Russia says it hit targets in and around Kyiv in massive overnight strike


Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile attack, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 7, 2026. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Nov 7 (Reuters) - ⁠Russia said its forces carried ⁠out a massive overnight strike on ‌what it described as targets in Ukraine's military-industrial sector and energy and transport ​infrastructure in Kyiv and ⁠the surrounding region.

In ⁠Kyiv, Russia's defence ministry said strikes hit ⁠the ‌Northern Bridge — which it said was being used ⁠to transport weapons, military equipment and ​vehicles ‌for the Ukrainian armed forces — and ⁠the ​Meridian plant, which Russia says produces Flamingo cruise missiles.

The ministry also said ⁠the strikes damaged several ​energy and industrial facilities in the Kyiv region, including a power plant, ⁠an electricity substation and a munitions manufacturing facility.

It added that Russian forces struck an electricity substation in ​the Zhytomyr region ⁠and a cargo vessel in the ​Black Sea that ‌it said was transporting ​military equipment and dual-use goods to Ukraine.

(Reporting by Maxim Rodionov)

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