Kyiv Bridge Hit Before Peace Talks
The Gateway Pundit reported that Russia launched 36 ballistic missiles and 172 long-range attack drones overnight into November 7 against Kyiv and nearby areas. Ukrainian authorities said 37 people were injured nationwide over the previous day, while air defenses downed 149 drones and four missiles. Several missiles struck Kyiv’s Northern Bridge, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The damage included the roadway, a trolleybus contact line and a power line. President Volodymyr Zelensky said six ballistic missiles were fired at the bridge and four hit it. Five nearby trucks were damaged, and the bridge was closed in both directions. The strikes came days before U.S.-mediated peace talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11.
Homes, Schools and Utilities Damaged
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported six people injured in Kyiv. Klitschko said a 14-year-old was among them and that two people were hospitalized. In the Solomianskyi district, a missile left a large crater beside a five-story building, caused part of a kindergarten to collapse and damaged 29 apartment buildings. The kindergarten’s 58 children will attend a neighboring facility. Damage to energy sites disrupted power, heating and water supplies. In Kyiv Oblast, a 66-year-old man died in a Brovary district hospital after suffering serious injuries. A drone struck a home in Bohdanivka, injuring a woman and her husband, who rescuers freed from rubble. A substation linking the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear plants to Kyiv and central Ukraine was also damaged.
Attacks Spread Across Ukraine
Russian forces carried out more than 60 attacks on 22 settlements in Sumy Oblast using guided bombs and drones. A drone killed a 52-year-old man in the Lypovodolynska community, while 10 people were injured across the oblast. In Kharkiv Oblast, strikes on Kharkiv and nine other settlements injured a 55-year-old woman. Dnipropetrovsk officials reported nearly 20 attacks on four districts, with one person killed and four injured in Pavlohrad, including an 11-year-old girl. Zaporizhzhia Oblast reported 848 strikes on 55 settlements on November 6, including 654 drone strikes. An FPV drone injured a 59-year-old man. In Kherson Oblast, seven people were injured.
Ukraine Reports Strikes Inside Russia
Ukraine’s General Staff said Ukrainian Navy Neptune missiles struck the Proton-Elektrotex plant in Oryol, which it described as a producer of components for Iskander-M ballistic missiles and Kh-71 cruise missiles. Saratov Governor Roman Busargin reported a drone attack that caused damage and casualties, while the Russian outlet Astra reported a fire at Rosneft’s Saratov refinery. Overnight into November 8, Rostov Governor Yuri Slyusar said drones hit a bridge over the Mius River on the highway linking Rostov-on-Don to occupied Ukraine. Ukraine’s General Staff also reported 2,280 Russian casualties over the previous day and a cumulative Russian casualty tally of 1,604,110.
Delegations Meet as Western Support Faces Limits
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky will lead Russia’s delegation to Abu Dhabi, joined by Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov and senior General Staff officer Yury Zhigarlovsky. Rustem Umerov will lead Ukraine’s delegation. Senator Richard Blumenthal said he would introduce legislation supporting Ukraine and urged controls on Starlink and Starshield. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Germany could not provide more Patriot systems without creating gaps in its own defenses. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Italy faces a hybrid war after the pro-Russian group NoName057(16) placed a bounty on 18 people, including him, and posted personal information about him and relatives online.
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