Day 1718 · The Russia-Ukraine war

7 November 2026

3 events so far (0 confirmed) and 14 statements.

As of 12:00 UTC. This day is not complete. The next update, about 07:00 UTC, adds the rest. Military events are published at least 6 hours after they happen.

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7 November 2026 in brief

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city faced an extremely difficult situation with electricity, heating and water after energy facilities in Kyiv and Zhytomyr oblasts were damaged, and Russia's defence ministry said its overnight strike hit defence-industry, energy and transport sites in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast. Belgorod's operational headquarters said Ukrainian drones injured two people in Belgorod and Novy Oskol, Saratov's governor said a drone attack damaged homes while monitoring channels reported the city's oil refinery on fire, and Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted 411 drones overnight. [1][2] Donald Trump said he had held calls on ending the war, and Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN the Oleshky ceasefire showed a truce could be set quickly.

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Statement

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city faced an extremely difficult situation with electricity, heating and water after energy facilities in Kyiv and Zhytomyr oblasts were damaged, Ukrainska Pravda reported.

Government of Ukraine
7 Nov · to a domestic audience
Reported by Ukrainska Pravda

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Statements (14)

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Government of Ukraine: Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city faced an extremely difficult situation with electricity, heating and water after energy facilities in Kyiv and Zhytomyr oblasts were damaged, Ukrainska Pravda reported.

Domestic audience · uk

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Government of Russia: Belgorod governor Alexander Shuvaev said Ukrainian forces attacked the oblast 101 times in a day, injuring six people, one seriously, and that 166 drones were downed or suppressed, RIA Novosti and Rambler News reported.

Domestic audience · ru

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Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said air defences intercepted 411 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight over Bryansk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk, Lipetsk, Orel, Rostov, Saratov, Samara and Tula oblasts, Crimea and the Azov and Black seas, RIA Novosti reported.

Domestic audience · ru

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Government of Germany: The German government said Chancellor Friedrich Merz would meet Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar in Berlin on 10 November, with continued support for Ukraine on the agenda, Ukrainska Pravda reported.

Domestic audience · de

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Government of Russia: Maxim Pukhov, the Russian-installed mayor of Energodar, said Ukrainian shelling of the town remained intense and had hit water intake, energy and communications sites, RIA Novosti reported.

Domestic audience · ru

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Government of Russia: Rostov governor Yuri Slyusar said more than 50 drones were destroyed overnight over six districts of the oblast, with no casualties, RIA Novosti reported.

Domestic audience · ru

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Government of Russia: Kursk governor Alexander Khinshtein said 189 drones were downed over the oblast from 09:00 on 6 November to 09:00 on 7 November Moscow time, with no dead or injured and two houses damaged in Krasnaya Nov, Lgov district, RIA Novosti and Vzglyad reported.

Domestic audience · ru

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Government of Russia: Voronezh governor Aleksandr Gusev said 27 drones were downed overnight over seven districts of the oblast, with preliminarily no injured or damage, RIA Voronezh and Voronezhskie Novosti reported.

Domestic audience · ru

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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's General Staff said Neptune missiles hit the Proton-Elektroteks plant in Oryol and that a hit and a fire were confirmed, Ukrainska Pravda reported.

Domestic audience · uk

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Government of Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN that the Oleshky ceasefire showed a truce could be set quickly, without pullbacks or buffer zones, and monitored by drones, and that it came down to Putin's will, Ukrainska Pravda reported.

Foreign audience · en

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Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said its forces carried out a massive overnight strike with ground-based precision weapons and long-range drones on defence-industry, energy and transport sites in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, including a Kyiv bridge it said was used to move weapons and a plant it said made Flamingo missiles, RIA Novosti reported.

Domestic audience · ru

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Government of the United States: US President Donald Trump said he had held phone calls on ending the war in Ukraine on Friday, with more planned and a meeting on Monday and Tuesday, and that it was the first time both sides were ready to settle; he did not say with whom he spoke, Ukrainska Pravda reported.

Mixed audience · en

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Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR): Ukraine's military intelligence said two guided bombs hit the Dzherelo school in Komyshuvakha at 09:45 on 2 November and a FAB-3000 bomb hit its shelter an hour later, that four Su-34 aircraft were involved, and that about 30 more bodies may remain under the rubble, Ukrinform reported. It named Russian service members it said were involved.

Domestic audience · uk