Zelensky orders a free transport program for Kyiv over the attacks on its bridges

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday tasked Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi with presenting a program of free travel on Kyiv's urban surface transport and a sufficient reserve of buses, according to his official Telegram channel. The stated aim is to guarantee that service when there are failures in the metro or problems with the bridges over the Dnipro.

Zelensky said the prime minister, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council and the interior minister presented him with options for backup transport schemes for the capital, and that the number of vehicles needed and the reorganization of traffic in certain parts of the city are being worked out.

According to The Kyiv Independent, details of the plan could be presented as soon as Monday, according to presidential adviser Dmytro Lytvyn. The same outlet says Russia has been targeting the bridges linking the city's two banks since early October, and that the Northern Bridge was hit again on the night of November 6 to 7, when, according to Zelensky, Russia launched 36 ballistic missiles at Kyiv and its region.

The cost of the program, its start date and who will fund it have not yet been published.