![Ukraine Strikes Third Bridge in Kursk Amid Escalating Conflict](/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ukarine-war-1-780x470.jpg)
In continued tensions, Moscow has said that Ukraine had focused and attacked yet an additional third bridge in the Kursk region. The attack, which the Russian Investigative Committee said happened, targeted a bridge over the River Seym.
In a similar move up the aggression ladder, Russia detained several Ukrainians, which it identified as ‘saboteurs. ’ Russia’s forces took nineteen Ukrainian soldiers prisoners; however, the authenticity of the video featuring the captured troops could not be confirmed.
Although Ukrainian forces have achieved some success in Kursk, they are now in a passive mode on the outskirts of the crucial city of Pokrovsk, where their lines are only 10 kilometers away from the Russians. Local officials claimed an average of 600 residents are fleeing daily as Russian forces advance, and the municipal services will likely shut down in a few days.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy indeed said the world recognizes Ukraine’s goal “is to destroy as much Russian war potential as possible. ” It focuses on local achievements and blows to the Russian military.
Continuing the operation of the Ukrainian army to destroy the infrastructure of the Russian Federation, bridges in the region have been shelled, including in Glushkovo earlier. There has been a call for his friends to provide deeper strikes into Russia by lifting the restrictions on Western weapons, and he has said that further capabilities are needed for Ukraine’s ongoing warfare.