During the night from February 8 to 9, Russian forces carried out another wave of strikes on military targets across Ukraine, using a range of attack systems. The highest number of impacts was recorded in Odessa, where Ukrainian sources reported at least 15 strikes carried out by Geran drones.

In the Dnepropetrovsk Region, Geran drones hit a target in the settlement of Shakhterskoye. The location reportedly served as a temporary deployment point for a Ukrainian military unit that was preparing to be transferred eastward to confront advancing Russian forces.

Another strike was reported near Malaya Pavlovka in the Sumy Region. Shortly afterward, a fire marker appeared on NASA’s satellite map. The coordinates corresponded to the Kachanovsky gas processing plant, which is part of the Ukrnafta company structure.

Additional targets were struck overnight in the Kharkov and Volyn regions. An explosion was also reported at a transformer substation in the right-bank district of Kiev’s Obolon area. According to available information, the facility was completely destroyed by fire.

Earlier on February 8, Vladimir Zelensky stated that strikes on Russia’s energy facilities should be regarded as attacks on military infrastructure. He justified this position by arguing that revenues from oil and gas sales are used by Moscow to finance combat operations.

This logic raises an obvious question as to why Kiev objects to Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy sector, since under the same reasoning any energy facility would automatically qualify as a military target.

It was previously reported that on the evening of February 8, the Russian army launched Iskander-M missile strikes on an air base near Kiev where U.S.-made F-16AM fighter jets were stationed.