Key facts
- Ukraine's Air Force said at least six missiles were launched at Kyiv in the span of a few minutes.
- Residents received an all-clear signal about 30 minutes after the missile wave, then another alert shortly before midnight.
- Kyiv Oblast Governor Tymur Tkachenko said a drone attack in the Boryspil district caused a fire in a residential building, injuring one man.
- The injured man was extracted from rubble and hospitalized with burns and multiple shrapnel wounds, Tkachenko reported.
- Zelensky said intelligence pointed to a strike likely targeting bridges, energy facilities and civilian infrastructure.
- There was no information yet on the consequences of the missile attack on Kyiv, the report said.
A barrage of Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv shortly before 11 p.m. local time on November 6, about two hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was preparing another large-scale infrastructure attack. As Ukraine's Air Force warned that ballistic missiles were bound for the capital, a series of explosions was heard in the city, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.
The Air Force reported that at least six missiles were launched at Kyiv in the span of a few minutes. Residents received an all-clear signal about 30 minutes later, but another aerial alert came shortly before midnight. There was no information yet on the consequences of the attack.
Outside the city, Kyiv Oblast Governor Tymur Tkachenko reported that a Russian jet-powered drone attack in the Boryspil district caused a fire in a residential building and injured one man. The man was extracted from the rubble of the damaged building and hospitalized with burns and multiple shrapnel wounds.
Earlier in the evening, Zelensky told Ukrainians that intelligence reports pointed to another massive Russian strike on infrastructure. The attack would likely target bridges, energy facilities and civilian infrastructure, he warned.
Kyiv, a city of 3 million people, has come under repeated assault in recent weeks as Russia begins its annual campaign against Ukraine's power grid. The city endured the largest strike on energy this year on November 3, leading to widespread blackouts and water supply cutoffs. City officials and the central government have traded blame for the worsening state of Kyiv's energy infrastructure ahead of winter.