LONDON – At least 11 people, including a pregnant woman, were injured by ongoing Russian attacks in the kyiv region early Friday, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a post on Telegram.
Sections of certain heating networks in the region were damaged as a result of the attack and some buildings were left without heating supplies, the mayor added.
So far, at least 15 buildings have been damaged in kyiv due to the attacks, the Kyiv City State Administration said in a post on Telegram.
Meanwhile, earlier this week, Ukrainian forces were forced to withdraw from several positions in the Zaporizhzhia region, the southeastern front, due to intense Russian attacks, according to an army spokesman.
Rescuers work at the scene of a damaged building after a Russian attack in kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
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Russian forces have launched more than 400 artillery strikes a day and Ukrainian troops faced the destruction of defensive fortifications, Southern Defense Forces spokesman Vladyslav Voloshyn told ABC News.
According to Voloshyn, the withdrawal affected the areas around Novouspenivske, Nove, Okhotnyche, Uspenivka and Novomykolaivka.
“The situation there remains difficult, partly due to weather conditions that favor attacks. But we continue to destroy the occupier, and I thank each of our units, each warrior involved in the defense of Ukrainian positions,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday.
Ukraine is also facing the possible fall of Pokrovsk, a city that was home to about 60,000 people at the time of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, to Russia after an 18-month battle of attrition. This could be one of the most serious defeats of the war for Ukraine.
