It’s fair to call the Cape Tarkhankut site the linchpin of Russian air and naval defenses across the Black Sea. Which is why the Ukrainian armed forces blew it up.
missile attack on the crimean bridge? yeah, good morning, laila. we understand this may have been three missiles in total. that s according to the pro-russian head of crimea, who talked about modified air defense missiles, s-200, being used. the russian ministry of defense talks about two separate attempts to hit the bridge a couple of hours apart on saturday afternoon. but of course they say they thwarted there s attempts and there s no damage. i think, look, the russian foreign ministry in condemning the attack said that the bridge was a piece of purely civilian critical infrastructure. that i think does not bear out in reality. that we know that this is really the only physical link between russia and occupied crimea, that it s a critical part of the war effort. but it s also a critical part of russia s sort of messaging, propaganda, strategy, being that only physical link symbolizes to the russian people, legitimizes that annexation the best part of a decade ago. it legitimizes t
Ukrainian forces have once again attempted to launch an attack against the bridge across the Kerch Strait, which links Russia’s Crimean Peninsula with the. 12.08.2023, Sputnik International