Russian strikes hit Kyiv bridge, kill one and disrupt transport across capital
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Russian forces struck Kyiv’s Southern Bridge and other targets on Friday, killing one person and disrupting transport across the Ukrainian capital.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed multiple drone strikes on the 1,250-meter cable-stayed bridge over the Dnipro River, which carries road and metro traffic. The latest hit damaged a bridge support, crash barriers, the roadway, and a protective concrete barrier around the metro tracks, forcing authorities to de-energize the tracks and suspend metro and public transport . Buses were rerouted through the Darnytskyi railway bridge as a result .
Earlier, Russian forces hit a high-rise building in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, killing one person and injuring two others . Klitschko also reported that the Paton Bridge and traffic toward the right bank on the Metro Bridge were closed following the attacks .
The strikes followed a drone attack on Thursday that damaged a school in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district, though no injuries were reported .
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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russia carried out another Geran-5 drone strike on the Southern Bridge in Kyiv moments ago, after the bridge was repeatedly targeted earlier today. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed that the latest drone hit the Southern Bridge.
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