Five injured in Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv, Northern Bridge damaged

Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv early on 7 November, injuring five people and damaging the city's Northern Bridge, according to reports from Ukrainian media and officials. The Kyiv Independent said the strikes injured five people, including a child, and damaged the bridge ¹.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the injured included a 14-year-old girl and that two people were taken to hospital. That account of the casualties comes from the mayor's statement as relayed in the event reporting; the Kyiv Independent post also cited five injured ¹. No deaths have been reported in the Kyiv strikes.

Russia's Ministry of Defence gave its own account on Telegram. It said Russian forces carried out a massed overnight strike using precision ground-based weapons and attack drones ². Other reporting of the ministry's claims said the targets included the Northern road bridge, the Meridian plant in Kyiv, the Trypilska power plant and the Kyivska 750 kV substation. The ministry's statement is a claim by a party to the conflict, and it has not been independently confirmed. The excerpt reviewed does not itself list those targets ².

Separately, the Ukrainian Air Force reported a jet-powered drone moving through Kotsiubynske toward Kyiv, according to the event reporting. No further detail on the outcome was available.

The strikes followed earlier warnings. Related reports from the previous day said the Ukrainian Air Force had warned of ballistic missile launches toward Kyiv, Poltava, Chernihiv and Sumy, and that Russian ballistic missiles had been reported striking Kyiv amid warnings of a mass attack. Those reports remain unconfirmed. The Kyiv Independent's report came after a warning from President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The attack comes amid other reported strikes across Ukraine in recent days. Unconfirmed reports said Russian missiles hit power plants on 6 November, including the Kaniv hydroelectric plant in Cherkasy Oblast. Reports also described deadly strikes in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, including on Komyshuvakha, where police said at least 42 people were killed on 5 November. These accounts are separate from the Kyiv incident.

The extent of damage to the Northern Bridge and whether it remains open to traffic were not specified in the available material.