One person was killed following a drone attack in Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine, the Moscow-installed governor of Russian-controlled parts of the region was cited as saying by the TASS news agency on Saturday.

Reuters ‌could not ​independently ‌verify ⁠the ⁠battlefield report.

Ten more were injured in the attack.

The Northern Bridge across the Dnipro river in Kyiv was hit during a Russian air attack on Saturday, mayor Vitali ⁠Klitschko said, amid an escalation in strikes on infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital.

Emergency services were deployed to the scene, the mayor said, and traffic across the bridge from the east to the west bank was suspended following damage to the road surface and the overhead trolleybus cables.

There were no casualties reported.

In the ‌past two days, the Southern Bridge has been struck several times by Russian drones, ‌forcing the temporary suspension of traffic ‌across it and two other bridges across the vast Dnipro river.

Over a third of the capital’s three million residents lived on the east, or “left”, bank of the Dnipro before Russia’s 2022 invasion, but the vast majority work on the western, or “right”, bank where most government institutions and companies are.

Memories of last winter, the ‌worst of the war, are prominent in ​residents’ minds after Russia launched last ‌week what was seen ⁠in Ukraine as the first salvo ⁠of an expected winter bombing campaign against power facilities ‌supplying the ​capital.

One person was killed and two more suffered injuries in a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, the TASS state news agency reported on Saturday.

Reuters could not ‌independently ​verify ‌the ⁠battlefield report.

The Ukrainian president urged countries to strengthen sanctions that can help prevent the production of drones by Russia.

“No matter how hard Moscow tries to fully localise the production of its drones and missiles, its ability to escalate remains critically dependent on foreign components,” Zelensky said in a post on X.

“These are supply chains running from Europe, the US, China, Japan, and many other countries. Most of these companies are well-known manufacturers, but their components still make their way to Russia,” he said, adding that “sanctions must work and must be strengthened”.

“Every Russian drone can actually be stopped right at the production line. What is needed is the political will of these countries,” the Ukrainian president said.

Latvians vote today in parliamentary elections in the country amid potential Russian aggression across Europe, including the Baltics, and a growing number of airspace incursions related to Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Russia has denied accusations that it is planning to attack Nato, but security concerns have weighed heavily on the Latvian election campaign.

The election is likely to keep power in the hands of pro-Ukrainian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, according to opinion polls.

“We have to give Ukraine everything necessary right now (so) that they can have the upper hand and win”, Kulbergs told Reuters last month.

Russian attacks struck the Northern Bridge over the Dnipro River in Kyiv early today, marking the third straight day of strikes targeting the bridge in the capital city.

The bridge’s surface and overhead power lines have been damaged in the attack, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Russian drones caused a large explosion on the bridge, which connects the right bank of the city with the left bank.

The full extent of the damage remains unclear.

Vilnius airport in Lithuania was closed and NATO Baltic Air Policing jets were scrambled on Saturday after a suspected drone was reported to be flying into Lithuania from Belarus, the country’s National Crisis Management Centre said.

Authorities advised residents in the Vilnius region to be prepared ‌to seek ​shelter ‌if ⁠necessary, it ⁠said.

Russia’s secret service are devising plans to increase “hybrid warfare” across Europe, Ukrainian intelligence warned in a statement yesterday.

“The special services of the aggressor state of Russia have been tasked with increasing activity on the territory of the European Union and NATO states – this involves preparing for hybrid operations aimed at undermining aid to Ukraine and weakening the Alliance’s capabilities,” it said.

Such “hybrid warfare”, according to Ukrainian intelligence, has included arson, assassinations, and an attempt in Leipzig in August to blow up Ukraine’s Antonov cargo aircraft with modified FPV drones.

“Among the aggressor’s likely targets are Starlink satellite internet receiving stations located in European countries,” it said.