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Ukrainian forces strike key bridge in Russia-occupied south

In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu listens as he inspects Russian troops at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. Shoigu inspected the troops in eastern Ukraine, ordering them to act more aggressively to down Ukrainian drones and prevent Ukraine's army from shelling the areas that have been taken by Russian forces. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Press Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, second right, and Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, center, talk with local authorities against the background of the houses destroyed by the Russian shelling in Hostomel, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Press Office via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Press Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, right, and Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, second left, pass by houses destroyed by the Russian shelling in Hostomel, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Press Office via AP) In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, a Russian Mi-28 anti-armor attack helicopter fires rockets on a mission at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., stands with Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, as she arrives to address members of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP) Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, addresses members of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, and European Commissioner for European Green Deal Frans Timmermans address a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The European Union's head office on Wednesday proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15% over the coming months that any full Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies to the bloc will not fundamentally disrupt industries and send an additional chill through homes next winter. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) Rescuers load the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Men transfer the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Mykola Zavodovskyi, right, and Tetiana Zavodovska, injured from a rocket attack that hit a five-story building, leave after receiving treatment at a hospital, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Resident Olena smokes her cigarette after her kitchen's windows broke in the aftermath of a rocket attack at a residential area, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Men move the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, Russian soldiers fire a mortar from their position at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) A police officer, right, comforts a man as he holds the hand of a relative killed in Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Ukrainian servicemen shoot with SPG-9 recoilless gun during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., stands with Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, as she arrives to address members of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP) Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, addresses members of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, and European Commissioner for European Green Deal Frans Timmermans address a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The European Union's head office on Wednesday proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15% over the coming months that any full Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies to the bloc will not fundamentally disrupt industries and send an additional chill through homes next winter. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) Rescuers load the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Men transfer the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Mykola Zavodovskyi, right, and Tetiana Zavodovska, injured from a rocket attack that hit a five-story building, leave after receiving treatment at a hospital, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Resident Olena smokes her cigarette after her kitchen's windows broke in the aftermath of a rocket attack at a residential area, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Men move the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) A police officer, right, comforts a man as he holds the hand of a relative killed in Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Ukrainian servicemen shoot with SPG-9 recoilless gun during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, and European Commissioner for European Green Deal Frans Timmermans address a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The European Union's head office on Wednesday proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15% over the coming months that any full Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies to the bloc will not fundamentally disrupt industries and send an additional chill through homes next winter. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) Rescuers load the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Men transfer the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Mykola Zavodovskyi, right, and Tetiana Zavodovska, injured from a rocket attack that hit a five-story building, leave after receiving treatment at a hospital, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Resident Olena smokes her cigarette after her kitchen's windows broke in the aftermath of a rocket attack at a residential area, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Men move the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) A police officer, right, comforts a man as he holds the hand of a relative killed in Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Ukrainian servicemen shoot with SPG-9 recoilless gun during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Men move the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) A police officer, right, comforts a man as he holds the hand of a relative killed in Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Rescuers load the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Men transfer the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) A woman salvages what she can from her damaged apartment, after a rocket hit her five-story residential building, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian servicemen shoot with SPG-9 recoilless gun during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Men move the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) A police officer, right, comforts a man as he holds the hand of a relative killed in Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Rescuers load the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Men transfer the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) A woman salvages what she can from her damaged apartment, after a rocket hit her five-story residential building, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian servicemen shoot with SPG-9 recoilless gun during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Men move the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) A police officer, right, comforts a man as he holds the hand of a relative killed in Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Rescuers load the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Men transfer the body of a victim killed by Russian shelling onto a stretcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) A woman salvages what she can from her damaged apartment, after a rocket hit her five-story residential building, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian servicemen shoot with SPG-9 recoilless gun during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A five-story residential building damaged from a rocket attack on a residential area, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) A woman salvages what she can from her damaged apartment, after a rocket hit her five-story residential building, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Mykola Zavodovskyi, right, and Tetiana Zavodovska, injured from a rocket attack that hit a five-story building, receive treatment at a hospital, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) A five-story residential building damaged from a rocket attack on a residential area, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian servicemen shoot with 82mm mortar during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Serhiy Melnyk "Marsel", general of the Ukrainian army, right, hugs a comrade in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukrainian servicemen carry ammunition during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukrainian servicemen clean mortar shells during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukrainian servicemen clean mortar shells during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukrainian servicemen shoot with SPG-9 recoilless gun during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukrainian forces strike key bridge in Russia-occupied south