Five injured and damage to the North Bridge after a new Russian attack on kyiv

Last night, the Russian Army launched a new massive attack against kyiv that caused five injuries and damage to what is known as the Northern Bridge as well as energy infrastructure, which further complicates the supply of water and electricity in the capital.

Shortly after the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the attack this Saturday, the mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitchkó, ​​stated in a message on Telegram that the bombing had injured five people, including a 14-year-old minor.

In the Russian attack, which the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, had warned hours before in his traditional speech to the nation, energy facilities in the regions of kyiv and Zitomir were damaged, the mayor of the capital indicated.

For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry said it had hit two power plants in the kyiv region: Tripolskaya, with a capacity of 1,800 megawatts, and Kievskaya.

Klitchkó maintained that “the energy supply situation in the capital is extremely complicated,” because the constant Russian attacks on the capital’s infrastructure “are also affecting the operation of the city’s heating and water supply systems” at the threshold of winter.

Damage to infrastructure

Likewise, the northern bridge of the capital has suffered damage to the road surface, to the overhead catenary system for trolleybuses and to an electrical line, he explained. Road maintenance teams and municipal services have gone to the bridge to restore traffic as soon as possible.

In addition, the shock wave has caused damage to five trucks parked in the parking lot next to the bridge, Klitchkó added. At the same time, in a neighborhood of kyiv, fragments of missiles or drones have hit a five-story residential building.

In another part of the same capital district, the shock wave has caused damage to the window panes of another five-story residential building.

To justify its attack, the Russian Ministry of Defense explained that the Pivnichi (North) bridge is used “for the mobilization of military equipment and weapons for the Ukrainian army.”

According to Moscow, Russian aviation also hammered in kyiv a military industry company, Meridian, which produces Flamingo tactical and cruise missiles, and in the adjacent region the Brovari ammunition and explosives factory.

The attack in numbers

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, during the night Russia launched a massive combined attack mainly against kyiv with Iskander-M, Zircon, KN-23 and S-400 missiles, as well as 172 attack drones of the Shahed, Gerbera type and decoy drones of the Parodiya type.

The anti-aircraft defenses managed to shoot down four missiles and 149 drones, but hits were recorded in 24 locations, as well as the fall of remains of intercepted drones and missiles in another ten.

The massive attack on the Ukrainian capital takes place shortly before the US-mediated tripartite negotiations resume on Tuesday, stalled since February due to the war in Iran.