Drone strike on a bridge over the Dnipro in Zaporizhzhia
Place: ZaporizhzhiaRegion: Zaporizhzhiaautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
The Ukrainian and independent groups agree: a strike on a bridge, traffic closed, five injured, two of them Red Cross staff; Kyiv Independent notes that the authorities did not name the bridge. The Russian Defence Ministry names the Khortytsia bridge and describes it as a military supply route, speaking of an air strike, while Ukrainian sources write of a drone and injured civilians. Whether this is the same strike cannot be established from the materials.
What Russia reports
automatic summary Interfax, in a report dated 7 October, cites the Russian Defence Ministry: Russian aircraft struck the cable-stayed bridge linking the left bank of the Dnipro with Khortytsia island, which, the ministry claims, the Ukrainian army "actively used to move military cargo and personnel"; the bridge was seriously damaged.
“Результатом авиаудара стало существенное повреждение вантового моста, соединяющего левый берег Днепра с островом Хортица на территории города Запорожье, который активно использовался ВСУ для переброски военных грузов и личного состава подразделений”
- Нанесен удар по мосту между левым берегом Днепра и островом Хортица в Запорожье — Interfax, 7 October, 13:24
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Ukrainska Pravda, citing acting Zaporizhzhia governor Mykhailo Semikin, reports a strike on a bridge over the Dnipro in Zaporizhzhia; traffic was closed and five people were injured, two of them Red Cross workers on their way to work.
“У Запоріжжі російська окупаційна армія завдала удару по мосту через Дніпро у Запоріжжі, рух мостом перекрили, п'ятеро людей постраждали .”
- Росія вдарила по мосту в Запоріжжі: п’ятеро постраждалих — Ukrainska Pravda, 6 October, 05:14
- Россияне атаковали мост через Днепр в Запорожье: количество раненых выросло до пяти — RBC-Ukraine, 6 October, 05:27
What independent sources report
automatic summary Kyiv Independent writes that a Russian drone hit one of the bridges over the Dnipro overnight on 6 October; the city council closed the bridge and did not say which bridge was hit. Five people in the region were injured, including two Red Cross staff.
“The exact bridge struck was not disclosed by the city council.”
- Russian drone strikes Zaporizhzhia bridge in overnight attack — Kyiv Independent, 6 October, 06:26
Confirmation
Confirmation: both sides report it, no independent sources
Both Russian and Ukrainian sources describe the event, but there are no international independent sources in the selection.
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