Russian missile strike hits Kyiv, two injured
Ukrainian authorities say residential buildings and a nursery were damaged.
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Kyiv was hit by a Russian missile strike on Saturday morning. According to the mayor and the city’s military administration, two people were injured and several buildings were damaged.
The attack took place early on Saturday morning. Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote that fragments of a missile had struck a five-storey block of flats in a western district. The façade of a second residential building was also damaged.
The city’s military administration also reported damage to a building housing a nursery. The two injured people received medical assistance, according to the Ukrainian authorities. No further details about their condition have been released.
Klitschko said the attackers had targeted infrastructure with ballistic missiles. That description is based on the Ukrainian authorities’ initial reports; no independent footage or separate confirmation of the type of weapon used is available in the sources consulted.
The authorities continued to warn residents of further strikes for hours after the attack. In recent weeks, Ukraine has more often reported that Russia is using ballistic missiles alongside drones against targets in and around the capital.
The attack comes three days before talks between Ukrainian, Russian and American negotiators are due to begin in Abu Dhabi on a possible end to the war. Reuters reported that these would be the first talks in this format since the earlier negotiations in February.
The Russian government has not responded separately to this attack in the sources consulted. It is therefore not clear what target Moscow had in mind. Ukrainian reports do, however, say that civilian buildings were damaged and residents were injured.
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The article’s central account is confirmed by Reuters and Kyiv’s military administration. The conflicting Ukrinform headline about three injured people is explicitly described as uncertain and was not presented as fact.
- confirmed Kyiv was hit by a Russian missile strike on 7 November 2026. — Reuters reports a Russian missile strike on Kyiv in the early hours of Saturday; the mayor refers to ballistic missiles. source
- confirmed Two people were injured. — Reuters and UNN refer to Kyiv’s military administration, which reported two injured people. source
- confirmed A block of flats, a second residential building and a building housing a nursery were damaged. — Reuters describes damage to two residential buildings and to a building housing a nursery. source
- confirmed The attack took place three days before talks in Abu Dhabi. — Reuters mentions the planned talks between Ukrainian, Russian and American negotiators and their timing. source
Editor's note
The initial Reuters report and Kyiv’s military administration mention two people injured. A Ukrinform headline mentions three injured people, including a child, but the full page was inaccessible; the article is therefore based on the more verifiable report of two injured people.Sources
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