Ukraine’s security service (SBU) revealed a new special operation once again hitting Russia’s Kerch Bridge to Crimea, this time in an underwater attack that it said had left the structure “in disrepair”. They published a video of the explosion.
In a post on Telegram, the SBU said its agents had mined the underwater supports of the bridge in an operation that had lasted several months, and detonated the first device at 4:44 a.m. local time on Tuesday morning.
The SBU said it had “badly damaged” those supports with the explosives, which had the blast equivalent of 1100 kilograms of TNT.
“In fact, the bridge is in disrepair,” the SBU said, noting this is third time it has hit the strategically important crossing that connects Russia to the Crimean Peninsula.
Ukraine’s SBU claimed to have hit the Kerch Bridge with underwater explosives in the latest attack on the key transport link between the peninsula and Russia. The SBU said the operation took months to plan and used 1,100kg of explosives which damaged the structure. Local media reported the bridge was closed earlier on June 3.
Head of the SBU, Lieutenant General Vasyl Malyuk, said: “Previously, we struck the Crimean Bridge twice in 2022 and 2023. So today we continued this tradition underwater. There is no place for any illegal Russian facilities on the territory of our state. “Therefore, the Crimean Bridge is an absolutely legitimate target, especially considering that the enemy used it as a logistical artery to supply its troops. Crimea is Ukraine, and any manifestations of occupation will receive our tough response.”
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