Ukraine repels Russia’s massive 96-drone assault, other strikes kill one, injure at least 22 civilians
Air defenses successfully intercepted 66 Shaheds. Russia's additional artillery and aerial strikes cause civilian casualties and infrastructure damage.
Russia launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine overnight on 3 November 2024, deploying 96 Shahed drones and one missile, with Ukrainian air defenses intercepting the majority of targets.
According to Ukraine’s Air Force, the Russians launched guided aviation missile Kh-59/69 from Kursk Oblast’s airspace and 96 attack drones from Bryansk, Kursk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk. By 09:00, air defenses had confirmed downing one missile and 66 enemy drones across Kyiv, Sumy, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv oblasts. Additional 27 drones were “locationally lost” – meaning disappeared from radars possibly crashing, and one more flew to Belarus, with two more still active in Ukraine’s airspace at the time of the reporting.
In Kyiv, the city’s military administration reported drone debris caused fires in the Holosiivskyi and Desnyanskyi districts. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, falling debris damaged road surface, lighting support, and power lines. The blast wave damaged windows in a dormitory and an office building. No casualties were reported.
In Chernihiv Oblast, according to regional chief Viacheslav Chaus, a Shahed drone hit a two-story apartment building, damaging windows, doors, foundation, and roof. A nearby outbuilding caught fire, and cars were damaged, but no injuries were reported.
In Sumy Oblast’s Shostka, the city mayor Mykola Noha reported that eight Russian drones damaged infrastructure facilities, a school, residential buildings, garages, and cars. Additionally, Russian forces conducted 11 attacks on border communities of the region, including rocket strikes and guided bomb attacks.
In Dnipro city, a Russian attack late on 2 November injured eight people, including two children, the regional military administration head Serhiy Lysak reported. An 8-year-old girl suffered shrapnel wounds to her face, and a 15-year-old boy was wounded in both shins. An 83-year-old woman was hospitalized in serious condition with a leg injury. The Ukrzaliznytsia national railway operator’s was among the injured, the company said, adding that the attack damaged a railway station.
In Kherson Oblast, Russian forces attacked 17 settlements over the past day, killing one person and wounding ten, including three children, according to oblast chief Oleksandr Prokudin. The attacks damaged educational facilities, a library, a church, a post office, shops, five apartment buildings, and 14 detached houses. The attacks reportedly killed one civilian, and injured ten more, including three children.
In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, local authorities reported that a Russian guided bomb strike on a house in Preobrazhenka village injured two residents – a 55-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man. Over the past day, Russian forces conducted 266 strikes on 10 settlements in the region.
In Kharkiv Oblast, two civilians aged 60 and 33 were injured when a Russian FPV drone struck their car between Baranivka and Snihy villages, as per the oblast’s administration.
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