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Two russian drones hit major bridge in kyiv
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In Short: Russian drones hit Kyiv's Southern Bridge on Thursday, marking the first such attack on the Ukrainian capital since the conflict began.
Russian drones hit Kyiv's Southern Bridge on Thursday, marking the first such attack on the Ukrainian capital since the conflict began. The attack, reported by Arabnews (Belize), Arabnews (Saudi Arabia), and 24Newshd, involved two strikes near the bridge's support sections, causing an explosion and thick smoke.
Arabnews (Belize), Arabnews (Saudi Arabia), and 24Newshd shared footage on Telegram showing the explosion and smoke rising as road traffic and metro trains crossed the bridge. The Southern Bridge, a critical transport artery connecting Kyiv's east and west over the Dnipro River, was temporarily shut but later reopened, according to AFP reporters.
Sergiy Beskrestnov, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, warned on Telegram that Russia was using drones designed to cut electricity pylons and steel bridge structures. He suggested that Moscow might be planning to attack critical high-voltage power transmission lines.
The Kyiv Post reported that the attacks began with two drone impacts near the bridge's support structure on Thursday morning, prompting authorities to suspend traffic while engineers inspected the crossing. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the bridge support, barrier, road surface, and the protective concrete structure of the metro were damaged.
The BBC (United Kingdom) reported that all metro and automobile traffic was suspended across the Pivdennyi bridge, causing major delays across the city. The bridge is one of the main transport arteries across the Dnipro River, dividing western and eastern parts of Kyiv.
Euromaidan Press (Ukraine) reported that Russian forces struck the Southern Bridge again on the evening of October 1, disrupting one of the capital’s main routes between the left and right banks of the Dnipro. The bridge was fully closed to traffic following the latest attacks, while restrictions were also introduced on the Metro and Paton bridges.
All sources agreed that Russian drones hit Kyiv's Southern Bridge, causing traffic disruptions and suspending metro services. The attacks marked a notable escalation in Moscow's campaign against critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital.
The attacks on the Southern Bridge began with two drone impacts near the bridge's support structure on Thursday morning, prompting authorities to suspend traffic while engineers inspected the crossing. This is a new detail from the Kyiv Post.
Background
Russian drones struck Kyiv's Southern Bridge, disrupting traffic and metro services.
Russian drones struck Kyiv's Southern Bridge, causing traffic disruptions and suspending metro services.
What's confirmed
- Russian drones on Thursday hit a major bridge in Kyiv for the first time since the start of the conflict with Ukraine, as Moscow stepped up its attacks on key infrastructure ahead of winter.
- Footage shared on Telegram showed an explosion near one of the bridge's support sections and thick smoke rising into the air as road traffic and metro trains crossed.
- Sergiy Beskrestnov, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Russia was now using drones designed to cut electricity pylons and steel bridge structures.
- "I believe that the enemy is planning to attack critical high-voltage power transmission lines," he wrote on Telegram on Wednesday, a day before the bridge attack.
- The twin strikes happened on the Southern Bridge -- a transport artery connecting the east and west of the Ukrainian capital over the Dnipro river.
- The bridge was temporarily shut but later reopened, AFP reporters saw.
- No changes in radiation levels have been recorded.
- He was speaking after Kyiv's defence council held a crisis meeting, following new Russian strikes on a key bridge that caused traffic chaos.
- The mayor was speaking just hours after Kyiv's key Pivdennyi (Southern) bridge was hit in an overnight Russian drone attack.
- All metro and automobile traffic is now suspended across Kyiv's Pivdennyi bridge Intensified Russian drone and missile strikes are "tearing Kyiv apart", the mayor of Ukraine's capital has warned.
- The bridge is one of the main transport arteries across the Dnipro River dividing western and eastern parts of Kyiv.
- All metro and automobile traffic is now suspended across the bridge, causing major delays across the city.
What's still developing
- The bridge strikes also come only days after Ukraine revealed that it had obtained detailed Russian documents outlining planned winter attacks against critical infrastructure.
- Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.
- Videos showed a large explosion on the bridge as vehicles passed by.