Ukraine launched a daring attack overnight.
Three semi-submersible kamikaze drones were destroyed en-route to the crossing by the RussianFleet, according to the defence ministy in Moscow, who denounced the attacks as terrorism.
Russia claimed one of the unmanned drones had been targeting its patrol ship and ‘tried to hide among the ships at the anchorage’ in the Kerch Strait, but was intercepted straight away.bridge, which was erected four years after Russia occupied the peninsula, has been targeted a number of times by Ukraine who said its destruction was vital to its attack against Putin’s troops.
Ukraine – who rarely comments on its attacks against Russian targets – has twice launched successful attacks on the bridge.Most recently in July, a specially-developed marine kamikaze was loaded with 850kg of explosives, severely damaging the infrastructure and killing two people.Ukraine has succesfully struck Crimea bridge – most recenrly in July
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