TWO Russian ships were damaged in an impressive Ukrainian blitz overnight in occupied Crimea, it has been claimed.
Kyiv’s forces launched missiles near Vlad’s beloved Kerch Bridge – reportedly sparking some 20 explosions.
Ukraine fired missiles at occupied Crimea, overnight – pictured: the suspected rockets overhead
ReutersA fire rages at the Kerch bridge in Crimea, October 2022[/caption]
GettyA Russian ferry – used to transport supplies for Vlad’s brutal war in Ukraine[/caption]
AFPThe 12-mile crossing connects Crimea – occupied Ukraine – to Russia[/caption]
A car and railway ferry – both used in Vlad’s illegal war to supply Crimea from Russia – were apparently damaged by missile debris.
Russia was forced to admit it came under attack – claiming it shot down eight long-range ATACMS rockets used by Ukraine.
Vlad’s crony in the region – Nikolai Lukashenko – said the entire ferry line in Kerch was suspended following the attack.
He also said Russian forces had to fend off eight drones.
The £3billion Crimean Bridge was closed down to traffic and air defences in the region were activated.
Local Telegram channels reported that Kerch residents heard up to 20 blasts.
Tactical hits by Kyiv in the annexed peninsula have long been a point of humiliation for Putin – who first invaded Crimea in 2019.
Russian authorities said “vehicle traffic on the Crimean Bridge is temporarily blocked” around 7.30 am this morning local time.
They use the bridge – and the ferries – to transport military kit over to Russian troops in southern Ukraine.
Unverified footage shared online appeared to show the missile strike above Crimea overnight.
Three different blazes – possibly the ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile Systems) rockets – could be seen in the sky.
The tactical surface-to-surface ballistic missiles are fitted with 500lb warheads and can reach targets 190miles away in just five minutes, three times the speed of UK-supplied Storm Shadows.
Russian experts fear the onslaught was the start of an expected bid by Kyiv to blow up the bridge, which has been twice damaged before during the war.
Local outlet Suspilne Krym quoted a resident as saying: “It is very loud in the city now.
“We heard six or seven explosions of approximately the same force. The windows in the house were shaking a little bit.”
Someone else said: “Is the bridge intact? It was so loud that doubts took over.”
Both the Kerch and Krasnodar regions – on either end of the 12-mile crossing – put their air defences on high alert.
And RBC-Ukraine said two boats used by “Russian invaders” were hit.
One of them was reportedly a Russian KS-701 Tuna type boat used to guard the bridge.
They quoted intelligence sources who said it was an operation carried out by Ukraine.
Putin’s appointed governer in Sevastopol – the port of Crimea – said: “During the repelling of the enemy attack on the transport infrastructure of Kerch, two ferries – a car and a railway ferry – were damaged by the fragments of downed missiles, and the glazing of the extension buildings was damaged.
“There were no casualties.”
AFPThe Crimea bridge burns after an alleged attack by Ukrainian missiles in 2022[/caption]
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