A freeway bridge that transported navy tools from the east to Russian forces additional north has been broken.
In a late night time explosion on Monday, a bridge that linked the town of Melitopol within the Zaporizhia Oblast to the village of Kostyantynivka was “drained”, in keeping with the Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov.
Fedorov stated it as one of many “strategically significance objects” of the struggle and the assault was carried out in the identical gentle because the “fatigue” of the Crimea Bridge on October 8.
Officers have referred to as the incident a “sabotage assault,” whereas a senior regional official, Vladimir Rogov, blamed the incident on Ukraine “terrorists”.
The blast within the area bordering Ukraine passed off round 10pm native time, a press release by Zaporizhia’s administration stated, including that “a number of pillars of the bridge had been broken.” Visitors throughout the bridge was additionally halted following the incident.
In movies printed on-line by Rogov, the bridge seems to be sagging down within the center. In one other video, a loud bang might be heard apparently displaying the second of the blast.
The bridge is a part of a street linking Melitopol to the port metropolis of Berdyansk positioned on the Azov Sea.
Zaporizhia Oblast was annexed by Russia alongside Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson on September 30.
