Russian forces strike Kyiv's Northern Bridge with jet-powered drone

Russian forces struck the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge in Kyiv with a jet-powered drone at dawn, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, who provided no immediate details on the attack's consequences. A yellow air alert had been issued shortly before the strike. This attack follows multiple Russian drone strikes on the Pivdennyi (Southern) Bridge in Kyiv on October 1 and 2, 2026. Those strikes damaged the bridge's support, road surface, and protective barriers, forcing the closure of both road and metro traffic and causing a transport collapse in the capital. The repeated targeting of Kyiv's bridges comes amid expert warnings that Russia is using jet-powered drones in a campaign to make the city uninhabitable, as the largest battle of the war unfolds in the Donbas region.