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Russian drone attacks Kyiv North Bridge, traffic blocked

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On the 3rd, the Russian army launched a drone air strike on the North Bridge in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, causing damage to the bridge deck and cables, and interrupting traffic.
Kiev Mayor Klitschko said there were no casualties so far, but the city's transportation network connecting the east and west banks of the Dnieper River has been severely affected.

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Kiev has a population of approximately 3 million. A large number of citizens live on the east bank of the Dnieper River and rely on bridges to reach the government and commercial areas on the west bank for work.

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Russia has recently stepped up its attacks on transportation facilities in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. Ukrainian officials pointed out that the Northern Bridge, a traffic artery that crosses the Dnipro river and connects the east and west banks of Kiev, was hit by Russian air strikes today (3rd), causing damage to the bridge and halting traffic.

"Reuters" reported that Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko pointed out that due to Russian air strikes, the road surface and trolley bus cables of the North Bridge were damaged, causing traffic to be suspended. Fortunately, there have been no reports of casualties.

Kiev has a population of about 3 million people. "Reuters" explains that before Russia invades Ukraine in 2022, about 1/3 of Kiev's citizens live on the east bank of the Dnieper River (i.e., the left bank of Kiev), but the vast majority of people need to cross the Dnieper River to work on the west bank, because government agencies and companies are concentrated in the west bank area.

In the past two days, another bridge in Kiev, the Southern Bridge, connecting the east and west banks, has been attacked by Russian drones multiple times, forcing the authorities to suspend traffic on the South Bridge and two other bridges.

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