Ukraine says Russians blew up bridges to prevent counter

Ukraine says Russians blew up bridges to prevent counter-attacks

the Ukrainian military has said that Russian forces have begun to blow up bridges to slow a Ukrainian counter offensive in the northeast, Qazet.az reports.

In its latest operational update, the General Staff said Saturday that in the area of Tsyrkuny and Rusky Tyshky east of Kharkiv, "the occupiers blew up three road bridges in order to slow down the counter-offensive actions of the Defense Forces."

In the past two weeks, Ukrainian troops have retaken a number of villages to the north and east of Kharkiv, making it more difficult for Russians to use artillery against the city as well as threatening to interdict Russian supply lines for forces fighting in Donetsk and Luhansk.

Kharkiv is close to the Russian border, and was one of the first cities to come under attack when Russia invaded.