The key facts

  • Russia's Defense Ministry estimates daily AFU losses at 1,155 personnel, broken down across six troop groupings.
  • Overnight, 411 Ukrainian drones were intercepted, and strikes were delivered on Kyiv and Kyiv region.
  • All figures come from the Russian defense ministry's summary; there is no independent confirmation in the publication.

Defense Ministry summary for November 7

Russia's Defense Ministry reported that units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 1,155 servicemen over the past day in the area of responsibility of all Russian troop groupings. The summary was published on the Max messenger (a link to it is provided in the Gazeta.Rupublication). The ministry distributed the losses by direction as follows: 'North' — more than 150 personnel, 'West' — over 220, 'South' — up to 200, 'Center' — up to 345, 'East' — up to 205, 'Dnieper' — up to 35.

Drones and the strike on Kyiv

On the morning of November 7, the same ministry reported that air defense systems had overnight intercepted and destroyed 411 Ukrainian drones over Russia. According to the Defense Ministry, Russian forces also delivered a massive strike on Kyiv and Kyiv region; in the Ukrainian capital, according to the summary, the Northern road bridge was hit, which, the ministry claims, was used to transfer weapons and military equipment for the Ukrainian army.

Context and data limitations

Gazeta.Ru also recalls that earlier, on November 4, it was reported that fighters of the 'East' grouping had advanced deeper into the enemy's defenses . It should be noted that all the figures cited — the AFU losses, the number of intercepted drones, and the details of the bridge strike — come only from the Russian side and are not accompanied in the publication by data from Ukrainian sources or independent verification; Kyiv's position on these statements is not presented in the article.