Threats to Ukraine’s infrastructure: a report citing FT and new strikes

On the evening of 6 November 2026, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian intelligence had information that Russia was preparing another strike on energy facilities, bridges across the Dnipro and civilian infrastructure. Overnight into 7 November, the Ukrainian Air Force reported ballistic missiles heading towards Kyiv, while Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported strikes on infrastructure on the capital’s outskirts. Klitschko later reported that debris had hit a five-storey residential building in the Solomianskyi district. At another five-storey residential building, he said, a blast wave damaged window glazing. Emergency services were heading to the sites.

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That evening also brought a report of a threat attributed to Vladimir Putin to destroy Ukrainian infrastructure to force Kyiv to accept what were described as the “Anchorage terms”. In an account of a Financial Times article circulated by Strana on 6 November, an unnamed source in Russia’s negotiating team describes this as Putin’s position, allegedly threatening bridges, ports, railways, energy facilities and power stations.

According to that account, the source also portrays the strikes as retaliation for Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and commercial warehouses over the summer, and attributes to Putin accusations that Kyiv had derailed earlier ceasefire agreements. The newsroom could not obtain the original FT text: the account of Putin’s position and the “Anchorage terms” remains Strana’s second-hand report. No link has been established between this alleged threat and the particular attack on Kyiv.

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In an address on his official channel, Zelenskyy said the Air Force and the wider Ukrainian armed forces were preparing to defend against the attack, and urged partners not to delay deliveries of Patriot interceptor missiles.

In contrast to the account of the source cited by Strana, on 6 November Zelenskyy publicly described Ukraine’s continuing attacks on Russian oil refining as a response to Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. He listed power stations, grids, heating, water supply and civilian logistics as targets of constant attacks.

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For residents, the consequences already extend beyond power cuts. On the evening of 6 November, Klitschko said damage to an energy facility in Zhytomyr had worsened Kyiv’s electricity supply and lowered pressure in the capital’s water system. He said Kyivvodokanal was switching stations to generators wherever possible. The phrase “strikes on infrastructure” also means interruptions to water reaching people’s homes.