The key facts

  • One Iskander-M missile and 162 drones were used; air defense shot down or neutralized 135
  • Energy facilities were damaged in eight regions, with outages in six
  • Two killed in Ladyzhyn, two wounded in the Kyiv region; the drone attack on a commuter train in Sumy caused no casualties

Scale of the attack

On the night of November 10, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with missiles and drones. According to the Air Force Command of Ukraine, one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 162 strike drones were used; air defense forces shot down or neutralized 135 of them. Drones hit targets in 19 regions, and debris of downed drones fell in nine more regions. Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky said the attacks were directed at 10 regions in total. This is reported by Zamon.uz citing Ukrainian authorities.

Energy sector and consequences for the population

According to the power grid operator Ukrenergo, energy facilities in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy and Kirovohrad regions came under attack. As a result, power supply disruptions were observed in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions. Koretsky added that five major power substations were hit in the Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia and Kirovohrad regions.

Casualties and incidents

In the city of Ladyzhyn in the Vinnytsia region, two people were killed as a result of a strike on a civilian enterprise. The head of the regional military administration, Natalia Zabolotna, said that the enterprise building was destroyed and energy infrastructure facilities were also damaged. In the Kyiv region, a building housing people in need of special social assistance and care was hit: two people were wounded and hospitalized, and part of the building was destroyed. In addition, in Sumy, a Russian drone attacked a suburban commuter train. According to Ukrzaliznytsia, at the moment of the strike the train was standing at the platform and the crew was in a shelter — passengers and railway workers were not hurt.