- Zelenskyy says four of 36 missiles approaching on ballistic trajectories were brought down. [3]
- He reports a Patriot interceptor shortage and orders backup transport plans for Kyiv. [3]
Only four of 36 missiles approaching on ballistic trajectories were brought down in Russia's overnight attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on November 7, as he reported a Patriot interceptor shortage and ordered backup transport plans for Kyiv. Bloomboff has not independently verified these official accounts. 3
Zelenskyy's coordination-call post described the interceptor shortage as significant and urged faster deliveries from the United States. It did not identify which systems brought down the four missiles. The figure is not a Patriot success rate. 3
For Kyiv, he instructed national authorities and the city administration to prepare backup routes and additional transport, saying such city-level contingency plans were practically nonexistent. His post did not say the extra transport was already operating. 3
His earlier account described electricity, water and heating disruption and a hit on a substation linking the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants to Kyiv and central Ukraine. It did not report a strike on either reactor. 1
Ukraine's State Emergency Service earlier reported six people injured in Kyiv, including a child. 2
None of the three official posts reviewed gives a restoration timetable. 123
Update, November 7, 14:08 UTC: Added Zelenskyy's claims about interceptions, a shortage of Patriot interceptors and plans for transport in Kyiv.
Bloomboff's take
A calendar invite is not an air-defence system. Diplomacy can book the room; it cannot conjure interceptors or switch the damn heating back on.
