Russia pounds power facilities around Kyiv, damages major bridge
- On November 7, Russian forces launched 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles overnight, targeting energy infrastructure across nine regions and damaging substations connecting nuclear plants to Kyiv.
- These "complex, massive" attacks align with Moscow's strategy to cripple Ukraine's energy grid, aiming to render cities uninhabitable during winter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
- Russian strikes hit the Nalivaikovka substation in Kyiv and Chizhovka in Zhytomyr, complicating electricity transmission while emergency repair crews work under constant air raid alerts.
- Consumers in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Kharkiv regions face power losses as hourly power cut schedules remain in force across most of Ukraine.
- President Zelenskyy blamed local authorities for failing to prepare for the heating season, while Mayor Vitali Klitschko countered that central government management is "in fact, destroying Kyiv.
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Russia used North Korean KN-23 missiles in Ukraine energy site strike: Zelensky
Russia used North Korean short-range ballistic missiles to strike a key Ukrainian energy facility on Saturday, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, appealing to allies for more interceptor missiles. “According to preliminary findings, at one of the key energy facilities that was damaged, the Russians used KN-23 missiles manufactured and supplied by North Korea,” he […]
Kyiv faces power, heat and water outages after Russia launches 36 missiles and 172 drones
A Russian overnight assault involving 36 ballistic missiles and 172 drones damaged Kyiv's Northern Bridge and energy infrastructure, leaving residents without power, heating, and water before scheduled peace talks.
Part of the Northern Bridge in Kiev will be open to traffic on 8 November following a technical survey of the structure, as reported by RBK-Ukraine with reference to the Mayor ' s Telegram Channel of Kiev, Vitaly Klićko. He said that the bridge was allowed with temporary restrictions, and that travel is organized according to the following rules: from left to right bank, one lane, exclusively for passenger transport; from right to left bank…
In Kiev, traffic on the North Bridge is partially restored. He was intercepted in both directions after the Russian strike, which hit the roadway and the trolleybus line. After technical examination, the project was cut with the limits of time: on the lion's bank there will be buses and light cars on two lanes, and on the right one - only passenger transport, Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko. The study of the joint was carried out by scientists. A…
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