Russia Launches 172-Drone Barrage on Kyiv as Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries

Accuses Russia of intensifying attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure to pressure Kyiv before peace talks and says Ukraine shot down only four of 36 missiles, urging more US interceptor supplies.

““By intensifying its attacks on Ukraine and our infrastructure at this very moment, Russia is trying to additionally lay the groundwork for putting pressure on Ukraine’s position and that of its partners,””

Says overnight strikes damaged energy facilities and a key bridge in the capital, warning the energy situation was extremely difficult and that debris hit residential buildings.

““extremely difficult””

Says Moscow struck military-industrial, energy-sector and transport infrastructure in and around Kyiv.

““facilities belonging to the military-industrial complex, the energy sector, and transport infrastructure””

Says a deal between Russia and Ukraine may be imminent after meeting Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev, while noting he did not meet the Ukrainian delegation.

Hosted a White House diplomatic gathering with Russian and Ukrainian representatives to build on the localized Oleshky truce she helped broker.

Says talks in Brussels brought together officials from the US, UK, France, Germany, the EU, the World Bank and BlackRock.

Describes sheltering in a cellar during drone attacks and being burned before fleeing his village near Zaporizhzhia.

““We were in the cellar when they started bombing us with drones,””

Says authorities are preparing to relocate the shelter if the situation worsens and are ready to evacuate Zaporizhzhia, and that the city's population is difficult to calculate because people leave daily.

““It’s very difficult to calculate [how many people are left in the city] because every day people leave Zaporizhzhia,””

Says she may have to leave Zaporizhzhia but does not want to, as Russian drones are heard almost daily.

““Of course I may have to leave, but I don’t want to.””

Describes the daily danger from drones flying overhead, including one that passed over her workplace that day.

““It’s scary and dangerous, everything is flying around. Just today a drone flew over us,””

Says Russian drones can use images and landmarks to navigate under GPS jamming and be programmed to seek targets such as trains, warehouses and logistics centers, with some flying at 20–40 meters and Geranium-5 jets reaching about 1,000 km/h.

“هذه الطائرات تستطيع استخدام الصور والمعالم الجغرافية لتحديد مواقعها ومواصلة الطيران حتى في حال التشويش على إشارات GPS” ar

Is integrating AI into attack drones and building the Rassvet satellite communications network, with up to 250 satellites needed for full coverage of Ukraine.

Says 12 other regions came under attack, that Russia used 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles, and that nine people were injured, while appealing for increased US support to prevent a blackout.

““When Russia is trying to plunge Kyiv – a city of millions – and the entire country into a blackout, Ukraine must not be left alone. We are counting on increased bilateral support from the United States,””

Accuses Russia of targeting infrastructure with ballistic missiles and reports damage to energy facilities in Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions and to the Pivnichnyi Bridge, warning the energy supply situation is extremely difficult.

““The energy supply situation in the capital is extremely difficult, which has also affected the operation of the city’s heating and water supply systems. Energy workers and municipal crews are working to restore services for the city's residents,””

Confirms launching a massive strike on Kyiv targeting military-industrial, energy and transportation infrastructure, including the Pivnichnyi Bridge, and claims it downed 411 Ukrainian drones across 10 regions and over the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Crimea.

““massive””

Reports damage to residential buildings, a kindergarten and a non-residential building in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district and later raises the injury count to six, with damage also in Darnytskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts.

Says one person was killed in the broader Kyiv region after strikes targeted five districts.

Claims air defenses shot down 149 of 172 drones and four ballistic missiles during the overnight attacks, which it says were mainly directed toward the Kyiv region.

Says three private residences and warehouse and production facilities belonging to commercial enterprises in the regional capital were damaged during overnight attacks.

Said continuing the Türkiye-mediated Istanbul talks would be highly beneficial, that Ankara does not want the war carried into the Black Sea, and floated a war moratorium sparing Black Sea and energy targets; said Türkiye has agreed to lead the maritime component of Ukraine's security guarantees.

“We do not want the war to be carried into the Black Sea.”

Warned that Russia was preparing another large-scale attack on Ukrainian infrastructure shortly before the overnight missile strikes.

Reports that at least five people were injured, including a 14-year-old girl, and that the North Bridge was damaged and closed to traffic in both directions.

