On the night of 7 November, Russian forces carried out several waves of missile strikes on Kyiv and the Kyiv region, using ballistic missiles. The main target of the attack was the infrastructure of the capital region, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. According to preliminary data from the Kyiv City Military Administration, at least two people were injured in the capital, and residential buildings and a nursery school were damaged. Separately, a private house in the Brovary district of the region was reported to have been destroyed.
- Russia has carried out at least three waves of ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region.
- The city authorities have confirmed that infrastructure facilities were targeted in the attack.
- Three people, including a child, were injured in the Solomyanskyi district.
- Residential buildings and a building on the grounds of a nursery school have been damaged.
- In the Brovary district, a drone destroyed a private house; a married couple were injured.
Russia has carried out three waves of ballistic strikes on Kyiv
The first explosions were heard at around 23:00 on 6 November. The Air Force issued a warning about the use of Russian ballistic missiles, after which air defence systems could be heard in the capital and its suburbs, along with a series of powerful explosions. At around 01:00, Russian forces launched a second wave of missiles, and after 03:00, Kyiv came under a third wave of attack.
During the night-time shelling, the Air Force reported that ballistic missiles were travelling through the Sumy and Chernihiv regions towards the capital region. Among the locations for which warnings were issued were Kyiv, Brovary, Makariv, Nalyvaikivka and Boryspil.
At around 01:10 Vitali Klitschko confirmed that Russian troops are attacking infrastructure with ballistic missiles. Explosions were heard in the suburbs of the capital, and residents were urged to remain in shelters. According to reports from journalists at the scene, at least 12 explosions were heard during one of the waves of attacks.
Residential buildings and a nursery have been damaged; there are casualties
According to the Kyiv City Military Administration, two people were injured as a result of the overnight shelling and were provided with the necessary medical care. In the Solomyanskyi district, a nursery school building was damaged, and a fire was also reported in a non-residential building.
In one of the capital’s districts, debris damaged a five-storey residential block. Damage to the façade was also reported at another residential building. Rescue workers and the emergency services were working at the sites of the strikes, assessing the extent of the damage.
In the village of Bohdanivka, Brovary District, a Russian attack drone struck a private house, causing a fire and structural damage. A married couple were trapped under the rubble: the woman, born in 1960, managed to escape on her own, whilst her husband, born in 1951, was rescued by emergency services. Both sustained injuries, according to the State Emergency Service. The fire was successfully extinguished.
The State Emergency Service has provided further details on the consequences of the attack: a child is among the casualties
According to the latest information from the State Emergency Service, The number of casualties in Kyiv has risen to three, including a child. All the injuries reported by the emergency services were recorded in the Solomyanskyi district of the capital.
At one of the addresses, the ground-floor façade of a five-storey residential block has been partially destroyed. In three other high-rise blocks, the blast wave shattered the windows. A two-storey building on the grounds of a nursery school has been destroyed. A fire also broke out in a parked lorry and a non-residential building, which the emergency services extinguished.
What is known about the attacks on the Trypillya Thermal Power Station and substations in the Kyiv region
Throughout the night, monitoring channels reported that Russian missiles may have been aimed at electricity generation and transmission facilities in the Kyiv region. Among the possible targets mentioned were Trypillia Thermal Power Station, the «Kyiv» and other energy facilities in the region. Some reports concerned the «Brovarska» substation.
However, as of the morning of 7 November, official sources had not confirmed that these three specific sites had been hit. The extent of any damage to the power grid is currently being assessed.
The situation regarding the electricity supply in Kyiv and the surrounding region
The night-time attack took place against the backdrop of an already difficult the situation in the power system the capital region. The day before, the Ministry of Energy had reported further power cuts in seven regions of Ukraine, with the Kyiv region remaining one of the hardest-hit areas following previous Russian strikes.
On the evening of 6 November, the Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, also reported a deterioration in the capital’s electricity supply and a drop in water pressure in the mains network following damage to a power facility in Zhytomyr. Some of Kyivvodokanal’s pumping stations were switched to generator power.
At the time of writing, no official estimate had been released of the additional electricity shortfall resulting from the attacks on the night of 7 November.
