'Crumbling' Crimea Bridge 'Living Its Final Days', Resistance Group Claims
The Kerch bridge, which was heavily damaged following an attack. Kyiv has vowed future strikes on the structure which is 'in its final days' according to Ukrainian observers. -/Crimea24TV/AFP/Getty Images The Kerch Bridge, a strategically vital structure used by Russia to connect with occupied Crimea, is in need of urgent repairs and cannot survive structural damage, according to a Crimean-based pro-Ukrainian group. "The Kerch Bridge is living its final days," Atesh, a pro-Kyiv military partisan group of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars, said in a post on Telegram on Sunday, newsweek.com . The bridge, opened in 2018 by Russian President Vladimir Putin, serves as a critical supply route for Russia's forces and is crucial to sustaining Moscow's military offensives in southern Ukraine. Ukraine struck the 19-kilometer (nearly 12-mile) road and rail bridge in October 2022 and again in July 2023. Kyiv has vowed future strikes on the structure as it seeks to recap