Ukraine hits bridge linking Crimea to mainland in blow to Russian supply route

Ukraine hits bridge linking Crimea to mainland in blow to Russian supply route
Ukraine hits bridge linking Crimea to mainland in blow to Russian supply route

Ukraine is attacking Russian supply lines to disrupt Moscow’s defence of occupied territory in the south, where Kyiv is in the early stages of its most ambitious counteroffensive of the 16-month-old war. Kyiv says it has recaptured eight villages so far, but it has yet to commit the bulk of its forces to the fight and its troops have yet to reach the main Russian defensive lines.

 Ukrainian missiles on Thursday struck one of the few bridges linking the Crimea Peninsula with the Ukrainian mainland, Russian-appointed officials said, cutting one of the main supply routes for Russian occupation forces in southern Ukraine.

Meanwhile on the eastern front, Ukrainian forces were containing Russian troops and have not allowed “a single metre” of Russian advances, Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on the Telegram app on Thursday.

She added Ukrainian forces on the southern front, where several villages were retaken last week, were “gradually moving forward. We have had partial success. We are pushing back the enemy and levelling the front line”.