Ukraine plans to destroy Kerch bridge and return Crimea - intelligence
Defense Intelligence of Ukraine representative Andrii Yusov (photo: Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
The Ukrainian military has a plan to finally destroy the illegally built Kerch bridge and return the occupied Crimea. Details are not yet disclosed, states the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine representative Andrii Yusov.
Yusov noted that the Russians are currently using the temporarily occupied peninsula as a “large military base.” He added that the occupied Crimea is an important territory for Russians in terms of logistics.
“I would like to look at the watch and say that the bridge still has 15 minutes left to stand - but the reality is more complicated,” the representative of the DIU said.
He added that the Defense Forces have a plan to de-occupy the peninsula, but noted that they will not disclose these details yet.
“Of course, the Security and Defense Forces have plans for both the de-occupation of Ukrainian lands and the peninsula and the destruction of all things that hinder this. We will not make any announcements. Just as we did not do it in the past, when the corresponding strikes were inflicted and were effective,” the intelligence noted.
At the beginning of the month, partisans conducted reconnaissance near the Kerch Bridge in Crimea.
In July last year, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Crimean Bridge was a target for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
