The explosion on the Crimean bridge has broken the supply of Russian troops in the south - British military intelligence
The bridge is repaired, traffic was partially restored. Nevertheless, large queues of trucks are still being created on the bridge, experts emphasized. The British intelligence noted that the Russian group operating in the south increased the material and technical supply through the occupied Mariupol. So they want to cover the lack of capacity of the Crimean bridge. The Russian presence in Kherson is called "tense".
Due to the deterioration of the ways of supply through Crimea, the route through the Zaporozhye region becomes important for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Melitopol turned into a knot of supply routes and location of Russian troops, the ministry summed up.
Natalia Humeniuk, the head of the coordination Press Center of Security and Defense forces "South", added that the Crimean Bridge explosion reduced the logistics capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the south by 75%. According to her, the situation in the occupiers with equipment, supply and logistics is critical. "Putting reserves went from there, almost 75% of these deliveries went through the Crimean bridge.
They suffer from the lack of equipment, ammunition, military equipment," she said. According to Humeniuk, bad weather causes the Russian military to stop the ferries. Because of this, difficulties in crossing the Kerch Strait are created. According to the Ministry of Transport of Crimea, the bridge was opened for buses. In the morning of October 17, they were launched in both directions. "It is possible to drive a bridge on passenger transport, on suburban trains and trains of long -distance.
Recall that the Russian authorities planned to repair the Crimean bridge no later than July 1 of the following year. Nizhnya -Antharansbud has become the sole performer. Photos of October 13, Maxar Technologies showed how the repair on the railway branch and damaged sections of the Crimean Bridge auto. Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously stated that explosives for the Crimean bridge could be delivered by sea from Odessa.