Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine says 1st grain ships should leave this weekend

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LATEST: Ukraine announces that it hopes the first ships carrying grain will finally be leaving two ports this weekend under a United Nations-brokered deal to end Russia's blockade.

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High-precision missile strikes by the Ukrainian military damaged the Antonivskiy bridge, forcing the occupied authorities to close the structure to civilian traffic. The mile-long bridge across the Dnieper River is an essential artery used by Moscow to supply its troops occupying southern Ukraine. According to Stremousov, Ukrainian forces hit the bridge with High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems supplied by the United States. He said ferry crossings across the Dnieper River will be organized during the bridge's restoration, and that traffic will resume in the near future.

 

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