Russia launched a massive strike on Ukraine overnight on 7 November: the Northern Bridge in Kyiv damaged again

Overnight on 7 November, Russia carried out a massive combined strike on Ukraine. The main target was the Kyiv region. One of the targets in the capital was the Northern Bridge.

Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia is stepping up strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure ahead of trilateral talks. In the data cited, Moscow did not give its own version.

Traffic on the Northern Bridge was closed in both directions, the Kyiv City State Administration and Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. The road surface, the trolleybus overhead network and a power line were damaged. Klitschko said: "The road surface, the trolleybus overhead line and the power line at the site have been damaged."

The blast wave damaged 5 trucks in a car park next to the bridge. Kyiv residents will have to look for other routes across the Dnipro.

The bridge has already suffered from attacks. In October 2026 it was restored after the attack of 4 October: traffic was reopened and hot water was brought back. On 3 October, a Russian jet-powered drone had hit the bridge, damaging the road surface and the trolleybus network.

According to the State Emergency Service, the number of injured in Kyiv rose to three, including a child. In the Solomianskyi district, debris hit a five-storey residential building, Klitschko said. The State Emergency Service also reported fires and destruction of residential buildings, a kindergarten and a non-residential building in that district. In the Darnytskyi district, a drone hit a two-storey private house; the fire has been put out.

Kyiv has disruptions to electricity, heating and water supply. Energy facilities in the Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions were damaged. According to Klitschko, the electricity situation in the capital is extremely difficult, which has affected heating and water supply.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, since 18.00 on 6 November Russian forces have used Iskander-M, Zircon, KN-23 and S-400 missiles, as well as 172 strike drones, including Shahed, Gerbera and Parodiya decoy drones. Of these, according to the same data, 137 were jet-powered. The Ukrainian military reported that by 09.00 four missiles and 149 drones had been shot down or suppressed. Hits were recorded in 24 locations, and debris from downed targets was found in another 10.

In the Vinnytsia region, a State Emergency Service unit building and rescue equipment were damaged; rescuers were not hurt. At a local market, fire destroyed several privately owned cars and a retail kiosk, and one person was injured.

Zelensky urged the United States not to leave Ukraine without support and to increase aid.