Russian air strikes kill one, restrict traffic across Dnipro River in Kyiv
At least 1 person was killed and traffic across three Dnipro River crossings was suspended after repeated drone strikes, officials said.
- 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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Russia has once again attacked the South Bridge, which is important for transport, in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
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Five of the eight bridges in the Ukrainian capital are subject to traffic restrictions due to Russian strikes.
The President of the Kiev House, Vitaly Klitschko, today admitted that the Ukrainian capital is in a "dramatic situation" due to the Russian attacks, accusing Moscow of wanting to destroy the city.
Russia attacked another important bridge over the Dnieper River in Kiev, the Northern Bridge, overnight, the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko announced. Days earlier, Russian forces attacked the Southern Bridge in the Ukrainian capital.
Russia launched a new attack on the Kiev North Bridge on Saturday morning, one of Ukraine's main roads of circulation. It is the third consecutive day when Russian forces are targeting major bridges across the Niprú River, tracking traffic blockade and increasing psychological pressure on the population, according to Kyiv Independent.
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