Ukraine Strike Damages Bridge Linking Crimea To South Ukraine: Russia Official

The bridge which was damaged links Crimean peninsula to the south Ukraine. (File)

Moscow:

A strike has damaged a bridge linking the annexed Crimean peninsula to a region of southern Ukraine partially occupied by Russia, a Russian official said on Thursday.

“During the night a strike hit the Chongar bridge. There are no victims” Sergei Aksyonov, the Russia-installed governor of Crimea, said on Telegram. 

The bridge connects Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, to the Ukrainian region of Kherson.

The Russia-installed governor of Kherson, Vladimir Saldo, said that Ukrainian strikes had hit “bridges” near Chongar, next to photos of what appeared to be gaping holes on a bridge. 

The strike came as Ukraine wages a counter-offensive to recapture territory occupied by Russian forces.

Crimea has been regularly targeted by strikes, mostly using drones, over recent months.

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