Russian overnight strikes on Kyiv injure five and damage energy facilities

Russian attacks on Kyiv overnight injured five people and damaged a bridge alongside energy infrastructure, Euronews reported. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated that the night-time attack damaged energy facilities in the Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions, according to Euronews and Ukrinform. Ukrinform and Euronews both reported that Klitschko described the capital city's energy supply situation as extremely difficult. [1][5]

The overnight strikes caused disruptions to both the heating and water supply systems in Kyiv, Euronews reported. Українська правда reported that the Pivnichnyi Bridge in Kyiv was damaged during the attack and subsequently closed to traffic in both directions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Friday night that Russia would launch further strikes against the national energy sector and civilian infrastructure, while renewing his calls for deliveries of Patriot interceptor missiles, Euronews reported. [1][5][6]

Reuters reported on November 6 that Russian strikes caused new power outages across seven Ukrainian regions, with the Kyiv area being the worst hit. On the same day, Bloomberg.com reported that Kyiv hit its sixth Russian oil plant in a week as part of an escalating campaign. [2][3]

Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine and has a population of around 2,950,000 residents. The city has been frequently targeted by the Russian Armed Forces throughout the Russo-Ukrainian war. As FTMQ News reported earlier, a brief energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine collapsed after both nations resumed strikes against energy infrastructure, with more than 60 per cent of Ukraine's power generation capacity destroyed during the war. [7][10]