Moscow is pounding Ukraine with very heavy bombings in what has now become a race against time between the two main duelists, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, to see who will be the first to weaken the morale of the population, the so-called internal front. The Kremlin is unleashed and the Ukrainian president himself has warned that the order has been given to remove all restraints.
Russian drones thus hit the northern bridge of Kiev, which crosses the Dnipro, a few days after the damage caused to the southern twin infrastructure: the capital is therefore currently cut in two. Finally, the Russian Foreign Ministry has launched a new appeal, yet another, to diplomats and foreign citizens, inviting them to leave the city, which does not bode well.
"The Russian Armed Forces continue to target infrastructure and ships used for the benefit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: overnight, attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles hit the Severny road bridge in Kiev, which facilitates troop movements and deliveries of military supplies," Moscow said in a statement, claiming it had legitimately struck a military target.
In the meantime, we await the 'big coup' with apprehension. According to what was published by the New York Times in recent days, the Russian General Staff would be ready to launch a forest of over a thousand missiles to definitively bend the country's energy network in view of the winter (and "force" the Ukrainian population to "abandon" Kiev and other cities, according to what Zelensky denounces, who says he is in possession of Russian documents in this regard). There is not even a shadow of crossed truces on the horizon, on the contrary.
Putin, with numbers in hand, would be convinced that Ukraine and the West are about to end up in a perfect storm, between increases in gas, oil and interest rates, which could slow down the appetite for economic-military support.
Moreover. The 2027 European election is seen as propitious on the hybrid campaign front, always with the aim of undermining the Europeans' determination to help Zelensky. The USA, on the other hand, is now playing a game of its own.
Again according to the New York newspaper, in recent months the Trump administration has put on the table a multi-billion dollar oil deal to end the war, coincidentally benefiting Middle Eastern companies linked to the two main American negotiators, Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
The deal - subject to approval from the US government and the Kremlin - would cover a vast complex of oil fields, refineries and service stations around the world owned by Lukoil, one of Russia's largest energy companies. It would have been Putin himself who proposed to Trump's two emissaries the sale of the assets, the declared value of which would be around 20 billion dollars, although the real price of the operation is not at all clear (it goes without saying that the 'deal' would represent a sensational mix between private commercial interests and geopolitics, but so be it).
Race against time, they said. Ukraine does not sit idle and, as best it can, strikes the Russian rear with its drones, trying to reduce the effectiveness of Putin's war machine and stir up discontent. Zelensky has responded to the 'tsar's gloves' with a renewed doctrine, which plans to "intensify" attacks against Russian oil refineries.
Not only that. Starting next week, Ukraine plans to begin construction of several floating bridges across the Dnipro to connect the left and right banks of the capital after damage caused by Russian raids; in the future the government is even considering the possibility of building a tunnel under the river.
According to the Minister of Reconstruction, Infrastructure and Transport, Mykola Kalashnyk, the crossings will take up to three months and the structures themselves must guarantee at least half the capacity of existing bridges. "On average, around 600,000 cars cross the river banks during the day and the aim is to maintain this traffic flow."
Russian attacks hit an important bridge in Kiev, the North Bridge, two days after the attacks on the South Bridge. This was announced by the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko. "The North Bridge has been hit. Emergency services are on the way," he wrote on his Telegram profile.
Previously, a drone alert had been issued in the city. The southern bridge of the capital has already been hit several times yesterday and in recent days, as reported by Mayor Klitschko.
During the night, Russia launched a drone attack against the city of Hostomel, in the Kiev oblast, hitting some warehouses and wounding, according to authorities, four people, including a little girl. The Kyiv Independent newspaper reports it.
The head of the Kiev Oblast Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said two men and a woman suffered numerous injuries following the attack. An 8-year-old girl was hit by shrapnel in a lower limb, Tkachenko added. At least one of the injured victims was hospitalized.
