Russian air strikes kill one, restrict traffic across Dnipro River in Kyiv
- 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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Five of the eight bridges in the Ukrainian capital are subject to traffic restrictions due to Russian strikes.
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.
Russia hit a big Kiev bridge this Saturday, the Ukrainian authorities say. This is the second time in a few days that such an infrastructure is affected in the capital of Ukraine. - War in Ukraine: a major Kiev bridge hit by a Russian strike (International).
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The South Bridge was struck in the night from Friday to Saturday, two days after the attack on the South Bridge of the Ukrainian capital.
Another large bridge was attacked on Thursday and Friday. Russian strikes hit a major Kiev bridge on Saturday, the North Bridge, a few days later...
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