Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 164 drones from Saturday evening, and that 137 were shot down or jammed.
Russia's Defense Ministry said its air defenses destroyed 142 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian regions. Belgorod's governor said 106 drones were intercepted or disabled over his region alone in the past 24 hours, and Kursk's governor said 267 were shot down over Kursk in the same period. The Russian figures do not line up with each other. All of them are claims, none independently verified.
Ukraine's energy company DTEK said Russian strikes badly damaged power equipment in the Dnipropetrovsk region, leaving more than 600,000 people without power.
The Russian-run Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant said it lost its outside power supply when a transmission line disconnected, and that backup diesel generators are running.
Front line
199 combat clashes in the past day, counted by Ukraine's General Staff. The heaviest fighting was on the Kostiantynivka axis — 23 attacks there, and 9 on the Pokrovsk axis.
Across the day Russia made 2 missile strikes and 74 airstrikes, dropping 235 guided bombs, and sent 7,557 kamikaze drones, by the General Staff's count.
The General Staff said Russian troops pushed forward near Kostiantynivka and Vilne. DeepState's map for today showed no change in occupied ground from yesterday — the two do not fully line up, and both are reported here as claimed.
ISW's count for October: Russia took or held about 140 square kilometres but lost about 167 — the second straight month it lost more ground than it gained.
Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces struck a power substation near Beloshitsy in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region, claiming it supplied weapons plants, and hit a container ship southwest of Odesa, claiming it carried weapons. Both are Russian claims, not verified.
Ukraine strikes back
No new Ukrainian strike deep inside Russia was confirmed today. The Saratov oil refinery, hit overnight Nov 7, was still burning this morning, per footage posted today. The Kyiv Independent reported that strike yesterday and said the details were not yet verified.
Belgorod's governor said his region came under 138 Ukrainian attacks in the past 24 hours.
Civilian toll
Ukraine's Donetsk region head said 5 civilians were killed and 5 injured there in the past 24 hours. Odesa's regional head reported 1 death, and 1 person was injured in Khmelnytskyi, in western Ukraine.
Russia's Belgorod governor said 1 civilian was killed and 3 injured in his region in the same period.
Komyshuvakha, where a school used as an aid point was bombed on Nov 2: no new count today. The last figures were the regional governor's — 53 dead and 53 missing, counted Nov 6. A Kyiv Independent headline on Nov 7 put the dead at 55.
Talks
The Abu Dhabi round is still set for Nov 10–11, with US envoy Steve Witkoff. Both sides have named their teams; Russia's includes Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov. Nothing new was announced today.
Sources: Ukraine's General Staff and Air Force (via Ukrinform and Kyiv24); Russia's Defense Ministry and the Belgorod and Kursk regional governors (via SANA); DeepState; ISW; The Kyiv Independent; Al Jazeera. Each side's numbers are that side's claims, labeled as such.
