Ukrainian Forces Hit 4 Russian Drone Posts in 24 Hours

Ukraine's General Staff reported on November 8 that Defence Forces struck four enemy drone command posts over the past day in occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Donetsk regions, as well as in Russia itself, Ukrinform reported. The most valuable target was in Berdiansk, where a temporary deployment site and a UAV command post belonging to a unit of the Rubicon group were hit. UNITED24 Media described Rubikon as a specialized Russian military formation focused on drone warfare, including reconnaissance and strike operations, and said the unit has also been linked to drone attacks against civilians in frontline communities.

Additional strikes hit Russian army drone command posts near Oleshky on the temporarily occupied eastern bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region and near Bilytske in the Donetsk region. A UAV command post was also hit in the Aleksandrovsky area of Russia's Bryansk region, extending the operation beyond temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory.

Enemy losses are still being assessed, but the impact is already tangible: every command post put out of action means fewer Russian drones operating over Ukrainian positions and roads, according to the General Staff statement quoted by Ukrinform.

The strikes come amid a broader Russian drone campaign. Ukrinform reported Zelensky saying Russia launched 115 missiles, nearly 1,900 guided bombs and over 3,000 drones at Ukraine in a week. Separately, Ukrinform reported that Russia attacked Ukraine with 317 drones, with 276 UAVs downed. The Christian Science Monitor reported that Russia produces between 2,500 and 3,000 jet drones a month, alongside 135 regular Shahed drones and Gerbera decoy drones, according to military analyst Oleksandr Kovalenko. The Monitor also reported that interception rates are as high as 75 percent around Kyiv and as low as 5 percent in Odesa.

Ukrinform also reported that the Russian army lost 16,130 personnel during the first week of November, its highest weekly loss figure since the start of the full-scale invasion. The Institute for the Study of War published a Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment dated November 2, 2026, among the sources covering the trend.