On March 7, Russian forces continued widespread strikes across Ukraine, hitting residential areas, critical infrastructure, and transportation hubs. The attacks caused civilian casualties, disrupted energy supplies, and damaged buildings across multiple regions, including Kyiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia.
In the capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that 1,905 apartment buildings in Pecherskyi, Dnipro, Holosiivskyi, and Solomianskyi districts were left without heating due to damage to a critical energy facility. Including additional homes in Darnytskyi and Dnipro districts affected by the Darnytsia thermal power plant’s destruction, nearly 2,700 buildings in the city were affected. Klitschko said municipal workers were working urgently to restore heat.
Russian forces launched 760 attacks on 41 settlements across Zaporizhzhia region, according to Ivan Fedorov. The strikes included 19 air raids, 505 UAV attacks (mostly FPV drones), 4 rocket salvos, and 232 artillery strikes. Residential buildings, infrastructure, and vehicles were damaged, with reports of an infant injured in the attacks and hospitalized.
In Donetsk region, Russian airstrikes hit Kramatorsk overnight, injuring six people, including three children, after a 500-kilogram bomb struck the city around 3:40 a.m., according to Donetsk OVA head Vadym Filashkin. The attack damaged 12 apartment buildings, five administrative buildings, and 22 vehicles. Filashkin added that one civilian was killed in Kramatorsk, while seven others across Donetsk sustained injuries in the past 24 hours.
In Dnipropetrovsk region, nearly 20 Russian attacks targeted Nikopol, Samara, and Synelnykove districts, involving artillery and drones. The strikes killed a 48-year-old man and wounded a 69-year-old woman, who is receiving outpatient care. Multiple buildings, businesses, private homes, and solar panels were damaged. Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 15 hostile drones during the attacks, authorities said.
Vinnytsia residents faced power outages after combined strikes damaged energy and railway infrastructure, leaving approximately 900 households without electricity, OVA head Natalia Zabolotna reported. Energy crews are working to restore service.
In Kherson, Russian attacks struck the city and 25 surrounding settlements, damaging 10 apartment blocks and eight private homes, with four civilians wounded. Vehicles and other infrastructure were also affected.
Meanwhile, in Khmelnytskyi, missile and drone strikes hit a railway station in Shepetivka district, causing a fire and temporary electricity outages. Local air defenses reportedly intercepted some of the incoming threats.
Sumy region authorities reported shelling across four districts—Sumy, Shostka, Okhtyrka, and Konotop—injuring four civilians and damaging residential, commercial, and transport infrastructure. Emergency services have opened criminal investigations under Ukraine’s war crimes statute for the documented attacks.
In Mykolaiv, Russian drones injured three men aged 19, 23, and 42. Attacks damaged private homes, apartment blocks, vehicles, an office, a private clinic, and gas networks. Additional strikes targeted a dacha in Shevchenkivka community and the Kutsurub community via FPV drone without reported casualties.
