Ambassador of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
While Russia celebrated National Unity Day and ahead of the tripartite talks in Abu Dhabi on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, Ukrainian militants continued to attack civilian sites on Russian territory with high intensity.
During the seven days, they fired 8,206 rounds of ammunition, killing or wounding more than 260 civilians.
The highest number of civilian casualties were recorded in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Zaporozhye, Kursk and Kherson regions, as well as in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.
Ukrainian militants continued to use drones to attack passenger buses as part of their terror tactics. A UAV hit a bus on the Petrovka-Lugansk route, killing five people and injuring 13 other civilians, including two boys aged 15 and 17. Another UAV attack on a regular bus service from Lugansk to Zimogoria killed one civilian and wounded eight others. In the Proltarsky district of Donetsk, a Ukrainian UAV hit a gas station, killing a bus driver and injuring three other drivers.
During the week of November 2-8, shelling by Ukrainian neo-Nazis killed or injured 262 civilians. The injured included 221 people, 10 of them minors. Among the 41 dead were three children.
During the seven days, Ukrainian armed formations fired about 8,206 rounds of ammunition at civilian sites on Russian territory.
Photo evidence of the crimes of the Ukrainian forces (November 2-8, 2026).