Five people were injured on Tuesday morning, 6 October 2026, in a Russian drone attack on one of the bridges spanning the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia. The attack damaged the road surface, prompting local authorities to suspend traffic and divert vehicles along alternative routes.
Injuries and bridge damage
Mykhailo Semykyn, acting head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, said the attack hit one of the bridges over the river and that vehicle traffic was temporarily halted because of the strike's effects. Images released from the site showed damage to the bridge surface, while local authorities did not name the bridge that was directly hit. An initial toll reported that two men, aged 43 and 54, had been injured and taken to hospital in a stable condition.
In a later update at 7:10am, the authorities said the number of injured had risen to five, including two women aged 24 and 59 and a 36-year-old man. The regional administration said the two men aged 43 and 54 worked for the Red Cross and that the attack took place while they were on their way to work.
Traffic restrictions and alternative routes
It added that medical teams had provided the necessary care to all those injured. Patrol police imposed temporary restrictions on traffic across the suspension bridge and the Preobrazhenskyi Bridge towards Khortytsia Island. The authorities asked drivers to use alternative routes via the dam of the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Station and the arch bridge, taking the changes into account when planning journeys.
At 7:35am, the city authorities announced that vehicles could again use the Preobrazhenskyi Bridge, while urging residents to follow updates on the reopening of the other section affected by the traffic restrictions. The Zaporizhzhia attack followed a series of strikes targeting bridges over the Dnipro River in the capital, Kyiv, between 1 and 4 October.
The southern and northern bridges were hit in multiple drone attacks, damaging road surfaces and the trolleybus network and halting traffic on some crossings. Russia's Defence Ministry had acknowledged responsibility for a strike targeting Kyiv's northern bridge on 3 October, claiming that the crossing was being used to facilitate the movement of Ukrainian forces and the transfer of military supplies.
No similar Russian statement has been issued in the available sources identifying the target of the Zaporizhzhia strike or providing a detailed account of it.
