Ukraine War · updated 1h ago · 2 min read
Russia Strikes Kyiv’s Northern Bridge, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko Says
The Northern Bridge was struck, damaging the road surface and overhead trolleybus wires, halting traffic. Two people were injured in the strike on the Northern Bridge.
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Bridge strikes disrupt Kyiv
Russia struck Kyiv’s Northern Bridge, damaging the road surface and trolleybus cables and suspending traffic for a third day, the Kyiv mayor Vitalii Klitschko said. Klitschko said the strike injured two people, and he added that one of them was briefly hospitalized. Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed it was behind the latest attack, claiming the bridge is used to “facilitate troop movements and the logistics of military cargo deliveries” for Ukraine’s armed forces.
Russia’s bridge strike came after two days of Russian assaults forced the full or partial closure of three of Kyiv’s six road bridges over the Dnipro River, according to the reporting. Russia’s attacks in Ukraine killed at least six people, and the strike on the bridge followed earlier hits on apartment blocks, supermarket warehouses, gas stations and data centers, among other targets.
Officials trade blame
Klitschko said “Traffic on the bridge from the left to the right bank is currently blocked,” as emergency services responded after the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge was hit. Russia’s Foreign Ministry urged foreign diplomats and nationals to leave Kyiv, adding that “individuals are knowingly exposing themselves to mortal danger.” Volodymyr Zelensky said Putin had decided that there were “no rules now” when attacking Ukraine, and he described Russian actions as massive attacks and mass killings.
Russia said its drones had hit the two bridges used to transfer Ukrainian troops and military cargo, while BBC reporting said the bridges had not been hit before Thursday. BThe BBC also reported that experts said Russian drones were unlikely to bring down the bridges, but repeated attacks would force their closure and risk weakening their structure.B
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Kyiv’s authorities restricted or stopped traffic on five of the capital’s six road bridges after Russia attacked bridges six times over the past three days, the New York Times reported.
“Over the past three days, Russia has attacked bridges in the capital, Kyiv, six times.”
The Guardian said the bridge strikes and other sensitive infrastructure appeared linked to an order Vladimir Putin made in September to scrap constraints on Russia’s air campaign, and it described Kyiv as entering “its most difficult period since the early days of the invasion.”
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in Geneva that “The war in Ukraine is a human rights catastrophe that is growing and intensifying by the week,” as Russian aerial attacks snarl traffic on Kyiv bridges.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha told reporters that Kyiv was ready for an energy and Black Sea ceasefire “but only in that combination. Energy and a ceasefire in the Black Sea,” and he said it would be tied to stopping Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid and Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries.
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Moscow rejected a comprehensive ceasefire approach, saying a comprehensive peace deal must be agreed rather than a temporary truce.