Said Ukrainian forces had struck two ships connected to the transfer of Russian military equipment to Iran, and travelled to Washington to seek further US support.

Described Ukraine's strike on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea as an attack on Iran and said the Kyiv threat must be neutralised and completely destroyed, citing Ukrainian actions against energy infrastructure.

“حمله به ایران” fa

Reported that one Iranian sailor was killed and another wounded in the attack on the commercial vessel Ana, and Iranian officials said the response would be certain and imminent.

Says 12 regions were attacked, Kyiv was hit hardest, nine people including a child were hurt, and strikes damaged critical infrastructure including substations connecting nuclear plants to Kyiv and central Ukraine.

““The situation in the capital is difficult, with disruptions to electricity, water, and heating supplies. Residential buildings, the North Bridge, and a kindergarten have been damaged,””

Says the city’s water supply system is back to normal and around 60% of apartment buildings are connected to the heating system.

Hosted Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the White House and called for a more enduring ceasefire, thanking Zelensky and Putin while not mentioning the war’s origins.

““The lives of innocent people must transcend the division of war. I hope Oleshky inspires greater peace,””

Says there were power cuts in five regions but does not specify how many homes were affected.

Says shortfalls in Russian supply could in theory be covered by China, and that Kazakhstan's core vulnerability is Karachaganak's dependence on export routes running through Russia.

Says there is practically no adequate short-term substitute for Russian deliveries and that alternatives would require large infrastructure investment and cost more.

Says Uzbekistan treats gas shortage as a national security matter, that Russian supplies may tie its economic growth to Moscow's political influence, and that there is no easy fix for shocks from the Russian crisis.

Announced it would reduce flights between Uzbek cities and Russia on some routes, citing aviation fuel shortage and rising prices.

Suggested that Russia's suspension of Kazakh oil transit to Germany via Druzhba may be connected to the effects of Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure.

Insisted that any gas arrangement must be a purely commercial and technical matter with no political conditions attached.

“Мы не допустим никаких политических условий” uz

Said Ukraine's territorial integrity is being violated and that the UN Charter is wilting under the invasion of the powerful.

“Uadilifu wa eneo na mamlaka ya Ukraine vinavunjwa. Mkataba wa Umoja wa Mataifa unaendelea kufifia chini ya uvamizi wa watu wenye nguvu.” sw

Said high food prices and high energy prices together push inflation, and that central banks responding with rate rises make it a triple blow.

“Inakuwa hali mbaya maradufu ya uwezekano wa bei ya juu ya chakula duniani na bei ya juu ya nishati kusukuma mfumuko wa bei. Na benki kuu zinapojibu kwa kupanda viwango vya riba, inakuwa mbaya mara tatu.” sw

Said tea and other beverages are typically exempt from trade sanctions, but some traders may not risk dealing if Russia is cut off from international payment systems.

Says the capital faces serious difficulties with electricity, water and heat supplies, that only four of 36 ballistic-type missiles were intercepted, and urges the US Congress to give more attention to Ukraine.

““The capital is facing serious difficulties with its electricity, water, and heat supplies,””

Says explosions rocked Kyiv as Russia unleashed waves of ballistic missiles, several of which hit and damaged the Northern Bridge across the Dnipro River.

Says it struck targets in Ukraine’s military-industrial sector as well as energy and transport infrastructure in and around Kyiv.

Says strikes on energy facilities outside Kyiv, including systems sending power from two nuclear plants to the city and central regions, caused serious damage.

Describes surviving a missile blast near her apartment building, saying it is good they are alive and that property matters less than life.

““Everything else we'll get later. Property isn't what matters, it's life that does.””

Tells Interfax that Russia’s delegation for the first trilateral talks since February will include senior military officials and diplomats, including Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, and will be headed by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky.

Welcomed the UAE hosting trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States, expressed hope they lead to steps ending a crisis of nearly four years, and credited US President Donald Trump's efforts in facilitating them.

Condemned the attack on a school building used for aid distribution, said double-tap strikes deliberately directed at civilian targets amount to war crimes, and warned that strikes on energy infrastructure deprive civilians of heat, water and shelter.

“I strongly condemn the Russian attack on a school building in Komyshuvakha, where civilians had gathered to receive humanitarian assistance.”

