The results come as Russia shifts from slower propeller-driven Geran-2 drones, which travel at about 185 km/h, to faster jet-powered models: Geran-4 is reported at 300–500 km/h and Geran-5 at 450–600 km/h, making interception harder.

Russia launched a large overnight attack from six directions, combining jet-powered Geran-4 and Geran-5 drones with Gerbera and Parodiya decoys and three Kh-59/69 missiles; Ukraine responded with aircraft, missile units, electronic warfare, interceptor drones and mobile fire groups.

Ukraine’s Air Force said it destroyed or electronically suppressed 88 of 112 jet-powered Shahed-type drones, a preliminary interception rate of 78.6%; across the full attack, 137 of 164 drones were neutralized.

That reported rate is higher than the 57% disclosed for September and the 66% October monthly average, though officials cautioned that results from a single night vary with weather, drone types, decoys, routes and defenses.

Russia is also adapting its drones with onboard electronic-warfare jammers that disrupt the video links used by FPV interceptors, while Parodiya decoys use radar-reflecting lenses to mimic real drones and draw Ukrainian defenses away.

The attack caused confirmed hits at 23 locations and debris falls at six others, killing at least seven people and leaving more than one million consumers without electricity across several regions; the figures were preliminary.

Energy infrastructure was damaged in Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr and Kharkiv regions, among others; in Zhytomyr, more than 312,000 consumers lost power, the Ovruch substation was destroyed, and at least 140 apartment buildings lost electricity and heating.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost its last external power line and switched to diesel generators, marking at least its 26th loss of external power since the full-scale invasion began; continuous power is needed to cool spent-fuel pools and reactor vessels.

Ukraine has expanded its countermeasures with systems including the jet-powered Alexa Spatium interceptor, upgraded General Cherry Bullet, P1-SUN JetKiller, AI-guided Lyut-Khyzhak turrets, tactical aircraft and electronic-warfare systems; the article credits the Brave1 defense-tech pipeline with speeding their development and deployment.

The attack underscores a technological and economic contest: Russia is adapting to Ukraine’s defenses and is estimated to produce around 3,000 Geran drones a month, while Ukraine must weigh interceptor costs and supply against the volume of incoming attacks.

The strikes came amid a wider Russian campaign against energy infrastructure, with Ukraine, Russia and the United States scheduled to begin negotiations in Abu Dhabi on November 10, 2026; President Zelenskyy said such strikes are intended to increase pressure before negotiations.