Russia ‘Sinking Ferries to Protect Crimean Bridge’
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Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Directorate (HUR) claimed that Russia will sink ferries in the Kerch Strait to create a barrier to protect the bridge from attack by Ukraine sea drones.
by Kyiv Post | August 22, 2023, 9:41 pm | Comments ( 1)
This picture taken on December 23, 2019, shows the Crimean Bridge that spans the Kerch Strait. Photo by Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP
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Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has claimed that Russia plans to sink at least six ferries or similar sized vessels in an attempt to build a barrier to protect the Crimean Bridge.
In a post on Telegram, they identified the location of the first sunken craft at the following coordinates- 45.243 ; 36.585, as shown on the map below.
HUR indicated that Russian forces are already in the process of preparing a second ferry and will link the six ferries with other forms of barrier.
Ukraine has already carried out two successful attacks which have seriously damaged the bridge structure.
The first was October’s vehicle-borne attack and the second was the sea-borne attack on the bridge on July 17 using two so-called “Sea Baby” Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) drones. In spite of Moscow’s categorization of the attacks as “terrorist” operations, Kyiv considers it to be a legitimate military target.
HUR claims the Kremlin “demanded anything to secure the facility, which is critically important for the military logistics of the Russian army of occupation.”
It added that attempting to protect the nineteen-kilometer-long bridge in this way “testifies to the feverishness of the enemy's decisions and the intellectual crisis within the military-political leadership” of Russia.
Kyiv Post
7 hours ago
Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Directorate (HUR) claimed that Russia will sink ferries in the Kerch Strait to create a barrier to protect the bridge from attack by Ukraine sea drones.
by Kyiv Post | August 22, 2023, 9:41 pm | Comments ( 1)
This picture taken on December 23, 2019, shows the Crimean Bridge that spans the Kerch Strait. Photo by Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP
Related topics
Black Sea Grain Deal
Kerch Bridge
Nuclear weapon
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Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has claimed that Russia plans to sink at least six ferries or similar sized vessels in an attempt to build a barrier to protect the Crimean Bridge.
In a post on Telegram, they identified the location of the first sunken craft at the following coordinates- 45.243 ; 36.585, as shown on the map below.
HUR indicated that Russian forces are already in the process of preparing a second ferry and will link the six ferries with other forms of barrier.
Ukraine has already carried out two successful attacks which have seriously damaged the bridge structure.
The first was October’s vehicle-borne attack and the second was the sea-borne attack on the bridge on July 17 using two so-called “Sea Baby” Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) drones. In spite of Moscow’s categorization of the attacks as “terrorist” operations, Kyiv considers it to be a legitimate military target.
HUR claims the Kremlin “demanded anything to secure the facility, which is critically important for the military logistics of the Russian army of occupation.”
It added that attempting to protect the nineteen-kilometer-long bridge in this way “testifies to the feverishness of the enemy's decisions and the intellectual crisis within the military-political leadership” of Russia.
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Summary
Russia allegedly planning to sink ferries in Kerch Strait to safeguard Crimean Bridge from Ukrainian sea drone attacks, as claimed by Ukraine's Military Intelligence Directorate. HUR also suggests that the Kremlin is desperate to secure this critical infrastructure for military logistics due to