Several waves of Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv overnight on Nov. 6-7, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was preparing another large-scale infrastructure attack. The State Emergency Service reported that at least three people in the city were wounded, including a child, while authorities confirmed one additional victim in the surrounding region. The Air Force announced that ballistic missiles were bound for the capital as a series of explosions rocked the city, according to journalists on the ground. The first barrage attacked Kyiv in quick succession, with at least six missiles launched within a few minutes shortly before 11 p.m. local time on Nov. 6. Residents received an all-clear signal about 30 minutes later, but the respite was brief when another aerial alert came shortly before midnight. A fresh missile wave targeted the city shortly after 1 a.m., producing another round of at least six loud blasts.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported damage to a five-story residential building in the Solomianskyi district and shattered windows at another five-story building at an unspecified location. Emergency services dispatched crews to both scenes, where a fire also broke out at a non-residential building and a kindergarten sustained damage. Explosions again rocked the city at 3:04 a.m., followed by another wave of ballistic missiles targeting the area at 3:30 a.m. Outside the city, Governor Tymur Tkachenko stated that a Russian jet-powered drone attack in the Brovary district caused a fire in a home, injuring one man who suffered burns and multiple shrapnel wounds. He was extracted from the rubble and hospitalized. Earlier in the evening, Zelensky told Ukrainians that intelligence reports point to another massive Russian strike on infrastructure, which will likely target bridges, energy facilities, and civilian infrastructure. Kyiv, a city with a population of 3 million, has come under relentless assault in recent weeks as Russia begins its annual campaign against Ukraine’s power grid. The city endured the largest strike on energy this year on Nov. 3, leading to widespread blackouts and water supply cutoffs. As residents suffer, city officials and the central government have traded blame for the worsening state of Kyiv’s energy infrastructure ahead of winter.
