Kyiv's Bridges Under Threat: Can Russia Cut Off the Left Bank?

Russia has launched a campaign of ballistic missile and drone strikes on Kyiv's bridges over the Dnipro River, aiming to sever the city's left and right banks and paralyze logistics, prompting emergency traffic measures. The November 7 attack on the Pivnichnyi Bridge caused four impacts, damaging the roadway and power lines, leading to severe traffic jams and a partial closure that overwhelmed public transport. Authorities have introduced reserve traffic schemes with police control, prioritizing buses, while experts note that destroying bridge supports requires powerful weapons, making a full collapse unlikely. Officials are considering pontoon crossings, ferries, and a tunnel, but experts doubt their feasibility due to time and cost constraints, as seen with the unfinished Podilsko-Voskresenskyi bridge. The primary solution remains air defense protection and rapid repairs, as no full replacement for the bridges' capacity exists.