Blames Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko for the capital’s power outages, saying they stem from unimplemented municipal decisions on heating-season preparation and from Russia’s operation against Ukraine’s energy sector, and warns of new Russian strikes on energy facilities and Dnipro bridges.

“»Das sind die Folgen nicht umgesetzter Beschlüsse auf städtischer Ebene zur Vorbereitung auf die Heizperiode sowie auf diese russische Operation gegen die ukrainische Energiewirtschaft«” de

Rejects Zelenskyy’s accusations as manipulation and lies, says Kyiv has supplied district heating since 16 October and city representatives were not invited to the consultations, and urges the president to stop looking for scapegoats.

“»Wie hätte die Hauptstadt denn der ›russischen Sonderoperation gegen die ukrainische Energiewirtschaft‹ vorbeugen sollen?«” de

Says Russia used 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles and was trying to push Kyiv and the entire country into a blackout, and repeats his call for increased US support.

““push Kyiv … and the entire country into a blackout””

Confirms strikes on the Northern Bridge and says the capital faces an extremely difficult situation with power, heating and water supplies as temperatures fell to 0C.

““extremely difficult””

Says strikes hit the Northern Bridge and the Meridian Plant, claiming the bridge was used to transport weapons and the plant produces Flamingo cruise missiles, and that energy and industrial facilities in the Kyiv region, a Zhytomyr substation and a Black Sea cargo vessel were damaged.

Says the war could be close to being settled and envisions a big, beautiful agreement with Moscow involving all of Europe.

““big, beautiful agreement””

Brokered a six-day local ceasefire in Oleshky that enabled the evacuation of some 800 residents.

Says energy facilities in three districts of the Kyiv region were hit.

Says Russia fired 36 missiles at Kyiv, four of which were downed, and that six ballistic missiles targeted the Northern Bridge with four hits; also says Russia is intensifying strikes to pressure Ukraine and its partners and that Ukraine lacks Patriot interceptors.

“«Росіяни б'ють по мостах через Дніпро — від Києва до Запоріжжя. У ніч на цей день є влучання по київському Північному мосту — шість балістичних ракет були спрямовані проти моста, зафіксовано чотири влучання»” uk

Launched 36 missiles at Kyiv, including six aimed at the Northern Bridge, and used North Korean KN-23 missiles against a key energy facility.

Reports an extremely difficult electricity situation in the capital along with disruptions to heat and water supply.

Warns that Kyiv's bridges have a margin of structural strength, but that Russian drones equipped with special shaped-charge warheads could sever their cables and destroy them.

Reports that the number of injured in Kyiv rose to six including a child, with a drone hitting a two-storey house in Darnytskyi district and fires breaking out in the Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts.

States that Russia directed 36 ballistic missiles at energy infrastructure in Kyiv oblast, striking substations that connect the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants with Kyiv and the central regions.

Reports that a Russian drone hit a private house in Brovary district and that a man rescued from the rubble died in hospital from severe injuries.

Reports that a 26-year-old man was injured and a woman suffered an acute stress reaction in Brovary district, with ten private houses, 12 cars, a service station, an administrative building, a petrol station, two enterprises, warehouses and a car dealership damaged.

Says a main driver of elevated global energy prices is Ukraine's drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, alongside Middle East tensions affecting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Accuses US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of blocking missile transfers for nearly a month and says Russia fired more than 100 ballistic missiles at Kyiv and the surrounding region in a two-week period.

“We have been waiting for nearly a month for Mr Hegseth to sign off on missiles for Patriots.”

Rolled back recently agreed Russian sanctions and authorised Russian diesel sales to curb oil prices, and called for Zelenskyy to be replaced, according to the report.

Blames a lack of US political willingness for holding up Patriot interceptor deliveries that European allies have already funded, calling this the most critical moment for Ukraine's air defence.

“We have the funding, now we need the stocks to be delivered to Ukraine.”

Criticizes Vitali Klitschko's crisis management, saying Kyiv is the region least prepared to deal with the situation.

Describes an extremely difficult situation for power, heating and water supplies as temperatures hover near freezing and reports that several ballistic missiles hit the Northern Bridge.

“"extremely difficult"”

Says it carried out a massive strike on Ukraine's military-industrial sector and energy and transport infrastructure in and around Kyiv.

