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Russian Glide-Bomb Strikes in Zaporizhzhia Damage Homes and Target Bridges, Injuring Six
Overnight Russian airstrikes with KAB glide-bombs hit central Zaporizhzhia and the Khortytsia island area, wounding at least six people including a two-year-old and damaging a multi-storey building and cars near bridges over the Dnieper River.
Russian forces concentrated KAB glide-bomb strikes on Zaporizhzhia overnight, hitting areas around key bridges over the Dnieper River and injuring civilians in central districts.
Regional authorities reported that Russian aircraft dropped 12 KAB-series glide-bombs on the city during the night of 14–15 November, focusing on Khortytsia island and the bridges near the city center. One of the crossings over the Dnieper was likely among the intended targets. According to local officials, at least six people were wounded, including a two-year-old child, and a multi‑story residential building and parked cars in the city were damaged.
Reporting on impact sites points to several other locations on Khortytsia island and in central Zaporizhzhia being hit. Information cited by Ukrainian authorities indicates repeated KAB strikes on the city, including follow‑on attacks on the morning of 15 November, though the full extent of structural damage to the bridges has not been made public.
For residents, strikes near the bridges bring explosions into dense urban neighborhoods, damaging homes and vehicles and sending families to shelters when air‑raid sirens sound. The injury of a toddler highlights how attacks described as targeting infrastructure still leave civilians directly exposed.
For Ukrainian forces, the Dnieper crossings at Zaporizhzhia are major transport routes linking the right bank with logistics and troop movements toward occupied territory on the left bank. Any damage that limits traffic over these bridges would complicate reinforcement and resupply and push more transport onto alternative routes.
Russia’s reliance on KAB guided bombs reflects a wider shift in its air campaign. These munitions can be released from outside many Ukrainian air defense zones and steered onto fixed targets such as bridges and urban infrastructure. The pattern seen in Zaporizhzhia, with multiple guided bombs aimed at transport chokepoints, fits a broader Russian effort to put pressure on Ukraine’s Dnieper crossings and southern supply lines.
The attacks around Zaporizhzhia also align with wider Russian strikes on infrastructure across Ukraine, including power and industrial facilities. Each bridge or logistics node damaged adds to the strain on a system already under wartime and seasonal pressure.
Even without a bridge collapse, damage that forces inspections, weight limits or temporary closures can slow the movement of people and military cargo across the river.
Key signals to watch now include engineering assessments of the targeted Dnieper crossing, any new restrictions on traffic over the river, repeated KAB strikes against the same structures, and Ukrainian steps to reinforce air defenses and reroute traffic around Zaporizhzhia.