What happened
Russia launched 36 ballistic missiles and 172 long-range attack drones overnight into November 7, striking Kyiv and surrounding regions. Ukrainian air defenses downed 149 drones and four missiles.
Several missiles hit Kyiv’s Northern Bridge, damaging the roadway, a trolleybus contact line and a power line. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said four of six ballistic missiles aimed at the bridge struck it. Five nearby trucks were damaged and the bridge was closed in both directions.
Substations linking the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants to Kyiv and central Ukraine were also damaged, along with energy facilities in the Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. Klitschko said the energy damage disrupted power, heating and water supplies in Kyiv.
Ukrainian authorities reported 37 people injured nationwide over the past day. Six people were injured in Kyiv, including a 14-year-old, and two were hospitalized. A 66-year-old man died in a hospital in Kyiv Oblast’s Brovary district after serious injuries.
In the Solomianskyi district, a missile crater formed beside a five-story building, part of a kindergarten collapsed, and 29 apartment buildings were damaged. The kindergarten’s 58 children will attend a neighboring facility.
Attacks continued across multiple oblasts. In Sumy Oblast, a drone killed a 52-year-old man and ten people were injured. In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, one person was killed and four were injured in Pavlohrad. In Kherson Oblast, seven people were injured across 31 attacked settlements.
Ukraine’s General Staff said Navy Neptune missiles struck the Proton-Elektrotex plant in Oryol, Russia, which produces components for Iskander-M ballistic missiles and Kh-71 cruise missiles. Russian officials reported drone damage in Saratov and a bridge strike over the Mius River in Rostov Oblast.
The strikes occurred days before U.S.-mediated peace talks between Ukraine and Russia scheduled for November 10 and 11 in Abu Dhabi. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky will lead Russia’s delegation, while Rustem Umerov will lead Ukraine’s.
