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This week, the Russian military continued to destroy Ukraine's critical infrastructure, plunging large cities, towns, and villages into darkness. Russians purposefully struck houses, civilian vehicles, and an ambulance. Medics and rescuers were wounded by enemy fire, and police officers were killed. Russians conducted several massive attacks on Ukrainian regions, using not only strike drones but also missiles. The enemy is also employing modified guided aerial bombs that can fly over longer distances.
Chronicle of Russian Attacks from November 3 to 9
On the night of November 3, Russian strike drones attacked Mykolaiv. Large-scale fires broke out, burning 2,000 sq. m of a supermarket and 30 sq. m of a car service station's territory. Kharkiv and the surrounding region were also under attack. One person was killed there, and 16 were injured. The Lozivskyi and Iziumskyi districts suffered the greatest destruction, affecting critical, transport, and social infrastructure, apartment buildings, private houses, and an enterprise. Overnight, two communities in Sumy region were targeted, damaging an infrastructure facility and private homes; one person was killed and several were injured. In Chernihiv region, two people were killed, one hospitalized, and equipment was damaged due to the detonation of an enemy drone in a field.
On the night of November 4, a Russian drone attack in Dnipropetrovsk region resulted in one death and eight injuries, including two children. In Nikopol, Russians deliberately struck an ambulance with a sick person inside the cabin. Three medics were injured. In Kharkiv region, local residents and rescuers were injured in a nighttime enemy attack. Civilian and critical infrastructure caught fire, and the fire station building and equipment in the Rohanska community were significantly damaged by a direct drone hit. Overnight, critical and port infrastructure in Odesa region also came under shelling. In the evening, the enemy attacked Dnipropetrovsk region with aerial bombs and strike UAVs, killing two people and wounding four. Among the dead was a police officer, and his colleague was injured. Large-scale fires broke out, causing extensive damage to civilian infrastructure.
On the night of November 5, the Russian army shelled a border town in Chernihiv region, hospitalizing three people and damaging private households. In the evening in the Chernihiv border area, drones attacked an energy facility. Additionally, a guided aerial bomb (KAB) damaged power grids in the Novhorod-Siverskyi area, and transport infrastructure was attacked in the Nizhyn area. Six communities in Dnipropetrovsk region and the city of Nikopol were under enemy fire, where one person was wounded. An apartment building, private houses, a farm enterprise, a post office, and retail kiosks were destroyed.
Massive Drone Attack on Kamianske
On the night of November 6, 135 Russian drones attacked Ukrainian cities and towns in Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions. Twenty-seven drones hit 13 locations.
In the city of Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region, a massive drone attack damaged the ceilings and roof of a four-story apartment building entrance. Rescuers found the body of a killed man under the rubble, while five people and a cat were successfully rescued. In total, eight people were injured in this attack. Railway infrastructure was also damaged. Fires broke out in the city.
Ukrainian photojournalist Serhii Korovainyi documented the consequences of the massive drone attack on civilian buildings:
"And once again, civilians were attacked by a terrorist organization that, for some reason, is called the state of Russia."
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on international partners to increase pressure on Russia: "The fact that the Russians continue to strike energy and civilian targets once again shows that the pressure is currently insufficient. It is very important that America, Europe, and the G7 continue sanctions and tariff work on Russian energy trade and finance. And Moscow must finally realize the seriousness of Europe's commitment to self-defense."
During the day in Zaporizhzhia district, an enemy attack destroyed a private house, killing one person under the ruins. The enemy also shelled Kherson, causing a fire in a high-rise building. Throughout the day, Russians attacked Dnipro and the surrounding region. In Dnipro, a four-story building was damaged, fires occurred, and six people were injured. In Pavlohrad, the enemy struck critical infrastructure, causing power outages in settlements across two districts. In the region, private houses and a farm enterprise were damaged. In Sumy region, an enemy drone attacked a civilian car, injuring two people, including a child, and killing the driver.
On the night of November 7, the Russian army conducted a massive attack on Odesa region, Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding region, and Kharkiv region. In Chuhuiv, a post office, a car service station, two educational institutions, cars, and an administrative building were damaged; large-scale fires broke out. In the region, direct UAV hits were recorded on the roof of a four-story residential building and a private house. No one was killed or injured. In Chernihiv region, an agricultural enterprise, energy, and transport infrastructure were damaged. In the morning, a man was killed due to enemy shelling of Kherson.
Combined Attack on Nine Regions: Blackouts and People Trapped Under High-Rise Debris
On the night and morning of November 8, Russians carried out a combined attack on Ukraine, using 458 UAVs of various types and 45 missiles, including 32 ballistic ones. Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv region, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Odesa regions came under attack. The Russian military attacked critical and transport infrastructure and residential buildings. An air strike in Kharkiv region destroyed a gas station and killed an energy company employee. In Poltava region, critical and railway infrastructure enterprises were hit. The cities of Horishni Plavni and Kremenchuk were left without electricity, heating, and water. Power outages and emergency shutdowns were also recorded in other attacked regions. The capital was also shelled by enemy drones, causing fires in the Pecherskyi district. In Kyiv region, the Vyshhorod, Obukhiv, Bucha, and Boryspil districts were targeted, and several people were wounded.
Russians directed missiles and drones at Dnipropetrovsk region, injuring civilians. An enterprise was destroyed in Pavlohrad.
In Dnipro, a Russian drone struck a nine-story building, destroying apartments from the 4th to the 6th floors. Three people were killed, their bodies recovered from under the rubble, and 11 were injured, including two children. Dnipro announced two days of mourning following the night Russian strike that claimed three lives.
Over 100 rescuers and 28 units of SES equipment worked to save people. Twenty-eight people and a dog were rescued.
Borys Filatov, the Mayor of Dnipro, reported that approximately 54 apartments in the building hit by the Russian drone would have to be dismantled, and the city will help residents with renting housing. According to Filatov, the issue of heating the intact part of the building is also being resolved. In total, 1.2 thousand windows were broken in Dnipro, and roofs were damaged.
"It is hard to write about the affected building in Peremoha. In this war, my native residential area—where I grew up, went to school, lived half my life, was elected to parliament, know every corner, and where my relatives still live—has probably suffered the greatest grief," Borys Filatov shared his emotions.
After the Russian terrorist attack, the most difficult situation with electricity was in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Poltava, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions due to repeat attacks on energy facilities throughout the day and evening. In Poltava region, noticeable delays were reported in train traffic.
Also, after this Russian attack on Dnipro, PJSC Centrenergo, which owns three TPPs, one of which is occupied, announced a halt in generation: "The most massive attack on our TPPs since the start of the war. A previously unseen number of missiles and countless drones that targeted the same TPPs, which we had restored after the devastating attack in 2024, several times per minute. [...] It hasn't even been a month since the previous strike, and tonight, simultaneously, the enemy hammered all our generation facilities. The stations are on fire! Our TPPs are not military objects. We do not produce weapons! We employ civilian personnel. We have stopped... Currently — zero generation. Zero! We have lost what we were restoring around the clock. Completely! Every time, the enemy strikes even more brutally, even more cynically."
In Donetsk region, a Russian FPV drone attacked a car belonging to a humanitarian evacuation mission with foreign journalists inside in Kostiantynivka. No one was killed or injured, the strike hit the vehicle. In Kramatorsk district, a police officer was killed by an enemy FPV drone strike.
On the night of November 9, Odesa, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions were under enemy fire.
The material was prepared by:
Topic Researcher, Text Author: Yana Yevmenova
Visual Editor: Olga Kovalova
Literary Editor: Yuliia Futei
