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 centres 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.