Russia launched 115 missiles of various types, nearly 1,900 guided aerial bombs and more than 3,000 attack drones against Ukraine's cities and communities in the past week alone, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X and Telegram on Sunday, November 8.

Source: LaPresse

Zelenskyy said a significant proportion of the missiles were manufactured this year. Reporting by Ukrinform, carried by European outlets, said the combined strikes included a significant share of ballistic missiles, which are among the hardest for Ukraine's air defences to intercept.

Source: Ukrinform via EuropeSays

115missiles launched in one week, Zelenskyy said
~1,900guided aerial bombs in the same week
3,000+attack drones in the same week

'Stop the missiles on the production lines'

“If the world does not have sufficient anti-ballistic capabilities to protect Ukrainian airspace, then the missiles must be stopped on the production lines,” Zelenskyy wrote. “We are counting on a strong 22nd EU sanctions package. Thank you to all our partners who are really helping.”

He said Ukraine regularly shares information with international partners about Russian companies involved in producing ballistic weapons, and that Kyiv imposed sweeping sanctions in October against individuals and entities involved in those activities. He called for Ukrainian restrictions to be synchronised with sanctions in Europe and the G7 countries.

Attacks continued on Sunday morning

The tally came as attacks continued: on the morning of November 8, Russian forces attacked a suburb of Dnipro with a drone, Ukrainian reporting said. The weekly figures follow days of heavy strikes on Ukraine's energy network ahead of trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States scheduled in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11.

Russia has not commented on Zelenskyy's weekly tally in the reporting cited here. The figures are the Ukrainian president's account, presented by Kyiv as evidence that Moscow is intensifying strikes — including on energy facilities — to pressure Ukraine ahead of the Abu Dhabi talks.

What happens next

Attention now turns to the Abu Dhabi meeting on November 10-11, the first trilateral round in months, and to whether the European Union's planned 22nd sanctions package targets the production lines Zelenskyy named. Ukraine says its need for ballistic-missile interceptors remains urgent as winter approaches.