As announced by the Military Administration of the Region, on May 2, Russia attacked the border areas of Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv regions 57 times, using various types of weapons. a total of 284 explosions were recorded, 120 of them in the Sumy region. There is a lot of discussion about when Ukraine could give an important blow back – to destroy the Crimean bridge. On Friday evening, a veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war, reserve major of the Ukrainian National Guard, Oleksiy Hetman, said that an attack on the Crimean bridge on the day of the inauguration of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin could have a significant political and military impact. He expressed this opinion on the air of “Espresso”.
He reminded that the inauguration of the Russian dictator is scheduled for May 7.
“You know, Russians like to adjust some actions according to certain dates, it’s typical for them. From a military point of view, this is not entirely correct, but sometimes war is a continuation of politics by other means, and it necessarily has a political component. If the Kerch bridge is demolished on May 7, right before the inauguration, I think the impact will be very, very serious. You can imagine that it is a holiday for us, when on the day of the inauguration it will be announced to the entire Russian society that the Kerch Bridge has already been destroyed,” emphasized O. Hetman.
At the same time, the expert says that Russian propaganda can hide information about the attack on the Crimean bridge and make it public only after May 10-11, so as not to spoil May 9. holiday
When asked how and with whom the Crimean bridge can be destroyed, O. Hetman answered that there are three options: air, sea and sabotage attacks.
“If we say that there will be one of those three, then we will guess 100 percent, because there cannot be another. A combined attack is most likely to be used as it will be the most difficult for the Russians to prevent. I’m sure it will be some sort of sabotage, of course the missiles we have can destroy the road surface on the bridge with missiles, but the abutment still needs to be destroyed with explosives from the water,” he said.
In April 2024, the British “The Guardian” wrote that Ukraine will destroy the Crimean bridge by the end of the year. In its prediction, the media cited senior officials of the Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate.
It claimed that Ukrainian intelligence was planning a third “final” attack on the Crimean bridge and that its destruction was “imminent”. “We will do this in the first half of 2024,” said a source from the Main Intelligence Directorate.
According to military expert Oleksandr Kovalenko, at least 30 ATACMS missiles are needed to effectively destroy the Russian S-400 and S-300 air defense systems in Crimea. And after that, it will be possible to move on to the destruction of the Crimean bridge.
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