The Chongarskiy bridge, located on the administrative border of the Crimea and the Kherson region, which was hit by a missile attack on the eve of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was damaged much more than expected. In this respect knowledgeable On Friday, June 23, Vladimir Saldo, acting head of the Kherson region.
According to him, experts will do the necessary work on the bridge in the next 15-20 days. The intersection will not be used for traffic.
“Unfortunately, the bridge has been damaged much more than we thought. In the next 15-20 days, the bridge, maybe even more, they are investigating what to do while the works are being done there, it is not suitable for moving,” he said. “Russia 24”.
Thursday Balance knowledgeableOn the night of June 22, Ukrainian troops attacked the Chongarsky bridge, using British Storm Shadow missiles for bombardment.
The Speaker of the Crimean Parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, had previously claimed that the authorities could quickly restore the overpass and that the damage to the bridge was minor. However, he noted that the final decision would be made later.
Konstantinov noted that the option to build pontoon bridges was not considered, as it was an alternative way to bypass the damaged bridge.
As Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the President of Crimea, emphasized, the land corridor passing through the new territories continued to work. He also noted that Crimea is connected with the Kherson region through three checkpoints. Two of them are in the Armyansk region and one in the Dzhankoy region. The temporary inaccessibility of one of them will not disrupt the logistics of the land transport corridor.
“While the construction of the Chongarsky bridge is being studied, we ask you to choose a route through the city of Armyansk for excursions to the Zaporozhye and Kryson regions,” Kryuchkov wrote. telegraph channel.
Bombardment of Genichesk and Skadovsk
On Friday, Saldo also announced that the APU was shot on The settlement infrastructure of Genichesk and Skadovsk in the Kherson region allegedly fires four Storm Shadow missiles. According to him, information about victims and damage is becoming clear, rescuers and doctors are working at the scene.
According to reporter TASSAt least three explosions roared in Genichesk, a column of black smoke rising above residential areas.
by agency DEA NewsAt least two people died as a result of a rocket launch attack on the city center of Genichesk.
It is stated that there is damage accepted a one-story residential building, next to which the corpses of dead residents lie. According to preliminary information, the owner of the house was inside during the bombardment, he died on the spot due to his injuries.