Russia launched yet another wide-ranging attack on Ukrainian cities overnight on Nov. 8, using a combination of drones and missiles to strike targets across the country,
The Kyiv Independent reports.
Monitoring groups reported that Russia launched Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, as well as cruise and ballistic missiles at various regions of the country.
The cities of Kremenchuk, Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv served as the primary target of Russian attacks, with strikes also targeting communities in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Poltava oblasts. Explosions were also heard in the city of Sumy, as well as in Odesa Oblast.
In Kyiv, explosions were heard just before 4:30 a.m. local time, according to a Kyiv Independent journalist on the ground. Officials reported that air defenses were activated in the city amid a wider Russian drone attack on the capital.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko later reported that a fire has been reported in the Pechersky district amid falling drone debris stemming from the attack. The fire was later extinguished, the mayor added.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported that four small truck had caught fire in the district, adding that two structures and nearby parked cars were also damaged.
