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Ukrainian missiles have struck the Chonhar road bridge connecting Crimea with Russian-held parts of the southern Kherson region, according to Russian-appointed officials.
The so-called “gate to Crimea”, known to Russians by a different spelling as the Chongar bridge, is one of a handful of links between Crimea – which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014 – and mainland Ukraine.
Russian investigators said four missiles had been fired by Ukrainian forces at the bridge, the RIA news agency reported.
It quoted a spokesman for military investigators as saying that markings found on the remains of one of the missiles suggested it had been made in France.
Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem, reporting from Mariupol, said one of the three bridges in the area was damaged.
“Some analysts say that the attack came due to fear that the Russians are mobilising from that region for the army to resupply towards Kherson,” he said. “… Now we are still waiting to hear more from the Russian side about how this will be dealt with.”
Russian-appointed officials
Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-appointed governor of Kherson, parts of which Russian forces have captured during what Moscow calls its “special military operation”, said the road bridge had been damaged but that there were no casualties.
One picture Saldo posted on Telegram showed a large hole in the bridge’s surface with water visible beneath it and debris scattered nearby. Saldo suggested Ukraine may have used British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles for the attack.
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