Poltava Oblast
On the night of November 8, the Russian army attacked the energy infrastructure of Poltava region, injuring one person. Emergency power, water, and heat outages have been introduced in some cities in the region.
As a result of the night air attack on Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions, the railway is operating under difficult conditions. A number of trains are changing routes, some services have been temporarily canceled.
As of November 7, Ukraine has harvested 43. 6 million tons of grain crops from 81% of the sown areas. Odesa, Chernihiv, Poltava, and Vinnytsia regions are among the leaders in harvesting.
In the first 9 months of 2025, the Ukrainian budget received UAH 44. 18 billion in single tax from individual entrepreneurs, which is 10% more than last year and 1.8 times more than before the full-scale invasion. The number of individual entrepreneurs remained almost unchanged, and Kyiv, Lviv region, and Dnipropetrovsk region became the main donors to local budgets.
A resident of Odesa region has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for sharing videos on TikTok showing the combat operations of Ukrainian units. The footage revealed the positions of the military, which created a threat to the city's defense.
On November 6, no precipitation is expected in Ukraine, but fog is possible in the western, northern, and eastern regions at night and in the morning. Daytime air temperature will be +8…+17°C, with the warmest weather in the south.
Russians have started using jet gliders on Soviet-era aerial bombs to hit targets far behind the front lines, putting additional strain on Ukraine's air defense. Some of them are equipped with a jet engine, increasing their flight range to 200 km.
The SBU counterintelligence detained an 18-year-old informant who was spying on military echelons in Poltava and Kirovohrad regions. The perpetrator installed hidden cameras and tried to locate air defense positions; he faces up to 8 years in prison.
Former officials were notified of suspicion of illegally seizing 100 hectares of land in Pyriatynskyi National Nature Park. The state suffered losses of UAH 6.8 million, and prosecutors filed 95 lawsuits to return the land.
After a sunny Monday, November 3, cold weather and rains will return to Ukraine. In the west and north, the air temperature will drop to +9+13 degrees, and Kyiv expects a cold snap to +10 degrees and rain.
Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk region resulted in the deaths of four people, including two children aged 11 and 14, and injuries to seven. In Odesa region, a drone attack caused the deaths of two civilians and injuries to three, as well as the ignition of five trucks.
On November 1, a fire broke out in a private house in the village of Kamyanka, Korosten district, killing two women aged 66 and 49. Two other people, a woman with carbon monoxide poisoning and a man with lacerations, were hospitalized.
As a result of a ballistic missile strike on Mykolaiv, one person was killed and 15 were injured, including a child. A gas station and cars were damaged.
On November 1, the enemy attacked Mykolaiv, resulting in injuries. In the Poltava region, after the attack, a fire broke out at a gas production facility.
November is the time to prepare the garden for the new season, including planting winter garlic and overwintering vegetables. It is also important to fertilize, mulch the beds, and prepare the garden and greenhouse for winter.
In Ukraine, agrarians have harvested 40. 2 million tons of grain crops from 76% of the sown areas. Among the leaders in harvesting are Odesa, Poltava, Chernihiv, and Vinnytsia regions.
On the weekend, November 1 and 2, warm weather is expected in Ukraine with a maximum temperature of up to +17 degrees Celsius. Dry conditions will prevail, but light rains are possible in Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions.
In Kyiv, two drug farmers were exposed who organized the cultivation of hemp and the sale of cannabis. 50 bags of hemp and 5 kg of cannabis were seized from them, and they were notified of suspicion.
Russia launched a combined attack on Ukraine, using over 650 drones and more than 50 missiles. The attack affected at least 11 regions, causing destruction and casualties.
In Irpin, on October 25, a cat died from a shot, presumably from a pneumatic weapon, which caused a stir on social media. The Kyiv Oblast police are checking the circumstances of the incident and considering the version of an attack by another animal, awaiting the results of the examination.
On October 30, warm autumn weather is expected in Ukraine with air temperatures up to +16 degrees, in the south and west sometimes up to +18. In Kyiv, up to +14 degrees are forecast without precipitation.
The heating season has begun in Ukraine, and heat has already been supplied to 13 regions. Kyiv, Poltava, and Sumy are joining the heating system, despite enemy attacks on energy facilities.
Since the beginning of the year, 0. 1% of Ukrainians, or 119 people, have been removed from the register of the State Employment Service due to mobilization. In total, 21% of the Employment Service's clients are men, which amounts to almost 62,000 people.
Tonight, the enemy attacked civilian gas infrastructure facilities of the Naftogaz Group in Poltava region. This is already the seventh targeted attack since the beginning of October, no one was injured.
As of October 28, 2025, Ukrainian farmers have sown 5,348. 9 thousand hectares of winter crops, which is 82.0% of the projected areas. Poltava, Ternopil, and Chernihiv regions have already completed grain sowing.
In Ukraine, 31. 5 million tons of grain crops have been harvested from 65% of the area, and the harvesting of wheat, barley, peas, and rapeseed has been completed. The weather caused more damage to the harvest than the war, especially in the southeast of the country.
Yurii Ihnat reported that guided aerial bombs with jet engines, used by the Russian Federation, can be intercepted by air defense systems. The "South" Air Command has already confirmed the interception of two such bombs.
On October 25, significant rains are expected at night in a number of regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv. Thunderstorms are forecast in Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions, and a Level I danger has been declared.
The SBU and NABU exposed a conversion center with a turnover of UAH 15 billion, to which the previous leadership of the State Tax Service was involved. 11 participants of the scheme received suspicion, and the head of the center was detained while trying to leave Ukraine.
A deputy of the Poltava City Council has been served with a notice of suspicion for undeclared crypto assets totaling over 200 million hryvnias. He did not include them in his reports for 2022–2024, and updated data for 2025 also proved to be unreliable.