Ukraine calls for tighter sanctions as Russian attacks spark Kyiv gridlock

Closure of bridges struck by drones in Ukrainian capital causes traffic chaos.

Cars are stuck in a traffic jam on October 2, 2026, near a Dnipro River bridge after overnight Russian drone attacks on Kyiv's bridges [Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on allies to tighten sanctions against Russia after a wave of strikes triggered gridlock across Kyiv.

Traffic chaos gripped the Ukrainian capital on Friday after Russian drone attacks overnight closed key bridges. Zelenskyy called for allies to act to prevent Moscow from sourcing components for its arsenal as Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine face attacks around the clock.

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Kyiv’s Southern Bridge and Paton Bridge, key routes for cars and public transport across the Dnipro River, were closed in both directions after the attacks. The Metro Bridge was closed in the direction of Kyiv’s right bank, the city administration said.

Zelenskyy wrote in a social media post that Iranian-type Shahed kamikaze drones struck the Southern Bridge “several times”. One person was killed as Russia launched more than 100 drones across the country.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko later said Russian aerial attacks forced the partial closure of three bridges over the Dnipro River.

He said Russia was “tearing Kyiv apart” and that the city should now be on a war footing.

“The capital is in a very dramatic situation,” Klitschko posted on Telegram. “It’s no longer possible to pretend that we can live now as we lived in peacetime.”

Long lines of stationary cars and buses were gridlocked on main roads as commuters sought alternative routes or made their way on foot.

“I’ve been travelling for three hours … to get to work,” Tetiana Osypenko, a 49-year-old seamstress whose bus was stuck in a traffic jam, told the AFP news agency. “There’s just no way to get there. Nothing. It’s impossible to cross the bridges today.”

A Russian drone attack damaged a bridge over the Dnipro River in Kyiv on October 2, 2026 [Handout/State Emergency Service of Ukraine via Reuters]

Zelenskyy, who has persistently called for additional help to boost Ukraine’s air defences during Moscow’s concentrated air campaign , noted that supply chains for such weapons trail through Europe, the United States, China and Japan.

“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,” Zelenskyy wrote. “Most of these companies are well-known manufacturers, but their components still make their way to Russia.”

“Every Russian drone can actually be stopped right at the production line. What is needed is the political will of these countries,” he continued. “If the Kremlin has chosen more strikes, sanctions must work and must be strengthened.”

Last month, European Union foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc was “working on new proposals to tighten sanctions enforcement” and implement new measures.

US President Donald Trump separately signed a sweeping Russian sanctions package into law, taking aim at Russian President Vladimir Putin, banks, other financial institutions, and the energy and defence sectors.

Elsewhere in Ukraine on Friday, Russian strikes targeted a kindergarten in Kherson, a grocery store in Kharkiv and apartment buildings in Kramatorsk and Sumy, Zelenskyy said.

The Dnipro, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Poltava and Rivne regions also came under attack with at least four people reported wounded.

The Russian Ministry of Defence said on Telegram that its drones hit a bridge over the Dnipro River in Kyiv, a power station in the surrounding region, the Izmail port near Odesa and a cargo vessel. It claimed all the sites were used for Ukrainian military purposes.

Ukraine’s military carried out its own overnight attacks on Russia and said they hit a Lukoil facility in the city of Volgograd as well as an oil dispatch station in the Samara region with fires breaking out at both sites.

Ukrainian forces also carried out missions in several other Russian regions that targeted airfields, industrial sites and other facilities, including in the Black Sea, Zelenskyy said.

Russian authorities in the Black Sea port town of Tuapse said an enterprise was damaged by drone debris, but they did not provide details.

乌克兰首都多座桥梁遭无人机撞击，导致桥梁封闭，交通陷入混乱。

2026年10月2日，俄罗斯无人机连夜袭击基辅桥梁后，第聂伯河大桥附近发生交通堵塞。[Valentyn Ogirenko/路透社]

乌克兰总统泽连斯基呼吁盟友加强对俄罗斯的制裁，此前一系列袭击导致基辅陷入瘫痪。

周五，俄罗斯无人机连夜袭击导致多座关键桥梁关闭，乌克兰首都基辅交通陷入混乱。泽连斯基呼吁盟友采取行动，阻止莫斯科获取武器装备零部件，因为基辅和乌克兰其他地区正面临全天候的袭击。

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袭击事件发生后，基辅市政府表示，横跨第聂伯河的南桥和帕顿桥——汽车和公共交通的重要通道——双向封闭。地铁桥也向基辅右岸方向封闭。

泽连斯基在社交媒体上发文称，伊朗式“沙赫德”自杀式无人机“多次”袭击了南桥。俄罗斯在全国范围内出动了100多架无人机，造成一人死亡。

基辅市长维塔利·克利奇科后来表示，俄罗斯的空袭迫使第聂伯河上的三座桥梁部分关闭。

他说俄罗斯正在“撕裂基辅”，这座城市现在应该处于战时状态。

克里琴科在Telegram上发帖称：“首都的局势非常严峻。我们再也不能假装像和平时期那样生活了。”

由于通勤者寻找其他路线或步行前往目的地，主要道路上排起了长长的汽车和公共汽车长龙，交通堵塞。

“我花了三个小时才到公司，”49岁的裁缝塔蒂亚娜·奥西彭科告诉法新社，她乘坐的公交车被堵在路上了。“根本没法去。一点办法都没有。今天过桥都不可能。”

2026年10月2日，俄罗斯无人机袭击导致基辅第聂伯河上的一座桥梁受损。[图片由乌克兰国家紧急服务部门通过路透社提供]

泽连斯基一直呼吁在莫斯科集中空袭期间提供更多帮助以加强乌克兰的防空能力，他指出，此类武器的供应链要经过欧洲、美国、中国和日本。

泽连斯基写道：“无论莫斯科如何努力实现无人机和导弹生产的完全本土化，其升级能力仍然严重依赖于外国零部件。这些公司大多是知名制造商，但它们的零部件仍然流入俄罗斯。”

“实际上，每一架俄罗斯无人机都可以在生产线上被拦截。关键在于这些国家的政治意愿，”他继续说道。“如果克里姆林宫选择发动更多袭击，制裁就必须奏效，而且必须加强。”

上个月，欧盟外交事务负责人卡娅·卡拉斯表示，欧盟正在“制定新的提案，以加强制裁的执行力度”，并实施新的措施。

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普另行签署了一项全面的俄罗斯制裁方案，该方案针对俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京、银行、其他金融机构以及能源和国防部门。

泽连斯基表示，周五，俄罗斯空袭乌克兰其他地区，目标是赫尔松的一所幼儿园、哈尔科夫的一家杂货店以及克拉马托尔斯克和苏梅的公寓楼。

第聂伯罗、敖德萨、哈尔科夫、基辅、波尔塔瓦和罗夫诺地区也遭到袭击，据报道至少有四人受伤。

俄罗斯国防部在Telegram上表示，其无人机袭击了基辅第聂伯河上的一座桥梁、周边地区的一座发电站、敖德萨附近的伊兹梅尔港以及一艘货船。该部声称所有这些目标均被用于乌克兰的军事用途。

乌克兰军方连夜对俄罗斯发动袭击，并称袭击了伏尔加格勒市的卢克石油公司设施以及萨马拉地区的一个石油调度站，两处地点均发生火灾。

泽连斯基表示，乌克兰军队还在俄罗斯其他几个地区执行了任务，目标是机场、工业设施和其他设施，包括黑海地区。

俄罗斯黑海港口城市图阿普谢的当局表示，一家企业遭到无人机残骸的破坏，但他们没有提供细节。