Devastating Night: Six Lives Lost in Russian Strikes Across Ukraine

Sat Nov 08 2025 20:51:24 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

A night of terror in Ukraine as Russian missile and drone attacks result in multiple casualties and widespread destruction of energy infrastructure.

In a brutal escalation of violence, at least six individuals have died due to Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, targeting both energy infrastructure and residential areas. Significant damage has been reported in Dnipro, where an apartment building was hit, as well as in Zaporizhzhia. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko confirmed ongoing efforts to restore power amid widespread outages affecting multiple regions.

At least six people have died after Russia launched hundreds of missile and drone attacks on energy infrastructure and residential targets in Ukraine overnight.

A strike on an apartment building in the city of Dnipro killed two people and wounded 12, while three died in Zaporizhzhia.

In all, 25 locations across Ukraine, including the capital city Kyiv, were hit, leaving many areas without electricity and heating. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Telegram that major energy facilities were damaged in the Poltava, Kharkiv and Kyiv regions, and work was under way to restore power.

In Russia, the defence ministry said its forces had shot down 79 Ukrainian drones overnight.

The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched more than 450 exploding bomber drones and 45 missiles. Nine missiles and 406 drones were reportedly shot down.

The Ukrainian Energy Ministry said there were power cuts in the Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhya, Odesa and Kirovohrad regions, but restoration work was ongoing.

Svyrydenko said critical infrastructure facilities have already been reconnected, and water supply is being maintained using generators.

Russia argues its attacks on energy targets are aimed at the Ukrainian military.

Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure ahead of winter are now a familiar part of this war. But ministers in Kyiv are acutely concerned that Moscow is not just trying to damage the morale of Ukraine's people but also bring its economy to a standstill by collapsing its energy network.

Analysts say this fourth winter of Russia's full-scale invasion will prove a significant test of Ukraine's defensive resilience.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks showed there must be no exceptions to Western sanctions on Russian energy as a way of putting pressure on Moscow.

The missile strikes came only hours after the US gave Hungary a one-year exemption from restrictions on buying oil and gas from Russia.

In a message on Telegram, Zelensky stated that the overnight attacks illustrated the need to intensify pressure on Russia, calling for sanctions to target all Russian energy without exceptions.