A large bridge in the Ukrainian capital was hit by Russian strikes, the second in a few days. After the South bridge, targeted on Thursday and Friday, the North bridge suffered damage on Saturday, particularly to the roadway and trolleybus cables. At the same time, Moscow once again called on foreigners to leave kyiv and threatened new “massive retaliatory strikes”.
Published on: 03/10/2026 - 08:29 Modified on: 03/10/2026 - 14:12
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Russian strikes hit the North Bridge, an important bridge in kyiv, on Saturday October 3, a few days after the attack on the South Bridge, announced the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko.
"The North Bridge has been hit. Emergency services are on the way," he wrote on Telegram.
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According to the mayor, the road surface and trolleybus cables were damaged and the bridge was cut off to traffic in the left bank-right bank direction of the Dnieper River.
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Thursday and Friday, the South Bridge had already been hit by Russian drones, leading to its closure to traffic and gigantic traffic jams in the metropolis cut in two by the Dnieper.
Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, kyiv has feared attacks against its eight main road and railway bridges, infrastructure essential to the capital's logistics.
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Traffic on two other major bridges, Paton and Métro, was also limited by the town hall on Friday, even if no attack was reported against these infrastructures. And journalists from Agence France-Presse (AFP) noted, on Saturday morning, the implementation of temporary restrictions on a fourth bridge, Darnytskyi.
Moscow calls on diplomats and foreigners to leave kyiv
Russia once again called on diplomats and foreigners in kyiv to leave the city on Saturday, warning that its forces will continue to carry out "massive retaliatory strikes" against the Ukrainian capital.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had “reiterated” to the diplomatic corps the warning calling on “foreign nationals and diplomats in kyiv to leave the city.”
“Responsibility for possible negative consequences lies entirely with those who ignore this warning,” the ministry added, announcing that “Russian armed forces will continue to carry out massive retaliatory strikes” against “military targets in kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.”
With AFP
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