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Ukraine Situation Report, 8 November 2026: The Naga Report 031

Writer: chris Naganuma
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Project Leaflet stat card: The Naga Report edition 031, 2026-11-08, threat level HIGH. 167 drones and missiles launched overnight; 137 drones downed or suppressed; 600,000+ customers cut in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; 199 front-line clashes on 7 November.

The Naga Report 031 // 2026-11-08 // day 1719 of the war // threat level HIGH. Coverage: 24h to 08:00 Kyiv, 8 Nov 2026, data cut 08:00 Kyiv.


Threat level HIGH. 167 drones and missiles launched with hits at 23 locations [1]; strikes reported in at least 10 oblasts; 5 killed in Donetsk Oblast and 1 in Odesa [2][3]; more than 600,000 customers cut in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and 250,000 in Kharkiv Oblast, both reported after the cut [4][5].


Bottom line

1. Russia sent 164 attack drones, 112 of them jet-powered, and 3 Kh-59/69 missiles overnight; air defence downed or suppressed 137 drones, and hits were recorded at 23 locations [1].


2. The grid took the worst of it: DTEK and the Dnipropetrovsk governor reported more than 600,000 customers without power by 08:43, and a drone strike on a critical facility cut 250,000 in Kharkiv Oblast [4][5].


3. Donetsk Oblast lost 5 people on 7 November, 3 of them in Kramatorsk per the governor, while Zaporizhzhia Oblast logged 725 Russian strikes on 53 settlements in a single day [2][6].


4. ISW assesses Russian advances in the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration and the Chasiv Yar tactical area, but the only gain it geolocated on 7 November was Ukrainian, in central Mala Tokmachka [7].


5. Ukraine, the US and Russia meet in Abu Dhabi on 10 and 11 November, the first such round since February; Moscow is sending a delegation that includes its GRU chief [8][9].


The night in numbers

167 drones and missiles launched overnight [1]

137 drones downed or suppressed [1]

600,000+ customers cut in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast [4]

199 front-line clashes on 7 November [20]

23 locations hit by drones and missiles [1]

5 killed in Donetsk Oblast on 7 November [2]


Overnight air attack

The Air Force counted 164 Shahed-type, Gerbera and Parodiya decoy drones, 112 of them jet-powered, plus 3 Kh-59/69 guided missiles fired from the Sea of Azov. Drones came from Oryol, Kursk, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, occupied Donetsk and Hvardiiske in Crimea. By 08:00, 137 drones were downed or suppressed, 88 of them jet-powered, which is 79 percent of the jet drones. No intercept figure was given for the missiles. Hits were recorded at 23 locations and debris fell at 6, and several drones were still in the air when the report went out [1][10]. The night came straight after the 6 to 7 November barrage, when Zelensky said Russia fired 36 ballistic missiles and preliminary findings pointed to North Korean KN-23s used on a key energy facility [11].


Ukrainian and Azerbaijani delegations seated at a long conference table under the two countries' flags at the intergovernmental commission in Uzhhorod

File photo, November 2026: Ukrainian and Azerbaijani delegations at the 14th intergovernmental commission in Uzhhorod, where Denys Shmyhal and Parviz Shahbazov discussed energy cooperation as Russia keeps hitting the grid. Photo: Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via mev.gov.ua.


Attack drones launched (Shahed, Gerbera, decoys): 164 [1]

of which jet-powered: 112 [1]

Kh-59/69 guided missiles (from the Sea of Azov): 3 [1]

Drones downed or suppressed by 08:00: 137 (88 jet) [1,10]

Locations hit / debris sites: 23 / 6 [1]


Oblast by oblast

Donetsk (HIGH). Governor Filashkin's morning report: 5 killed on 7 November, 3 in Kramatorsk, 1 in Bilenke and 1 in Druzhkivka, plus 5 injured [2]. The Kyiv Independent tally (late item, 10:59 Kyiv) puts 2 of the deaths in Kramatorsk [12].


Group photo of the Ukrainian and Azerbaijani delegations standing in a row in a hotel conference hall

File photo, November 2026: delegations after the Ukraine-Azerbaijan intergovernmental commission in Uzhhorod. Photo: Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via mev.gov.ua.


Dnipropetrovsk (HIGH). More than 600,000 customers lost power across the Dniprovskyi, Kamianskyi, Samarivskyi, Pavlohradskyi and Synelnykivskyi districts and parts of Dnipro, with critical sites on generators (late item, 08:43 Kyiv) [4]. Late item, 11:28 Kyiv: a drone hit the outskirts of Dnipro on the morning of 8 November, killing 1 and injuring 1 [13].