Says energy facilities in at least three districts of Kyiv Oblast were hit in the overnight attack.

Accuses Russia of preparing for the Abu Dhabi trilateral talks by launching ballistic missiles at critical infrastructure, and reports damage to residential buildings, the Northern Bridge, a kindergarten and substations, with nine injured including a child.

“„Clădirile rezidențiale și Podul de Nord au fost avariate. O grădiniță a fost parțial distrusă. În regiunea Kievului, a fost lovită o substație care conectează centralele nucleare din Rivne și Hmelnițki la Kiev și la regiunile centrale ale Ucrainei. Substații au fost avariate și în regiunile Vinnița, Jitomir, Rivne, Harkov și Dnipro. Pe lângă Kiev, alte douăsprezece regiuni au fost ținta atacurilor. Nouă persoane au fost rănite, printre care și un copil”” ro

Says Kyiv faces an extremely difficult energy supply situation affecting heating and water services, and that engineers are working to restore services.

“„Capitala se confruntă cu o situație extrem de dificilă în ceea ce privește aprovizionarea cu energie. Acest lucru afectează funcționarea sistemelor de încălzire și de alimentare cu apă ale orașului. Inginerii din energie și echipele serviciilor publice municipale lucrează pentru a restabili serviciile pentru locuitori”” ro

Says its forces struck Ukraine's military-industrial, energy and transport infrastructure, including the Northern Bridge and the Meridian plant, which it claims produces Flamingo cruise missiles.

Says Moscow has damaged all of Ukraine's power plants on the eve of winter.

Confirms a Ukrainian drone attack on a company in Oryol Oblast caused partial damage to the factory but no casualties.

Confirms damage to civil infrastructure and several homes in Saratov Oblast from Ukrainian drone strikes, with no injuries reported.

Says it struck Kyiv's Northern Bridge and energy infrastructure, claiming the bridge is used to mobilize military equipment and weapons for the Ukrainian army, and that it hit the Tripilska and Kyivska power plants and the Meridian military-industrial company.

“"para la movilización de equipos militares y armamento para el ejército ucraniano"” es

States that Russian air defences destroyed 411 Ukrainian drones over ten regions of the country's European part and annexed Crimea, while Ukrainian drones struck a Rosneft refinery in Saratov and an electronics plant producing components for military equipment in Oryol.

Says Russia is preparing for trilateral talks by launching ballistic missiles at Ukrainian critical infrastructure.

“"Russia is preparing for the trilateral talks by launching ballistic missiles at Ukrainian critical infrastructure,"”

Reports Ukrainian forces struck two Iskander missile launchers and a Pantsir-S1 air defense system in Bryansk Oblast, with damage to the Iskanders still being assessed.

Estimates Russia can produce more than 200 cruise and ballistic missiles each month, with Iskander-M missiles among its production priorities.

Estimates that a single Pantsir-S1 air defense system costs between $15 million and $20 million.

Says Russia faces a shortage of air defense systems to protect military installations and airfields, with some sites having no cover or only one or two Pantsir systems.

“"Some facilities, even military airfields, have no air defense cover at all on the territory of the so-called Russian Federation. 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,"”

Reports that a substation connecting the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants to Kyiv was damaged, that substations were hit in five other regions, and that 36 ballistic missiles were aimed at Kyiv and the surrounding region, leaving the capital with serious electricity, water and heat problems.

“"The capital is facing serious difficulties with its electricity, water, and heat supplies. Residential buildings and the Northern Bridge were damaged,"”

Says rescue equipment and a building of its unit were damaged in Vinnytsia Oblast, along with civilian infrastructure and cars, injuring one person.

Says Russia launched 172 long-range attack drones, including 137 jet-powered drones, and an unknown number of missiles, while Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 149 drones and four missiles.

Launched 172 long-range attack drones and missiles at Ukraine, hitting energy substations and causing casualties across multiple regions.

Says Russian forces attacked 40 settlements in Kherson Oblast and injured seven people over the past day.

Says Russia attacked four districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with drones, missiles and artillery, injuring six people.

Says Russian attacks injured four people in Donetsk Oblast.

Says Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and nine other settlements, injuring a 55-year-old woman.

Says the attack on Kyiv Oblast killed one person, injured two others and damaged energy facilities in the Bucha and Obukhiv districts.

