Russian airstrikes forced the temporary closure of two bridges spanning the Dnipro River in Kyiv, according to reports. Furthermore, Russian drones struck the Southern Bridge multiple times on Thursday.
Traffic movement across the Southern Bridge and a section of the Paton Bridge was halted on Friday morning. Movement across the bridges resumed around midday, according to witnesses from Reuters.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko described the capital's situation as "very dramatic." On Friday, a Russian drone strike in Kyiv resulted in one fatality and injured two other individuals.
In Kharkiv, a guided-bomb strike killed two people and wounded 28 others, according to a regional governor. Russian air strikes also injured one person in the Black Sea port city of Odesa.
Serhiy Lysak, the head of the city’s administration, stated that Russia claims it struck Ukrainian defence industry facilities and logistics hubs overnight. In Kyiv and the surrounding region, Russian air strikes killed a child and injured five other people.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that fires broke out, damaging private houses alongside a store and a warehouse in Kyiv. Tymur Tkachenko confirmed that a combination of a Russian missile and a drone strike killed a child and injured three more people, while also damaging infrastructure, houses, warehouses, and cars.