Kharkiv (HIGH). A drone hit a critical infrastructure facility overnight and about 250,000 customers lost power, with no casualties (late item, 10:05 Kyiv) [5]. The Kyiv Independent tally (late item, 10:59 Kyiv) reports 2 injured in the oblast [12].


Zaporizhzhia (HIGH). Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the oblast Defence Council, counted 725 strikes on 53 settlements in a day: 26 airstrikes, 561 drone attacks, 135 artillery strikes and 3 MLRS attacks. One person was injured in Zaporizhzhia [6].


Odesa (MED). One person was killed in a Russian attack on Odesa overnight, and infrastructure was damaged [3].


Poltava (MED). Reported on 7 November: drones hit private businesses at two sites in Kremenchuk, starting fires, and 4 people were injured there; a business in the Hradyzk community was also hit and a house was damaged [14].


Kherson (MED). Russian forces shelled 18 settlements including Kherson, Antonivka and Beryslav; 2 people were injured and 3 apartment blocks and 3 houses were damaged [15].


Zhytomyr (MED). Late item, 11:47 Kyiv: Zelensky said 140 apartment buildings in Zhytomyr region lost heating after a Russian strike [16].


Sumy (MED). Late item, 10:59 Kyiv: nearly 40 attacks on 19 settlements damaged civilian infrastructure; no casualties reported [12].


Volyn (LOW). Late item, 10:59 Kyiv: jet drones were launched at the oblast; debris started a fire at an agricultural business in Lutsk district, with no casualties [12].


Central Ukraine (Naftogaz) (MED). Naftogaz said on 7 November that Russia hit one of its facilities in central Ukraine three times in overnight attacks, starting a fire; no one was hurt [17].


Front line

ISW assesses Russian advances in the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration and the Chasiv Yar tactical area, based on observer Mashovets, who says Ukrainian troops withdrew from Chasiv Yar; neither is geolocated. The only gain ISW geolocated was Ukrainian, in central Mala Tokmachka southeast of Orikhiv [7]. DeepState's latest change, a Russian advance near Svitle and Vasylivka, was carried early on 7 November before the window opened [18]; the Russian MoD claimed no captured settlement on 7 November [19]. The General Staff counted 199 clashes, 235 guided bombs and 7,557 kamikaze drones; its axis list covers only 59 of the 199 [20]. It claims 2,290 Russian personnel losses for the day (Ukrainian claim) [21].


Kostiantynivka, 23 clashes. Busiest axis: Kostiantynivka, Vilne, Mykolaipillia, Zolotyi Kolodiaz [20]. ISW assesses a Russian advance near Chasiv Yar (not geolocated) [7].


Pokrovsk, 9 clashes. Novyi Donbas, Novohryshyne, Serhiivka, toward Dobropillia [20]. No new confirmed change; DeepState's Svitle and Vasylivka update predates the window [18].


S. Slobozhanskyi, 8 clashes. Kozacha Lopan, Vovchansk [20]. No confirmed change; Trehubov (late item, 13:14) says Hraniv is Russia's only recent gain there [22].


Lyman, 5 clashes. Toward Lyman and near Kolodiazi [20]. No confirmed change.


Sloviansk, 4 clashes. Pyskunivka, Mykolaivka, Ozerne [20]. ISW: Russian advance assessed; infiltrators cleared east of Sloviansk [7].


Huliaipole, 3 clashes. Kosivtseve, Mala Tokmachka [20]. No confirmed change.


Orikhiv, 2 clashes. Ukrainian advance in central Mala Tokmachka, geolocated [7]; clashes near Novopavlivka, Lukianivske [20].


Incident map

The Naga Report 031 incident map of Ukraine for 2026-11-08: numbered incident markers sized by severity and front axes ringed with clash counts.

