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The Guardian - UK
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Luke Harding and Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

Three bridges over Seym River in Russia now destroyed by Ukraine

A satellite image is said to show a strategic bridge that has been destroyed over the Seym River in Zvannoe, Kursk region, Russia, 18 August 2024.
A satellite image is said to show a strategic bridge that has been destroyed over the Seym River near Zvannoe, Kursk region, Russia, 18 August 2024. Photograph: 2024 Planet Labs Inc./Reuters

Ukraine has destroyed a third bridge over the Seym River in the Kursk region, as part of an apparent attempt to expand what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has described as a military “buffer zone” inside Russia.

According to Russian officials, the bridge in the village of Karyzh was damaged overnight by targeted Ukrainian “shelling”. It was the last major crossing on this part of the front, following the destruction on Friday and Saturday of two bridges further east over the same river.

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