Ukraine says damage to Chongar Bridge is prerequisite for positive news to come 

The head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Defense Forces of Ukraine, Natalia Humeniuk, shared the information on the United News national marathon.

"Given our experience with the Antonivskyi bridge, along the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, we understand the tactics of the occupiers. We know exactly what they will do, how they will try to arrange an alternative. The enemy is also aware that we will be working methodically on this crossing as well. It is clear that this complicates their logistics and supplies, but the occupiers will continue to repair the bridge, just as they did during our work to liberate the right bank over the bridges across the Dnipro," she said.

Humeniuk emphasizes that Russian troops are facing challenging conditions due to the events unfolding on the front line, which primarily occur on land, while the bridge is situated deep within their rear.

"They will suffer again and again because it is not fully operational. Because the alternative route through Armyansk is much closer to the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, and the occupiers realize that fire control there is also strong. We can say that the damage to the Chongar bridge is a prerequisite for the positive news we are approaching," summarized the head of the Joint Coordination Press Center.

Explosion at the Chongar Bridge

On the night of June 22, the Russian forces reported an explosion at the Chongar Bridge near the temporarily occupied Crimea.

According to the collaborationist Volodymyr Saldo from Kherson, the strike was allegedly carried out by a British Storm Shadow missile. The road surface on the bridges was damaged, but there were no casualties. Later, he threatened strikes on bridges in the Odesa region.

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces stated that it was deliberate work by Defense Forces and partisans. The Russian occupiers made a pontoon crossing immediately after the attack on the Chongar Bridge, which connects the temporarily occupied Crimea with Ukraine.

The UK Ministry of Defence noted that the strikes on the bridges near Chongar at the entrance to Crimea have significantly complicated logistics for the Russian occupying forces in Zaporizhzhia region. This is evidenced by their rapid pace of building a pontoon ferry. 

On June 28, Humeniuk said on Espreso TV that after the Chongar Bridge was blown up, Russia was trying to use an alternative route that led through Armyansk.