Ukraine: Russia strikes a second major bridge in Kyiv, Zelensky vows to target Russian refineries

Germany

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Military framing and aerial escalation · 5 of 14 countries

Berlin sees the strikes on Kiev's bridges as a targeted escalation of the air war, where drone technology and the paralysis of the city dominate the narrative.

Argentina

2 SOURCES

Military framing and aerial escalation · 5 of 14 countries

Buenos Aires is deciphering an infrastructure war: after the northern bridge in Kiev, Russia promises massive strikes and Zelensky responds with Russian refineries.

Finland

3 SOURCES

Ultimatum, energy and related issues · 5 of 14 countries

Helsinki is primarily concerned about Moscow's ultimatum to foreigners in Kiev and the threat of massive strikes, fearing a winter without energy for Ukraine.

France

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6 SOURCES

Civil framing and daily life · 4 of 14 countries

Paris is deciphering the battle for Kiev's bridges in terms of its consequences for civilians: a capital cut in two by the Dnieper, where the Russian call for foreigners to leave weighs on daily life.

Hungary

2 SOURCES

Ultimatum, energy and related issues · 5 of 14 countries

Budapest is first focusing on the military escalation: the Hungarian press is following the war on infrastructure, from Kiev's bridges to Russian refineries, through the statements of Zelensky and Klitschko.

Italy

3 SOURCES

Ultimatum, energy and related issues · 5 of 14 countries

Rome is watching the Kiev bridge war as a test of the home front's resilience ahead of a winter in which Moscow would target the power grid and infrastructure.

Pakistan

2 SOURCES

Military framing and aerial escalation · 5 of 14 countries

Islamabad reports, through news agency dispatches, the infrastructure war that is disrupting Kiev: two bridges hit in a matter of days and a new ultimatum from Moscow to foreign diplomats.

Poland

2 SOURCES

Ultimatum, energy and related issues · 5 of 14 countries

Warsaw is deciphering the infrastructure war: Kiev bridges targeted, pontoons urgently deployed, and a Ukrainian counterattack announced against Russian refineries.

Portugal

3 SOURCES

Civil framing and daily life · 4 of 14 countries

Lisbon highlights the human and daily cost of the escalation over Kiev: bridges hit, foreigners invited to leave and fear of a winter of attacks on infrastructure.

Romania

2 SOURCES

Ultimatum, energy and related issues · 5 of 14 countries

Bucharest is deciphering an infrastructure war: the bridges of Kiev and the Russian ultimatum to foreigners on one side, the targeted Russian refineries on the other, with an eye on the Romanian assets of Lukoil.

Russia

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5 SOURCES

Military framing and aerial escalation · 5 of 14 countries

Moscow presents the strikes on Kiev's bridges as blows to Ukraine's military logistics and announced reprisals, while the independent Russian press details the damage and civilian cost.

Sweden

3 SOURCES

Military framing and aerial escalation · 5 of 14 countries

Stockholm is deciphering the Russian campaign against Kiev's bridges as a security escalation aimed at cutting the capital in two, and is particularly relaying Moscow's warning to foreign diplomats.

Turkey

2 SOURCES

Civil framing and daily life · 4 of 14 countries

Ankara is first concerned about the fate of a capital that the Dnieper risks cutting in two and the Russian warning addressed to diplomats and foreigners.

Ukraine

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4 SOURCES

Civil framing and daily life · 4 of 14 countries

Kyiv is documenting the bridge war as a Russian campaign against civilian infrastructure and is responding with pontoons and strikes on Russian refineries.