Ukrainian forces have targeted second bridge in Russia’s Kursk region as forces continue the offensive in the border region, officials said.
In a post on Telegram, commander of Ukrainian Air Force, Mykola Oleshchuk, published a video showing what he described as a “precise” air strike on the bridge on Sunday.
“Minus one more bridge! The aviation of the air force continues to deprive the enemy of its logistical capabilities with accurate air strikes, which significantly affects the course of hostilities,” Mr Oleshchuk wrote.
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Previously, Ukraine also destroyed a strategically important bridge near the town of Glushkovo.
The bridge had been used by the Kremlin to resupply its troops and its destruction could hamper efforts to replenish their supplies further.
Russian military bloggers said the loss of the bridge would force Russian reinforcement on a dangerous detour.
In a post the Russian Telegram channel Military Observer said: “If (when) the enemy manages to destroy all good crossings, it will cut off the entire group of the Russian Armed Forces defending in the Glushkovo district.”
Separately, debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone sparked a diesel fuel fire at an industrial warehouse in Russia’s Rostov region, the regional governor said on Sunday.
“Firefighting units were called in to put out the fire,” Governor Vasily Golubev said on the Telegram messaging app.
Russia’s defence ministry claimed that its air defence units destroyed two Ukraine-launched drones over Rostov overnight.
In a separate post on Telegram, Mr Golubev said that no one was injured in result of the attack that took place in the Proletarsk district of the region.
Baza, a Telegram channel close to Russian law enforcement, said an oil depot was damaged in Rostov while Russia’s SHOT Telegram channel posted a video showing dark smoke rising from what it said was an oil depot.
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A third major ballistic missile strike was also carried out on Kyiv on Sunday in retaliation, although preliminary data indicated most of the projectiles were shot down on approach, the military administration of the Ukrainian capital said.
“This is already the third ballistic strike on the capital in August, with exact intervals of six days between each attack,” Serhiy Popko, the head of the Kyiv military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Popko said the Russians had most likely used North Korean-made ballistic missiles. Reuters could not independently verify the type of missiles launched.
Ukrainian army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Friday that Kyiv’s forces were advancing between one and three kilometres in some areas in the Kursk region, 12 days since beginning an incursion into Russia.
Kyiv has claimed to have taken control of 82 settlements over an area of 1,150 sq km (444 sq miles) in the region since 6 August.
“The Kursk region operation – we are strengthening our positions and replenishing ‘exchange fund’ for Ukraine,” Mr Zelensky said on X after Mr Syrskyi’s report of fighting in the area of Malaya Loknya.
This came after Kyiv officials said that hundreds of Russian troops had been taken prisioner.
On Friday, Russia’s defence ministry said its troops repelled Ukrainian attacks in several areas, including near the villages of Gordeevka, Russkoe Porechnoe and others.
According to open-source intelligence (Osint) researchers and defence analysts, Ukraine is using a range of Western-supplied weaponry in its cross-border incursion into Russian territory.
Several elite brigades in the Ukrainian military have been identified in the Russian region of Kursk, with each operating a mix of armoured vehicles donated by the West.
Analysts say troops from Ukraine’s 22nd, 88th and 116th mechanised brigades and the 80th, 82nd and 95th air assault brigades are on the Russian side of the border.
Michael Clarke, visiting professor in defence studies at King’s College London and distinguished fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), said the 82nd air assault brigade have most of the UK and US-supplied armoured vehicles, namely the British Challenger 2 and the American Stryker and M2 Bradley.
Despite the influx of new equipment and F-16 jets, Ukraine has not been permitted the use of British Storm Shadow missiles, according to The Times.
