Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv ‘blows up’ second bridge in Kursk as Putin hits back with missiles attack on capital

Ukraine’s armed forces says it has attacked a second bridge in Russia’s Kursk region, over Seym river in which another bridge was destroyed earlier this week.

Air force commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk wrote: “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.”

In retaliation to Ukraine’s shock incursion, Russia launched its third ballistic missile on Kyiv this month, with preliminary data showing that all the air weapons were destroyed on their approach to the city,

It comes as debris from aUkrainian drone has sparked a diesel fuel fire at a warehouse in Rostov, Russia.

Rostov governor Vasily Golubev said firefighters were called to put out the fire at the damaged oil depot.

Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency warned of “deteriorating safety” at Europe’s largest nuclear power facility in Ukraine, which was seized by Moscow in the early days of its full-scale invasion.

The warning by IAEA director general Rafael Grossi came after a drone strike hit the road surrounding the plant, landing close to the essential cooling water sprinkler ponds and the only remaining 750 kilovolt power line supplying the plant.

The safety at Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is “deteriorating” after drone strikes near the facility, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

IAEA said its team visited the site, under Russian occupation since March 2022, and found that the damage at Europe’s largest nuclear facility seemed to have been caused by a drone carrying explosives.

The nuclear safety situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear