Ukraine says it struck the highway and rail bridge linking Russia and Crimea with underwater explosives.
A video of the explosion on Kerch Bridge was posted on Ukraine’s safety service (SBU) X account.
The deliberate assault took “several months” of labor and concerned detonating 1,100kg of explosives in a single day, which “severely damaged” the foundations of the bridge, in accordance with the SBU.
Russia is but to reply however authorities say bridge crossings have restarted after it was closed for many of the day on Tuesday.
Vladimir Putin opened the 12-mile bridge in 2018. It holds symbolic and strategic significance for Russia, which makes use of it to move provides and weapons to its forces in occupied Crimea.
It’s the third time Ukraine has hit the construction after assaults in 2022 and 2023.
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The most recent incident comes days after Ukraine launched an audacious drone assault on air bases inside Russia over the weekend.
Mr Zelenskyy mentioned the assault on 40 bomber plane at a number of bases throughout Russia would “undoubtedly be in history books”.
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Drones had been smuggled into the nation and launched remotely off the again of vehicles, safety sources mentioned.
On Sunday, two railway bridges collapsed in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk areas. Russia blamed Ukraine, which has not commented.
