The Energiya plant in Yelets manufactures guidance system batteries for aviation bombs and Iskander missiles used to attack Ukraine. The drones also targeted a facility which manufactures components for explosives and rocket fuel.
Widespread Russian missile strikes across Ukraine target civilian areas on 8 January, killing at least 4 and wounding 34. The attack targeted multiple cities, including Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Zmiiv, Novomoskovsk. Air defenses intercept some missiles.