Russian drone strikes target Kyiv school and Dnipro River bridges
What happened
A Russian drone strike hit a school in Kyiv, causing a fire while pupils were sheltering underground; no injuries were reported by Ukrainian authorities.
Russian forces targeted the Northern (Pivnichnyi) Bridge in Kyiv with jet-powered drones on Saturday and again on Sunday, Oct. 4, causing damage to the road surface and trolleybus lines.
A jet-drone hit on Saturday morning wounded two civilians.
The Southern Bridge in Kyiv was hit in a wave of strikes the day before the Northern Bridge was targeted.
Why it matters
The repeated targeting of major Dnipro River crossings and public infrastructure has disrupted transit across Kyiv, compounding the impact of the aerial bombardment on the capital.
Context
The Pivnichnyi Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge built in 1976, serves as a segment of Kyiv's Small Ring Road and was formerly known as the Moskovskyi Bridge until 2018.
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