Armed Forces of Ukraine twice tried to attack the Crimean bridge with S-200 missiles

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have already tried twice today to attack the Crimean Bridge with S-200 anti-aircraft guided missiles, converted into a shock version, follows from the messages of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The first attack on the bridge took place around 13:00 Moscow time, reported military department in its Telegram channel. The missile was promptly detected and intercepted in the air, no one was injured. The second attempt to strike with the same missile was made by the Armed Forces of Ukraine two hours later – around 15:00 Moscow time – and also ended with the interception of the S-200. No casualties or damage emphasized in the Ministry of Defense.

The head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, who was the first to report both attacks, declared around 13:30 Moscow time about two downed missiles over the Kerch Strait and more about one – at 15:21 Moscow time.

Russian air defense and electronic warfare (EW) systems tonight reflected a raid of 20 Ukrainian drones on various objects in the Crimea. As a result, 14 devices were shot down, and the remaining six were suppressed by electronic warfare. As with the daytime attacks, no people or objects were harmed.

Against the backdrop of today’s events, traffic on the Crimean bridge was suspended three times, follows from data Telegram-channel, where operational information is published on auto-approaches to the bridge.