Moscow has confirmed that Ukraine struck and damaged a third bridge in Kursk region, as Kyiv forces attempt to expand its incursion within Russian territory.
A video statement from a representative of Russia’s Investigative Committee was posted on Russian state TV anchor Vladimir Solovyov’s Telegram channel confirming the attack on the third bridge, which is also located along River Seym in the Kursk region.
Ukrainian authorities have yet to comment on the Russian claim.
Earlier on Sunday, Ukraine said that it has destroyed a second bridge across River Seym, which winds through Russia’s Kursk region.
The attacks on bridges in the region in a matter of days come as Ukraine presses a cross-border offensive that began on August 6.
On Friday, it said it had struck a bridge in the Russian town of Glushkovo.
“Minus one more bridge,” Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on Telegram on Sunday, publishing an aerial video of a blast tearing through the bridge near the Russian town of Zvannoye.
He said the attacks were designed to disrupt Russian supply lines.
“The Air Force aviation continues to deprive the enemy of logistical capabilities with precision air strikes,” Oleshchuk said, without giving a date for the attack.
Hours after the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the military’s incursion and stated its aims for the first time.
“Our guys are doing a great job in all areas,” he said in his evening address on Sunday.
“It is now our primary task in defensive operations overall: to destroy as much Russian war potential as possible and conduct maximum counteroffensive actions. This includes creating a buffer zone on the aggressor’s territory -– our operation in the Kursk region.”
