Video footage shared on Telegram on Friday revealed the destruction attributable to Ukrainian air strikes on a essential Russian provide bridge. The strikes occurred on Thursday, Ukraine’s 31st Independence Day, marking the nation’s independence from the Soviet Union.
Video of a strike on the Antonovsky bridge as we speak.https://t.co/W5JYFXgFlOhttps://t.co/O6iZQJyhb1 pic.twitter.com/UR8hjKIBM2
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) August 26, 2022
One video confirmed the strike from afar, with one finish of the bridge hit by a number of rockets. Further movies present the identical scene however from completely different angles.
One clip, which gave the impression to be filmed at a seaside, confirmed vacationers watching the destruction from afar.
Two Bridges Destroyed On Independence Day
Ukrainian forces efficiently induced injury to 2 bridges on Wednesday – the Kakhovka Bridge and the Antonovsky Bridge. Each bridges have been apparently utilized by Russian forces as provide strains, serving to transport navy gear and provides within the area as Russia prepares to escalate its navy offensive in southeastern Ukraine.
In a submit on Fb, Ukraine’s Operational Command South described how 4 strikes have been used to take out enemy weapons, manpower, and gear within the Beryslav district. In accordance with the command, the bridges have been hit by Ukrainian missile and artillery models.
Kirill Stremousov, the deputy chief of the pro-Russia Kherson Navy-Civilian Administration acknowledged the 2 strikes, and instructed state-run media that Ukrainian troops used U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket techniques to launch the assault.
Video of a strike on the Antonovsky bridge as we speak.https://t.co/W5JYFXgFlOhttps://t.co/O6iZQJyhb1 pic.twitter.com/UR8hjKIBM2
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) August 26, 2022
“There was an try to shell, a few holes have been added, however the bridge was intact, the air protection labored. HIMARS once more,” Stremousov mentioned.
An Further Bridge was Destroyed On Friday
On Friday, Ukraine’s Operational Command South introduced that an extra Russian provide bridge in Kherson was taken out of motion by additional strikes.
“Rocket artillery models continued to conduct missions, together with guaranteeing management over the Daryivskiy bridge. Its operation is presently halted,” an announcement defined.
The 100-meter-long bridge is the one Russian-controlled bridge throughout the Inhulets River, which is a tributary of the Dnipro River. Ukraine’s profitable strike on the bridge will trigger vital disruption to Russian forces within the space.
HIMARS Check by 32d Army Air and Missile Protection Command.
Marines Destroy Enemy Autos In Kherson
A Telegram submit from the press service of the Ukrainian Navy additionally revealed this week how models of the Ukrainian Navy efficiently destroyed an enemy automobile with gasoline, in addition to three Russian infantry combating automobiles.
The profitable strikes additionally occurred within the Kherson area, the place Ukraine seems to be amplifying its efforts to push again Russian troopers.
“On August 24, within the Kherson route, Ukrainian marines destroyed a automobile with gasoline and three IFVs,” the submit reads, including that artillery models additionally launched strikes on different Russian positions, taking out eight Russian troopers.
Jack Buckby is a British creator, counter-extremism researcher, and journalist based mostly in New York. Reporting on the U.Okay., Europe, and the U.S., he works to research and perceive left-wing and right-wing radicalization, and studies on Western governments’ approaches to the urgent problems with as we speak. His books and analysis papers discover these themes and suggest pragmatic options to our more and more polarized society.
