Russia strikes key Ukraine bridge with naval drone in attack feared to spell trouble for Kyiv’s navy

Russia attacked a key bridge in Ukraine’s Odesa region, in what is understood to be Moscow’s first use of a naval drone.

Grainy surveillance footage from Friday night showed a fast-moving object slamming into the Zatoka bridge near the strategic port city before exploding.

Ukraine’s armed forces commander, Gen Valeri Zaluzhnyi, said he feared Russia’s turn to using water-based uncrewed devices posed a threat to civilian shipping in the Black Sea.

But military analysts said the more pressing consequences would be for Ukrainian naval strategy. “Russia was not known to have these types...