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Russian attacks on Ukrainian towns injured civilians and disrupted services on November 8, 2026. A strike on central Balakliia in the Kharkiv region injured three people and damaged buildings, according to the town's military administration. In Zhytomyr, a Russian strike on a boiler house left schools without heating, so they will temporarily switch to remote learning, Ukrinform reported. Ukrainska Pravda reported that Russian drones, an aerial bomb and a suspected Banderol drone-launched cruise missile damaged houses and cars in Izium and Balakliia, injuring nine people and leaving others in shock. Balakliia is reported by several sources, while the Izium attack is reported only by Ukrainska Pravda.