Russian strikes damage two major Kyiv bridges as Ukraine vows refinery attacks
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Russian forces struck Kyiv’s Pivnichnyi, or Northern, Bridge on Saturday, injuring two people and damaging its road surface and overhead trolleybus wires, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Traffic from the eastern to the western bank of the Dnipro River was blocked while emergency crews responded.
The attack followed repeated Russian drone strikes on the Pivdennyi, or Southern, Bridge over the previous two days. The two crossings, which had not been targeted before Thursday, connect eastern and western Kyiv. Damage and restrictions on other routes disrupted road, rail and trolleybus links and caused widespread traffic congestion.
Russia said the bridges were used to move Ukrainian troops and military cargo. Its Foreign Ministry urged foreign nationals and diplomats to leave Kyiv, warning that Russian forces would continue what it described as retaliatory strikes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of adopting a strategy of attacking infrastructure and other sites to pressure residents to leave major cities. He told Reuters that Ukraine would intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries but would not target civilian sites.
The effects of the strikes also reached Moldova. Moldovan President Maia Sandu said Russian attacks had violated the country’s airspace. Separately, a projectile struck a passenger bus near the Palanca border crossing on the morning of October 5, lightly injuring a Moldovan border police officer and damaging the bus and a control booth, according to Moldova’s Border Police as cited by NewsMaker. Authorities temporarily suspended operations at the crossing while investigating.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Correct the timing of the Moldova bus incident to match the source. - "Separately, a projectile struck a passenger bus near the Palanca border crossing on Saturday morning": The source says the projectile struck the bus on the morning of October 5, not Saturday morning.
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Russian strikes damage two major Kyiv bridges as Ukraine vows refinery attacks
Russian forces struck Kyiv’s Pivnichnyi, or Northern, Bridge on Saturday, injuring two people and damaging its road surface and overhead trolleybus wires, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Traffic from the eastern to the western bank of the Dnipro River was blocked while emergency crews responded.
The attack followed repeated Russian drone strikes on the Pivdennyi, or Southern, Bridge over the previous two days. The two crossings, which had not been targeted before Thursday, connect eastern and western Kyiv. Damage and restrictions on other routes disrupted road, rail and trolleybus links and caused widespread traffic congestion.
Russia said the bridges were used to move Ukrainian troops and military cargo. Its Foreign Ministry urged foreign nationals and diplomats to leave Kyiv, warning that Russian forces would continue what it described as retaliatory strikes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of adopting a strategy of attacking infrastructure and other sites to pressure residents to leave major cities. He told Reuters that Ukraine would intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries but would not target civilian sites.
The effects of the strikes also reached Moldova. Moldovan President Maia Sandu said Russian attacks had violated the country’s airspace. Separately, a projectile struck a passenger bus near the Palanca border crossing on Saturdaythe morning,morning of October 5, lightly injuring a Moldovan border police officer and damaging the bus and a control booth, according to Moldova’s Border Police as cited by NewsMaker. Authorities temporarily suspended operations at the crossing while investigating.
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