Five killed as Kyiv and Moscow trade strikes, Russia hits second bridge | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia’s assault on Kyiv’s Northern Bridge is the second such strike on a key bridge in two days.

At the very least 5 folks have been killed in a collection of long-range strikes carried out by Kyiv and Moscow.

Russia attacked a Liberian-flagged ship in Ukraine’s Odesa area, killing one particular person and injuring three, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority mentioned on Saturday in a press release on Telegram. One other 12 crew members had been safely evacuated from the ship. Three had been injured.

Russia has in impact blockaded Ukraine’s Black Sea ports – previously a key international supply of meals exports – by attacking civilian vessels carrying grain and metal, dealing a heavy blow to the Ukrainian financial system.

Two folks had been reportedly killed in a Ukrainian strike on the Russia-occupied Luhansk area of Ukraine, in line with the Moscow-installed governor.

Within the occupied Zaporizhia area, Russian-installed authorities mentioned one particular person was killed and 10 others injured in a Ukrainian drone assault.

Russian media additionally reported that one particular person was killed in a Ukrainian drone assault on Russia’s Belgorod area, which sits simply throughout the border from Ukraine.

Elsewhere, a Russian assault on Kyiv’s Northern Bridge injured two folks. It’s the second bridge Russia has attacked within the Ukrainian capital within the area of two days.

Russia warns diplomats, foreigners

Additionally on Saturday, Russia’s International Ministry issued one other warning to diplomats and foreigners in Ukraine’s capital, urging them to depart the town or danger being harmed.

Many overseas embassies are nonetheless working in Kyiv.

Russia’s all-out struggle on Ukraine is in its fifth yr and reveals little signal of slowing down.

Russian battlefield positive factors have slowed to a near-record low, with Ukrainian counterattacks, together with one ongoing push across the city of Lyman within the east, mitigating Russian territorial positive factors elsewhere.

Russia has elevated its assaults on civilian infrastructure in current months, together with with the rising use of jet-powered long-range strike drones, which transfer sooner and are tougher to shoot down.

Ukraine has additionally engaged in important long-range strikes, together with focusing on Russian oil infrastructure and military-industrial services deep inside Russian territory.