The attack on civilians in Odesa, which killed 8 and injured 39 people, was named “not a random but a demonstrative strike" by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy as it followed a diplomatic dialogue between German Chancellor Scholz and Putin.
Surveillance cameras captured the distinctive silhouette of a Shahed drone striking a residential building in Belgorod, contradicting official claims of a Ukrainian attack.
A Russian strike on 2 Nov. damaged infrastructure and wounded five near Dnipro, a city that has faced repeated attacks on critical facilities including the recent targeting of Mechnikov Hospital.