On the morning of 3 October, Russian drones hit Kyiv's Northern Bridge, damaging the road surface and overhead power lines and restricting traffic.
On the morning of 3 October, Russian drones hit the Northern Bridge over the Dnipro in Kyiv. It is the third day in a row that the enemy has struck the capital's key bridges. Volunteers Support Ukraine follows news from Kyiv closely, because the daily lives of millions of people depend on how the city's infrastructure works.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed that the road surface and trolleybus overhead lines on the Northern Bridge were damaged, traffic was halted and emergency services were sent to the scene. Traffic restrictions toward the right bank followed. No deaths or injuries were reported in this incident.
The day before, on 2 October, the Southern Bridge was struck again, the fourth hit in two days. After the series of attacks, that bridge has been fully closed to vehicles and the metro. Both bridges serve tens of thousands of Kyiv residents every day.
Aviation expert Kostiantyn Kryvolap, a former Antonov engineer, noted that destroying a bridge with a charge of about 50 kilograms is practically impossible. In his assessment, such strikes aim to paralyse traffic and apply psychological pressure rather than to destroy the structures outright.
Volunteers Support Ukraine continues to help people affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow.
