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Russian forces launched drone strikes on Kremenchuk in the Poltava region, damaging a residential building and a hotel and sparking fires, Ukrinform reported on November 8, 2026. By 21:30 local time, four people were known to have been injured, up from an earlier count. The reports did not describe the extent of the damage to the buildings or the cause of the fires beyond the drone attacks. The strikes came on the same day as other Russian attacks on energy and civilian targets across central and southern Ukraine.