The key facts
- According to Zelensky, the bridge was hit by four ballistic missiles out of six launched in the attack
- Klitschko reported damage to the roadway, contact network, and power line; traffic was closed in both directions
- On the night of November 7, 36 missiles were fired at Kyiv and the region, according to Zelensky; air defense intercepted four
Strike on the Dnipro crossing
The Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge in Kyiv was hit by four ballistic missiles on November 7, Volodymyr Zelensky said. According to him, six missiles were launched in total during this attack, four of which struck the crossing over the Dnipro. This was reported by Life.ru.
Damage and traffic closure
Earlier, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported damage to the Northern Bridge as a result of an overnight missile strike. According to him, the roadway, the trolleybus contact network, and a power line were damaged. Traffic on the bridge was closed in both directions. Klitschko also showed footage of the damaged crossing: the video shows holes in the road surface, and Kyiv authorities reported damage to the bridge's transport and energy infrastructure.
Scale of the overnight attack
Zelensky also stated that on the night of November 7, 36 missiles traveling on ballistic trajectories were fired at Kyiv and the region. According to him, Ukrainian air defense managed to intercept only four of them. The outlet separately reported a strike on the Severnaya substation near Kyiv, which supplied defense-industry enterprises; this information comes from Life.ru and was not independently confirmed in the cited publications.
