After the Kerch Bridge on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula was attacked, the Kremlin is apparently doing everything it can to prevent further attacks. Now ships are also apparently being sunk to block the waterways to Putin’s prestige project.
It was not until mid-July that explosions occurred on the Kerch bridge, committed from the waterway. A heavy blow to Moscow, because the structure is the longest bridge in Europe and of great strategic and symbolic importance. It is Russia’s only land connection to Crimea, which was annexed in 2014.
Ukrainian intelligence service: “Hysterical reaction”
To make it more difficult for Ukrainian forces to attack the building, the Russian army seems likely to block the waterways. As reported by the Ukrainian military intelligence service HUR, ferries are being sunk near the bridge – additional barriers will be erected between the wrecks. “In this way, the enemy is trying to protect the Kerch bridge from damage,” the agency said in a broadcast. The secret service speaks of a “hysterical reaction of the military and political leadership of Moscow”.
“Intellectual crisis within the military-political leadership”
The protective measure also reveals an “intellectual crisis within the military-political leadership of terrorist Russia,” which the statement mocks. Russia plans to sink at least six ships.
According to Kiev, drone boats were used in the attack in July, each loaded with 850 kilograms of explosives. The roadway was damaged by an explosion near a bridge pier. Russia said repairs will last at least until November.
Source: Krone
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