هجمات，孔FORM: Russia's drone and missile attacks damage energy infrastructure in Dnipropetrovshchyna, leaving over 600,000 without electricity
Russian drone and missile attacks damaged energy infrastructure in Dnipropetrovshchyna, leaving more than 600,000 consumers without electricity. In Dnipro, electric transport and metro services were suspended, while hospitals and other critical facilities switched to generators as energy workers attempted to restore power amid continued shelling.
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- Russia attacked Ukraine on the night of November 8 with three Kh-59/69 guided aviation missiles and 164 strike drones, including 112 jet drones.
- Ukrainian air defenses reportedly neutralized 137 drones, including 88 jet drones, while impacts were recorded at 23 locations.
- Attacks on energy infrastructure in Dnipropetrovshchyna left more than 600,000 consumers without electricity.
- More than 10 drone attacks targeted Dniprovskyi, Kamianskyi, Nikopolskyi and Synelnykivskyi districts overnight.
- Dnipro suspended electric transport and metro services for emergency work and electricity restrictions.
- Hospitals and critical infrastructure facilities switched to generator power.
- In the Dubovyky community, a private house was damaged and a fire broke out.
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The attacks caused a major regional blackout affecting more than 600,000 consumers and disrupted public transport in Dnipro. Hospitals and other critical infrastructure depended on generators while power restoration was underway, and repeated shelling made repair work more difficult. Authorities therefore asked residents who retained electricity to conserve it.
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Russia launched a large overnight attack on Ukraine using three Kh-59/69 guided aviation missiles and 164 strike drones, 112 of which were jet drones. Ukrainian air defenses reportedly neutralized 137 drones, but impacts were recorded at 23 locations. In Dnipropetrovshchyna, attacks damaged important energy facilities and disrupted electricity supply across the region, leaving more than 600,000 consumers without power. The Dnipro districts affected included Dniprovskyi, Kamianskyi, Samarivskyi, Pavlohradskyi and Synelnykivskyi. In Dnipro, more than 60,000 consumers were without electricity on the evening of November 7, before the broader overnight outage. Electric transport and metro services were suspended because emergency work required power and supply restrictions were introduced. Hospitals and other critical infrastructure switched to generators, while energy workers tried to restore supply despite continued shelling. Residential infrastructure was also damaged in several areas: the district center of Nikopol district was hit, an apartment building was damaged in the Pokrovsk community, and a private house was damaged in the Dubovyky community, where a fire broke out.
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Ukrainian reporting focused on the scale of the blackout, damage to energy facilities and outages across multiple districts. Particular attention was paid to the consequences for Dnipro residents, including suspended electric transport and metro services, emergency electricity restrictions and requests to conserve power. The attacks were also described through damage to residential buildings, the strike on the Nikopol district center and a house fire in the Dubovyky community.
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Sources give conflicting years for the night of November 8, identifying it in some records as 2024 and in others as 2026. The figures also require context: more than 60,000 Dnipro consumers were reported without electricity earlier on November 7, while the figure exceeding 600,000 relates to Dnipropetrovshchyna after the overnight attacks. One record ambiguously attributes the larger figure to Dnipro itself.
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Before the wider overnight attack on November 8, earlier strikes on energy infrastructure had already left more than 60,000 consumers in Dnipro without electricity on the evening of November 7. The subsequent attack involved three Kh-59/69 guided aviation missiles and 164 strike drones, including 112 jet drones. Ukrainian air defenses reportedly neutralized 137 drones, while impacts were recorded at 23 locations.