The incident follows a series of Ukrainian attacks on the Crimean Bridge. On June 3, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) ...

Oleg Ignatov from the International Crisis Group told Newsweek this week's incidents delivered the worst setback for Putin for 2025 in terms of military damage and the impact on public morale.

Built after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Putin opened the bridge in 2018. The project cost around $3.7 billion. An image released by the SBU showed damage to the Crimean Bridge.

Ukraine said on Tuesday that it had hit the bridge connecting Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula with explosives planted underwater, in its third attack on the vital supply line for Moscow ...

The attack on the Kerch Bridge is Ukraine’s second humiliation of Putin in a matter of days. SBU/X The Kerch Bridge was built in 2018 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea four years prior.

The agency said it had used 1,100 kilograms of explosives which “severely damaged” the underwater pillars supporting the bridge. Russian officials did not immediately respond to Ukraine’s claim.

Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, said on Tuesday that it had hit the bridge connecting Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula with explosives planted underwater.Watch video of the ...