Overview
- Overnight Friday into Saturday Russian strikes hit Kyiv and its region, damaging the North Bridge over the Dnipro, striking energy facilities, causing large fires and injuring at least five people.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday he had intelligence that Russia planned attacks on the energy sector, Dnipro bridges and civilian infrastructure and he publicly appealed for interceptor missiles to arm Patriot batteries.
- Ukraine’s air force reported that at least six ballistic missiles were tracked heading toward Kyiv before that threat was lifted and officials say air defenses managed only a portion of the incoming strikes.
- A trilateral emissary meeting between Ukraine, the United States and Russia is scheduled for November 10–11 in Abu Dhabi, and European leaders have rejected proposals for a security deal that would be negotiated without European participation after statements by President Trump and his envoys.
- Officials warn the attacks already disrupt heating, water and power ahead of winter, underline a shortage of Patriot interceptors, and raise the risk of wider civilian hardship as Kyiv signals possible long‑range retaliatory strikes.