The air alert in Kyiv on the morning of 8 December lasted about two hours. None of the enemy targets reached the city. Air defence systems shot down all missiles flying towards Kyiv on their approach to the capital. The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration (KCMA), Serhiy Popko, reported this on Telegram.
"After a long pause of 79 days, the enemy resumed attacks with cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic aircraft. Previously, about 10 bombers launched cruise missiles of the X-101/555/55 type from the area of the city of Engels, Saratov region," he said.
According to updated information from the Interior Minister, there is information about damage to private houses in several communities in Kyiv Region as a result of the falling debris of downed enemy targets.