Zelensky says Russia is ‘trying to divide Ukraine along the Dnipro River’ with strikes on bridges and the power grid
Source: President of Ukraine
Russian forces are “trying to divide Ukraine along the Dnipro River” by striking bridges and the power grid, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening televised address.
He also said Russia’s strikes aimed to “make life as difficult as possible for people, for our cities and villages.”
The Financial Times reported that Zelensky also told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that Russia was trying to destroy bridges across the Dnipro to divide Ukraine.
A Ukrainian official told the newspaper that information available to Kyiv indicated Russia planned to disrupt transportation and shipments of equipment and ammunition across the Dnipro and reduce the flow of electricity from the country’s west to its east. In winter, he said, this would leave millions of people across the country without electricity or heat.
In October, Russian forces began heavily striking bridges across the Dnipro in Kyiv. The strikes have forced bridge closures, causing hours-long traffic jams.
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