🔥 Destruction

Russian Federation forces destroyed a bridge connecting Severodonetsk and Lysychansk using Tulpan heavy mortars, possibly to block Ukrainian advances or disrupt supply lines.

Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent UNIAN

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Russian Federation forces destroyed a bridge connecting Severodonetsk and Lysychansk using Tulpan heavy mortars, possibly to block Ukrainian advances or disrupt supply lines.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Part of the bridge between Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk near the railway station was destroyed.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian Air Defence units shot down 1 Orlan-10 UAV.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces destroyed the bridge between Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk on May 21, 2022

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Serhiy Haidai is the governor of Luhansk Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The bridge had previously been blown up by Russia's proxies in 2014

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The bridge was rebuilt in 2016

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian troops destroyed the bridge between Severodonetsk and Lysychansk.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.569Z

Source story: day-87-2023-02-11