Key facts
- Ukrainian forces struck two Iskander missile launchers and a Pantsir-S1 system in Bryansk Oblast, the General Staff said.
- The General Staff said the extent of damage to the Iskander launchers was still being clarified.
- Russia fired 36 ballistic missiles overnight on November 6 to 7, all aimed at Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, Zelensky said.
- Zelensky said strikes in Kyiv Oblast hit substations linking the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear plants to Kyiv.
- Ukraine's SBU estimates a single Pantsir-S1 system costs between $15 million and $20 million.
- Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said Russia faces a shortage of air defense systems for military sites.
Ukrainian forces struck two Iskander missile launchers and a Pantsir-S1 air defense system in Russia's Bryansk Oblast between November 6 and 7, Ukraine's General Staff reported on November 7. The General Staff said the Iskander launchers were hit but that the extent of damage to the systems was still being clarified. The Kyiv Independent said it could not independently verify the strikes.
The Iskander-M is one of Russia's principal ballistic weapons. Since the start of 2026, Moscow has launched more than 500 ballistic missiles against Ukraine, according to the report. Kyiv's military intelligence estimates Russia can produce more than 200 cruise and ballistic missiles of various types each month, with Iskander-M missiles among its production priorities.
The Ukrainian strikes came as several waves of Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv overnight on November 6 to 7. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired 36 ballistic missiles, all aimed at Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast. He said strikes in Kyiv Oblast hit substations connecting the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants to Kyiv and Ukraine's central oblasts. Zelensky said Russia was preparing for trilateral talks by launching ballistic missiles at Ukrainian critical infrastructure.
The Pantsir-S1 is one of Russia's key modern air defense systems, used to protect military sites and counter Ukrainian long-range drones. A single system is estimated to cost between $15 million and $20 million, according to Ukraine's Security Service (SBU).
Ukraine's Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk, cited by Ukrinform, said Russia faces a shortage of air defense systems to protect military installations and airfields. He pointed to Ukrainian strikes on November 5 as evidence of a gradual depletion of Russia's air defense. "Some facilities, even military airfields, have no air defense cover at all on the territory of the so-called Russian Federation," Pletenchuk said, according to Ukrinform. "In some places they have one Pantsir system, in others two. Of course, this is nothing like Valdai, where there are dozens of them. So there is a shortage."
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and OSINT analyst Jembob reported on October 25 that Russia built an additional ring of air defense towers within 50 kilometers (30 miles) of Russian President Vladimir Putin's residence in Valdai.