On Tuesday (June 3), Ukraine demanded responsibility for a strong underwater explosion that focused on Kerch Bridge, a critical connection between the Russian mainland and the occupied Crimea. Operation is the third time of Ukrainian power has affected the strategic structure since the beginning of the war in February 2022.
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said that the attack overnight was a “unique special operation” including detonation of 1,100 kilograms (£ 2,400) explosives on the seabed near the base base. The explosion reportedly damaged one of the support columns of the bridge.
No civilian losses but a pity claims
According to the SBu, civilians were not killed in the attack. The agency also released the explosion videos that show that the debris had exploded from the water under the bridge, along with the paintings of what he said were structural damage.
They claim could not be independently verified.
Strategic
19 kilometers (12 million) Kerch Bridge is a vital military and logistics path used by Russia to transport soldiers and supplies to South Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have long claimed that the bridge is a legitimate military goal.
Bridge temporarily closed
After the explosion, the traffic over the bridge was suspended about three hours early on Tuesday before re -opening at 9 am, according to Russian officials. The second closure was reported at 15:20 local time, although the Russian authorities did not provide further details.
The Kremlin has not yet officially commented on the scope of damage or responded to the Ukrainian demands.
The attack comes when Ukraine continues its campaign for disrupting Russian supplier lines and infrastructure in the occupied territories, although peaceful conversations between the two parties remain stopped.
The attack followed the day after direct peaceful talks in Istanbul did not bring progress towards the end of the Three Years’ War. On Tuesday, he also came to the heels of Russian missile strikes in the northeastern city of sums, which, according to Ukrainian officials, killed at least three people and injured 25.
Just two days earlier, Ukraine launched a large attack of drones on Russian air bases and reportedly destroyed 40 military aircraft.
Russian attack on the sum kills at least 3
Russian missile fire hit the Ukrainian city on Tuesday, killed at least three people and injured many others, confirmed the officials. The attack focused on apartment buildings and medical facilities in the city center, just one day after peaceful conversations in Istanbul showed little progress at the end of the three -year war.
Zeletskyy condemns a deliberate blow to civilians
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelskyy sharply condemned the attack and described him as “a completely deliberate strike on civilians”. He revealed that “one of the missiles pierced the wall of an apartment building, but failed to detonate.”
“The Russians brutally hit the sums – directly focused on the city, ordinary streets – missile artillery,” wrote Zelenkyy in a telegram contribution. He stressed: “That’s all you need to know about Russia’s desire to end this war.”
The President referred to international pressure on Moscow and called on “decisive measures from the United States, Europe and all in the world who hold power”. He warned that without such pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin “will not agree to the ceasefire”.
Russian claim to capture the village
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed on Tuesday that its forces had captured the Ukrainian village of Andriiva near the border area of the sum. Ukraine did not immediately respond to this claim, which remains unverified.
Peace talks with a corpse in Istanbul
Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met on Monday in Istanbul and agreed to exchange dead and injured soldiers. However, the conditions for a wider peace agreement remain far apart.
Despite the overture from Zelenky and Putin, US President Donald Trump did not appear any breakthrough. Putin insisted that any settlement must meet Russian requirements, while Ukraine showed a willingness to accept a ceasefire of the designed US.
The Ukrainian Drone Attack hits Russian air bases
In the middle of the ongoing conflict, Ukraine launched a significant strike on the weekend, according to Ukrainian officials, damaged or destroyed more than 40 Russian war aircraft on the foundations deep inside Russia.
The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that the strikes had lit several aircraft on two air foundations, but said that attacks on three other bases were forgiven.
Russian officials promise not to be offensive
Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and current representative of the Russian Security Council, promised that there would be no break in the Moscow invasion. “Istanbul conversations are not for someone else’s misleading conditions for the compromise of compromise, but to ensure our rapid victory and the complete destruction of the Ukraine government),” he said.
He warned of “inevitable retribution”, and said, “Everything that needs to be thrown into the air will be thrown into the air and those who must be excluded will be.”
Meeting Putin-Zelenskyy-Trump “Unlikely”
According to a spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin rejected the proposals of a trilateral meeting between Putin, Zelenkyy and Trump as “unlikely in the near future”.
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