A pontoon ferry has been built by Russian military engineers to allow civilians to cross the Dnipro River near Kherson after a strategic road bridge was seriously damaged in Ukrainian shelling.

The video by RIA Novosti agency showed both vehicles and pedestrians crossing the Dnipro, with the pontoon ferry mooring close to the damaged Antonivskiy Bridge in Kherson region.

The bridge was hit repeatedly by U.S.-made HIMARS high mobility artillery rocket systems, local pro-Russian officials have said.

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