Ukraine war briefing: Russian attacks on Kyiv bridges cause traffic chaos
Key link between two sides of capital hit again as airstrikes force traffic suspensions on three bridges spanning Dnipro River. What we know on day 1,683Russia struck a bridge linking two sides of Kyiv for the second successive day, officials said on Friday, part of an intensifying campaign of air attacks on infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital. An evening drone strike on the closed Southern Bridge was the latest in a series of strikes since Thursday that forced the full or partial suspension of traffic across it and two other bridges spanning the Dnipro River. Long traffic jams snaked through the city in the morning and evening. Before the latest attack on the bridge, Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, held a city security council meeting, describing the situation in Kyiv as “very dramatic”.The strikes on the bridges and other sensitive infrastructure appeared to be linked to an ord
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