Ukraine Threatens To Destroy Europe’s Longest Bridge

In a recent interview on Crimea Realities, Ukraine threatened to destroy Europe’s longest bridge, the Kerch Bridge, which opened in 2018.

Major General Dmitry Marchenko said in an interview with US state-run media on Wednesday that Ukraine should target the bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland via the Kerch Strait as soon as it receives the necessary weapons from the West.

Marchenko told Crimea Realities (Krym.Realii) that "the Kerch Bridge is absolutely our number one target," referring to Europe's longest bridge, which opened in 2018. The website is a project of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is part of the US Agency for Global Media, which is owned by the US government.

“As the main way of sending in reserves, we just have to cut it off. As soon as that road is cut off, they will start to panic. And believe me, those who flew Russian flags in Simferopol will quickly get Ukrainian flags and start flying them instead,” he said.

Marchenko made ...

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