British intelligence finds out how Russia is trying to protect Crimean bridge from strikes

The British Ministry of Defense reported the information on Twitter.  

British intelligence notes that on May 24, Russia conducted security exercises around the Crimean Bridge in the temporarily occupied Kerch. This included the creation of a smoke screen that partially masked the bridge.

The smoke screen was created by TDA-3 smoke generators of the 28th Brigade of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Troops of the Russian Federation.

"Russian doctrine considers the use of smoke part of maskirovka (camouflage and deception) - upon which it places strong emphasis. However, in practice, Russian maskirovka has generally been ineffectual in the Ukraine war, likely because of a lack of a strong central planning function and poor low-level battle discipline," the British intelligence concluded. 

• On May 22, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that strikes on the temporarily occupied Crimea would be considered an attack on one of Russia’s subjects.