Russian strikes kill two in Ukraine, target energy infrastructure across eight regions

The two victims were killed when a Russian attack struck a civilian enterprise in Vinnytsia region, where energy facilities were also damaged.

Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 162 drones overnight, including 96 jet-powered drones.

Ukrainian air defenses shot down or electronically suppressed 135 drones, including 70 jet-powered ones, according to preliminary figures as of 7:30 a.m. The Air Force reported strikes at 19 locations and falling debris at nine others, while warning that several drones remained airborne.

National grid operator Ukrenergo said Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy and Kirovohrad regions overnight and into the morning.

Power outages were reported in six regions: Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv.

In Kirovohrad region, strikes sparked fires at critical and civilian infrastructure facilities and injured two people.

A man was injured in Poltava region, where a strike set a house, an outbuilding and two vehicles on fire.

Russian attacks also damaged residential areas in the Sumy and Kherson regions. In Kherson, an FPV drone struck an apartment building on Nov. 9, injuring a woman, while firefighters rescued another woman during overnight fires caused by drones.

The full extent of the damage was still being assessed.