The railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal, in the temporarily occupied Crimea, near the village of Rozdolne, was destroyed by units of the Middle Strike of the Special Operations Forces in cooperation with underground members of the SSO Resistance Movement, reports UNN.
"This was a strategic military-logistics artery for the occupiers. The facility was part of a transport corridor for moving cargo, resources, and military materiel in two key directions: from the territory of the Russian Federation through Crimea – to support the group of forces in the southern direction, as well as within the peninsula – to maintain the functioning of the Crimean military infrastructure," the Special Operations Forces reported.
SSO drones on the night of June 22 destroyed the bridge with precise strikes: both the railway track was destroyed and one of the spans collapsed.
At the same time, underground members of the SSO Resistance Movement reported the arrival of special railway repair equipment at the facility. The second phase of the mission was launched. On the night of June 23, SSO drones struck both the repair equipment and, again, the remains of the bridge.
According to OSINT investigators, the bridge was struck by Fire Point attack UAVs. Apparently, these are FP-2 drones, which are used for medium-range strikes.
The Ukrainian military emphasized that they continue to destroy the enemy's military logistics, reducing his offensive and defensive potential.
"Cutting off" Crimea destroys one of Putin's main goals
The military, using Ukrainian-made middle-strike UAVs, have already struck key Crimean bridges near Chongar and Armyansk. The strikes were carried out using FP-2 and "Behemoth" drones. The bridge connecting the Kherson region with Crimea in Chongar was hit twice – on the night of June 6-7, and also on the night of June 9.
In addition, on June 8, the bridge leading from Henichesk to the Arabat Spit came under attack. Two more bridges across the North Crimean Canal – in the area of the settlements of Preobrazhenka and Myrne near Armyansk – were attacked on June 11.
Furthermore, on the night of June 13, the "Dzhankoi" checkpoint, a railway bridge, and a pontoon crossing were struck. In the video recordings of the strikes, shown by the 1st Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, instead of a traditional sight, there is a green heart, which is characteristic of the attack drones produced by the Fire Point company.
The series of strikes on bridges and logistics routes connecting the temporarily occupied Crimea with the mainland part of Ukraine became another stage of the Ukrainian strategy to isolate the Russian group in the south.
Military expert Oleh Zhdanov believes that the peninsula remains the most vulnerable link in the Russian occupation system.
We have always said from the very beginning that it would be easiest to liberate Crimea, rather than the territory of mainland Ukraine. Why? Because the mainland part adjoins the Russian Federation, and there is very powerful logistics there. But Crimea is a territory that can be captured, but is extremely difficult to hold
According to the expert, the current strikes have not only a military effect of cutting off the logistics of Russian troops, but also a political one.
"Creating conditions for the liberation of Crimea nullifies all the goals that Putin set for this war. I mean back in 2014, when he spoke about 'returning to a safe haven' and promised to make Crimea an 'unsinkable aircraft carrier.' And now this aircraft carrier is going to the bottom. The main political goal of seizing foreign territories and destroying Ukraine as a state is being broken," Zhdanov explained.
The strikes on Crimean logistics present Russia with a choice: either to transfer more and more resources to defend the occupied peninsula, or to risk gradually losing control over Crimea.