Russian troops bomb bridge on the way from Chernihiv to Kyiv

Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 08:11

Russian troops in Chernihiv have bombed a road bridge across the river Desna connecting the city to Kyiv.

Source: Suspilne

Details: Russian troops dropped air bombs on the bridge, and one of the bridge spans collapsed. Vyacheslav Chaus, Head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, confirmed this information.

This was the bridge used by evacuation convoys and to deliver humanitarian aid to Chernihiv.

A video by the Koryukivka partisans group [Koryukivka is a town to the northeast of Chernihiv] shows the collapsed bridge.

Background: There has been fighting in Chernihiv for several weeks now, with Russian troops constantly shelling the city. There is no power and almost no communication in Chernihiv, and there are problems with food deliveries and storage.