# Russian strikes are tearing Kyiv apart, mayor warns

https://mins.news/en/item/83725

- BBC News, 2026-10-02 15:26 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6wyv44y4ywjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko says intensified Russian drone and missile strikes are “tearing Kyiv apart” and describes the capital’s situation as “very dramatic”. Critical infrastructure, housing and transport have been hit. Traffic on the Pivdennyi bridge is suspended, while one person was killed after a residential building was struck.

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