The Security Service of Ukraine has detained an enemy spy who provided information to russian special services. With his support, as SSU assumes, russian air forces carried out raids on a bridge over the Dniester estuary.
This bridge is an object of strategic importance in the southern Odesa region. It connects the region with neighboring Romania. According to Maksym Marchenko, the Head of the Odesa region administration, with these attacks, russians wanted to cut off a part of the Odesa region and create tension. At the very same time, there were provocations in Transnistria, the russian-backed breakaway region of Moldova.
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Russian aircraft struck the bridge at least six times, according to the official data. The first attack was recorded on April 26, and the latest – on May 30. The bridge was said to be non-operated since the third attack on May 2, but russians still fired on it. In total, they've spent at least 10 cruise missiles. Two of them were confirmed to be Kh-22 air-launched anti-ship missiles.
According to Ukrainian military officials, the bridge was damaged so heavily that "repair works would require a lot of time and effort".
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