UKRAINE has reportedly unleashed a Storm Shadow missile strike on a key bridge leading into Russian-occupied Crimea this afternoon.
A thick cloud of smoke was seen rising above the Chonhar bridge, which Russian authorities admitted was damaged by the strike.
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Local media reported that three or four hits landed on the bridge, which is a major Russian supply route to bring weapons and troops to the frontlines in Ukraine.
The Moscow-appointed head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, stated that the bridge had been damaged – but the extent of the damage is not currently known.
Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-appointed head of Kherson, reported that Nato’s Storm Shadow missiles were responsible for the shelling of the bridge.
Ukraine previously struck the same bridge – which is the main link between annexed Crimea and Russian-occupied Kherson – in June.
It comes only hours after Russia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks on a Ukrainian airbase reportedly housing UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles.
A three-wave attack saw explosions near the Starokonstantinov airbase and fires raging in Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi region.
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