Massive Russian Strike With Hundreds Of Drones Wrecks Ukrainian Defense, Energy Facilities (Videos)

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Over the night of November 7 and 8, Russia carried out a massive group strike against Ukraine, launching hundreds of suicide drones in addition to dozens of ballistic and cruise missile at targets across the country, including defense facilities and related energy infrastructure.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that more than 450 drones and 45 missiles of various types were launched by Russia.

“There were also strikes in the Dnipro, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions. The Odesa region has been under attack since the evening,” Zelenskyy wrote on X.

As usual, the Ukrainian Air Force claimed that most of the drones and missiles were intercepted. However, Ukrainian and Russian media reported many hits.

A wave of explosions was reported in Pavlograd, with a chemical plant appearing to be the primary target. Defense facilities in Kremenchuk, Chernihiv, Kiev, and Dnepropetrovsk also sustained damage.

Power outages were imposed across several regions of Ukraine. In Kharkov, the Zmievskaya Thermal Power Plant was damaged, forcing the metro to shut down. And in Dnepropetrovsk, the Prydniprovska Thermal Power Plant took a hit, triggering power and water outages in the city.

Around 20 explosions echoed near the Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant. Gas production facilities in Poltava were also damaged. In addition, reports indicate that two military airfields were also struck.

In a statement released later, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the group strike was carried out “in response to terrorist attacks launched by Ukraine against civilian objects on the territory of Russia.”

The ministry said that “high-precision long-range air-, ground-, and sea-based weapons including Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles as well as attack unmanned aerial vehicles” were used in the strikes, which targeted “enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry and power and gas infrastructure facilities of Ukraine which supported the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine.”

“All goals of the strike were achieved. All the assigned targets were engaged,” the ministry added.

It’s worth noting that Ukraine launched more attacks on the territory of Russia overnight. The Russian MoD said that 79 drones were intercepted.

The largest attack targeted Rostov, where 36 drones were shot down. Ten others were intercepted over Bryansk, nine over Kursk, and eight over Volgograd. Air defenses also destroyed five drones over the Crimean Peninsula and Belgorod. Three were downed in Saratov, while one drone each was intercepted over Voronezh, Smolensk, and Oryol.

As a result of the attacks, several Russian airports temporarily restricted flights overnight, including those in Ulyanovsk, Kaluga, Ufa, Penza, Saratov, and Volgograd.

In Saratov, one person was injured during a drone strike. Meanwhile in Bryansk, governor Alexander Bogomaz said that drones targeted an industrial facility in Belaya Berezka, Trubchevsky district. Three female employees were wounded there.

Since the start of the year, Russia began launching group strikes more frequently in response to Ukrainian attacks on its territories. In recent months, such strikes became more effective, even according to Ukraine itself, which blamed this on insufficient air defense supplies by its allies in the West.

Ukrainian attacks on Russian territories also increased in recent months, although they are not becoming more effective. Due to this, Kiev is also asking its allies for more long-range weapons.

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