Russian forces launch missile attack on Ukrainian capital Kyiv, mayor says


FILE PHOTO: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko speaks as he attends an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 16, 2026. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo

Nov 7 (Reuters) - Russian ⁠forces launched a missile attack on ⁠the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on ‌Saturday, with debris damaging a residential building, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

"Explosions in the Kyiv suburbs. The enemy is ​hitting infrastructure with ballistic missiles," ⁠Klitschko wrote on ⁠Telegram.

Klitschko said debris had struck a five-storey apartment ⁠building ‌in a western district of the capital. The facade of another ⁠residential building was also damaged.

The city's military ​administration, ‌also writing on Telegram, said two people ⁠were injured ​and a building housing a kindergarten was damaged.

Officials continued to warn residents of the potential ⁠for more strikes hours after ​the attack.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had earlier said in his nightly video address that Russia was ⁠preparing new attacks on energy targets, bridges and other infrastructure.

The attacks occurred three days before US-led talks including Ukrainian and Russian ​negotiators were to open ⁠in Abu Dhabi seeking a resolution to the ​4-1/2-year-old war. The last ‌such talks took place in ​February.

(Reporting by Gleb Garanich, Writing by Ron Popeski; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

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