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Russia launches 193 drones at Ukraine overnight

newsNov 2, 2026241,185

Russian forces launched 193 attack drones at Ukraine overnight on November 2, with the strike wave beginning around 6 p.m. Kyiv time on November 1, the Ukrainian Air Force said. The attack included 75 jet-powered Shahed drones, Gerbera attack drones, and Parodiya-type decoys flying from Oryol, Kursk, Bryansk, and from temporarily occupied parts of Donetsk region and Crimea. Ukrainian aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned-systems units, and mobile fire groups were deployed to repel the assault. By 8 a.m. the Air Force reported that air defenses had shot down or suppressed 154 drones, including 58 jet-powered Shaheds, with more than six enemy drones still airborne at that time. Strikes were recorded at 26 locations and debris from downed drones fell in nine places. The attack caused emergency power outages in Kyiv and Kyiv region, restrictions in Sumy, Poltava, and Zhytomyr regions, and left more than 60,000 consumers in Dnipropetrovsk region without electricity.

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