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Ukraine Strikes Crimea Rail Bridge Supplying Russia’s Southern Front Military Logistics
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Ukraine's Defense Forces struck a railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal near Vladyslavivka in temporarily occupied Crimea on September 6 and overnight into September 7.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the strike on its official Telegram channel, describing the bridge as a route Russian forces rely on for military logistics.
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"The extent of the damage inflicted is being clarified," the General Staff stated, adding that operations against key enemy military targets continue.
Ukrainian forces struck several other positions across occupied territory during the same operation, according to the General Staff:
Command posts of Russian units near Nyzhniy Naholchik and Dovzhanske in Luhansk region, and near Azovske in Zaporizhzhia region;
An automated technical reconnaissance post known as "Grenadier" in Perekop, in occupied Crimea;
An ammunition depot near Teple in the Luhansk region.
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The "Grenadier" is an automated technical-reconnaissance post that scans for movement and incursions along Russia's occupation lines.
Such posts form part of a layered detection network in Crimea, and their loss opens gaps that leave nearby command posts and depots more exposed to follow-up strikes.
The strike extends a sustained Ukrainian effort to sever the rail links sustaining Russia's hold on Crimea.
On August 1, Ukrainian forces hit the Syvash railway bridge near Chonhar and a second railway bridge near Vladyslavivka, both used to move personnel, equipment, and ammunition between the occupied peninsula and Russian-held areas of southern Ukraine.
Days before that, strikes on July 27 and overnight into July 28 targeted a logistics warehouse and a fuel and lubricants depot near Ichki in occupied Crimea, alongside a drone storage warehouse near Chervonopopivka in Luhansk region.
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