Putin is simply using these politicians as actors in his bloody spectacle
En las primeras horas de una mañana de noviembre, Rusia lanzó sobre Kyiv uno de sus ataques más masivos en meses: decenas de misiles balísticos y de crucero acompañados por más de quinientos drones. Al menos dos civiles murieron y más de veinte resultaron heridos, entre ellos un niño de trece años, mientras barrios enteros ardían y la red eléctrica colapsaba. El ataque llegó en un momento de fragilidad interna para Ucrania, recordándonos que la guerra no distingue entre las crisis del campo de batalla y las del palacio presidencial.
- Más de 500 drones y decenas de misiles cayeron sobre Kyiv en las primeras horas del 29 de noviembre, convirtiendo fachadas de edificios residenciales en metralla y dejando sin luz a toda la zona occidental de la capital.
- Al menos dos personas murieron y más de veinte fueron heridas, incluyendo un niño de trece años y una mujer en estado crítico, mientras los equipos de rescate operaban simultáneamente en múltiples puntos de la ciudad.
- El ataque coincidió con la renuncia del jefe de gabinete presidencial Andri Yermak, investigado por corrupción, exponiendo una doble vulnerabilidad: externa e interna al mismo tiempo.
- El canciller ucraniano Andri Sibiha acusó directamente al primer ministro húngaro Viktor Orbán de servir como cobertura diplomática para la agresión rusa, señalando un patrón entre sus visitas a Moscú y los ataques más devastadores.
- Ucrania respondió con drones sobre la región rusa de Volgogrado, mientras Moscú afirmó haber derribado 108 drones ucranianos, perpetuando el ciclo de intercambios que ya lleva casi tres años sin resolución.
Las sirenas comenzaron a sonar en Kyiv antes del amanecer. Decenas de misiles rusos —balísticos y de crucero— descendían sobre la capital junto a más de quinientos drones. Cuando salió el sol, al menos dos personas habían muerto, más de veinte estaban heridas y barrios enteros ardían en llamas.
En el distrito de Sviatoshinski, un hombre no sobrevivió al impacto. Entre los heridos había un niño de trece años y una mujer en estado crítico. Los edificios residenciales mostraban sus fachadas destrozadas y sus ventanas convertidas en fragmentos. La parte occidental de la ciudad quedó sin electricidad mientras los técnicos intentaban restablecer el suministro.
Timur Tkachenko, jefe de la administración militar de Kyiv, publicaba actualizaciones en Telegram mientras el ataque continuaba. Pedía a los ciudadanos que permanecieran en los refugios: misiles de crucero seguían sobrevolando el espacio aéreo ucraniano y un MiG-31K ruso había lanzado un misil aerobalístico Kinzhal.
El canciller Andri Sibiha calificó la noche de difícil para todo el país. El asalto llegó en un momento de turbulencia interna: el jefe de gabinete presidencial Andri Yermak había renunciado días antes tras investigaciones anticorrupción. Sibiha aprovechó su declaración para señalar al primer ministro húngaro Viktor Orbán, acusándolo de proporcionar cobertura diplomática a Rusia. Trazó un patrón entre las visitas de Orbán a Moscú y los ataques más graves, incluyendo el bombardeo al hospital infantil Okhmatdyt en 2024. "Putin simplemente usa a estos políticos como actores en su espectáculo sangriento", dijo.
Mientras tanto, las fuerzas ucranianas atacaron con drones la región rusa de Volgogrado, hiriendo a dos personas. Rusia afirmó haber derribado 108 drones ucranianos esa noche. El intercambio continuaba, como lo había hecho durante casi tres años. En Kyiv, la electricidad se iba restableciendo, los heridos eran contados y los muertos comenzaban a tener nombre.
The sirens began wailing in the predawn hours of a November morning in Kyiv. Dozens of Russian missiles—ballistic and cruise variants—were already descending on the capital, accompanied by more than five hundred drones. By the time the sun rose, at least two people were dead, more than twenty wounded, and entire neighborhoods were burning.
One man in the Sviatoshinski district did not survive the strike. Several others, including a thirteen-year-old child and a woman in critical condition, were rushed to hospitals. The rest were treated where they fell, in the rubble of apartment buildings whose facades had been torn open, whose windows had become shrapnel. Fires spread across residential zones. The western part of the city went dark—the power grid severed, technicians scrambling to restore what the bombardment had destroyed.
Timur Tkachenko, who heads Kyiv's military administration, posted updates to Telegram as the attack unfolded. Rescue operations were underway everywhere at once. He urged residents to stay in shelters, not to venture into the streets. The threat persisted: cruise missiles still hung in Ukrainian airspace, and a Russian MiG-31K had launched a Kinzhal aeroballistic missile. Drones continued to circle overhead.
Ukraine's foreign minister, Andri Sibiha, called it a difficult night—not just for the capital but for the entire country. He described the assault as massive, coordinated, and deliberate. The attack came at a moment of internal turbulence: Andri Yermak, the president's chief of staff and closest adviser, had resigned days earlier following raids by anticorruption agencies investigating allegations of graft. The timing was not lost on observers.
Sibiha used his statement to direct criticism at Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orbán, whom he accused of serving as cover for Russian aggression. He pointed to a pattern: Orbán's visit to Moscow in 2024 had preceded a Russian strike on Ukraine's Okhmatdyt children's hospital. Now, just after another Orbán visit and fresh talk of peace, came this massive assault on Kyiv. "Putin is simply using these politicians as actors in his bloody spectacle," Sibiha said, his frustration evident even in translation.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's own forces struck back. A drone attack on Russia's Volgograd region wounded two people and damaged a construction supply warehouse and several residential buildings. Neither casualty required hospitalization, according to regional governor Andrei Bocharov. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to have destroyed 108 Ukrainian drones that night, most of them over Belgorod, Rostov, and Crimea.
The exchange continued, as it had for nearly three years—missiles and drones crossing the border in both directions, civilians caught in the mathematics of attrition. Kyiv's power was being restored. The wounded were being counted. The dead were being named. And in the hours after dawn, as rescue workers moved through the wreckage, the question was not whether another attack would come, but when.
Citações Notáveis
The attack joint against the capital continues. Do not leave shelters until the alarm is lifted.— Timur Tkachenko, Kyiv military administration chief
Putin is simply using these politicians as actors in his bloody spectacle.— Andri Sibiha, Ukraine's foreign minister, on Viktor Orbán
A Conversa do Hearth Outra perspectiva sobre a história
Why does the timing matter—the resignation, then the attack?
It suggests something about the state of Ukraine itself. When your government is fracturing over corruption while you're being bombed, the pressure becomes almost unbearable. The attack wasn't random; it came when defenses might be divided.
And Orbán—what's actually happening there?
The foreign minister is saying Orbán's visits to Moscow are being used as diplomatic cover. When a major Western politician visits Putin and talks peace, it creates a moment of perceived weakness. Russia then strikes. It's a pattern, not coincidence.
Five hundred drones in one night. That's an enormous number.
It is. It means Russia is willing to spend that kind of resources on a single city. It's not a probe or a message anymore—it's industrial-scale destruction aimed at breaking civilian morale and infrastructure.
The thirteen-year-old—do we know anything else about her?
The source doesn't say. She was wounded, hospitalized. That's all we know. But that's the point: she's one of twenty-plus people, one of thousands over three years, one of many children caught in this.
What does the power outage mean for a city under attack?
It means hospitals running on generators, people in darkness during air raids, no way to charge phones or communicate. It's not just about lights—it's about vulnerability, about making survival harder.