Russia Hits Kyiv’s Southern Bridge as Moscow Continues to Pound Capital
The strikes triggered fires and forced traffic diversions across two major river crossings, while Kyiv officials reported damage to a school and nearby buildings.
- 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 South Bridge and the Patona Bridge are now closed in both directions, and bus traffic is organized through the Darnitz Bridge.
Russian drones strike Kyiv’s Southern Bridge three times in several hours. Traffic restrictions spread to two other Dnipro crossings.
Russian forces continued their drone attacks on Kyiv. One of the targets was the Southern Bridge across the Dnipro River, which drones attacked three times over several hours, Ukrainska Pravda reported.
Russia continues to attack Ukrainian infrastructure. In the morning the south bridge in Kiev was hit by a drone. The important east-west connection as well as other bridges were blocked.
Russian airstrikes have again targeted the Southern Bridge in Kiev, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko, announced today via Telegram. The city authorities are to make a statement about one dead and two injured in another strike on a residential building. Its continuous strikes against Ukraine Yesterday, Thursday, Russian drones hit a school in Kiev and the Southern Bridge on the Dnieper River, causing fires in the city, as Mos…
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