Ukraine: Kyiv residents on edge after new Russian strikes on the city

Russian strikes hit a major bridge in Kyiv, the North Bridge, on Saturday, just days after an attack targeting the Ukrainian capital's South Bridge, city mayor Vitali Klitschko announced.

These two consecutive strikes on strategic infrastructure in the capital come amid rising tension, as Russia has also called on diplomats and foreign nationals present in Kyiv to leave the city.

This Russian call, whose precise motives have not been detailed, is fueling concern among residents of the Ukrainian capital, who have faced an intensification of strikes on urban infrastructure for several days.

Municipal authorities had not released a detailed human or material toll regarding the strike on the North Bridge at the time of this report's publication, and the extent of the damage remains to be clarified.

The repeated strikes on the capital's bridges, just days apart, are part of a Russian strategy targeting critical infrastructure across Ukraine, a tactic regularly denounced by Kyiv.

Tension remains high in Kyiv, where residents are anxiously following developments, awaiting further information from local and national authorities.