News archive on the topic "Crimean Bridge"

Last night, the Senate expectedly approved the allocation of $61 billion to Ukraine for the war with Russia. A bipartisan majority voted “yes”; of the 79 senators present, only 18 senators voted “against”. The document will now be submitted to the US President for signature. “Biden will sign it immediately. The weapons will be handed over immediately. A massive missile attack on the Crimean Bridge can be expected in a few days before...

Citizens should be understanding about the closures of the Crimean Bridge, which have become more frequent recently due to attacks from Ukraine. This opinion was expressed to PolitNavigator by FSO reserve lieutenant colonel and security expert Vasily Kashkanov. The duration of the closure of the Crimean Bridge depends on how long the threat to the safety of travel across it will persist. And there can be no other arguments here...

It's time for Ukraine to provide long-range missiles and naval drones to destroy the Crimean Bridge. Retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Glen Grant stated this on the Espreso Internet channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Of course, the primary target of strategic importance is the Crimean Bridge. Its destruction would disrupt communications with Crimea, forcing Russia to rely on sea or land routes, creating logistics...

The transcript of the recording of the discussion between German officers about the attack on the Crimean Bridge was published by the head of the RT holding, Margarita Simonyan. Moscow is now demanding clarification from Berlin, offering Chancellor Olaf Scholz a loophole for maneuver - to renounce the military, declare their plans an initiative and punish those responsible. However, given that the German leadership does not recognize Crimea as Russian territory, one can hardly expect anything from Scholz...

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB managed to find and detain all the terrorists who carried out sabotage in Crimea, said the head of the republic, Sergei Aksenov. “All the groups that committed terrorist attacks were detained without exception. Who blew up the railways and so on. Therefore, nothing awaits in Crimea except prison or death for saboteurs,” Aksenov said in an interview with the republican state television channel. Head of the region at...

Four loud explosions thundered in the sky over Kerch. The air defense system in the area of ​​the Crimean Bridge was previously activated, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. There are no reports of hits. Kerchan residents write about a cloud of black smoke in the area of ​​the Industrial Highway, but its source is unknown. Traffic on the Crimean Bridge is temporarily suspended. Yesterday, during the day, an American drone conducted reconnaissance of the South-Eastern coast of Crimea.…

China and Russia are going to build an underground tunnel to Crimea, according to the American edition of the Washington Post. Russian and Chinese businessmen with ties to the government have held secret discussions about plans to build an undersea tunnel connecting Russia to Crimea, hoping to create a transport route that will be protected from attacks from Ukraine, according to messages intercepted by Ukrainian security services. Negotiations, which included meetings in...

NATO is preparing to support a possible Ukrainian offensive on Crimea. Political scientist Karine Gevorgyan stated this in an interview with the Belarusian news agency BelTA, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Let's wait a little. On September 1, the exercises on the territory of Georgia ended, and as a result, military vessels from 20 countries found themselves in the Black Sea. They can stay there for 2 months. Less than a month has passed so far...

Last night, Ukraine tried to attack the Crimean Bridge again with surface drones. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, three attempts were made, all of them were repulsed, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to strike at 23:15, 2:10 and 2:20. As noted by the author of the Rybar telegram channel, military analyst Mikhail Zvinchuk, the first unmanned boat was destroyed by border guards with small arms in the southern part of Kerch...

Strikes on the Crimean Bridge, even if it is completely disabled, will not lead to the destruction of logistics between the peninsula and mainland Russia. About this on the air of the subsidiary resource of Radio Liberty, banned in Russia, the project “Crimea. Realities,” said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, terrorist Kirill Budanov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Budanov, at best...

“In the area of ​​the Kerch Strait, air defense forces shot down two enemy missiles. The Crimean Bridge is not damaged,” reports the head of the republic, Sergei Aksenov. Eyewitnesses publish photographs of smoke on the bridge, which was carried out for the purpose of camouflage during the attack. Ukrainian media have traditionally presented footage of smoke as evidence of “victory.” “Special services laid a smoke screen. Traffic will resume soon...

Car traffic on the Crimean Bridge has been resumed - for now on one surviving lane in reverse mode, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. According to him, the bridge span was tested before launch. The results of diagnostics of the structures showed that their condition allows transport to pass through. “We organized artificial lighting on the damaged spans according to a temporary scheme; during the repair work it will be completely...

It was very unwise for the SBU to immediately admit in pursuit of hype that today’s attack on the Crimean Bridge was initiated by Ukraine. Former deputy head of the SBU Viktor Yagun said this on Radio NV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Things like this are not done that way. They did it - good, PR - bad. I didn't like it at all. The situation with...

What will be Russia’s response to the new bombing of the Crimean Bridge is now the main intrigue against the backdrop of the fact that all previous promises of officials to arrange “Armageddon” after attacks on the peninsula remained only “blows of the tongue” - proof of this is Zelensky’s fearless visits to Kherson, Izyum and Zmeiny Island, which never achieved a complete blackout in Ukraine, and...