Russian forces attacked Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky, with dozens of Shahed drones overnight, causing injuries and infrastructure damage.
Kryvyi Rih Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul initially reported on Telegram that 30 Shahed drones were heading toward the city. The Ukrainian Air Force also confirmed several groups of UAVs advancing in the same direction.
Later, local Telegram channels and Suspilne correspondents reported multiple explosions in the city.
“At night, the enemy attacked Kryvyi Rih with Shaheds and guided aerial bombs (KAB). Air defenses were active, and a total of 29 attack UAVs were shot down over the region,” Vilkul said in an update at 7.38 a.m.
He confirmed strikes in the Kryvyi Rih district, including the Zelenodolsk and Novopillya communities, which led to infrastructure damage.
“Fires broke out but were extinguished. Two people – a woman and a man – were injured and taken to a hospital in Kryvyi Rih. Their condition is moderate,” he added.
All public services, hospitals, and transportation in the city are operating normally, Vilkul wrote.
He also reported that Russia shelled Nikopol and Marhanets with artillery, MLRS, and FPV drones. Three people – an 18-year-old woman and two men aged 26 and 45 – were injured.
A business, a religious organization, about 15 private houses, a 5-story building, 3 outbuildings, 6 cars, and a gas pipeline were damaged.
At 7.23 a.m., Chernihivoblenergo reported that a Russian attack on an energy facility in the Nizhyn district left more than 4,500 consumers without power.
The strikes also disrupted railway traffic in the Nizhyn direction. Ukrzaliznytsia announced temporary suspension of several suburban and regional trains on Oct. 8.
Later, the Nizhyn City Council and the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration (OVA) clarified that in the early morning of Oct. 8, Russian forces launched a massive kamikaze drone attack on the region.
The main strikes targeted Nizhyn, Pryluky, and the Semenivska community.
According to the Nizhyn City Council, Russia directed 12 Shahed drones at a freight train on the Nosivka-Nizhyn section. The attack damaged the railway track, temporarily halting train movement toward Kyiv - trains are currently running only to Nosivka station.
One of Nizhyn’s energy facilities was also hit, causing emergency power outages in several parts of the city. Warehouse infrastructure belonging to Ukrzaliznytsia was destroyed, and a large fire broke out on the roof of the building.
According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties.
The Chernihiv OVA reported that the region had come under 50 attacks over the past 24 hours, most involving FPV drones. A total of 23 settlements across seven communities were affected.
In Novhorod-Siverskyi, a 44-year-old woman was injured, while in the Semenivka community, a residential building and a car were destroyed by drone strikes, injuring a 70-year-old local resident. Another victim - a 56-year-old road service driver - was wounded when his vehicle was hit by a drone.
In Pryluky, a Shahed drone struck an oil depot, sparking a fire, while another hit an administrative building in Semenivka. In Nizhyn, railway facilities and an energy site sustained direct hits, causing fires.
Russian drones also targeted a fire department in Semenivka.
“The roof of the administrative building caught fire, but rescuers quickly extinguished it,” the State Emergency Service (DSNS) reported.
Personnel were in shelters during the attack, and no one was injured. Firefighting equipment also remained intact.
The Odesa region also came under drone attack overnight. The Odesa district suffered damage to the glazing of an administrative building and a utility structure, according to regional governor Oleh Kiper. He added that the resulting fire was quickly extinguished and there were no casualties.
In the Sumy region, a Russian drone hit a private home, injuring a family, including a 4-year-old girl in critical condition.
According to Sumy OVA head Oleh Hryhorov, the strike on a residential building in the Krasnopilska community left the child, her mother, and grandmother hospitalized.
The girl suffered severe burns, and doctors are fighting for her life. Authorities are considering transferring her to Okhmatdyt hospital in Kyiv.
Police reported that dozens of civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged in the region. In Sumy city, three apartment buildings, a service station, car dealerships, and a trolleybus were destroyed. In other communities, at least seven private and three apartment buildings sustained damage.
Russian troops have attacked a DTEK thermal power plant, injuring two power workers, the company reported on Telegram.
“Russia attacked the DTEK thermal power plant. According to preliminary information, two power workers were injured. They were promptly provided with all necessary assistance,” DTEK said.
The equipment of the plant sustained serious damage, and specialists are already working to make repairs.
“Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, DTEK’s thermal power plants have been shelled more than 200 times,” the company added.
The exact location of the attacked facility was not specified.
Maxim Timchenko, the CEO of DTEK, said Russians resumed the attacks against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with “cynical timing.’
“With cynical timing, russia resumed its campaign against DTEK power stations, just as we are about to enter winter. The attack on one of our plants injured two workers and caused serious damage. We will not let russia win, however,” Timchenko wrote on X.
According to the Air Force, from 18:30 on Oct. 7, Russian troops launched 183 attack drones 0 including Shaheds, Gerans, and other types. About 100 were Shaheds.
As of 09:00, air defenses had shot down or suppressed 154 drones across the north, south, east, and center of Ukraine.
Twenty-two drones struck 11 locations. The attack is ongoing, with several Russian UAVs still in Ukrainian airspace.
In the evening of Oct. 7, Ukraine’s Minister of Energy, Svitlana Hrynchuk, said that Russian forces carried out more than 26 attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities throughout the day.
Meeting with G7 ambassadors, she outlined Ukraine’s urgent needs ahead of winter amid constant Russian assaults.
“This day alone, we have had over 26 attacks on our energy facilities. The Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odesa, and Poltava regions are under daily enemy fire,” Hrynchuk said.
She emphasized that Ukraine urgently needs additional air defense and electronic warfare systems to protect critical infrastructure, as well as assistance with replacing destroyed energy equipment and strengthening physical protection of facilities.
This news story will be updated as more information becomes available.