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4 November 2026
26 events (2 confirmed) and 19 statements.
4 November 2026 in brief
In Donetsk oblast, the Kramatorsk city administration said two aerial bombs on Yasnohirka killed two women and injured a third, and Donetsk oblast police said a Russian air strike on Serhiivka killed two people and injured a man. [1][2] Zaporizhzhia regional acting head Semikin said Russian drone strikes on Vilniansk killed two people and injured one, and Ukrainian officials reported people injured in Russian attacks on Dnipro, the Putyvl community, Derhachi and Prykolotne. [1][2][3][4][5] Belgorod governor Shuvaev said a drone attack on a minibus near Soldatskoye killed three civilians, the Belgorod regional headquarters said a couple was killed when a drone hit their car in Otradovsky, and Russian and Russian-installed officials reported people injured in Bryansk, Kursk and Ryazan oblasts and in occupied Horlivka and Donetsk. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Ukrainian regional authorities said Russia attacked energy infrastructure in six oblasts and Russia's defence ministry said it struck two substations, while Russian officials blamed a Ukrainian attack for power cuts in Crimea and Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast. [1][3] Representatives of Ukraine, European partners, the US, NATO and the World Bank met in Brussels ahead of trilateral talks set for 10 to 11 November in Abu Dhabi, and Zelensky, who arrived in Spain to discuss air defence, said he held a call with US envoys Witkoff and Kushner. [1][2]
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Russia's defence ministry said its forces struck two Ukrainian electrical substations, RIA Novosti reported.
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Statements (19)
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Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said its forces struck two Ukrainian electrical substations, RIA Novosti reported.
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Government of Russia: Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the extraordinary thing about the story of a secret prison in Ukraine was that it had become known worldwide, RIA Novosti reported.
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Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said a dry-cargo ship carrying military equipment intended for Ukraine's armed forces was hit near Odesa, RIA Novosti reported. A Ukrainian outlet relaying the claim said there was no independent confirmation.
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Government of Russia: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow hopes Trump will continue his peace efforts after the US midterm elections and that the next round of trilateral talks will come very soon, RIA Novosti reported.
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's air force said that from 18:00 on 3 November Russia attacked Ukraine with 310 Shahed-type drones, 81 of them jet-powered, and that 272 had been downed or suppressed by 08:00 on 4 November, with hits at 19 locations and debris at 15, Ukrinform reported.
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's General Staff said Russian personnel losses since 24 February 2022 stood at about 1,597,010, including 2,180 over the past day, Ukrinform and the Kyiv Independent reported.
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Government of Ukraine: Ukraine's defence ministry said that in October Ukrainian forces struck at least 30 strategic targets on Russian territory, including seven defence industry plants and three military airfields, Ukrinform reported.
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Government of Russia: The Russian-installed head of occupied Luhansk oblast, Pasechnik, said Ukrainian strikes over the past day killed two people and injured six, among them an off-duty EMERCOM employee killed in a repeat strike on a car wash in Izvaryne and a man killed near a house in Troitske district, Interfax and the Lugansk Information Center reported. RIA Novosti gave the injured as five.
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Government of Ukraine: Kherson regional head Prokudin said on the morning of 4 November that Russian forces had shelled 40 settlements in Kherson oblast over the past day, including Kherson and Beryslav, injuring three people and damaging three high-rises, a house, an administrative building, a cell tower and a car, Suspilne and Interfax-Ukraine reported.
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Government of Russia: Belgorod governor Shuvaev said 149 Ukrainian drones had been downed or suppressed over the region in the past day and that six people, including three children, were injured in Belgorod and Rakitnoye district, RIA Novosti reported.
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Government of Israel: Israel condemned the Russian strike on Komyshuvakha, Ukrinform reported.
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Government of Russia: Penza governor Melnichenko said air defence eliminated the missile threat before it reached Penza oblast, during an alert from 05:20 to 06:26 Moscow time on 4 November, RIA Novosti and Interfax reported.
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Government of Russia: The documentation office of the Russian-installed head of occupied Donetsk oblast said six civilians were injured in Ukrainian drone attacks over the past day, RIA Novosti reported on the evening of 4 November.
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NATO: NATO Military Committee chair Dragone said Ukraine was ready to negotiate and Russia needed to be convinced, and that Ukraine held the initiative on the battlefield, Ukrinform reported.
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Government of Russia: The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Razvozhaev, said air defence and mobile fire groups were repelling an attack, that two aerial targets were downed over the sea, that no one was hurt and that sea passenger transport was suspended, RIA Novosti reported.
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Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said air defences shot down 709 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions in the night of 4 November, Vedomosti reported.
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Government of Russia: President Putin, speaking at the plenary session of the 'Peoples of Russia' week, said the peoples of Russia stand shoulder to shoulder and are confident they will achieve the goals set, RIA Novosti reported. The report does not say which goals.
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Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said air defences destroyed 46 Ukrainian drones over Russia in 12 hours on 4 November, RIA Novosti reported.
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Government of Ukraine: Zelensky said he held a 90-minute call with US envoys Witkoff and Kushner on air defence munitions, a drone deal and security guarantees, which he said must be ironclad, ahead of the next round of trilateral talks scheduled for 10 November in Abu Dhabi, the Kyiv Independent reported.