Russian strikes damage kyiv's North Bridge, second bridge hit in a few days

Russian strikes hit a major bridge in kyiv, the North Bridge, on Saturday, a few days after the attack on the South Bridge, announced the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko. “The North Bridge was hit. Emergency services are on the way,” Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram. A drone alert had been issued earlier in the city.

According to the mayor, the road surface and trolleybus cables were damaged on the bridge, which was cut off to traffic in the left bank-right bank direction of the Dnieper River. This is the second major bridge in kyiv to be attacked in recent days. Thursday and Friday, the South Bridge was hit by Russian drones, leading to its closure to traffic and gigantic traffic jams in the metropolis cut in two by the Dnieper.

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Since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022, kyiv has feared attacks against its eight main road and railway bridges, infrastructure essential to the capital's logistics.

Traffic on two other major bridges, Paton and Métro, was also limited by the town hall on Friday even though no attack was reported against these infrastructures. AFP journalists also noted temporary restrictions on a fourth bridge, Darnytsky, in the morning.