Russian aerial attacks on November 8, 2026 severely damaged Ukrainian energy infrastructure, leaving over 850,000 residents without electricity across the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions and heating cut to 140 buildings in Zhytomyr. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant lost off-site power, switching to emergency diesel generators. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of escalating strikes to pressure Kyiv ahead of US-brokered peace talks in Abu Dhabi.
Russian strikes hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure
- ▪Russia's Ministry of Defence stated that its forces struck Ukrainian energy infrastructure used by the Ukrainian military
- ▪Russian strikes left more than 600,000 residents without electricity in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region
- ▪President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian strike in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region on November 8, 2026 left 140 apartment buildings without heating as local temperatures hovered around freezing
- ▪Ukrainian power company DTEK stated on November 8, 2026 that electricity restoration work in the Dnipropetrovsk region was being complicated by repeated Russian attacks
- ▪Mayor of Zlatopil city Mykola Baksheyev said a Russian drone strike on a critical infrastructure facility on November 8, 2026 left nearly 250,000 customers without electricity in Ukraine's Kharkiv region
- ▪Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities plunged residents in five regions into darkness and hampered electricity transmission
Zaporizhzhia plant loses external power
- ▪The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant lost its external electricity supply
- ▪The International Atomic Energy Agency stated on November 8, 2026 that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant holds sufficient fuel reserves to operate emergency diesel generators for about two weeks
- ▪The Russian-installed management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant stated on November 8, 2026 that the Ferosplavna line shut down due to automatic protection, with site radiation levels remaining normal
Zelenskyy addresses upcoming peace talks
- ▪Trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States were scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, November 10, and Wednesday, November 11, 2026
- ▪Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on November 8, 2026 of escalating strikes on energy infrastructure to exert pressure on Kyiv ahead of United States-brokered trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday
Russian strike on Komyshuvakha aid centre
- ▪Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on November 8, 2026 that the death toll from a November 2, 2026 Russian strike on an aid distribution centre in Komyshuvakha rose to 55 people
- ▪President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces launched an FPV drone in the Zaporizhzhia region, targeting a village
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