Russia Strikes Kyiv Bridge During German Chancellor's Visit

Russia attacked the Northern Bridge across the Dnieper River in Kyiv on Sunday, October 4, during German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to the Ukrainian capital, injuring two people, one of whom was hospitalized. The strike hit the bridge's roadway, with emergency services dispatched to the scene. In the same wave, Russian forces targeted a telecom operator's building in central Dnipro, causing a fire, and launched over 10 drone attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging a minibus in Nikopol and an enterprise in the Krivoy Rog and Pavlograd districts. Separately, five guided aerial bombs were dropped on Sumy region, wounding 13 people including a child, and a drone strike killed a 52-year-old worker in Sumy. Ukraine's Air Force reported Russia launched 135 drones overnight, of which 123 were shot down or suppressed, with impacts recorded at five locations. Kyiv's Southern and Northern bridges have been targeted since October 1, leaving key Dnieper crossings damaged and traffic halted, causing major congestion in the capital.