The Ukrainian air force says it has destroyed a strategically important road bridge in the Kursk region. It must have been bombed. This means that a key supply route for Russian troops has been destroyed.
Russian media reported that more than 30 towns on the border with Ukraine were cut off from the rest of the area. Kursk Governor Alexei Smirnov reported on Friday evening that the bridge had been destroyed. It is said that it was initially fired at by an American-type Himars rocket launcher and then destroyed by a hit from a glide bomb.
1150 square kilometers recaptured
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova criticized the fact that the war enemy used Western weapons to destroy civilian infrastructure in Russia. More than 3,000 people have already been evacuated from the region (see video above).
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that more than 80 cities covering 1,150 square kilometers had been captured. Ukrainian troops continued to advance and take new prisoners. “Thank you to all the soldiers and commanders who are taking Russian military prisoners and bringing the release of our soldiers and civilians held by Russia closer,” Zelensky said.
Pokrovsk is under threat
At the same time, 350 kilometers to the southeast, the country is threatened with defeat: Russian troops were recently on the outskirts of the industrial city of Pokrovsk, which is also a transportation hub. Any revenues could be more relevant to the further course of the war than the fighting in Kursk. The enemy is cynically firing on critical infrastructure and residential buildings. There are dead people, said head of the government Serhiy Dobriak.
The city is home to one of the largest coal mining companies in the region, which produces coke for the Ukrainian metal industry.
Source: Krone
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