Russian Strike Hits Kyiv’s North Bridge for Second Day

Russian forces launched a fresh strike against Kyiv’s North Bridge on Sunday, Oct. 4, damaging the road deck in the second attack on the strategic river crossing in two days, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. Klitschko announced that municipal emergency response teams and transit engineers were dispatched to the bridge after incoming fire struck the roadway spanning the Dnipro River.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Video footage published by local monitoring channels and eyewitnesses showed a detonation crater blasted into the road surface. Municipal authorities continue to evaluate the extent of the damage to determine whether vehicular transit across the span must be subjected to further emergency restrictions. Consecutive strikes on Dnipro River transit The Sunday impact marks the second consecutive aerial strike targeting the North Bridge within a 24-hour window. On the morning of Saturday, Oct. 3, a Russian jet-powered loitering munition scored a direct hit on the bridge, damaging asphalt on the road deck and severing overhead electrical contact lines powering municipal trolleybuses. The damage forced transit authorities to completely close vehicular transit across the span from the left bank to the right bank of the Dnipro River. Mayor Klitschko subsequently confirmed that two civilians sustained injuries in Saturday’s attack, with paramedics administering emergency treatment to one victim at the scene while a second individual was hospitalized before transitioning to outpatient recovery. Other Topics of Interest Russian Glide Bombs Strike Sumy Apartments, Injuring 7 Five guided aerial bombs hit residential high-rises and vehicles in the Zarichnyi district, leaving two victims severely wounded. Saturday’s strike triggered widespread disruption across the capital’s municipal transit system. Public transport operator Kyivpastrans and the Kyiv City State Administration (KMDA) were forced to reroute multiple bus lines – including Nos. 21, 73, and 101 – across the Podilskyi Bridge crossing toward Poshtova Ploshcha and European Square to maintain transit connections between the eastern and western sectors of the city. On Friday, Russian drone strikes forced municipal authorities to close the South Bridge to vehicular traffic after repeated loitering munition hits damaged roadway sections, bridge piers, and structural barriers shielding the Green Line metro crossing. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 97% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.