Russian forces launched multiple waves of ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight on November 6–7, 2026, injuring at least two people and damaging a kindergarten alongside residential buildings. The strikes occurred hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of impending attacks on energy and civilian infrastructure. The escalatory aerial assault comes just three days before scheduled US-led peace negotiations between Ukrainian and Russian representatives in Abu Dhabi.
Kyiv missile strikes and damage
- ▪Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russian forces launched at least six ballistic missiles targeting infrastructure across Kyiv and its suburbs shortly before 11 p.m. on November 6, 2026, followed by additional waves overnight on November 6–7
- ▪The Russian missile strikes on Kyiv on November 6–7, 2026, injured at least two people inside the city and damaged a kindergarten building
- ▪Falling missile debris in Kyiv struck a five-story residential building in the Solomianskyi district, causing a fire in a non-residential building and shattering windows of another residential structure
Warnings of Russian attacks
- ▪Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned hours before the November 6, 2026 strikes that intelligence indicated Russia was preparing massive attacks targeting bridges, energy facilities, and civilian infrastructure
- ▪Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned residents during the November 6–7, 2026 attack that Russian forces were actively targeting Kyiv's infrastructure facilities with ballistic missiles
Russian drone strikes near Kyiv
- ▪A Russian drone attack destroyed a warehouse
- ▪A separate Russian jet-powered drone attack in the Brovary district of Kyiv Oblast hit a residential home, injuring a man who was hospitalized with burns and shrapnel wounds
Strains on Kyiv's energy grid
- ▪A prior Russian strike on Kyiv's energy grid on November 3, 2026, marked the largest strike on energy that year, triggering widespread blackouts and water supply cutoffs across the city
- ▪Kyiv city officials and Ukraine's central government traded blame in November 2026 over the worsening condition of the capital's energy infrastructure ahead of winter
Upcoming and past peace negotiations
- ▪Russian missile strikes on Kyiv occurred three days before scheduled US-led negotiations in Abu Dhabi involving Ukrainian and Russian negotiators aimed at resolving the four-and-a-half-year war
- ▪The last US-led negotiations involving Ukrainian and Russian representatives prior to the US-led Abu Dhabi talks scheduled for November 2026 took place in February 2026
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