Russia launched 172 drones and a number of ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight on 6–7 November, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), which cites Ukrainian sources. President Volodymyr Zelensky said 36 missiles were fired, all aimed at Kyiv city and the surrounding region, and that 13 regions were targeted, with power substations damaged in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions. ISW notes that Ukraine stopped publishing missile counts in August, so that figure rests on Zelensky’s statement.
Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, reported damage to the roadway, trolleybus line and power cable of the Northern Bridge, and Zelensky said four of six ballistic missiles aimed at it hit. Russia’s defence ministry said it struck the Trypilska thermal power plant and substations in Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions. Reuters, relayed by the Times of Israel, reported one person killed in the strikes; ISW said no casualty figures had been given for the overnight attack.
Ukraine says it struck two Iskander launchers and a Pantsir air-defence system in Bryansk region and a missile plant in Oryol, claims that ISW treats as Ukrainian General Staff assertions. ISW did confirm a strike on the Saratov oil refinery, at least the eighth on that site this year. Ukraine’s emergency service says the death toll from a 2 November strike on a humanitarian aid station in Komyshuvakha has risen to at least 55.
Ukrainian and Russian delegations are due to hold talks in Abu Dhabi on 10–11 November, according to ISW. Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova rejected any foreign troop deployment to Ukraine.
Reporting note: Strike and casualty claims come from the warring sides and are mostly unverified; only the refinery strike is confirmed by ISW. The photograph shows a bridge over the Dnieper in Kyiv for illustration only; it is not the damaged Northern Bridge.
Photo: Maksym Kozlenko / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
