According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian army tonight destroyed three sea drones launched by Ukraine against the bridge connecting the annexed Crimean peninsula and the Russian mainland.
“At 2:20 a.m. Moscow time on September 2 (23:20 GMT on September 1), the third Ukrainian unmanned boat launched by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack against the bridge was captured in the waters of the Black Sea destroyed. the Crimea,” the military department announced on Telegram.
Floating protective barriers
According to the defense, the first attack took place at around 11:15 p.m. Moscow time (20:15 GMT), which was followed by a second at 2:10 a.m. (23:10 GMT on September 1).
After the latest Ukrainian attack on July 17, which hit the bridge and damaged one of its pillars, Russia has erected up to seven floating barriers to protect it.
The attack, indirectly claimed by Ukraine, caused the death of a couple and significant damage to the road in one of the two directions of the automobile section of the bridge, which runs parallel to the railway line.
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A first attack occurred in October 2022 and caused significant damage to the bridge deck after a truck bomb exploded on the infrastructure. This attack, which left five people dead, was recently confirmed by Ukraine by revealing details of how the explosives were planted in the vehicle.
Putin ordered on both occasions to strengthen protection of the bridge, whose automobile section was inaugurated in 2018 and the railway section in 2019.