Overview
- Sumy region reported nearly 130 strikes on 43 settlements in 22 communities from the morning of December 7 to the morning of December 8, leaving 12 people injured including a child.
- In Okhtyrka, three strike UAVs hit a multi‑storey residential building, injuring seven civilians as rescuers evacuated residents and treated the wounded.
- Chernihiv saw a drone explode near a high‑rise, igniting a gas pipeline fire that was extinguished, with three people injured and one hospitalised and damage to nearby buildings and vehicles.
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast recorded one death and five injuries, including two children, after FPV drone attacks damaged homes, public buildings and utilities, while air defences downed eight drones over the region.
- Officials detailed a mix of Shahed and FPV drones, guided aerial bombs and VOG grenades used in the attacks, and reported ongoing emergency response and recovery efforts across the strike zones.