Important supply routes
Russian occupiers report attacks on bridges near Crimea
08/06/2023, 5:45 p.m
The Chonhar Bridge is an important supply route for the Russian army to bring goods, weapons and ammunition to occupied Crimea. Now there’s a big hole in one spot. According to Russian sources, it was caused by missiles. Other bridges also become targets.
The Russian occupiers in southern Ukraine have reported another Ukrainian attack on the Chonhar Bridge to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Moscow. The structure connecting Crimea and mainland Ukraine was hit by a missile and damaged, Kherson Oblast occupation chief Vladimir Saldo wrote on Telegram. He also published two photos showing a larger hole in the roadway of the car bridge.
A little further northeast near Henichesk, a bridge was fired upon with several rockets and a nearby gas pipeline was also damaged, Saldo wrote. A person was injured. The information cannot be checked independently at first. So far, there has been no official statement from Kiev.
The Chonhar Bridge is an important supply route for the Russian army, which has been waging a war of aggression against Ukraine for more than 17 months. It has already been attacked several times by the Ukrainians as part of their counter-offensive this summer. Kiev wants to liberate all parts of its territory occupied by Russia – including Crimea, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014.
Hits against Russian ships
Recently, Ukraine announced that it would expand its drone strikes on Russian targets. August has been a successful month so far, Ukrainian Security Secretary Oleksiy Danilov wrote on Twitter in light of the recent hits against Russian ships.
On Saturday night, a Russian tanker between Russia and Crimea was hit by a sea drone in the engine room. According to Russian information, emergency services pumped water out of the ship so that it would not sink. According to the media, a sea drone hit a Black Sea Fleet ship in Novorossiysk on Friday.