Chernihiv region: Ukrainian government creates temporary crossing to Chernihiv

Denys Karlovskyi – Monday, 11 April 2022, 21:05

Ukrainian construction workers began constructing a temporary road crossing on the Vyshhorod-Chernihiv route.

Source: Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of Infrastructure, on Facebook

According to Kubrakov: "Today the construction of a temporary crossing near Smolyn has begun.

Two temporary crossings will be constructed on the P-69 highway connecting Kyiv-Vyshhorod-Desna-Chernihiv near the villages of Smolyn and Yakubivka.

We anticipate that the Smolyn crossing will be ready in a couple of days, and the one in Yakubivka – by the end of the week."

Details: Later on, Ukrainian road services are planning to construct a temporary crossing near the village of Kyselivka on the H-27 road connecting Chernihiv-Mena-Sosnytsia-Hremiach.

The Minister of Infrastructure said that 16 bridges and overpasses have been destroyed in the Chernihiv region during the Russian occupation.

Background:

• On 8 April Vladyslav Atroshenko, Mayor of Chernihiv, said that approximately 700 Chernihiv residents had died during the Russian blockade of the city.
• Chernihiv Regional Military Administration warned that Russian troops mined the roads in the Chernihiv region as they were withdrawing.