Russian strike closes a bridge in Zaporizhzhia, traffic diverted

A bridge in the city of Zaporizhzhia has been closed and traffic diverted after the bridge was struck, the Zaporizhzhia City Council announced, according to The Kyiv Independent‘s Tuesday morning reporting.

According to The Kyiv Independent, the bridge was closed and traffic rerouted after the strike, as the Zaporizhzhia City Council confirmed. The available reporting did not specify the name of the bridge that was hit or the extent of the damage.

The strike comes after a week of Russian attacks on Kyiv’s main bridges: on Sunday a Russian drone again hit the capital’s Northern Bridge during the unannounced visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, wounding two people — the second time in two days for that bridge, while the Southern Bridge was hit several times over the past week.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the country’s main bridges are being targeted by Russian attacks, while Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has warned that the strikes are grinding down the daily life of the capital’s three million residents on the eve of winter.

Russia has vowed to intensify attacks on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine, in response to Zelenskyy’s pledge to double Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries — an escalation that is putting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure under ever greater pressure ahead of winter.