Russian drones strike Kyiv’s Southern Bridge in first attack on the city’s bridges since the full-scale invasion. A subway train was crossing it at the time.

Russian drones struck Kyiv's Southern Bridge on October 1, the first such attack on the city's bridges since the full-scale invasion began, while a subway train was crossing at the time. The blast wave pushed dust into the train cars through the ventilation system, though no passengers were hurt and the train was sent for inspection as a precaution.

Earlier the same day, a drone hit a school building in the Solomianskyi district while students sheltered unharmed. Subway and bus service across the bridge has been suspended, with trains now running only on underground stretches, and officials report preliminary findings of no critical structural damage.

The attacks followed a September 30 strike on Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences nuclear research institute, which hit grounds near a research reactor; a fire broke out and was extinguished, with officials reporting the reactor undamaged and radiation levels normal. A separate September 28 strike on the academy's main building killed two people and injured several others, including a former national security official.

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