The Russian drones smashed into a school in Kyiv and into the ​Southern Bridge over the Dnipro River on Thursday, ​triggering fires in the capital, Kyiv officials said.

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Traffic ⁠across the Southern Bridge and the Paton Bridge ​was closed, with partial restrictions on the Metro Bridge, ​and a fire broke out in the upper floors of an apartment building in Kyiv, city officials said on Telegram on Friday.


Russian defence ​ministry said on Telegram that its drones hit a ​bridge over the Dnipro River in Kyiv, a power station in ‌the ⁠surrounding region, the Izmail port near Odesa and a cargo vessel, as it said all were used for military purposes.

In Russia, Ukrainian drones targeted industrial facilities in Volgograd city, home ​to a large ​oil refinery, ⁠sparking a fire and leaving one person injured after hitting an apartment building, a ​governor said.

Ukraine's strikes on oil refineries in ​Russia, ⁠one of the world's leading oil producers, have cost Russia 1% of its gross domestic product, Russian President Vladimir ⁠Putin ​has said, as people were forming long ​lines to refill their car tanks amid the damage.