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The Independent
5 days ago
- General
- The Independent
Watch moment Russia's Crimean bridge blown up in huge explosion by Ukraine forces
Video footage has captured the moment a bridge linking Russia and Crimea is blown up in a huge explosion carried out by Ukraine 's special forces. The 12-mile-long Crimean Bridge, or Kerch Bridge, links Russia with the occupied peninsula which Russian troops annexed in 2014. Footage shows an underwater explosion destroying a pillar of the bridge as Ukraine 's SBU vowed there was 'no place for any illegal Russian facilities on the territory of our state'. The SBU said it rigged the bridge's pillars with 1,100kg of explosives. 'The Crimean Bridge is an absolutely legitimate target, especially considering that the enemy used it as a logistical artery to supply its troops,' it said.
Al Arabiya
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Russian strike on Ukrainian military training site kills six: Kyiv
A Russian strike on a military training site in northeastern Ukraine has killed six soldiers and wounded at least 10 others, the Ukrainian national guard said on Wednesday. Ukraine's Sumy border region -- from where Kyiv's troops launched last year's major cross-border offensive into Russia's Kursk region -- has come under intensifying attacks in recent months after Moscow recaptured its territory. 'Six soldiers were killed and more than 10 wounded as a result of the attack, while they carried out exercises at a military shooting range,' Ukraine's national guard said in a Facebook post, adding that an investigation has been opened into the incident. Russia's defense ministry had on Tuesday evening said it had launched a ballistic missile attack on the site. 'During reconnaissance activities ... a training camp' for Ukrainian special forces was 'detected,' it said in a social media post. 'Based on the received coordinates, an Iskander missile strike was launched.' Russia also published footage showing the hit on what it said was a training camp in a wooded area. Aerial footage showed one strike, sparking a large fire and sending a plume of thick black smoke billowing into the air. 'An internal investigation into the incident is underway. The commander of the military unit has been suspended, and the necessary information has been passed on to law enforcement agencies,' Ukraine's national guard said.
