According to Ukraine's State Energy Company and DTEK, Russian military strikes on energy infrastructure on November 8 caused emergency blackouts across multiple regions, including Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Kyiv, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. The strikes left more than 600,000 residents without power.
Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 3 missiles and 164 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into Ukrainian territory between the evening of November 7 and early November 8. Ukrainian air defense and electronic warfare units intercepted and suppressed 137 UAVs by 8 a.m. on November 8.