Ukrainian surgery: criminal bridge badly damaged-what's next?

Ukrainian surgery: criminal bridge badly damaged-what's next?

Krim-Brücke, Russland - On June 3, 2025, Ukraine reports a successful attack on the strategically important Crimean bridge. This campaign, which was organized by the Ukrainian secret service SBU, shows a significant intensification of military operations against Russian infrastructure for the third time since the beginning of the invasion in February 2022 href = "https://www.saechsische.de/politik/putins-krim-bruecke-getroffen-ukraine-heimmienst-laegt-in-russland-zu-z Lrkg4vforoblbyqgx6wt74lja.html? Mst_prev_website = sz & mst_prev_page_id =%2farchiv%2f & mst_prev_link_type = frontpage "> Saxon the SBU placed 1,100 kilograms of explosives in the sea floor under the bridge and brought it to detonation at 4:44 a.m.

The explosion occurred under water in the immediate vicinity of a bridge pillar and led to the damage to several pillars, which the bridge is currently in a “practically in emergency status”. The traffic via the Crimean Bridge had to be stopped for three hours, but was resumed at 9:00 a.m. (local time). Allegedly, no civilian victims are to be complained about, as the SBU emphasizes.

strategic importance of attacks

The Crimean Bridge plays a crucial role in the connection of the annexed crime to the Russian mainland and therefore has an immense strategic importance. The SBU explained that the preparation of this operation took several months. The Russian side has not confirmed the attack and speaks of a intercepted Ukrainian drone, whose debris fell on the bridge, which the Russian reporting puts in the twilight, like n-tv reported.

The Crimean Bridge was not the first time of Ukrainian attacks. In October 2022, it was significantly damaged by a truck full of explosives, which paralyzed traffic for several months. In February 2023, the bridge was only completely released. In July 2023 there were again attacks by Ukrainian swimming drones.

extended attack tactics

In addition to the attack on the Crimean Bridge, Ukraine also attacked other bridges to the Crimea on Sunday. The Tschonhar bridge was hit hard and the traffic was also closed there. According to T-Online , a total of twelve floors were fired towards Crimea, with the Russian air defense nine of these marching aircraft could. The attack also damaged a gas line, which had an impact on around 20,000 people.

The Ukrainian armed forces claimed the attacks for themselves, which is to be regarded as unusual in the previous conflict dynamics. Military planning shows that Ukraine has had "Storm Shadow" marching aircraft from British and French deliveries since summer, which contributes to a new dimension of warfare.

The head of the Crimean Crew, Sergej Aksjonov, stated that the repair of the Tschonhar Bridge is already being worked on, while the Russian occupation authorities assured that car traffic to Crimea in the north would continue to be possible through two connection paths.