On July 1, witnesses photographed a large amount of smoke in the coastal area passing by the exit of the Crimea Bridge.
According to preliminary information, Russia is holding emergency drills to simulate the bridge being bombed to protect the bridge.
After Crimea was annexed to Russia in 2014, Russia spent US$7 billion to build this 18.1-kilometer-long bridge.
In 2019, the Crimea Bridge was officially opened to traffic.
During the special military operations, Crimea has become a logistics support base for the Russian army on the southern front. Many supplies were transported into the southern part of Ukraine through the Crimean Bridge.
Regarding the Crimean Bridge, the United States has been suggesting that Ukraine blow up the bridge.
After the special military operation, in April this year, Alexei Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, once said: As long as Ukraine has such capabilities, it will definitely bomb the Crimean Bridge. .
However, Danilov did not explain at the time whether Kiev had the weapons and capabilities to carry out the attack.
On May 7, ITASS and RIA Novosti reported that Latvian Armed Forces official Janis Sledings revealed in an interview with his country’s television station that Ukraine plans to bomb the Crimean Bridge on May 9.
May 9th is the Victory Day in Russia’s Patriotic War.
In response to this, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that if Ukraine bombs the bridge, the Russian army will take a "lightning beheading action."
The Crimean Bridge is in an area controlled by Russia. If Ukraine wants to launch an attack, it will definitely not be easy to infiltrate it. And now that Russia knows that Ukraine may blow up the Crimean Bridge, it will definitely increase its vigilance. If you infiltrate now, you will die. .
Then the only way is to launch long-range missiles . At that time, Ukraine did not have that condition. Now Ukraine has Seamass rocket launchers , M777 howitzers , and 155mm cannons. These are capable of blowing up bridges.
On June 15, the United States approved a new batch of US$1 billion worth of military aid to Ukraine, including more long-range artillery and "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles.
Subsequently, Major General Dmitry Marchenko of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed in an interview with the United States that once received long-range weapons assisted by the West, he would immediately target Crimea, which connects Crimea with the Russian mainland. bridge.
Now, Ukrainian weapons are in place, and Russia has begun exercises to simulate the bombing of a bridge.
Does Ukraine really dare to blow up bridges?
