As of 8:00 on 20 December, Ukraine has been under Russia’s massive missile attack after an hours-long Shahed drone attack. Russia launched missiles of various types, targeting Kharkiv, Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Lviv, and many other cities across the country.
- One of the city’s shopping centers is on fire in Dnipro, according to Suspilne correspondents.
- As per initial reports, missile debris crashed in the Sviatoshinskyi district of Kyiv, the city’s military administration reported. Information on the damage is being clarified.
- A hospital building was damaged as a result of missile attacks on Kharkiv in the city’s Kyiv district, Kharkiv police chief Volodymyr Tymoshko said.
- Earlier this morning, Kharkiv was targeted by two types of missiles – S-300 and Kh-22, according to preliminary data provided by Mayor Ihor Terekhov. Eight hits were reported, preliminary, in Kyivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts, causing “some problems with the supply of electricity.”
Update 08:17
A warehouse is on fire in Kyiv’s Podil district, Mayor Klitschko said.
Update 08:19:
Earlier, Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi reported regarding the Shahed drone attack that took place in the early hours today:
“According to preliminary information, more than 10 Shaheds attacked Lviv Oblast. There was a fire at a critical infrastructure facility in Lviv. No details here. Emergency services are working at the scene. There is no information on casualties,” Sadovyi reported.
Update 08:23:
Airspace monitoring channels report more launches of ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea. Earlier Russian Tu-95MS and Tu-22 bombers launched numerous air-based cruise missiles. Additionally, Russian MiG-31K aircraft launched hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, while Kharkiv was attacked by S-300 surface-to-air missiles from Russia’s Belgorod Oblast.
Update 08:24:
Explosions are reported in Zaporizhzhia, Lviv.
Update 08:27:
More ballistic missiles are reported as flying from the north towards Kyiv.
Update 08:28:
Russian occupants attacked Konotop town in Sumy Oblast early in the morning, damaging an apartment building and a service station, three people were wounded, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.
Update 08:34:
Currently, there are five injured in Kyiv’s three districts, Mayor Klitschko said.
Update 08:35:
Kyiv Mayor Klitschko:
“An explosion damaged the building of Lukyanivska metro station. The station is operating as a shelter. Trains are running through the station without stopping.”
Update 08:44:
Ukrainian Air Defense related Telegram channel reports:
“The last pair of missiles are headed for Lviv Oblast. Nowhere else (no more missiles in the airspace, – Ed.)”
Update 08:51:
“Currently, 7 people are hospitalized in the capital. 5 of them are in Shevchenkivskyi district. Medics are working at the scene,” Kyiv Mayor Klitschko says.
Update 08:54:
“Explosions are heard in Lviv again” – Mayor Sadovyi.
He also said that according to preliminary information, there might have been a hit to a residential building and a fire in a Lviv lyceum school.
Update 08:58:
Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov reported:
“As of [08:35], one person has died as a result of the occupiers’ attacks on Kharkiv, a man 35. Eight people were injured, medics are providing assistance on the spot.
Damage to the city’s civilian infrastructure has been recorded: a medical facility, warehouses, and civilian enterprises. The data is being clarified.”
Update 09:00:
“Possible three people are trapped under the rubble of a warehouse damaged by missile debris in Shevchenkivskyi district. Three people have been rescued. The search and rescue operation is ongoing” – Kyiv Mayor Klitschko.
Update 09:07:
Public broadcaster Suspilne says a maternity hospital in Dnipro was damaged by the missile attack. In particular, windows were smashed in the building of the medical institution.
Update 09:10:
In the early hours on 29 December, Russia’s Shahed drone hit a residential building in Odesa:
Update 09:21:
In Lviv, the missile attack killed one person and wounded three others, said the head of the regional military administration, Kozitskyi, Suspilne says.
Update 09:25:
On Ukrainian TV, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Forces Yurii Ihnat commented on the attack:
“The enemy launched a massive attack using various means of air attack. In fact, everything was flying… except for the Kalibr. And so – we saw Kinzhals and ballistic missiles, [surface-to-air] S-300 and cruise missiles, which are still on our radars, and the use of Shahed [explosive drones] was also observed.
The enemy also used X-22/32 missiles, and about 18 Tu-95 strategic bombers were also employed (according to preliminary information, X-101 and X-555 missiles).”
Update 09:32:
Air raid alerts have been lifted across the country: all clear.
Update 09:38:
Lviv Mayor Sadovyi reported that the Russian attack damaged three schools and a kindergarten.
Andrii Sadovyi says as of now, one person has been reported dead as a result of the missile strike, eight people were wounded.
Update 09:43:
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Head Serhii Lysak reported that the Russian attack killed four, injured “almost fifteen people, were injured.
“In Dnipro, we had an impact on a shopping center. A fire broke out. A detached house, a six-storey building, and a maternity hospital were damaged,” he added.
Update 09:53:
Timeline of the attack:
Live reporting concluded.
