For days, Ukrainian troops have been trying to destroy an important bridge in the Russian Kursk region as they advance. Now they are celebrating the hit – and Moscow is furious.
The Ukrainian Air Force says it has destroyed a strategically important road bridge during its offensive in the Kursk region. Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk published a video on a Telegram channel showing the bombing of a bridge. Experts believe the video is authentic after evaluating the geodata. The structure on the Sejm River in the Glushkovo district lay in ruins. This means that an important supply route for Russian troops has been destroyed. Russia had also previously reported that the bridge, which had been under fire from Ukrainian forces for days, had been destroyed.
The Air Force is actively participating in the combat operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, Oleshchuk confirmed. “Ukrainian pilots are carrying out precision strikes against enemy strongholds, accumulations of equipment, and enemy logistics centers and supply routes,” the commander said. “Thanks to the pilots and everyone who ensures the fight of the Air Force!”
In its fight against the Russian war of aggression, which has been going on for almost two and a half years, Ukraine has been conducting an unprecedented ground offensive in the Kursk area since August 6. Kiev says it wants to use this to force Moscow to negotiate an end to the war.
Russia criticizes the use of Western weapons on its territory
Kursk Governor Alexei Smirnov reported the destruction of the bridge on Friday evening. According to Russian military bloggers on the Telegram channel “Rybar”, the bridge was first fired at with a US-type Himars multiple rocket launcher and then destroyed by a glide bomb. Two volunteers in a car that had been supposed to bring people to safety were killed in an earlier attack with a “Tochka-U” rocket, it was reported.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova criticized Ukraine for using Western weapons to destroy civilian infrastructure in the Kursk region. Those responsible for the “inhuman actions” would be punished.
In the course of the Russian attack on Ukraine, countless bridges, energy infrastructure and thousands of civilian objects were destroyed. The damage and the number of victims on the Russian side are still disproportionate to the massive destruction and thousands of dead and injured in Ukraine.
Source: Stern
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