Russia attacks Ukraine overnight with Iskander ballistic missile and nearly 100 jet-powered drones
Russian war10 November, 10:26 AM
As of 7:30 a.m., Ukrainian air defenses had shot down or otherwise neutralized 135 Russian drones, including Shahed-type UAVs (70 of them jet-powered), Gerbera drones and other types. Russian aerial weapons struck 19 locations, while debris from downed drones fell at nine locations.
Ukraine's Air Force warned that several attack drones remained in the air and air defense operations were ongoing.
Overnight on Nov. 10, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian cities with strike drones, targeting energy and critical infrastructure facilities in Poltava Oblast and Kryvyi Rih, an industrial facility in Kremenchuk, and residential buildings in Kyiv and Kharkiv oblasts. Casualties were reported.
Russian forces struck a critical infrastructure facility in Kirovohrad Oblast's Holovanivsk district, sparking a fire.
In Poltava district, a Russian drone struck an energy facility, regional governor Vitaliy Diakivnych reported. The consequences of the attack are still being assessed. Following an explosion, parts of Poltava experienced power and water outages.
Diakivnych also reported a strike on an industrial facility in Kremenchuk.
In Pereiaslav, Kyiv Oblast, two people were injured when a Russian strike hit a residential facility housing people who require care. Both were hospitalized, while the remaining residents were evacuated. The building was partially destroyed, regional authorities said.
In Kharkiv, six people were injured in a strike on the city's Kholodnohirskyi district, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported.