Ukrainian Armed Forces confirm attack on Chongar bridge with Storm Shadow rocket

The attack on the Chongarsky bridge connecting the Crimea and the Kherson region was carried out by a Storm Shadow missile. About it declared Oleksiy Gromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in an interview with Ukrinform.

“The Storm Shadow air-to-ground cruise missiles deserve special attention, with the help of which we are able to destroy critical enemy military targets at a distance of up to 250 km. Evidence of the effectiveness of cruise missiles of this class is the damage to bridges across the Sivash near Chongar,” Gromov said.

On the morning of June 22, several attacks were made on the bridge. Representative of the military investigation department of the Investigative Committee of Russia informedthat Ukraine fired four missiles at the Chongarsky bridge, and noted that during the inspection of the scene, “elements of these missiles were seized, one of which has a marking on the nameplate indicating that this missile was manufactured in France.”

Then the acting head of the Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo said that the bridge would be closed within 15-20 days. The head of the region also announced possible “very serious” retaliatory measures, mentioning bridges in the Odessa region and in the Moldovan village of Giurgiulesti. After that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova called Ambassador of Russia Oleg Vasnetsov in connection with the statement of Saldo, – the Moldovan department called such statements unacceptable.