Russia attacked Ukraine with 164 drones and three guided air-launched missiles overnight on November 8. The strikes damaged energy infrastructure, leaving hundreds of thousands of consumers without electricity. One person was killed in Odesa, and people were injured in several regions.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian forces launched three Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles from the Sea of Azov, as well as 164 drones, including Shahed and Gerbera drones and Parody decoy drones. Of these, 112 were jet-powered drones.
The launches were carried out from Oryol, Kursk, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as from Russian-occupied areas of the Donetsk region and Crimea.
According to preliminary data as of 8 a.m., Ukrainian air defence forces shot down or suppressed 137 drones, including 88 jet-powered ones. Several drones were still airborne at the time.
Russian aerial weapons struck 23 locations, while debris from downed drones fell at six sites.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the overnight attack damaged critical energy facilities. According to DTEK, more than 600,000 residents in the Pavlohrad, Samar, Kamianske and Dnipro districts, as well as the city of Dnipro, were left without electricity. Energy workers began restoration efforts, but repeated Russian attacks are hampering their work.
In the Kharkiv region, a drone strike on critical infrastructure left approximately 250,000 consumers without electricity. This was reported by Mykola Baksheev, mayor of Zlatopil. According to him, other critical facilities also lost power. No casualties were reported. The timeframe for restoring electricity remains unknown.
One person was killed in a Russian attack on Odesa, reported Oleh Kiper, head of the regional military administration. An administrative building and an abandoned non-residential building were damaged.
Russian forces also struck a food warehouse in the morning that had previously been targeted. A large fire broke out. No casualties were reported.
In Khmelnytskyi, a Russian drone damaged private homes. Windows in apartment buildings were shattered. According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES), one person was injured but did not require hospitalisation.
In the Poltava region, four people were injured in Russian strikes. Damage and fires were reported at several locations, including the premises of private enterprises. Rescue operations were hampered by the threat of further attacks.
In addition, on the morning of November 8, Russian forces attacked rescuers with a drone while they were conducting emergency operations at the site of an airstrike on a shelter in the Zaporizhzhia district. According to the SES, no rescuers were injured, but specialised rescue equipment was damaged.