A person killed in Sumy Oblast and damage to Kyiv’s Pivnichnyi Bridge: the aftermath of Russian strikes

Russian forces attacked Kyiv and several regions of Ukraine overnight on November 7. The strikes caused damage to homes and civilian infrastructure, as well as fires. Children were among those injured. The consequences were reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the National Police of Ukraine, and city and regional officials.

In the capital, the North Bridge was damaged. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the number of injured had risen from the three initially reported to five. They included a 14-year-old child. Two people required hospitalization.

According to the Kyiv City Military Administration and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, residential buildings, a kindergarten, and a non-residential building were damaged in the Solomianskyi district. The façade of the first floor of one five-story building was partially destroyed, while the blast wave shattered windows in several apartment blocks. A two-story building on the kindergarten grounds was destroyed.

A parked truck and a non-residential building also caught fire. Firefighters extinguished the blaze.

The overnight strikes damaged energy facilities in Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions. According to Vitali Klitschko, the capital’s electricity supply situation is extremely difficult, affecting heating and water systems. Energy workers and utility crews are restoring services.

In Sumy region, according to the police’s daily report, 19 settlements came under Russian fire. People also sought medical attention for injuries sustained in attacks on November 5:

• In the Sumy community, a 23-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman, injured in a drone attack, needed medical assistance.
• In the Shostka community, a 33-year-old man injured in shelling sought medical attention.

The police separately reported the consequences of strikes over the past day:

• In the Lypova Dolyna community, drone attacks killed a 52-year-old man. Another man, aged 62, was injured.
• In the Sumy community, guided aerial bomb strikes injured seven people: four women aged 29, 41, 68, and 90, and three men aged 23, 56, and 69.
• In the Shostka community, a drone strike injured a 26-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman.

Civilian infrastructure, apartment blocks, private homes, and vehicles were damaged in the region. Law enforcement opened criminal proceedings over the Russian shelling under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — violation of the laws and customs of war.

This morning, Russian drones attacked four districts of Dnipropetrovsk region nearly 20 times. The consequences were reported by Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration.

Fires broke out in Pavlohrad, where apartment blocks, a business, cars, and outbuildings were damaged. Three local residents needed medical attention:

• A 32-year-old man was hospitalized in moderate condition.
• A 38-year-old woman will receive outpatient treatment.
• An 11-year-old girl can be treated at home.

Strikes also damaged homes and infrastructure in other districts of the region:

• In Dnipro district, infrastructure in the and Mykolaivka communities was damaged.
• In Nikopol district, the district center and the Marhanets, Chervonohryhorivka, and Myrove communities came under fire. A private home and infrastructure facilities were damaged.
• In Kryvyi Rih district, Russian forces struck infrastructure in the Novopillia community.