Warns that intelligence indicates Russia is preparing a new attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, its bridges over the Dnipro and civilian infrastructure, appeals for Patriot interceptors and timely deliveries, and vows that Russia will face Ukraine's long-range strike response.

“We currently have intelligence indicating that a new attack is being prepared against our energy infrastructure, our bridges across the Dnipro River, and civilian infrastructure”

Says Kyiv faces serious difficulties with electricity, water and heat supplies, accuses Russia of preparing for trilateral talks by striking critical infrastructure, and appeals for greater US congressional support.

“"Russia is preparing for trilateral talks by launching ballistic missiles at Ukraine's critical infrastructure"”

Reports that multiple waves of ballistic missiles hit Kyiv and damaged the Northern Bridge across the Dnipro River.

Says it carried out a massive strike on Ukraine's military-industrial sector and energy and transport infrastructure in and around Kyiv.

Reports that Russia fired 36 ballistic missiles, only four of which were intercepted, and that air defenses downed 149 of 172 drones.

Says strikes caused serious damage to energy facilities outside Kyiv, including systems transmitting power from two nuclear plants to the capital and central regions.

Says it intercepted 142 Ukrainian drones across Russia and annexed Crimea between Thursday night and Friday morning.

Say drone debris fell onto an industrial facility in Afipsky and sparked a fire.

Reports shooting down or jamming 196 Russian drones, with impacts and fallen debris recorded at 22 locations across Ukraine.

Says electrical disruptions remain most difficult in the capital region, where emergency repair crews partially shut down the local grid due to heavy damage.

“"most difficult in the capital region,"”

Calls the Rosstat leak the most significant data leak on Russian casualties and argues its main significance is political, since Russia cannot be said to be winning while losing population at this rate.

“This is the most significant leak of data when it comes to Russian casualties”

Argues that the Kremlin's recruitment policies amount to the extermination of entire nations for some of Russia's smallest ethnic groups, drawing men in with high salaries, death benefits and routes out of prison.

“extermination of entire nations”

Assessed in early September that over half a million people had died fighting for Russia, with casualties potentially as high as 1.5 million including the wounded.

Carried out a cyberattack on Rosstat and published leaked data calculating more than 450,000 Russian deaths, including civilians killed in airstrikes and in Ukraine's Kursk incursion.

Released a lower figure of 393,881 killed using a methodology counting only military personnel and civilians killed in combat or from the long-term effects of fighting.

Reports that Russian strikes damaged the Northern Bridge, road surface, trolleybus network and power lines, and that damage to energy facilities has created an extremely difficult situation for Kyiv's energy supply and heating.

Says a Russian drone hit the roof of a nine-story residential building in Kharkiv's Kyivskyi district, with no casualty information available at the time.

Attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones and struck energy and residential infrastructure across Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions.

Says it destroyed 411 Ukrainian drones over ten Russian regions, annexed Crimea, and the Black and Azov Seas.

Reports damage to civilian infrastructure and preliminary casualties from the attack on Saratov Oblast, without specifying the number or severity of injuries.

Launched drone attacks that set the Saratov Rosneft refinery on fire and caused a fire at the Proton-Elektroteks plant in Oryol.

Says Russia used 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles in a combined attack aimed mainly at Kyiv and its region, damaging energy infrastructure, residential buildings, the Northern Bridge and a kindergarten and injuring nine people including a child.

“«Комбінована була атака, загалом росіяни застосували 172 дрони і 36 балістичних ракет, і всі ракети – по Києву та області. Головна мішень удару – знову енергетика. У столиці складна ситуація з постачанням електрики, води та тепла. Пошкоджені житлові будинки, Північний міст, частково зруйнований дитячий садочок. На Київщині був удар по підстанціях, які з’єднують Рівненську та Хмельницьку АЕС із Києвом та центральними регіонами України. Пошкоджені підстанції також на Вінниччині, Житомирщині, Рівненщині, Харківщині та Дніпровщині. Крім Києва, ще 12 регіонів були під ударами. Дев’ять людей постраждали, серед них одна дитина»” uk

Reports that Russia used 172 attack drones, including 137 jet-powered Shaheds, and missiles including Iskander-M, Zircon, KN-23 and S-400 systems in a massive combined attack.

