Traffic across Pivdennyi Bridge from left bank to right bank has resumed (updated)
Traffic across the Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv has been partially resumed: at present, the bridge is open only from the left bank to the right bank, with a single lane for vehicles weighing up to 10 tonnes.
This was announced by Oleksii Biloshytskyi, head of the Patrol Police Department, as reported by Censor.NET.
"Traffic has resumed across the Pivdennyi Bridge from the left bank to the right bank of Kyiv. Traffic is restricted to a single lane for vehicles weighing up to 10 tonnes, including passenger cars," he said.
However, traffic from the right bank to the left bank remains closed for the time being.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that one lane of traffic from the right bank to the left bank will open today at 5:00 p.m.
"Specialists from the relevant municipal enterprises, together with researchers, are developing technical solutions to repair the bridge structures damaged by the enemy, including those that support metro operations," the statement reads.
What led up to this?
In October 2026, Russian troops attacked the Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv on several occasions. The most serious damage was recorded following a ballistic strike on the night of 27 October.
- On 1 October 2026, Russian troops attacked the Pivdennyi Bridge for the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion. The Pivnichnyi Bridge also came under fire throughout October.
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On the evening of 2 October, the Russian army struck the Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv for the fourth time during a drone attack.
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As a result of the Russian shelling of Kyiv on the night of 22 October, the metro infrastructure on the Pivdennyi Bridge, the ambulance station building and six emergency medical vehicles were damaged. Train services on the red and green lines have been altered, and traffic across the Pivdennyi Bridge has been temporarily suspended.
- Following the Russian night-time attack on 27 October, changes were introduced to public transport services in Kyiv. Due to damage to the metro’s surface infrastructure, train services on the red and green lines were altered, and traffic across the Pivdennyi Bridge was temporarily suspended.
