Russian-appointed officials confirm Ukrainian missile attack on bridge linking Kherson and Crimea
Despite a relative decline in counterattacks in recent days, Russian-appointed officials in the Kherson and Crimean regions have confirmed that Ukrainian forces launched a missile attack on a bridge linking Kherson in southern Ukraine and Crimea.
chinese bridge, leading To #Crimea from #Kherson region was blown up.
🔸Storm Shadow missile strike has been confirmed #aksenov.
🔸Multiple bridges on border between Crimea and Kherson region damage has been reported. 🔸 Damaged road surface. rice.twitter.com/0iESnB4hju– Russian Market (@runews) June 22, 2023
Volodymyr Saldo, the pro-Russian governor of Kherson, said on Thursday that the bridge was likely attacked by British Storm Shadow missiles that destroyed the road.
But he explained that the traffic was diverted to another road, according to Reuters.
No injuries
Meanwhile, the President of the Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that Ukrainian forces fired on the Chongar bridge, there were no casualties. He explained on his Telegram channel that explosives specialists are now working to determine the type of explosive materials, and the competent authorities are conducting a survey of roads.
For his part, Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the President of Crimea, confirmed on his Telegram channel that traffic along the land corridors through the new areas was not disrupted, indicating that “the peninsula is connected to Kherson through three transit sections, two in the Armenian region and one in the region Zankoy, and the failure of one of them cannot significantly disrupt traffic … \”.
The attack comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed yesterday Wednesday that the counterattack launched by his country about two weeks ago to push Russian troops out of “the land it has occupied in Ukraine” continues, but its intensity is somewhat has declined in recent days. .
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated that Ukrainian soldiers had suffered “significant losses”, arguing that a “stalemate” had developed on the fronts amid the failure of the counterstrike.
The strike also came after Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu warned that the Ukrainian army plans to strike Crimea, which his country annexed to its territory in 2014, with U.S. Himars missiles and British Storm Shadow missiles, threatening that Moscow will respond to this. immediately strike at the decision-making centers in Kyiv.
