A bridge crossing the River Seym in Russia was destroyed by Ukraine.
A bridge crossing the River Seym in Russia was destroyed by Ukraine.
  • Ukraine said its forces destroyed bridges over the Seym River in Russia's Kursk region.
  • Footage shared by Ukrainian air force commander Mykola Oleshchuk appears to show the strikes.
  • Russia said one of the strikes was likely carried out by the HIMARS rocket system.

A spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry said that a strike on a key bridge in Russia's Kursk region was likely carried out using a US-made HIMARS rocket system.

"For the first time the Kursk region was struck by Western-made rockets, probably American Himars," Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.