Russian Strike Damages Kyiv's Northern Bridge for Third Consecutive Day
Russian forces struck the Pivnichnyi Bridge over the Dnipro River in Kyiv on Saturday morning, injuring two people and damaging the roadway and trolleybus power lines. This was the third consecutive day that Russia targeted major bridges in the capital, leading city authorities to impose new traffic restrictions during air raid alerts.
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Russian forces launched an attack on the Pivnichnyi, or Northern Bridge, over the Dnipro River in Kyiv on Saturday morning. Explosions were heard in the city shortly after 6:30 a.m., with reports of drones approaching and video footage showing a large blast on the bridge as vehicles crossed. According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the attack damaged the bridge's surface and the overhead power lines for trolleybuses. Two people were injured in the strike. Following the attack, traffic across the bridge was halted. Kyiv's city military administration announced new restrictions on bridge traffic during air raid alerts, requiring a mandatory fifteen-minute halt to traffic on the Southern Bridge and the Podilsko-Voskresenskyi Bridge whenever an alert begins. This strike represents the third straight day that Russia has targeted key bridges in the Ukrainian capital, though the full extent of the damage was not immediately clear.
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