Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine, damage Kyiv's Northern Bridge — SkimNews
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- Russian strikes damaged Kyiv's Northern Bridge, suspending traffic for the third consecutive day of attacks that have hit three of the capital's six Dnipro River crossings, with Russia's Defence Ministry confirming the strike and claiming the bridge facilitates Ukrainian troop movements and military cargo deliveries.
- Russian attacks killed five in Kharkiv with drones and guided bombs and wounded over 40, wounded three in Izyum, and struck a Liberian-flagged civilian cargo ship in the Odesa region, killing one sailor and injuring three.
- Moldovan President Maia Sandu said Russia's war is "dangerously reaching" her country after five Russian Banderol missiles and drones violated Moldovan airspace and exploded on Moldovan soil overnight.
- Ukrainian drones struck Kaluga in western Russia with 13 shot down overnight, hit a truck and passenger car on a highway in Russian-occupied Luhansk killing two, and in the Belgorod region just kilometers from the border killed one civilian and wounded two.
- The roughly 1,250-kilometer front line snaking through northern, eastern and southern Ukraine has been virtually deadlocked in recent months, with no concrete signs of a peace settlement more than 4½ years into the war.
Why it matters: Moldova's report of five Russian weapons detonating on its soil is the clearest spillover yet beyond Ukraine's borders, placing a non-belligerent neighbor inside the conflict's blast radius. Three of Kyiv's six Dnipro River bridges are now fully or partially closed after three consecutive days of strikes, degrading both military logistics and civilian movement in the capital. Six Ukrainian deaths paired with Ukrainian drone strikes deep into Russia show escalation continuing without front-line movement.
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