Russian Drones and Missiles Hit Kyiv Bridge, Telecom Sites and Cities Across Ukraine
Russian forces have struck Kyiv’s Pivnichnyi Bridge for a third day and hit telecom and logistics hubs in Dnipro, Odesa and Sumy with drones and guided munitions, widening damage to bridges, data centres and residential areas.
Drivers on Kyiv’s Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge were on the span as a Russian cruise missile hit it for the third day in a row, part of a wider set of strikes against bridges and communications sites in several Ukrainian cities.
Footage from Kyiv shows the moment a Russian S8000 Banderol cruise missile slams into the Northern Bridge across the Dnipro River, leaving a small crater in the road. Cars were crossing at the time, but available reporting says they weren’t hit directly. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko later said the bridge’s road surface was damaged.
Ukraine’s National Guard and local channels describe the bridge as having been targeted on three consecutive days. Ukrainian commentary criticises people who post strike videos online, arguing that such footage helps Russian forces refine targeting for future attacks.
Overnight, Ukraine’s Air Force reported a large drone barrage: 135 unmanned aerial vehicles launched, including 52 jet-powered Shaheds. It said air defences shot down or suppressed 123 drones and two Banderol/Dan-T munitions. Even with that interception rate, impacts were recorded at five locations and debris from downed drones fell on another five.
Local reporting from Kyiv notes at least three explosions near bridges overnight: two in the area of the Southern Bridge and one by the Metro Bridge. A Dan-T missile hit a target in Boryspil district of Kyiv Oblast.
Russian attacks in the same broader wave also hit communications and logistics nodes. In Dnipro, regional authorities said Russian forces struck a telecommunications company building in the city centre, causing a fire. Geolocated imagery shows a Russian Geran-4 jet drone hitting what’s described as a Ukrtelecom data processing centre, with a large blaze inside the structure.
In Odesa Oblast, recent Geran-4 strikes have hit a logistics centre in Chornomorsk and a data centre in Odesa City. Video from those sites shows impact and fire damage to the targeted facilities.
The city of Sumy was also heavily hit. Local authorities said Russian aircraft dropped five KAB glide bombs on the city, injuring at least five people, two of them seriously, and damaging apartment blocks and cars. A Russian Geran-2 drone strike later caused a large fire in Sumy.
For people in Ukrainian cities, the pattern adds up to a campaign that targets bridges used by everyday traffic, residential districts and the digital infrastructure that underpins phone and internet services. Ukrainian officials and local channels warn that Russia appears to be repeating tactics used earlier in Kyiv, focusing on data centres and telecom operators as part of its strike list.
In the capital, some Telegram channels have adopted what’s described as a taboo on posting fresh photos and videos of strike sites, in an effort to deny Russia real-time visual data of impact points.
Signals to watch from here include whether Russia continues daily strikes on Kyiv’s Dnipro crossings, how quickly Ukrtelecom and other operators restore services in Dnipro and Odesa, the pace of repairs on damaged bridges, and whether the reported taboo on posting impact footage reduces the visible flow of targeting-relevant imagery from Ukrainian cities.
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- OSINT