Ukrainian president praises ‘very effective’ Patriot and Iris-T systems after night of deadly strikes
Ukrainian attacks on two key bridges linking the occupied Crimean peninsula with the Russian occupied Kherson region “will likely pose significant disruptions to logistics” for the Russian military, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said in its latest update on the conflict.
Ukraine launched precision missile strikes on the Chonhar and Henichesk road bridges on Sunday. Russian sources had circulated images showing “significant damage” to the Henichesk bridge and claimed that a section had partially collapsed, the US-based thinktank said.
It is unclear how quickly Russian officials will be able to repair the Chonhar bridge and it is equally as unclear if Russian officials have repaired the Chonhar railway bridge that Ukrainian forces struck on July 29. The damage to the Henichesk Strait bridge will likely take Russian officials substantially longer to repair.
Russian forces likely can reduce risks from Ukrainian indirect fire in this area by taking slower and less efficient village roads … but at the cost of slower and more complicated logistics support.
