Missiles target Kyiv and wound 9 as Ukraine prepares for talks with Russia and the US

(7 Nov 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyiv, Ukraine - 7 November 2026 1. Kindergarten workers walking through destruction and clearing debris 2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Kateryna Korniichuk, 64, local resident: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “It’s hard, very hard. We were at home with my granddaughter. The first blast wave threw us against that wall and then against the other wall, because we were in the corridor. It’s very hard. No sleep, no peace—nothing. The children aren’t sleeping, and neither are we. I'm old, I can handle it, but what have the children done wrong? Why innocent kids have to go through this. It is terrible. She is at home now, I gave her some medicine to calm down. She can’t sleep, can’t do anything.” 3. Various of kindergarten workers walking through destruction and clearing debris 4. Various of debris inside kindergarten building 5. Crater from missile strike in kindergarten yard 6. Children’s bucket, other toys among debris 7. People walking through destruction and debris at site of missile attack 8. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleksander Haiovyi, 20, relative of local resident: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “There was a strike this night into this backyard. I wasn't here when it happened, my cousin was staying here tonight with our grandfather. This is my grandfather’s apartment. I left my car here. I bought it less than two weeks ago and hadn’t even had time to transfer the registration. And then, today, on top of it, the insurance had just expired. He calls me at around two. My brother says, ‘I managed… to run into the bathroom. There are no windows left in our building.’ A few minutes later, he sent me a message: ‘Come over—your car’s wrecked.’ So I’ve come here now, and I’m looking at it. There’s a pile of debris—stones and everything. The roof is dented, the windshield is completely smashed, and the interior is covered in debris. Right now, I’m trying at least to get the car out so I can take it to the nearest repair shop or somewhere safer to park, let’s put it that way.” 9. Various of destruction and debris at site of missile attack 10. Haiovyi cleaning his wrecked car 11. Damaged building at site of missile attack 12. Damage and debris at site of missile attack 13. Inside of damaged building 14. Crater filled with water after missile strike 15. Broken windows and debris 16. Various of Haiovyi cleaning his car STORYLINE: Missile explosions struck across Ukraine Saturday, wounding at least nine people, as Kyiv and Moscow prepared for new talks next week with the United States. The Russian missiles that hit the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight damaged homes and commercial properties, triggering new power and water outages, national and city authorities said. Amongst the destroyed infrastructure was a kindergarten, where children's toys and books lay scattered as people cleared the debris. "The children aren’t sleeping, and neither are we. I'm old, I can handle it, but what have the children done wrong? Why innocent kids have to go through this. It is terrible," said Kateryna Korniichuk, a 64-year-old local resident who was home with her granddaughter when the missile hit. In a statement Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia fired 36 ballistic missiles at Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight. The barrage also involved 172 drones over Kyiv and 12 other regions, wounding nine people, including a child, he said. AP video by Dan Bashakov AP production by Dmytro Zhyhinas =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/241291a7fb244ef59ef8805c5c7f4cd5