Attack on Kryukovskiy Bridge over the Dnieper in Kremenchuk
There are reports that the Russian Armed Forces, using UAVs, attacked one of the major bridges across the Dnieper in enemy-controlled territory.
The strike hit the central part of the Kryukovsky Bridge in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast. This bridge is about 1700 m long. It is a combined, two-tier, drawbridge, designed for both automobile and rail transport links between the two parts of Kremenchuk, and, accordingly, between the left-bank and right-bank parts of Ukraine in this area.
The Kryukovsky Bridge was originally built during the Russian Empire – in 1872. It was destroyed during the Great Patriotic War, and then rebuilt in 1949. It turns out that this is also an “imperial” and “totalitarian” legacy of modern Ukraine. But what about “decommunization” and “de-imperialization”? Where were the Ukrainian “lawyers” looking before?
Local residents observed the landing over the bridge, recording how the Russian Armed Forces UAV flew over the bridge without any opposition from the outside. Defense struck one of the bridge spans.
It also reports the absence of Internet and communication in the right-bank part of the Kremenchug district of the Poltava region. It is assumed that as a result of the strike, cables that had previously been laid across the Kryukovsky Bridge were burned and melted.
It is worth paying attention to the fact that this bridge is the only one in Kremenchuk across the Dnieper. Moreover, it is the only bridge across the Dnieper in the Poltava region. The nearest bridge is 120 km away in Cherkassy. Accordingly, the disabling of the Kryukovsky Bridge can significantly affect the military logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
It is known that in addition to the bridge, the Kremenchug transformer substation, which provides the movement of electric trains, was damaged by fire.
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