Denies that the Russian army deliberately targets civilian infrastructure and kills civilians.

Reports that the Northern Bridge was damaged in the attack and is closed in both directions while experts assess the extent of damage, and that the capital faces an extremely difficult electricity situation affecting heat and water supply.

“«Внаслідок атаки ворога пошкоджений Північний міст. Фахівці досліджують ступінь пошкоджень. Рух мостом наразі закритий в обидві сторони»” uk

Reports fires and destruction in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, with five people injured including a child, and damage to residential buildings, a kindergarten and a non-residential building.

Launched ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv overnight, damaging the Northern Bridge and energy facilities in Kyiv and Zhytomyr oblasts.

Reports that one person was killed and four injured, including an 11-year-old girl, in Pavlohrad, with apartment buildings, an enterprise, cars and outbuildings damaged and fires breaking out, and damage to a private house and infrastructure in Nikopol district and infrastructure in Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih districts.

Says Russia used 36 ballistic missiles and 172 drones in a combined attack on energy infrastructure, injuring at least nine people including a child, and portrays the strikes as Russia's preparation for trilateral talks while appealing for greater US support.

“« Nous comptons sur un soutien bilatéral accru de la part des États-Unis. Nous comptons sur le Congrès américain pour accorder une plus grande attention à l'Ukraine. Car la Russie multiplie sans cesse ses attaques »” fr

Says Russian strikes damaged an important road bridge and energy infrastructure, leaving Kyiv's energy supply extremely difficult and affecting heating and water systems.

“« La situation de l'approvisionnement en énergie de la capitale est extrêmement difficile. Cela affecte le fonctionnement des systèmes de chauffage et d'alimentation en eau de la ville »” fr

Says massive Russian strikes caused power cuts in five regions and significant damage to energy transport and distribution networks, including many facilities in the Kyiv region, with repairs slowed by air alerts.

Says residents are exhausted by the constant lack of electricity and heat, to the point that even improvements go unnoticed.

“« Tout le monde est épuisé, à tel point que même lorsqu'il y a quelques améliorations, on ne les remarque plus. On n'a pas d'électricité, pas de chaleur, constamment. C'est vraiment déprimant. »” fr

Says electricity and hot water are available only sporadically, but as a Mariupol native he treats such hardships as routine compared with the country's wider difficulties.

“« Il n'y a pas d'électricité les deux tiers du temps, et c'est la même chose pour l'eau chaude, c'est sporadique. Mais écoutez, je viens de Marioupol, alors je ne me suis pas inquiété pour ce genre de choses depuis 2022. Pour moi, c'est simplement une routine, des difficultés logiques, et certainement moindres comparé à toutes celles que traverse notre pays en ce moment. »” fr

Said air-defence forces intercepted and destroyed 411 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones over nine Russian regions, Crimea and the Azov and Black Seas during the night.

Reported damage to civilian infrastructure and several residential buildings with injuries but no deaths, without confirming the refinery fire.

“В результате атаки БПЛА есть повреждения объектов гражданской инфраструктуры. Предварительно есть пострадавшие” ru

Said rocket forces struck the Proton-Electrotext plant in Oryol with Neptune missiles, and that Ukraine itself was attacked overnight by missiles and 172 strike drones with Kyiv region the main target.

Said preliminary data show Russia used a North Korean missile for the first time in a long while in the strike that killed a family near Kryvyi Rih, and later raised the prospect of 30,000 additional North Korean troops being sent.

“예비 데이터에 따르면 현재로서는 러시아가 오랜만에 북한 미사일을 사용한 것으로 나타났다” ko

Says Russia-North Korea military cooperation violates UN Security Council resolutions, is a direct concern for South Korean security, and should be reduced and eliminated.

“러시아와 북한의 군사 협력은 우리의 주요 관심사” ko

Criticizes Kyiv Mayor Klitschko for failing to implement heating-season preparations, calling the outages a consequence of local inaction and Russia's operation against Ukraine's energy sector, and reports a combined attack with 36 missiles and more than 170 drones.

