Ukraine Field Report: Russian Strike Kills Three at Odesa Warehouse Storing School Food, Ukraine Says It Hit Iskander Fuel Plant

State Emergency Service personnel conduct a search-and-rescue operation after Russian drone strikes in Kyiv Oblast on Nov. 9, 2026. Photo courtesy of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv Oblast.

 

Russian strikes killed five civilians and wounded dozens across Ukraine, according to reports from regional authorities. Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces struck a plant near St. Petersburg that makes fuel for Russia’s Iskander-M ballistic missiles.

The deadliest strike hit an Odesa warehouse storing food for the city’s kindergartens and schools. It killed two women and a man and wounded three people, including a woman in serious condition. Odesa regional head Oleh Kiper said the facility had been hit for the third time. More than 40 rescuers fought the fire. A separate strike in Odesa district set a two-story house and a garage on fire. Rescuers pulled two people out.

Ukraine’s General Staff said Ukrainian forces struck the Morozov plant near St. Petersburg, damaging three production workshops. The plant produces solid-fuel charges for 9M723 Iskander-M missiles, the General Staff said. The Kyiv Independent said it could not verify the claim independently.

In Kyiv, drones set fire to two cars and two garages in the Solomianskyi district and ignited grass in the Shevchenkivskyi district. A drone fell on the grounds of an educational institution in the Desnianskyi district, and debris landed in the Sviatoshynskyi district. The State Emergency Service reported no casualties. A Nov. 7 barrage hit Kyiv’s Northern Bridge.

In Kremenchuk, in the Poltava region, drones damaged an apartment building, a hotel, and businesses. Seven people were wounded, including a 16-year-old boy in serious condition.

Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha reported nearly 40 attacks across six districts involving drones, artillery, and a guided bomb. The attacks killed two people and wounded seven. In Dnipro, one person was killed, three were wounded, and homes and a warehouse were damaged. One person was killed and another wounded in the Nikopol area. A woman was wounded in the Synelnykove area, and two men were wounded in Pavlohrad. Earlier this month, a Russian drone killed 15 people at the Dnipro train station.

Authorities in the Kharkiv region reported 14 casualties after attacks on the city of Kharkiv and 11 other settlements. In Izium, a 17-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl were treated for acute stress. Russian forces used a missile, a guided bomb, a multiple rocket launcher, and 79 drones. The attacks damaged apartment buildings, houses, warehouses, and power lines.

Donetsk regional head Vadym Filashkin reported that 14 attacks wounded four people. Two were wounded in Sloviansk, where strikes damaged a house, two apartment buildings, three cars, a shop, and a car wash. In Bilozerske, two guided bombs destroyed three houses and damaged four.

Russian forces carried out 819 strikes on 52 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, including 25 airstrikes and 601 drone strikes. Most of the drones were first-person-view (FPV) drones. Six people were wounded, including a 9-year-old boy when a drone struck a car. Regional defense council co-chair Ivan Fedorov said authorities received 60 reports of damage to infrastructure, homes, and vehicles. A Russian bombing at an aid site in the region earlier this month killed 42 people.

Attacks on 37 settlements in the Kherson region wounded two people and damaged two apartment buildings, an administrative building, and two houses. In the Mykolaiv region, a Shahed drone strike on an energy facility briefly cut power to 60,788 customers in the Pervomaisk district. A separate FPV drone strike on a car in Parutyne wounded three people.

Nearly 40 attacks on 18 settlements in the Sumy region wounded a 22-year-old man. In the Chernihiv region, a 75-year-old woman was treated for acute stress after strikes damaged homes and energy equipment. Rivne regional head Oleksandr Koval said drones hit energy facilities, businesses, and residential sites, with no casualties.

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, approved in first reading a bill to establish the Space Forces as a branch of the armed forces.

President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said, “Now is the time to end the war, not to continue it.” They also discussed Russia’s blockade of Black Sea grain exports, according to the president’s office.

In Poland, about 2,800 troops from 11 countries began “Koalicja 2026” (Coalition 2026), the first exercise of a British- and French-led coalition preparing a force for Ukraine after the war ends. The drills run through Nov. 22 and include simulated troop deployments, fuel and food transport, and sea mine clearance.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu said Moldova no longer buys Russian gas and announced the launch of the 158-kilometer Vulcănești–Chișinău power line, which links Moldova to the European grid through Romania. “For decades, Moscow used energy to blackmail us. No more: Moldova buys zero Russian gas,” Sandu wrote.

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