EXTRAORDINARY ONLINE Ukrainian forces significantly damaged an important bridge: Is it in danger of collapsing? – Topky.sk

Live from Ukraine The influx of Western weapons is changing the balance on Ukraine’s battlefields, says Zelensky ONLINE Load new news 12:33 Russian diplomats have asked the Secretary-General of the United Nations to “force” Ukrainian authorities to take down the Peacemaker website. 11:58 In Nikopol in the south of Ukraine, nighttime shelling from Russian rocket launchers left two civilians dead and nine wounded, Ukrainska Pravda newspaper reported on its website, citing local authorities. In Kharkov, in the east of the country, Russian fire killed three civilians standing at a public transport stop, including a thirteen-year-old boy. Five dead and 16 wounded were required by the shelling of a dozen smaller villages in the Donetsk region. The casualties – in an unspecified number – are reported from the city of Hulyajpole in the Zaporozhye region in the south-east of Ukraine. Odesa has once again become the target of Russian missiles, the BBC reported on its Russian-language website, citing local authorities. Photo gallery (3) Source: TASR/ AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti 10:52 Ukrainian forces hit and significantly damaged a strategically important bridge over the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region, which is largely occupied by Russian invasion troops. Pro-Moscow local representative Kyrylo Stremousov said this on Wednesday, AP reports. According to Stremousov, Ukrainian forces hit Antonivský most with rocket attacks a total of 11 times on Wednesday. Kyiv used HIMARS salvo rocket launchers supplied by the United States, brought it closer. Some of the missiles were intercepted by Russian air defenses, he added. Stremousov told the Russian state agency TASS that although the bridge is “very damaged”, it is not in danger of collapsing. Already on Tuesday, there was slight damage after shelling by Ukrainian forces. 10:23 In Kharkov, three people, including a 13-year-old teenager, were killed in a shooting in Saltovskogo district. Another woman was injured. 9:57 AM The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavský, and the Austrian Minister, Alexander Schallenberg, arrived in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Wednesday. As part of the so-called Slavkov format, the head of Slovak diplomacy Ivan Korčok was also supposed to come to Ukraine with them, but in the end he had to cancel his trip to Kyiv due to a positive test for covid, writes TASR with reference to the Czech news website Novinky.cz.