Storm Shadow missiles 'made a huge hole in a key bridge in Crimea'

The missile breached the bridge across the Chongar to Crimea. Photo: Volodymyr Saldo via Telegram/Reuters

He claimed that the Ukrainian army used British Storm Shadow missiles to target the bridge.

“The Kiev terrorists want to intimidate the residents of Kherson, but they will not succeed,” the statement said.

He also promised Russian retaliation against bridges in Ukraine and Moldova, promising that “ a serious response will follow.”

The Chongar Crossing in northeast Crimea is one of two key highways and bridges linking the peninsula with southern mainland Ukraine.

>It is likely that Russia used bridge over the Chongar as the main supply route for their troops fighting north of the Melitopol fortress.

The bridge over the Chongar is the main route supplies from Crimea to the mainland Photo: Volodymyr Saldo via Telegram/Reuters to deliver supplies and reinforcements to the southern front.

Ukraine did not immediately claim responsibility for the attack, but a representative of the Ukrainian military intelligence indirectly confirmed the role of Kiev.

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“The only thing I can say is that there will be more of this,” Andriy Yusov, spokesman for the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Directorate, said on Thursday morning.

Russia has not reported casualties from the attack, but on Thursday, Telegram channel -war posted footage from the bridge showing several vehicles stuck upside down on the bridge railing.

Some were missing wheels or other parts, indicating they may have been taken from a landfill.< /p>