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Russian missile and drone attacks damaged Ukrainian energy and civilian infrastructure on November 7, days before negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were due to meet in Abu Dhabi.
Ukrainian authorities reported damage to electricity transmission lines, homes and transport infrastructure. In Kyiv, the attacks affected the Northern Bridge across the Dnipro River and badly damaged a kindergarten in the Solomyansky district, according to RFE/RL’s reporting from the capital.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attacks were intended to disrupt Ukraine’s electricity supply as winter approaches. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko described a difficult situation in the city. RFE/RL reported more than a dozen injuries across Ukraine and one death in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Russia’s Defence Ministry confirmed strikes on Kyiv and said the bridge it targeted was being used to transport military equipment. That was Russia’s account of its target; it did not erase the reported damage to civilian infrastructure.
Ukraine also said it had struck Russian facilities linked to oil and weapons production overnight. Both sides’ military claims require attribution and should not be treated as independently established battlefield results.
The renewed attacks come ahead of trilateral talks scheduled for November 10 and 11 in the United Arab Emirates. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia’s delegation would include military officials and diplomats, including Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. Reuters described the planned meeting as the first such trilateral talks since February.
The November 7 attacks are distinct from the earlier November 3 assault on Ukraine’s power network. The approaching negotiations have not produced a general halt in fighting.
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