Occupiers have banned military cargo traffic on the highway to Crimea - "Madyar"
Kyiv • UNN
The Russian command has banned the movement of military trucks on the Mariupol-Simferopol highway due to strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In two weeks, cargo traffic there has decreased by 71%.
The Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, reported that the Russian military command has banned military cargo transportation via the land corridor to Crimea through occupied territories following fire strikes that reduced cargo traffic on the route by 71%, UNN reports.
From now on, the occupier's logistics death marches to Crimea are permitted exclusively via backroads. An official admission of their own helplessness—submission accepted. As of June 7, by order of the commander of the "Vostok" group of forces, military cargo traffic is prohibited on the "E58-Emptiness" highway (the worm name for R-280 "Novorossiya"), specifically the section in the temporarily occupied territories of Mariupol-Berdyansk-Melitopol-Simferopol, which has already decreased by 71% over two weeks,
According to him, this was preceded by the fact that the "freedom-loving Ukrainian Bird of the Defense Forces (Birds of the USF, Army Aviation of the AFU, National Guard, SOF, SBU, and other components) appeared in a concentrated manner in the aforementioned operational depth. It delivers a certain number of fire strikes, as a result of which cargo traffic on the aforementioned route decreased by 71% over the last 14 days, and from now on is completely prohibited by the worm command."
In figures, according to his data, the situation is as follows: "11,000 vehicles/day - total traffic on the section of interest on the 'Novorossiya' highway, including cargo - 3,800 vehicles/day. As of early June, it was 6,500 vehicles/day, including cargo - 1,100 vehicles/day. 1,100:3,800 = minus 71%."
"This is not about total fire control of the highway," Brovdi emphasized. "The collapse of traffic is not a blockade. But the current diet of the first land corridor, as an artery of life for the occupation grouping, is sensitive and effective. And more is to come."
Addendum
On the night of June 9, the Chongar Bridge, which connects Crimea with the Kherson region, suffered repeated strikes.
The first time this happened was on the night of June 7—Ukrainian FP-2 and Behemoth drones attacked the Chongar Bridge connecting the Kherson region with Crimea. The strike was carried out by units of the Falanga multi-domain operations center of the 1st Separate Assault Regiment and the 475th Separate Assault Regiment Code 9.2. After the attack, traffic on the bridge was blocked. Presumably, the second strike was carried out using the same means.
The R-280 highway, built by the occupation authorities, passes through the bridge, connecting Rostov-on-Don with Crimea through the occupied territories of the Donetsk region. This route is one of the key logistical paths for supplying Russian troops on the peninsula.
Ukrainian defenders are actively destroying the enemy's logistical infrastructure, both land and sea-based, as well as delivering devastating strikes deep into the Russian Federation, particularly at oil refining industry facilities.
On the night of June 8, the "Grushovaya" oil pumping station was hit. As reported by the Special Operations Forces, this production site of the "Sheskharis" transshipment complex is part of Russia's largest seaport, Novorossiysk, in the Krasnodar Krai of the RF. According to OSINT analysts, the strike was carried out by Fire Point drones.
Middle-strike units of the Special Operations Forces on the night of June 7 struck two fuel infrastructure facilities in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
The "Semykolodezyanskaya" oil depot in the village of Yedy-Kuyu (Lenine), located approximately 200 km from the line of combat contact, was hit. The facility is used by Russian troops as a logistics hub for storing and transporting fuel oil, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products.
On the night of August 8, the Special Operations Forces, in a series of drone strikes, hit a junction of two Russian main oil pipelines in the Volgograd region of the RF, a radar station in the Krasnodar Krai of the RF, and an oil depot in occupied Crimea.