Overview
- Ukrainian authorities reported roughly 458 drones and 45 missiles in the Nov. 8–9 barrage, with the air force saying 406 drones and nine missiles were downed as Centerenergo’s generation fell to zero and Ukrenergo imposed 8–16 hour outages in most regions.
- A drone struck a nine‑story apartment building in Dnipro, killing at least two people and injuring more than ten, as officials detailed additional civilian casualties from the overnight attacks.
- Kyiv launched retaliatory strikes on Russian energy sites, with regional governors reporting power and heating disruptions in Belgorod, Voronezh and Kursk and fires at utility facilities, while Moscow claimed intercepts of dozens of Ukrainian drones.
- Ukraine said drones hit substations supplying the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear plants and requested an urgent IAEA Board meeting over what it called unacceptable nuclear safety risks.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked for up to 25 U.S.-made Patriot systems, noting the difficulty of stopping ballistic barrages as Ukraine seeks additional high-end air defenses from allies.