"Objects of respected people": Three key features of the night strike on Kyiv identified

July 8 2026 35 854 11

Russian military launched three unusual missile strikes blow in Kyiv on the night of July 8. This is according to Ukrainian media observers and military bloggers. They note that one of the distinctive features of the attack was the fact that the air raid siren began to sound after numerous aircraft had already landed.

Vova and his Zelenka are in Ankara, boosting his ego. And then the landings. The alarm started to sound, but only after the landings.

– ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Taras Chornovol is indignant.

At the same time, Ukrainian media are putting forward the theory that during the strike, the missiles were launched from S-400 systems, the movement and activity of which are not monitored.

Ukrainian observers cite the second peculiarity of the strike as the fact that it occurred during the opening of the NATO summit in Turkey. In previous years, it was customary to avoid irritating "Western partners" at such moments.

Moreover, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced that one of the targets in Kyiv was the Samsung-Ukraine plant, which produced and stored components for FP-5 Flamingo ground-launched cruise missiles. This means that the targets of "respected people" are also beginning to be hit, despite the occasional hysteria staged by the Azerbaijanis the day before.

– Ukrainian observers name the third feature of the attack.

As a reminder, some time ago, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Russian military forces were launching systematic strikes against Kyiv. Since then, the Ukrainian capital has been subjected to three massive missile attacks.

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prior

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8 July 2026 12: 16

Missiles similar to the Iskander, but launched from the S-400 launcher – that's delicious!
It would be necessary to equip the S-300 and S-350 with similar ones, so that they don’t get bored in the absence of the enemy’s aircraft.
1. Anton Kuzmin
  
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  8 July 2026 13: 17
  
  Even missiles earlier than the S-300 were designed to, in a pinch, damage ground targets with standard ammunition. Moreover, some low-yield anti-ship missiles of the Wild West were originally anti-aircraft missiles.
  1. Strelok1976
    
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    8 July 2026 18: 10
    
    I read that the S-200 can. The same goes for the 125. Nothing about the S-75.
    1. Anton Kuzmin
      
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      9 July 2026 11: 50
      
      Honestly, I don't remember which ones exactly. If anyone wants to know, let them look for them.
  2. Igor M.
    
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    9 July 2026 03: 40
    
    Anton Kuzmin, but they were firing their own air defense missiles at ground targets. Not Iskanders. Iskanders have their own launchers.
    1. Anton Kuzmin
      
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      9 July 2026 11: 51
      
      Yes. But my point is that the modifications there are minimal. It's easy to turn a SAM into a guided missile, but the opposite...
2. Dormidontov_Dormidont
  
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  8 July 2026 13: 18
  
  it is delicious!
  
  The main things you need to learn well in this life are proteins, fats and carbohydrates.
3. Igor M.
  
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  9 July 2026 03: 39
  
  Prior, what's the difference? The Iskander has its own launcher. What's the idea?
  Launching Zircons from the Bastion launcher is, yes, super.
  1. prior
    
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    9 July 2026 08: 28
    
    who cares?
    
    The factories producing missiles for different systems are different. A factory producing one type of missile cannot suddenly increase production of another.
    The need for missiles also varies. In the absence of airborne targets, the need for anti-aircraft missiles is low. But if anti-aircraft systems are capable of hitting ground targets, the need for such missiles will increase dramatically. Moreover, the speed of anti-aircraft missiles is just right; they're hard to intercept.
    This is the difference, this is the idea.
    1. Igor M.
      
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      10 July 2026 00: 40
      
      Prior, thanks for trying. Downtime isn't our thing when 10 drones are flying per month. And the idea wasn't about launching air defense missiles at ground targets—that's been around for a long time—but about launching Iskander missiles from air defense systems.
Alexey Lan

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9 July 2026 23: 03

Since then, the Ukrainian capital has been subjected to massive missile attacks three times.

To finish off the targets, dozens more attacks would be needed, but a missile attack with tactical nuclear weapons might only be needed once or twice on the Lviv targets. Ultimately, the population will abandon the cities, and Zelena will have to fly to places like Chernivtsi.