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Russian drones struck Kyiv’s Southern Bridge repeatedly over the last 24 hours, damaging parts of the structure and ultimately forcing the complete closure of the key Dnipro crossing as Ukrainian authorities diverted traffic to other bridges.
The first two impacts came around midday on October 1 near a support structure while vehicles and a metro train were crossing. An initial inspection found no critical structural damage, and ground public transport resumed several hours later.
Later in the evening, another drone struck the bridge, this time hitting the roadway. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the impact damaged a support, a crash barrier, the road surface and the protective concrete barrier around the metro tracks. Metro traffic was suspended and the tracks were de-energized while emergency crews assessed the damage.
A further strike hit the bridge early on October 2, according to Kyiv’s city administration. By morning, the Southern Bridge was closed in both directions, while movement was restricted on the Metro Bridge and the Paton Bridge. Several bus and trolleybus routes were rerouted over the Darnytskyi and Podilskyi bridges.
Russian footage released by the 50th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade, known as Varyag, showed a drone approaching the bridge and striking its structure. Russian military channels identified the one-way attack drone as a jet-powered Geran-4 Seeker.
The Geran-4 Seeker is reported to be capable of speeds exceeding 500 kilometers per hour and a range of more than 850 kilometers. It is also equipped with an artificial intelligence-powered optical targeting system.
Ukraine subsequently deployed a German-made Gepard self-propelled air defense gun to the bridge, in an attempt to protect the crossing against further drone attacks.
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The strikes also followed a report on September 30 by Ukrainian presidential adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov that Russian forces had used a new “cumulative-cutting” payload on a jet-powered drone. Beskrestnov said the new warhead was specifically designed to destroy high-voltage transmission towers and steel bridge structures and consisted of a 40-kilogram main charge and four additional strike modules.
The latest strikes mark the first sustained Russian drone campaign against one of Kyiv’s major Dnipro crossings since the start of the special military operation. The strikes also highlight growing Russian drone capabilities and the degradation of Ukrainian air defenses.
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«the rules are gone: putin has lifted all restrictions on the air campaign» he should have done it long time ago.
just as he should have and could have finished it after maidan… the nordstream ii demolition… and the bioweapons labs popping up in ukraine well before 2020… and still he sells his oil to these psychopaths???…. which begs the question if he isn’t a closet nwo zi0ni$t disciple?!!!
the entire russian oligarchy is controlled by the cia. that’s why the past 5 years has looked like a fake war. the plan is to have russia and ukraine fight a civil war until the slavic race has been exterminated.
it’s funny. i’m glad you wrote that, because s-f isn’t letting me respond to what you said that is in the same vein… in fact didn’t poutine say something in public several years ago about langley and mossad’s full infiltration of the russian federation’s government and that he knew their names?…
the more it continues, the cleaner malorossia will be. + heavy crisis for epsteinites. now merz said it clear: their economy was based on energy resources from russia. as putin said, they will collapse without help from outside. and not only the eu. 40 trillion debt will bury the us economy, when ai stock market bubble collapses. + iranians have no wish to give their resources for free to sodomites. “this is extremely dangerous to our democracy.”
i am sure that zelensky and friends will fly to london for a dinner party now that it is getting uncomfortable in kiev. what a courageous guy. masal tov !
azohnvey, he is not living in kiev for years. clown moves there for 1-2 day and goes abroad. all his videos with “green screen” filmed somewhere in bunker or even in poland.
primitive ukrainian imbeciles are heading towards an inevitable defeat! :d
perfectly well built, functional structures of human civilization must be destroyed in the name of war. this is how this human civilization is undoing itself
ridículos ataques a los puentes, con geranios creen poder derribarlos???