Russian drones damage Kyiv flats as capital rations street lighting
A morning drone attack damaged apartment blocks in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district as the capital moved to cut outdoor lighting amid power shortages.
Attack waveRussia's overnight barrage on Kharkiv and Kyiv (11 November 2026) · 2 stories, one mapIncidents in this story
- Kyiv · Wednesday morning: Drone attack damages apartment blocks in Darnytskyi
- Kyiv · Wednesday morning: Drone hits private home and car in Holosiivskyi (1 injured)
A Russian drone attack damaged apartment buildings in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district on Wednesday morning, city officials said, as part of a wider overnight barrage on Ukraine.
The attack also hit a private home and a vehicle in the capital's Holosiivskyi district, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Authorities were still working to determine the full number of casualties, but Klitschko said at least one person was injured in the morning strike.
Ukraine's air force said Russian forces launched Kh-59/69 along with a reported 163 Shahed and jet-powered , plus Gerbera, Banderol/Dan-T and decoy drones, against Ukraine overnight. The air force said strikes hit 17 locations, with debris from intercepted targets falling in seven others, including Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, and the Zaporizhzhia and Rivne regions.
Separately, Kyiv's municipal lighting company said the capital would temporarily switch off street lighting and other outdoor lighting to save electricity, as repeated Russian strikes on energy infrastructure strain the power grid. The Kyiv said the move would prioritise electricity for critical infrastructure and essential services; lighting linked to public warning sirens will stay on.
The city's three main combined heat and power plants, CHP-5, CHP-6 and Darnytsia, have all stopped generating electricity following Russian strikes, the Kyiv Post reported, leaving the capital more dependent on power from other regions. Energy analyst Oleksandr Kharchenko said on 6 November that damage to high-voltage transmission lines was making it harder to deliver enough electricity to Kyiv, and that continuing Russian attacks were complicating repair efforts.
Ukraine's national grid operator had already ordered rolling blackouts in Kyiv after earlier Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, the country's largest private energy provider said, according to the Kyiv Post.
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What we know
- A Russian drone attack damaged apartment buildings in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district on Wednesday morning, city officials said.
- The attack also hit a private home and a car in the Holosiivskyi district; Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least one person was injured.
- The strikes were part of a wider overnight barrage that also hit Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, and the Zaporizhzhia and Rivne regions, Ukraine's air force said.
- Kyiv will temporarily switch off street lighting to save electricity after repeated Russian strikes on the power grid, the city's lighting company said.
- All three of Kyiv's main combined heat and power plants have stopped generating electricity following Russian strikes, the Kyiv Post reported.
Not yet confirmed
- The full number of casualties from Wednesday morning's attack, which authorities were still determining.
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Why it matters for Europe
The lighting cutback follows a Russian strike on energy facilities on 3 November that triggered emergency power cuts and disrupted water supplies and public transport across Kyiv. Kyiv authorities have set Thursday as the target for restoring heating to all residential buildings, the Kyiv Post reported.
Wednesday's drone attack formed part of a wider overnight barrage that also struck Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih and the Zaporizhzhia and Rivne regions, Ukraine's air force said, as Russia continues to combine strikes on frontline cities with attacks on the energy grid supplying the capital.
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Questions and answers
- What was damaged in Kyiv?
- A Russian drone attack damaged apartment buildings in the Darnytskyi district and hit a private home and car in Holosiivskyi, officials said.
- Was anyone hurt?
- Kyiv's mayor said at least one person was injured in the morning strike; the full toll was still being determined.
- Why is Kyiv cutting street lighting?
- To save electricity after repeated Russian strikes left all three of the capital's main power plants unable to generate power, the Kyiv Post reported.
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