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Russia, Ukraine confirm Kyiv hits Chonhar bridge to Crimea – EURACTIV.com

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Ukraine struck and damaged the Chonhar road bridge linking mainland Ukraine to Crimea and a smaller bridge linking the town of Henichesk with the peninsula’s northeast coast on Sunday (6 August), Moscow-appointed officials and Ukraine’s armed forces said.

“The enemy launched a missile strike in the area of the Chonhar bridge in the north of Crimea,” Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-appointed head of Crimea, wrote on Telegram. “One hit, part of the missile was hit by air defence.” The road surface

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Ukraine Attacks Russian Oil Tanker off Crimea

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A Ukrainian naval drone hit a Russian oil tanker early Saturday off the occupied Crimean Peninsula, the second Ukrainian sea drone attack to strike Russian ships in the Black Sea in two days, Ukrainian and Russian officials said.

The engine room of the tanker was damaged, but the ship remained afloat, there was no oil spillage and no crew members were injured, Russia’s Federal Agency for Sea and Inland Water Transport said on its Telegram channel. Vasyl Malyuk, the head

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Ukraine commandos train in UK for Crimea invasion | UK | News

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British troops are training an elite Ukrainian commando brigade to cripple Russian forces and recapture Crimea before Christmas, sources claim.

More than 2,000 soldiers have arrived at a remote location on Dartmoor to take part in specialist exercises.

Sources say they will form the tip of the spear in an invasion, while two other forces mount concurrent attacks.

On Saturday night, Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov confirmed forces would enter Crimea “soon”.

The operation will involve strikes from air, land

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How Russia’s State Media Describes Life In Occupied Crimea

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On Russian state television, explosions on the roadway of a 12-mile bridge are no reason to cancel your vacation to the beaches of the Crimean Peninsula, even with a war raging nearby on mainland Ukraine.

The last words of the TV correspondent Alyona Svistelnikova on the above episode of Crimea 24’s “Time Will Tell” program sum up a running theme of Russian state TV after an apparent Ukrainian strike on a critical bridge linking Crimea and Russia.

Over and over

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Major double strike hits Putin’s £3billion bridge linking Russia to illegally-annexed Crimea

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Dramatic footage appears to show the moment a deadly kamikaze drone strike hit Vladimir Putin’s £3billion bridge linking Russia to Crimea, sparking a huge fireball explosion.

The Russian-installed head of Crimea’s parliament furiously claimed the ‘terrorist regime’ of Ukraine conducted the attack on the 12-mile crossing as other politicians said Moscow should respond by destroying Ukrainian infrastructure.

Video reportedly shows the moment huge explosions hit the Crimean bridge, with large flashes and thunderous blasts seen and heard from neighbouring towns.

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Massive explosion destroys the only bridge between Russia and Crimea in suspected attack by Ukraine

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‘This war began with Crimea and must end with Crimea – with its liberation,’ President Volodymyr Zelesnky declared back in August. And, according to military experts, that is exactly what his generals are aiming to do. 

Ben Hodges, former commander of American forces in Europe, has outlined what he believes to be the Ukrainian route to victory – going via the cities of Kherson and Mariupol and ending ‘when the last Russian soldier crosses the [Kerch] bridge out of Crimea.’ 

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