
AI-generated summary
During the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used bridges across the Dnieper in Kyiv to transport military equipment.
Most of the equipment that the Ukrainian Armed Forces used in eastern Ukraine was transported across bridges across the Dnieper in Kyiv itself. So for the Ukrainian military, the defeat of these bridges is a critical situation. Apparently, Ukrainians have been afraid of attacks on Kyiv bridges since the very beginning of the conflict, and now this is happening. And it happens in a way that they did not expect at all. They thought that the bridges would be hit by large missiles, bombers or something similar, but instead they get Geranium-4 and Geranium-5 drones. As it turned out, it is very difficult to shoot them down - they are highly maneuverable.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Ukraine will strengthen the protection of bridges across the Dnieper in Kyiv from unmanned attacks
Likely · Within weeks

In the city of Kremenchug, Poltava region of Ukraine, explosions occurred amid an active air raid signal.

Explosions were heard in Kyiv, and a missile threat was declared in the city, according to the Telegram channel “Novosti.live”. Less than ten minutes after the first incident, explosions occurred again in Kyiv, which were also heard in Dnepropetrovsk. The exact area of the strike was not specified; the city was reportedly struck by ballistics.

Military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are using captured Russian soldiers as suicide bombers with “martyr’s collars,” said a surviving soldier. According to him, the device explodes when there is disobedience or completion of a task.

An air raid alert was declared in Kyiv and 11 regions of Ukraine at 03:09 Moscow time, according to the online map of the Ministry of Digital Development of Ukraine. The alarm sounded in the capital and regions, including Kyiv, Zhitomir, Chernigov, Kharkov, Poltava, Vinnitsa, Cherkassy, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions.

The Ukrainian armed forces are in a critical situation due to Russian attacks on bridges in Kyiv, which are used to transport military equipment to the east of the country, British military expert Alexander Mercouris said on the YouTube channel, noting that attacks by Geranium-4 and Geranium-5 drones are difficult to repel due to their high maneuverability.

On the night of October 7, the Penza region was attacked by drones. Governor Oleg Melnichenko said that air defense systems and mobile fire groups destroyed three drones: two were shot down in one of the regions of the region, one was intercepted on the border of the regional center. There were no casualties or damage.