Ukrainian forces hit bridge in Russian-occupied south, military says

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine hit on one in every of two bridges throughout the Dnipro river within the Russian-occupied south and added to break that was inflicted by earlier assaults, the southern army command mentioned on Wednesday.

The strikes on the Kakhovskyi bridge intention to create issues for Russian logistics, the command mentioned in a Fb submit.

The bridge is “unfit to be used”, it mentioned.

Reuters was not capable of instantly confirm the report.

Ukraine has stepped up assaults within the final month on Russian provide strains in Kherson area because it seeks to conduct a counter-offensive to retake the southern area after shedding it to Russian forces within the first section of the invasion that started in late February.

The assaults exhibit how long-range weapons provided by the West have modified the dynamic of the struggle, permitting Ukrainian forces to wreak havoc on Russian provide strains that will have been laborious to hit with Soviet-era techniques.

(Reporting by Max Hunder; modifying by Tom Balmforth and Grant McCool)