Ukraine drone strike damages key bridge linking Crimea to mainland
Ukraine says a joint drone strike damaged the Chonhar Bridge, a key link between occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine, to disrupt Russian supply lines to the front. The operation used Code 9.2 drones and the 1st Separate Assault Battalion with Fire Point drones and the Behemoth UAV, causing significant bridge deck damage that may require extensive repairs and temporarily suspended traffic at the nearby Dzhankoi checkpoint; Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the claims, but the strike is part of Kyiv's broader effort to degrade logistics feeding Russian forces in southern Ukraine.