8 July 2024 Ukraine missile strikes

Overview

A massive missile attack on Ukraine occurred on 8 July 2024 during the Russo-Ukrainian War. Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Kropyvnytskyi, and Pokrovsk came under fire from more than forty missiles of the Russian military. In total, at least 47 people were killed and about 170 were injured.

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Significance

On 8 July 2024, Russian forces launched a mass missile attack against multiple Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Kropyvnytskyi, and Pokrovsk. More than forty missiles were fired, killing at least 47 people and wounding approximately 170. The strike was among the deadlier single-day mass-casualty attacks of the full-scale war, demonstrating Russia's continued use of long-range missile barrages against Ukrainian population centers. The simultaneous targeting of cities across different regions underscored the breadth of the campaign to pressure Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and morale during the conflict's third year.