Overview
- Radio Svoboda, citing ASTRA and geolocated video, reported an attack on a Voronezh facility that heats several city districts, with local officials attributing the incident to drones.
- Governor Alexander Gusev said several drones were suppressed, a fire broke out at a utility site, electricity was temporarily cut in some areas, and heating temperatures fluctuated before power was restored.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed more than 40 drones were downed overnight, mostly over Bryansk region, without mentioning Voronezh, and Ukraine has not commented.
- ASTRA suggested the Voronezh strike may have involved missiles rather than drones, a claim not independently verified.
- In Kursk on November 8, Governor Alexander Khinshtein said Ukrainian forces attempted to hit a thermal plant but reported no damage, no heat interruptions, and emergency teams on site.