Ukrainian forces have struck and seriously damaged a bridge that is key for supplying Russian troops in southern Ukraine, a regional official said Wednesday, as Russian shelling killed civilians including a 13-year-old boy in the embattled country’s northeast. Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Moscow-backed temporary administration for the Russia-controlled southern Kherson region, said the Ukrainian military struck the Antonivskyi Bridge, which crosses the Dnieper River, with missiles Wednesday, scoring 11 hits.
He said in remarks carried by the Interfax news agency that the 1.4-kilometer (0.9-mile) bridge sustained serious damage but it wasn’t closed for traffic.
Stremousov said that the Ukrainian forces used the U.S.-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, adding that some of them were intercepted by Russian air defenses.
