems of Ukraine worked.
In addition, Mykolaiv came under shelling at night, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. The blow fell on the transport base. Over the past day, as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk region, 9 people were killed, another 15 were injured, in the Zaporozhye region 1 person was injured, in the Kherson region – 2 dead and 1 wounded, Tymoshenko noted. According to him, the Russian Federation continues shelling the city of Kupyansk and the settlements of the Kharkiv region located near the line of collision.
The day before, Russia attacked Ukraine with Iranian Shahed-136 drones, the last time such strikes were about three weeks ago. OSINT journalists have already noticed that reports of the use of drones disguised as Russian Geraniums have become less frequent, which could indicate a reduction in stocks, but over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have shot down 14 drones. On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the "special operation" could become a "long process", and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg accused the Russian Federation of dragging out the conflict.
Read more in The Insider's daily report: “Russia is attacking Ukraine with Geraniums, heavy fighting near Bakhmut, the United States is looking for missiles for Kiev. What's going on at the front .