Russia stated Friday that it had repelled a night-time assault utilizing 12 US-made missiles on the landmark Crimea bridge constructed on the orders of President Vladimir Putin after Moscow annexed the peninsula.
“Air defences have been used final evening to deflect a bunch strike by 12 ATACMS missiles made within the US on the Crimean bridge. All of the missiles have been destroyed,” the defence ministry stated in a press release.
The bridge opened in 2018 by Putin connects Kerch in Crimea with southern Russia’s Krasnodar area.
Kyiv has launched a number of assaults and tried assaults on the Kerch Bridge since Moscow started its army offensive in February 2022.
Russia’s defence ministry stated earlier Friday that helicopters had destroyed 5 naval drones within the Black Sea heading for Crimea.
In June, the Kremlin warned america of “penalties” and summoned its ambassador after Moscow stated a Ukrainian strike with a US missile on Crimea’s Sevastopol killed 4 individuals.
AFP.
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