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One of the main bridges over the Dnipro River in Kyiv was damaged during a Russian air attack on Saturday. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said traffic from the eastern to the western bank had been suspended because the road surface and trolleybus lines on the Northern Bridge were damaged. No deaths or injuries were reported.
According to The Kyiv Post, the damage was caused by a jet-powered attack drone. Russia has now targeted Kyiv’s main bridges for the third consecutive day. The Southern Bridge was hit several times over the previous two days, temporarily halting traffic on that bridge and two others.
People injured around Kyiv
Four people were injured in overnight attacks on settlements around the capital. They include a child living in the town of Hostomel.
US-Ukraine fund announces projects
The joint US-Ukraine reconstruction fund has announced its first critical minerals agreement and four additional projects. The projects are worth about $70 million in total, according to Connor Coleman, an official at the US International Development Finance Corporation.
About $30 million will go toward a joint platform to be established with Ukraine’s private investment company BGV Group. The platform aims to support early-stage development of deposits of rare earth elements, uranium, beryllium and zirconium.
Two other projects aim to strengthen the resilience of electricity and heating networks. One is a battery system planned for energy company DTEK. Backed by nearly $100 million in debt financing under US government development finance, the system is designed to provide backup electricity for up to two hours to nearly 600,000 homes.
Humanitarian situation in Oleshky
European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib has called on Russia to provide humanitarian aid to residents of the occupied city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, describing conditions there as “dire.”
“Civilians remain under siege by Russian forces, without access to food, medicine, clean water or basic medical care. This is unacceptable,” Lahbib said.
Oleksandr Prokudin, governor of Ukraine’s Kherson region, said on Monday that Ukrainian troops had delivered food and medicine to the city by drone. The humanitarian situation is deteriorating, he said.
Oleshky, located on the front line along the Dnipro River, has been under Russian occupation since 2022.
