THIS is the moment Ukraine destroyed a key bridge in Kursk being used by Russian forces in a humiliating blow to the enemy.
Dramatic footage showed Kyiv's missile striking the bridge and sparking an enormous cloud of flames and smoke before it collapsed in half.Pictures from the scene showed the obliterated stone pass with a huge chunk sticking out of the water.It was ultimately destroyed by a US-supplied HIMARS missile, according to a Kremlin Telegram channel.
A major evacuation effort is underway in Glushkovsky, which is largely separated from the rest of Kursk by the river.A frantic post from a pro-war Russian Telegram channel said: “Part of the Glushkovsky district is now cut off .“The civilian population can now only be evacuated by water.Why has the Ukrainian invasion of Russia been so successful?
Kyiv's forces have seized scores of villages, taken hundreds of prisoners and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians.A long undefended border
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