Russia launches overnight attacks on Ukraine's energy and industrial facilities
Rubryka reports the attacks, citing regional officials: Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration; Vitalii Diakivnych, head of the Poltava administration; Taras Pastukh, head of the Ternopil administration; and Oleksandr Koval, head of the Rivne administration.
Explosions sounded in Poltava, central Ukraine, at around 1 a.m. Regional administration leader Vitalii Diakivnych later said a Russian drone had hit a private business.
After 2 a.m., another Russian drone crashed on the property of a private home in the Kamianske Potoky community.
Two men, aged 38 and 57, were injured in a Russian strike on a business in Dnipro, central Ukraine, on November 4.
Regional administration head Oleksandr Hanzha said both men were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds. Their condition is moderate.
The strike also sparked a fire at the business.
Russian forces also targeted the Marhanets and Myrove communities in the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
In the Bohynivka community of the Synelnykove district, Russian forces hit a farm, setting it on fire.
Explosions were heard in Rivne at around 4 a.m. Air defenses were active in the city.
Governor Oleksandr Koval said Russian forces had tried to hit energy facilities.
The attack sparked a fire at a private home in the Rivne district. No injuries were reported.
A Russian drone hit an energy facility in the Ternopil district.
Regional administration leader Taras Pastukh confirmed the damage and said emergency crews were at the scene.
"Unfortunately, a drone hit a site in the Ternopil district, damaging an energy facility. Emergency crews are at the scene and working to deal with the damage," he wrote.
The State Emergency Service said a Russian strike on a shopping mall in Odesa started a fire.
"Despite repeated air raid alerts, firefighters quickly put out the fire and stopped it from spreading," the agency said.
Emergency service psychologists helped people at the scene. No deaths or injuries were reported, according to preliminary information.
As Rubryka reported, 33 people were killed in a Russian airstrike on the settlement of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region. Five people were rescued, and more than 50 may still be trapped under the rubble. One of the hospitalized victims is in critical condition, with burns covering 81% of her body, Rubryka reported.
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