Russia launched 36 ballistic missiles and 172 drones at Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, November 7, in the fullest official accounting yet of the strike that hit Kyiv in two waves through the night of November 6-7. Zelenskyy said all 36 missiles were directed at Kyiv and the surrounding region, with energy facilities bearing the brunt of the attack, and that twelve further regions also came under attack.

Source: 7Globe, reporting Zelenskyy's statement, Nov 7 2026

A substation linking two nuclear plants was hit

Among the targets hit in the Kyiv region was a substation connecting the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants to Kyiv and central Ukraine, Zelenskyy said. Other substations were damaged in the Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kharkiv and Dnipro areas, he said, as the attack concentrated on the electricity network that moves power from Ukraine's nuclear stations to its cities.

Source: 7Globe, reporting Zelenskyy's statement, Nov 7 2026

Ukraine's Ministry of Energy said in a statement on Saturday that the attacks on energy infrastructure had cut off electricity supplies in five regions — Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Kharkiv oblasts — AFP reported. In the capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko told AP that "the energy supply situation in the capital is very difficult, and it is also affecting the city's heating and water supply systems."

Source: EuropeSays, reporting AFP and AP, Nov 7 2026

Nine people were injured in the overnight attacks, including a child hurt when a kindergarten was hit, Zelenskyy said. The Kyiv city government said the Northern Bridge across the Dnipro River was attacked and closed to traffic. Russia's defence ministry said the bridge was being used to transport weapons, military equipment and vehicles for the Ukrainian armed forces — a characterisation Ukraine has not accepted and which has not been independently verified.

Source: EuropeSays, reporting AFP and AP, Nov 7 2026

What Russia says — and the attack in the other direction

Russia's defence ministry confirmed a massive overnight strike on what it described as military-industrial, energy and transport targets, repeating its earlier claim to have hit the Meridian plant it says produces Flamingo cruise missiles, a power plant, a substation and a munitions facility in and around Kyiv. The ministry also said Russian air defences shot down 411 Ukrainian drones overnight across ten regions, including Belgorod. Local authorities in Belgorod said one resident was killed when a private home was hit, and officials reported damage at the Saratov oil refinery and at warehouses and production facilities in Oryol. Russia's figures and target claims have not been independently verified.

Source: EuropeSays, reporting AFP and AP, Nov 7 2026

Separately, Ukraine's emergency services said the death toll from the Russian bombing of a humanitarian aid distribution centre in Komyshuvakha, in the Zaporizhzhia region, on November 3 has risen to 55, with dozens of people still missing and search operations continuing. Awaaz Punjab has followed that toll since the attack, when it stood at 18 and climbed through 53 earlier this week.

Source: EuropeSays, reporting AFP and AP, Nov 7 2026

Three days before the Abu Dhabi talks

"Russia is preparing for trilateral talks by launching ballistic missiles at Ukraine's critical infrastructure," Zelenskyy said, adding that repair and rescue operations were under way wherever the security situation allowed. The trilateral meeting with the United States and Russia is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, November 10-11, in Abu Dhabi — the first engagement of its kind since February. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Interfax that Russia's delegation will again be led by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky and will include deputy foreign ministers Sergei Ryabkov — joining for the first time — and Mikhail Galuzin, military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov and senior General Staff officer Yuri Zhigarlovsky. President Vladimir Putin met the delegation on Friday and thanked the United Arab Emirates for hosting.

Source: 7Globe, reporting Zelenskyy's statement, Nov 7 2026

Zelenskyy urged Washington to expand its support and strengthen sanctions, saying: "When Russia tries to plunge the city of Kyiv, home to millions, and all of Ukraine into darkness, Ukraine must not be left to fight this alone." What happens next turns on two clocks running at once: repair crews racing to restore power and heating in five regions as winter approaches, and negotiators flying to Abu Dhabi in three days to test whether the first trilateral table since February can stop strikes like this one.

Source: EuropeSays, reporting AFP and AP, Nov 7 2026

Russia has already named its full delegation for next week's talks, including its military intelligence chief. Read: Russia names full delegation for Abu Dhabi talks