Ukrainian military confirm another attack on Chonhar Bridge; it sustained critical damage
The Chonghar Bridge, which connects the temporarily occupied Crimea with mainland Ukraine, has already been attacked twice this month by Ukraine’s Armed Forces. This time the bridge has sustained critical damage. Now the Russians are seeking new logistics routes to transport ammunition and fuel.
This was reported by Dmytro Filatov (Perun), commander of the First Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmytro Kotsyubailo, according to Suspilne media.
According to Filatov, traffic across the bridge has currently been suspended for both trucks and passenger cars. The bridge now requires extensive repairs. The commander adds that the occupiers are currently building pontoon bridges and are also attempting to transport cargo via Armiansk.
“Today, the traffic was completely halted. We carried out another operation. We’ll share details later on how it went. Since the Chonhar Bridge was damaged, the enemy concentrated a large number of trucks carrying military cargo, which were moving through Armiansk. Accordingly, during the strike, we managed to hit the trucks carrying fuel and ammunition. There were about 50 vehicles there, and some of them were destroyed,” Perun said.
He says the attack on the Chonhar Bridge was planned in six hours. At the same time, the operation on the Armiansk Bridge was planned “in advance,” since, he claims, “they anticipated that the Russians would use this route.”
Earlier, on the morning of June 11, Vladimir Saldo, Russia-installed head of the occupied part of the Kherson region, posted about new attacks on the bridge on his Telegram channel. According to him, the Ukraine’s Defense Forces attacked bridges across the North Crimean Canal near the Preobrazhenka and Myrne, the road bridge in the direction of Perekop–Armiansk, as well as a bridge near the village of Stavky. He said that “there is damage.”
Attacks on Bridges
On June 7, Saldo reported a strike on the Chonhar Bridge. The operation was carried out by the Falanha unit of the 1st Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmytro Kotsyubailo and the 475th Separate Assault Regiment CODE 9.2. Drones manufactured by Fire Point and Behemoth UAVs were used to conduct the attack.
Traffic was restored after the first attack, but another strike occurred the following day, so drivers were rerouted via Armiansk and Perekop.