Russian Logistics Hit as Ukraine Destroys Strategic Railway Bridge Over North Crimean Canal

Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed a railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal, a structure described as a key logistics link for the Russian military.

The information was confirmed by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andrii Kovalenko, as well as Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) on June 23.

“The railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal has been destroyed. We thank the SOF warriors and all Ukrainian Defense Forces personnel,” Kovalenko wrote online.

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces also confirmed the development, stating that “the railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal in Crimea no longer exists.”

In the early hours of June 18, drones carried out a strike on temporarily occupied Crimea, hitting two key bridge structures in what appears to be a renewed series of attacks on Russian logistics infrastructure on the peninsula.

According to the Ukrainian Telegram channel “Crimean Wind,” the strike targeted a railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal near the village of Rozdolne in the Ichkin district.

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The railway line is regarded as strategically important for Russian occupation forces on the southern front, as it is used to transport heavy armored vehicles, ammunition, and fuel supplies.

Head of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Eskender Bariiev believes that temporarily occupied Crimea is increasingly becoming a logistical trap for Russian forces, with the potential complete breakdown of supply routes threatening to leave Moscow’s military presence on the peninsula without fuel, ammunition, or electricity.

“Crimea has already become a natural cauldron. If logistics are completely cut off, then these troops, whose numbers have been increased on the territory of Crimea, will end up in a cauldron. And without fuel, without electricity supply, they will not be able to carry out their military tasks,” Bariiev said.

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