MOSCOW, Russia: Russia launched a major overnight attack on Ukraine on November 12, targeting military factories, energy facilities, and other infrastructure.

The strikes hit several regions, including the capital Kyiv, where a drone struck an apartment building, killing one woman and injuring five others.

Explosions were heard across Kyiv in the early hours of November 12, according to a Reuters witness.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a Russian drone hit a nine-storey apartment building in the Solomyanskyi district, setting it on fire. One woman was reported dead, and five people were injured.

Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces had struck a rocket factory in Kyiv, a drone assembly workshop and a missile fuel factory in the wider Kyiv region. It also reported attacks on electricity substations in the western Zhytomyr region.

A Ukrainian official said the Russian strikes had also damaged energy facilities and civilian infrastructure in the northwestern Rivne region.

Meanwhile, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian air defense forces had intercepted five Ukrainian drones heading towards the Russian capital overnight.

Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces had shot down a total of 71 Ukrainian drones across the country during the night.

EU Plans More Sanctions

The European Union is preparing another round of sanctions against Russia, with approval expected on November 16, France's Minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad said on November 12.

The proposed measures would target 150 additional entities and 50 banks. France had proposed most of the entities to be included in the new sanctions package.

"On Monday, we will take new sanctions against Russia, on 150 additional entities, 50 banks, and it's France which proposed the bulk of the entities to add," Haddad told LCI television.

He said the EU would continue to increase economic pressure on Russia while supporting Ukraine.

Haddad also criticized Moscow's November 11 decision to ban several French journalists and lawmakers from entering Russia.

Those affected included Le Monde reporter Ariane Chemin, freelance journalist and former Moscow correspondent Paul Gogo, and French lawmakers Sacha Houlie and Arthur Delaporte.

Haddad described the decision as an attempt at intimidation and said France would not be pressured. He defended the journalists' work and noted that the two lawmakers were actively involved in efforts to counter foreign interference.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot also criticized the Russian decision in a post on X.

He said the Kremlin's claim that the bans were a response to France's July expulsion of Xenia Fedorova, who was accused of spreading Russian propaganda, confirmed her links to Russian authorities.