New blow to Putin's forces: Ukrainian air traffic destroys a key bridge in Russia's Kursk region

Ukrainian air traffic said it destroyed a bridge over Russian territory in the Kursk regionIts commander said Mikola Oleshchuk A message on Telegram included a video of the attack.

“Air Force aircraft actively participate in combat operations in the Kursk regionOleschuk said in a news release late Friday showing video of the bridge being destroyed.

“Ukrainian pilots use High precision attacks “against enemy strongholds, equipment reserves and enemy logistics centers and supply routes,” he stressed.

Video recorded by drone, Shows a powerful explosion As a result, most of the bridge collapses into the river.

Ukrainian experts say the bridge was destroyed by a guided airstrikeAmerican made JDAM-ER or French made AASM hammer.

As you can see at the beginning of the video, before the explosion Four previous win pointsCorresponds to the effects of HIMARS missile attacks.

According to the analysis platform DeepstateBased in Ukraine and following the evolution of the conflict, The destroyed bridge is located on the Seam River north of Glushkovo, one of the districts of Kursk Region.In it South Russian Federation.

Russian military bloggers first reported the destruction of the bridge on Friday.

According to these Russian sources, the attack is part of preparations for a Ukrainian operation in the district, which creates the possibility of encircling Russian forces stationed there and complicating the forced evacuation of 28 settlements announced on Friday.

“Defence forces are actively targeting the riverfront in the Kursk region to complicate the movement of the enemy,” Deepstate underlined on its Telegram channel.

According to Deepstate, satellite photos confirm that Russia has already installed a pontoon crossing to the right of the bridge.

In another order, the Ukrainian Air Force announced the destruction from Friday night until this Saturday 14 'Shahadz' model drones manufactured in IranLaunched in an airstrike, in which Russian Federation forces also used an Iskander K ballistic missile, it failed to shoot it down.

The demolitions took place in Kyiv, Cherkasy and Poltava (center), Mykolaiv (south), Zaporizhia (southwest) and Dnipropetrovsk (east), the Ukrainian military reported via Telegram.

The launches of these Russian systems took place from the Kursk, Yeysk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions of the Russian Federation, according to the Ukrainian military.

(with information from EFE)