Armed Forces of Ukraine confirm successful air attack on bridge near Chonhar
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have confirmed that they carried out a successful air attack on a bridge linking the Russian-occupied part of Kherson Oblast with Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Crimea, near the town of Chonhar.
The Strategic Communications Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Telegram reported that the attack was carried out on the morning of July 29.
"The Defense Forces of Ukraine successfully struck the Chonhar bridge in the morning of 07/29/2023. Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine!" the department said in a short message, without giving any further details.
The Russian-occupied part of Kherson Oblast is connected to Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Crimea by both road and rail bridges in the north-eastern part of the Crimean Peninsula.
Earlier, the Russian-installed head of the occupation authorities in Kherson Oblast, Volodymyr Saldo, said that on July 29the Defense Forces allegedly tried to destroy the railway bridge between the oblast and Crimea.
At the time, he said 12 long-range Storm Shadow missiles were allegedly shot down by Russian air defenses. Russian authorities typically claim that all attacking missiles are shot down by air defenses.
Meanwhile, Russian tourists claimed in social media chats that all cars had been stopped at a checkpoint in front of Chonhar, saying that the Chonhar bridge was closed because it had been "blown up." Moreover, damage to the bridge was reported by local residents.
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The bridges linking the Russian-occupied part of Kherson Oblast with the north-eastern part of the Crimean Peninsula have been attacked several times.
After an earlier attack on the Chonhar road bridge on July 5, the Ukrainian military’s General Staff confirmed that the bridge had been hit by Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
The Russian invasion forces also said there had been an attack on the night of June 22 on the Chonhar road bridge.
At that time, Andrii Yusov, a representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense, succinctly reacted to the attack on the Chongar bridge, saying that "there will be more."
The Kremlin has refused to comment on the attack on the bridge: the press secretary of the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Dmytro Peskov, referred journalists to the Russian Ministry of Defense for comment.
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