“"Das sind die Folgen nicht umgesetzter Beschlüsse auf städtischer Ebene zur Vorbereitung auf die Heizperiode sowie auf diese russische Operation gegen die ukrainische Energiewirtschaft."” de

Reports that Russian ballistic missile strikes damaged residential buildings, a kindergarten, a key Dnipro bridge and Kyiv's power, water and heating systems, injuring five people, and rejects Zelensky's criticism of the city's preparations.

“"Wie hätte die Hauptstadt denn der 'russischen Sonderoperation gegen die ukrainische Energiewirtschaft' vorbeugen sollen?"” de

Sees little hope for a rapid ceasefire, saying recent months offer little confidence that Trump's approach will quickly produce a truce or peace.

“"Die letzten Monate geben wenig Hoffnung, dass Trumps Vorgehen schnell zu einem Waffenstillstand oder gar zum Frieden führt."” de

Warned the previous evening that intelligence reports indicated Russia was preparing a new large-scale attack on Ukrainian infrastructure.

Reports at least six injured in Kyiv including a 14-year-old girl, damage to the Northern Bridge and power lines, and damage to a five-story residential building and a non-residential building.

Says a Russian jet-powered drone struck a house in the Brovary district, causing a fire and injuring one man who was rescued from the rubble and hospitalized.

Reports that Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 172 Shahed drones, including 137 jet-powered ones, and an unspecified number of ballistic missiles, with at least six missiles launched at Kyiv within minutes.

Accuses Russia of trying to plunge Kyiv and the entire country into a blackout, appeals to the US Congress for more support, and calls Jared Kushner’s blueprint “Yalta 2.0,” warning against being divided by Russia.

““plunge Kyiv and the entire country into a blackout””

Says its strikes early on Saturday were against energy and transport targets in Ukraine.

Says a “big beautiful agreement” could be close, involving “all of Europe.”

““big beautiful agreement””

Says discussions would include a new security framework for Europe alongside guarantees for Ukraine.

Announces that Russian attacks damaged energy infrastructure and civilian buildings across five districts of Kyiv Oblast, including a fatal injury in Brovary.

Intercepted or neutralized four Iskander-M/Zircon/KN-23/S-400 missiles and 149 drones launched by Russian forces since the evening of November 6.

Launched missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, with the Kyiv region as the main target.

Announces that Russian drones struck the Slobidskyi district twice, causing a fire in an industrial building, setting about ten cars ablaze and damaging apartment buildings and trolleybuses.

Attacked Kharkiv's Slobidskyi district twice with Banderol drones, damaging residential buildings, cars and trolleybuses.

Says intelligence shows Russia is preparing a new strike on energy infrastructure, Dnipro bridges and civilian infrastructure, that Ukrainian forces are preparing to defend against it, and that partners must not delay deliveries of Patriot interceptor missiles.

Warned that Russian attacks reached a new horrifying level with over 100 civilians killed and 429 injured in a week, while also reporting 496 civilians killed and 3,394 injured in Russia from Ukrainian attacks between January and September.

“All attacks targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, wherever they occur, are a violation of international humanitarian law and must end immediately”

Said the past 48 hours brought more death and destruction across Ukraine and that repeated strikes on power, heating and water systems threaten to make winter far worse.

“no amount of preparedness can substitute for protecting the infrastructure civilians depend on in the first place”

Said Russia's missile terror has reached unprecedented brutality and that Moscow's objective is to make Kyiv unliveable by targeting bridges, energy and residential areas.

“Russia’s missile terror against the civilian population has reached an unprecedented level of brutality and casualties”

Said Kyiv launched a 40-day operation against Russian refineries, fuel depots and airfields, that Russian strikes are restricted to military-industrial and supporting energy facilities, and that Kyiv now poses as an innocent victim.

“It was Kyiv that consciously chose to aggravate the situation and now seeks to promote itself as an innocent victim.”

Urged Kyiv and Moscow to return immediately to the negotiating table, saying the war cannot be ended by military victory on either side.

“The conflict will not end through military victory on either side, but only through negotiations”

Condemned Russia's systemic territorial expansion, cited a 55 percent rise in Ukrainian civilian casualties this year, and warned that attacks on Black Sea ports threaten global food security.

“Food must never be a weapon — neither in the Black Sea nor elsewhere.”

Said China's position on the Ukraine crisis is consistent and clear, that dialogue and negotiation are the only viable path, and called on the parties to bring the situation down and build conditions for talks.