Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight on November 7-8 with three Kh-59/69 guided air-to-surface missiles launched from the Sea of Azov and 164 attack drones, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Telegram on Sunday morning, via Ukrinform. Of the 164 drones, 112 were jet-powered Shahed-type aircraft, alongside Gerbera drones and Parodiya decoy drones. The drones were launched from the directions of Oryol, Kursk, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, from temporarily occupied Donetsk, and from Hvardiiske in temporarily occupied Crimea, the Air Force said. The attack began at 18:00 on Saturday, November 7.
Source: Ukrainian Air Force Command via Ukrinform, Nov 8 2026 — 137 of 164 drones neutralised overnight
According to preliminary data as of 08:00 on Sunday, November 8, Ukrainian air defence had shot down or suppressed 137 drones, including 88 jet-powered ones, the Air Force said. The air attack was repelled by Ukrainian aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned-systems units, and mobile fire groups. Several attack drones remained in Ukrainian airspace and combat operations were ongoing when the report was issued. Air Force figures recorded hits by attack weapons at 23 locations, and the fall of downed targets and their debris at six locations.
Source: Ukrainian Air Force via Ukrinform/EuropeSays and Kyiv24, Nov 8 2026
One killed in Odesa; homes damaged in Khmelnytskyi
Late in the evening of November 7, Russian forces attacked the Black Sea port city of Odesa. Serhii Lysak, head of the city's military administration, said infrastructure was damaged and one person was killed, and later reported that a non-residential building caught fire in one of the city's districts as a result of the attack. In the Khmelnytskyi region, a Russian drone damaged residential buildings and injured one person, Ukrainian reporting said. Along the front line, Ukrinform reported 187 combat engagements between Ukrainian and Russian forces by 22:00 on November 7, with the heaviest fighting in the Kostiantynivka sector. These are Ukrainian official and Ukrainian-media figures; the sources used carry no Russian account of this specific overnight barrage, and Russia's Defence Ministry routinely describes its strikes as aimed at military targets — a claim Awaaz Punjab cannot verify for these locations.
The barrage followed the previous night's attack on Kyiv, when 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles knocked out power across five regions — and it comes two days before trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi. Kyiv barrage: 172 drones and 36 missiles, blackouts in five regions
The timing matters. Delegations from Ukraine, Russia and the United States are due to meet in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11 for trilateral talks on ending the war, and the Kremlin has confirmed Russia's delegation will include senior military officials and diplomats including Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. Two consecutive nights of heavy strikes ahead of those talks underline how far the battlefield and the negotiating table remain apart: Ukraine's air defences are intercepting most drones but cannot stop every weapon, and each night's hits land on the energy and port infrastructure the country needs to get through winter.
What is solid
- Russia launched 3 Kh-59/69 missiles from the Sea of Azov and 164 attack drones from 18:00 on Nov 7, 112 of them jet-powered — Ukrainian Air Force, via Ukrinform.
- Air defence shot down or suppressed 137 drones by 08:00 on Nov 8; hits were recorded at 23 locations and debris at 6 — Ukrainian Air Force preliminary data.
- One person was killed and infrastructure was damaged in Odesa in the late-evening Nov 7 attack — Serhii Lysak, head of Odesa city military administration.
What is only claimed
- All launch, interception and hit figures are Ukrainian official figures; Russia has not commented on this specific barrage in the sources used, and the figures cannot be independently verified from open reporting alone.
- The purpose and exact targets of the strikes: Ukrainian officials describe attacks on energy, port and civilian infrastructure; Russia routinely says it targets military facilities. Neither account is independently confirmed for these locations.
The November 7-8 barrage came a night after 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles hit Kyiv and five regions. With trilateral talks set for November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi, both sides are still striking at full tempo — the talks open under fire, not under a ceasefire.
What happens next: the Air Force said several drones were still airborne and operations were continuing on Sunday morning, so its preliminary figures may be updated. Attention now turns to Abu Dhabi, where the November 10-11 trilateral meeting will test whether the diplomatic track can slow a war that, on this weekend's evidence, neither side is pausing for.