"On August 18, as a result of targeted shelling with the use of
rocket and artillery weapons against residential buildings and
civilian infrastructure in the Karyzh village...a third bridge
over the Seym river was damaged," a representative for Russia's
Investigative Committee said.
The video statement was posted on Russian state TV anchor
Vladimir Solovyov's Telegram channel.
Russian forces have been fighting Ukrainian troops in Kursk
region since Aug. 6, when thousands of Kyiv's troops smashed
through Russia's western border in a major embarrassment for the
Russian military top brass.
The Russian foreign ministry said on Friday that Ukraine had
used Western rockets, likely U.S.-made HIMARS, to destroy a
bridge over the Seym river in the Glushkovo district.
In a separate video statement posted to Solovyov's Telegram
channel on Sunday, a representative for Russian investigators
said a second bridge over the Seym near the village of Zvannoe
in Kursk region used to evacuate civilians had been "damaged" by
U.S.-made HIMARS.
Ukraine's air force commander claimed on Sunday that the
Ukrainian air force had destroyed that second bridge, thus
limiting the supply capacity of a Russian group opposing the
Ukrainian advance.
Military analysts say there are three bridges in the area of the
Ukrainian army's offensive through which Russia supplies its
forces.
Yuri Podolyaka, an influential Ukrainian-born, pro-Russian
military blogger, said on Sunday that Ukraine was likely to try
to take control in the coming days of another strategic bridge,
over the Psyol River.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva and Lucy
Papachristou; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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