Attacks on Kyiv bridges: can Russia paralyze the capital of Ukraine? DW material On the night of October 27, the Russian Federation launched a ballistic missile attack on the southern bridge of Kiev over the Dnieper. Over the course of a month, Moscow attacked the southern bridge at least six times and the northern bridge connecting the left and right banks of the Dnieper in Kiev twice. Traffic on the southern bridge is completely closed after an attack by four Iskander-M missiles - a road crater appeared between the subway tracks. Experts are repairing buildings and assessing the impact of the damage on the safety of the building, the military administration of the city of Kyiv reported. Only then do they guarantee technical solutions for the restoration of the land section of this metro line. In total, there are six highway bridges over the Dnieper in Kyiv, and there are also three railway crossings. The north and south, which have been the targets of several Russian attacks, are of particular importance for Kyiv's transport network, transport expert Dmitri Besplov tells DW. Besides the subway line, "this is one of the main crossings for trucks," he explains. Despite the damage, experts interviewed by DW doubt that Russian forces will be able to destroy them. The former head of the Center for the Prevention of Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, Andrey Kovalenko, calls strikes on bridges tools of "psychological pressure". "Because the maximum these operations are capable of is the crater, whose photo you saw on the southern bridge," he wrote, adding that the Russians' main goal is to temporarily disrupt logistics. DW's interlocutors are sure that pontoon crossings can help, but cannot become a full-fledged replacement for bridges if they are destroyed. "Of course, it is possible to build many such pontoons, but they should be accessible and included in the urban infrastructure," says Mikhail Kornaev, chief project engineer of the Kievstroyproekt company. The details are in the DW material.

Attacks on Kyiv bridges: can Russia paralyze the capital of Ukraine? DW material On the night of October 27, the Russian Federation launched a ballistic missile attack on the southern bridge of Kiev over the Dnieper. Over the course of a month, Moscow attacked the southern bridge at least six times and the northern bridge connecting the left and right banks of the Dnieper in Kiev twice. Traffic on the southern bridge is completely closed after an attack by four Iskander-M missiles - a road crater appeared between the subway tracks. Experts are repairing buildings and assessing the impact of the damage on the safety of the building, the military administration of the city of Kyiv reported. Only then do they guarantee technical solutions for the restoration of the land section of this metro line. In total, there are six highway bridges over the Dnieper in Kyiv, and there are also three railway crossings. The north and south, which have been the targets of several Russian attacks, are of particular importance for Kyiv's transport network, transport expert Dmitri Besplov tells DW. Besides the subway line, "this is one of the main crossings for trucks," he explains. Despite the damage, experts interviewed by DW doubt that Russian forces will be able to destroy them. The former head of the Center for the Prevention of Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, Andrey Kovalenko, calls strikes on bridges tools of "psychological pressure". "Because the maximum these operations are capable of is the crater, whose photo you saw on the southern bridge," he wrote, adding that the Russians' main goal is to temporarily disrupt logistics. DW's interlocutors are sure that pontoon crossings can help, but cannot become a full-fledged replacement for bridges if they are destroyed. "Of course, it is possible to build many such pontoons, but they should be accessible and included in the urban infrastructure," says Mikhail Kornaev, chief project engineer of the Kievstroyproekt company. The details are in the DW material.