November 8 Massive Strike: 458 Drones, 56 Missiles to Ukraine

November 8, 2025November 8, 2025

Last night, the enemy worked out the bald fuhrer’s reflexes. He needed to show something after a series of successful strikes on Orcs’¹ military facilities, especially on the Shaheds warehouse in temporarily occupied Donetsk. As far as we can understand from local residents’ reports, the enemy created perhaps the most powerful base for using strike UAVs there. They had just finished forming it, but now instead of it — a lunar landscape. The November 8 massive strike became the Kremlin psychopath’s answer.

The Exposed Lie About Air Defense

As we remember, enemy media hysterically told us that the lack of coverage for deep strategic infrastructure facilities was explained by the fact that a large number of air defense assets were pulled to the front line. There were especially many of them in the Donetsk area. We even had to read several times that Donetsk wasn’t being hit precisely for this reason. And this despite the fact that it’s located just a couple dozen kilometers from the front line.

Now it became clear to everyone that either they didn’t pull as many there as they said, or they pulled such pathetic shit that everything sent there hit the important military facility: both drones and missiles. Most likely, “eyes” were hanging in the sky, coordinating this entire carnival. Moreover, a number of sources already confirm the course of events. First, drones flew and cut out the base’s auxiliary infrastructure. Only then did missiles strike the Shaheds storage site and ammunition. Simply put, our military worked with everything they wanted, and the enemy’s air defense didn’t show itself at all.

Multiple Targets Hit Simultaneously

But if this had been a concentrated and dedicated raid on this base alone, it wouldn’t have been so shameful. But strikes also hit refineries, substations, and other targets — simultaneously. Simply put, our military simultaneously conducted attacks on several facilities hundreds of kilometers apart from each other. Everywhere — successfully. Though Donetsk stood out with a huge exclamation mark of giant smoke and fire, which indicated the emergency and complete closure of the Shaheds base. In this situation, they had to either explain what didn’t work or respond somehow particularly loudly. Last night was such a response.

That something like this would happen had been clear for several days in a row. However, it seemed the task would be set slightly differently. Namely, creating a picture similar to the one from about 2 months ago — the hit on the Cabinet of Ministers building. But it didn’t work out. It’s possible that part of the strike means were loaded precisely for this, but the air defense coverage configuration changed. Their means inventory recently received significant replenishment. Here’s the approximate picture of how the raid occurred:

The Numbers Behind the Attack

Already from this infographic, it’s clear that the Kremlin psychopath was guided not by common sense but by the desire to kill as many Ukrainians as possible. Therefore, such a number of ballistic missiles flew. This time, in addition to 458 Shaheds, the Pidars² launched 45 missiles. Among them: 25 Iskander-class ballistic missiles, 10 Iskander-K ground-based cruise missiles, 7 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, and 3 Kalibr ground-based cruise missiles. More ballistic missiles were launched than cruise missiles. The enemy bet that the former fly faster, so they’re harder to intercept.

The enemy attacked energy infrastructure facilities in Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Twenty-six missile hits and 52 strike UAVs were recorded. Civilians were killed in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, with nearly fifty wounded across the attacked cities. Currently, the city of Kremenchuk remains completely without electricity. There are problems with water and heating. Emergency power outages were introduced in a number of regions.

Revenge for Donetsk Humiliation

The November 8 massive strike was the bald fuhrer’s attempt to respond after the humiliating destruction of his prized Shaheds base. He threw everything he had at Ukrainian cities. Not at military targets — at energy infrastructure and civilian buildings. But the lunar landscape at the former Shaheds base clearly shows the difference between Ukrainian defenders and the Pidars. We strike military targets. They strike civilians. And this desperate barrage only confirmed it.

¹Orcs – a common term for Russians who support or participate in the armed aggression against Ukraine. Dehumanizing? Yes. Accurate? Also yes.

¹Pidar (pronounced “pidar”) – Ukrainian military slang for an enemy combatant. In radio communications, the word “Pidar” sounds shorter and clearer than “Enemy” especially under EW.