A Ukrainian missile hits the Chongar bridge between Crimea and the Kherson region
Known as the ‘Gateway to Crimea’, the Chongar Bridge – reportedly hit by Ukrainian missiles today – is one of the few road bridges connecting Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, to the mainland. It offers an alternative to the Perekop Isthmus, the narrow strip of land connecting Crimea to the mainland. As one Russian military blogger noted, “It accounts […]