Ukraine Says It Attacked Crimean Bridge as Traffic Halted
Locals survey the damage to the Crimean Bridge in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, in a photo released by the Security Service of Ukraine, on June 3.
Photographer: Security Service of Ukraine/Anadolu/Getty ImagesUkraine said it attacked the Crimean Bridge with explosives as Russia closed traffic on the route linking the annexed Black Sea peninsula with the Russian mainland.
Agents planted mines on underwater supports and detonated them on Tuesday, the Ukrainian Security Service, known as the SBU, said in a statement on Telegram. The SBU said the operation took place over several months and left the bridge in an emergency condition, which couldn’t be independently verified.