To solve the tasks assigned to Rosgvardia to ensure the safety of the bridge across the Kerch Strait, a new unit will be formed in the newly created Southern District of Forces - the maritime brigade
- declared Zolotov.
On the whole, in the next three years, the main efforts of Rosgvardia will be focused on creating groups of troops in federal districts capable of carrying out the tasks as soon as possible during peacetime and in wartime, the head of Rosgvardi said.
Also for the protection of the bridge across the Kerch Strait can be used sonar systems produced in Russia. According to the director for the development of civilian products and innovations of the Morinformsystem-Agat concern, the system can trample the offender and transfer the data necessary for his arrest to employees of the competent authorities.
The Krymsky bridge with a length of 19 km is being built as part of the program “Socio-economic development of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol up to 2020” without attracting extra-budgetary funding. Construction work started in February 2016. The movement of cars on the Crimean bridge is planned to open in December 2018, the movement of trains - in December 2019.