Incident map, 2026-11-08. Graphic: Project Leaflet. Map outlines: @svg-maps/ukraine, CC BY 4.0


1. Kramatorsk area (Strikes). 3 killed in Kramatorsk, 1 in Bilenke, 1 in Druzhkivka on 7 Nov. [2]

2. Dnipro region (Energy). 600,000+ customers cut (late item, 08:43). [4]

3. Kharkiv Oblast (Energy). Drone hit a critical facility, 250,000 cut (late item, 10:05). [5]

4. Odesa (Strike). 1 killed, infrastructure damaged. [3]

5. Zaporizhzhia (Mixed). 725 strikes on 53 settlements; 1 injured. [6]

6. Kremenchuk (Drone). Businesses hit at two sites; 4 injured. [14]

7. Kherson (Shelling). 18 settlements shelled; 2 injured. [15]

8. Zhytomyr (Energy). 140 buildings lost heating, per Zelensky (late item, 11:47). [16]


Ukrainian long-range strikes

Late item, 12:58 Kyiv: Rostov Oblast governor Slyusar said drones hit a bridge over the Mius River on the Novorossiya highway in Neklinovsky district overnight, damaging a span and two cranes and cutting traffic to one lane; no casualties. Ukraine made no official claim [23].


The Russian MoD claims it intercepted 142 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight over several regions including Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Rostov and Moscow, plus Crimea and the Sea of Azov (claim) [24].


No General Staff, SBU, HUR or Unmanned Systems Forces claim for a strike inside Russia was found in the window.


Naval picture

The 3 Kh-59/69 missiles were launched from the Sea of Azov [1].


Ukrainian Defence Minister Evgeniy Khmara speaking at a desk in front of Ukrainian military flags during a call

File photo, 5 November 2026: Defence Minister Evgeniy Khmara during his call with Turkish counterpart Yasar Guler on securing Black Sea shipping. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via mod.gov.ua.


Late item, 8 November afternoon (TASS gives no clock time): the Russian MoD claims it hit a container ship in Chornomorsk port and a dry cargo vessel southwest of Odesa (claim, no Ukrainian confirmation found) [25].


On 5 November Defence Minister Khmara and his Turkish counterpart Guler discussed measures to secure Black Sea shipping [26].


Travel, rail, energy, border, FX

Rail: Late item, 12:17 Kyiv: Ukrzaliznytsia is running Dnipropetrovsk Oblast trains on diesel and Zaporizhzhia by combined train and bus, with possible delays [31].

Energy: Hourly outages for all consumers in some regions on 8 November [29]; outages in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Kharkiv oblasts after the 6 to 7 November strikes [28].

Air travel: Civil airspace remains closed; no change announced.

Border: At 12:00 on 7 November: Ustyluh 15 cars, Shehyni 10 cars and 40 pedestrians, Mamalyha 5 cars; Slovak, Hungarian and Romanian crossings clear [32].

FX: NBU rate for Monday 9 November, set on 6 November: UAH 45.32 per USD, 50.65 per EUR [33].


Watch list

Abu Dhabi, 10 to 11 November: Umerov leads Ukraine's team [8]; Russia sends Medinsky, Ryabkov, Galuzin and GRU chief Kostyukov (late item, 11:10 Kyiv) [9].


Wide view of a conference hall with two long tables of delegates facing screens showing the Azerbaijani flag

File photo, November 2026: the Ukraine-Azerbaijan intergovernmental commission in session in Uzhhorod. Photo: Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via mev.gov.ua.


Late item, 12:19 Kyiv: new outages in six oblasts, and the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP lost external power again and runs on diesel generators [27].


Power lines carrying nuclear output to Kyiv were damaged in the 6 to 7 November strikes and will take time to restore [28].


Outage schedules of 1.5 to 4 queues stay in force in some regions, with limits on industry [29].


Late item, 13:48 Kyiv: Russian milblogger Podolyaka claims the capture of Rozhdestvenskoye and Nadiia, southwest of Dobropillia; ISW and DeepState have not confirmed either [30].


Key media updates


Sources

19. Glasnarod (Russian MoD briefing), Russian MoD briefing, 7 November 2026


Method. Figures come from the Ukrainian Air Force and General Staff morning reports (via Ukrinform), ISW, regional officials and named outlets, each cited by number. Official morning tallies timed to the 08:00 Kyiv cut count as in-window even when an outlet posts them later; other reports published after 08:00 Kyiv are marked as late items with their time. Russian MoD figures and milblogger statements are claims. Front-line changes are stated as fact only when geolocated or assessed by ISW or DeepState. An independent fact-check pass checked every figure against its cited page before publication.


The Naga Report is Project Leaflet's free daily Ukraine situation report. The full five-page PDF edition goes out on t.me/TheLeaflet, and the morning deep read lands here in The Daily Sitrep.

 
 
 

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