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"Hated symbol": Ukraine strikes bridge connecting Russia, Crimean Peninsula

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Publish Date
Wed, 4 Jun 2025, 10:40am
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) claimed it carried out a special operation targeting the underwater support structures of the Crimean Bridge, causing severe damage in Crimea, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, on June 03, 2025. (Photo by Security Service of Ukraine / Handout /Anadolu via Getty Images)
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) claimed it carried out a special operation targeting the underwater support structures of the Crimean Bridge, causing severe damage in Crimea, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, on June 03, 2025. (Photo by Security Service of Ukraine / Handout /Anadolu via Getty Images)

"Hated symbol": Ukraine strikes bridge connecting Russia, Crimean Peninsula

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 4 Jun 2025, 10:40am

Ukraine's struck a critical bridge connecting Russia and the Crimean Peninsula. 

It's security service claims agents mined the supports of the bridge with more than one-thousand kilograms of explosives, severely damaging the foundations. 

Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey told Ryan Bridge the bridge is a hated symbol of Russian occupation for Ukraine. 

He says it's also a vital piece of infrastructure for Russia. 

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