It would be wise to expect Russia to step up attacks in Ukraine in the coming days—most likely using Iranian-made drones, of which Russia is understood to have acquired 1,000
to Russia, opened in May 2018 to great fanfare. It cost $3.7bn to build. President Vladimir Putin was the bridge’s first official customer, driving at the front of a column of orange trucks.
The explosion , which occurred just after 6am local time, jolted locals out of their beds. Footage of the incident, released by Russian law enforcement agencies, is inconclusive: it shows a truck and a car over the section in question just before a flash. At least one part of the road bridge has now plunged underwater. The railway bridge appears to be holding, but widespread damage to its tracks is likely to disrupt an important link for Russian forces fighting in various southern theatres.
Philip Ingram, a former colonel in British military intelligence, said the limited information available pointed to the use of an improvised explosive device onboard the truck. “Perhaps the driver himself was unaware of what he was carrying. Perhaps it was the work of sabotage groups. Perhaps the two in combination.” Other theories that will now be examined will explore whether Ukraine has some unadvertised capability to deliver heavy payloads—either on long-distance rockets or drones.
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