KYIV: Ukraine’s SBU safety service mentioned on Tuesday (Jun 3) that it had hit the street and rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula beneath the water degree with explosives.
In an announcement, the SBU mentioned it had used 1,100 kilograms of explosives that have been detonated early within the morning and broken underwater pillars of the bridge, a key provide route for Russian forces in Ukraine previously.
The official Russian outlet which supplies common standing updates on the bridge mentioned its operation had been suspended for about three hours between 4 am and seven am native time (9 am and 12 pm, Singapore time).
It gave no motive for the non permanent closure, however mentioned the bridge had been reopened and was functioning as regular.
“Beforehand, we hit the Crimean Bridge twice, in 2022 and 2023. So at this time we continued this custom underwater,” the SBU mentioned in its assertion, including that the operation had been ready over a number of months.
The SBU shared video footage that confirmed an explosion subsequent to one of many many help pillars of the bridge.
Reuters was in a position to verify the placement from the construction and bearing parts of the bridge that matched satellite tv for pc and file imagery of the realm. Reuters was not in a position to independently confirm when the video was filmed.
Russian navy bloggers mentioned the assault had been unsuccessful and speculated that it had been carried out by a Ukrainian sea drone.
