The expert assessed the strategic importance of the Chongarsky and Genichensky bridges

Military expert Knutov: Chongarsky and Genichensky bridges are important for supplying Russian troops

The bridges connecting the Crimea and the Kherson region – Chongarsky and Genichesk – are important for supplying the Russian military in the NVO zone, declared in an interview with Lenta.ru, military expert Yuri Knutov.

The interlocutor of the publication described the purpose of Ukraine’s strikes on these crossings. He argues that the strikes on communications create a remote blockade of the Crimea, preventing the supply of the Russian military at the forefront.

This approach was used by Ukraine earlier in Kherson, when attacks on rear communications made it difficult to supply Russian troops on the front line, forcing them to retreat. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are using similar tactics in Crimea. Knutov notes that with an increase in the intensity of strikes, ammunition and weapons quickly run out, and their delivery becomes more complicated. This is how the remote blockade of the peninsula appears.

Earlier on Sunday, Crimean Governor Sergei Aksyonov announced a missile attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Chongar bridge. He noted that only one projectile reached its target, other missiles were shot down by air defense forces. Road surface damaged.

The Genichesk bridge across the Thin Strait was also fired upon. Acting head of the Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo said that 9 out of 12 missiles were shot down. A civilian was injured, a gas pipeline and a local school were damaged, more than 20,000 residents of Genichesk were left without gas supply. The attack, according to Saldo, used Storm Shadow projectiles.

In Ukraine, they confirmed that the APU is behind the strikes.