Ukrainian forces hit Iskander launchers and Pantsir system in Russia's Bryansk region

Ukraine's General Staff reported that on Nov. 6 and 7 its forces struck two Iskander-M missile launchers and a Pantsir-S1 air-defence system in Russia's Bryansk Oblast. The extent of damage to the launchers is still being assessed. The Iskander-M is a key Russian ballistic weapon; Moscow has fired more than 500 such missiles at Ukraine since early 2026, according to the staff report. Ukrainian military intelligence estimates Russia can produce over 200 cruise and ballistic missiles each month, with Iskander-M missiles among its priority outputs.

The strikes occurred as Russia launched 36 ballistic missiles overnight, targeting Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said the attacks hit substations linked to the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants.

The Pantsir-S1 system, valued at $15-20 million per unit by Ukraine's Security Service, is a modern air-defence platform used to protect military sites and counter long-range drones. Ukraine's Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk, cited by Ukrinform, said Russia faces a shortage of such systems, noting that some facilities lack any air-defence coverage while others have only one or two units.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and OSINT analyst Jembob reported in late October that Russia added an extra ring of air-defence towers within 50 km of President Vladimir Putin's Valdai residence. The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the Bryansk strikes.