Russian air strikes kill one, restrict traffic across Dnipro River in Kyiv
Authorities shut Kyiv’s Southern Bridge and restricted other crossings after repeated drone hits killed 1 and snarled traffic across the capital.
- On Friday, Russian air strikes again hit the Southern Bridge in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Telegram. Thursday's drone attacks smashed into a school and the same bridge, triggering fires across the capital.
- Moscow continues its nearly daily, around-the-clock strikes on Ukraine, increasingly targeting vital transport links across the Dnipro River. These attacks aim to pressure the capital's infrastructure and population.
- Authorities in Kyiv closed traffic on the Southern Bridge and the Paton Bridge in both directions following the damage. Officials are redirecting transport via alternative routes to mitigate disruption.
- President Vladimir Putin claimed Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries have cost Russia 1% of its gross domestic product. Citizens are forming long lines to refill car tanks amid the damage.
- Journalist Maryna Danyliuk-Yarmolaieva noted that fears over transport links between the banks of the Dnipro have become a strategic tool for pressuring Ukrainians. Protecting these rear areas remains a critical challenge for the nation.
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"The war in Ukraine is a human rights catastrophe that grows and intensifies week by week, causing unimaginable pain to civilians," said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
Bridges are central components of public transport and car traffic in Kiev. All the more dramatic are the Russian drone attacks on the South Bridge. After three attacks on Thursday, another bullet strikes. For Mayor Klitschko, this ends something crucial.
The Kyiv city government said that the Russian attack on Friday (October 2) forced the closure or partial closure of three bridges over the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian capital, causing severe traffic congestion and forcing some residents to wade across the river.
The South Bridge in Kiev, which is one of the largest in the city, has once again been hit in a Russian attack.
Russian aerial strikes snarl traffic on three Kyiv bridges in a new disruption tactic
The Russian strikes forcing the full or partial closure of three of Kyiv’s six road bridges caused traffic jams and appeared to be a new tactic in its campaign to torment the city’s residents
Russian drones have repeatedly attacked the southern bridge in Kiev. It is used by the subway and much of the car and freight traffic. How can the bridges of the Ukrainian capital be protected?
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