Article 6CCRX Russia accuses Ukraine of using UK-supplied missiles to strike bridge to Crimea

Russia accuses Ukraine of using UK-supplied missiles to strike bridge to Crimea

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Lorenzo Tondo in Kyiv
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Chonhar Bridge is one of a handful of infrastructures linking Crimea with the mainland

Russian-backed officials in southern Ukraine have accused Kyiv of using British-supplied long-range missiles to strike a bridge connecting Kherson province with the Crimean peninsula.

The strike on the Chonhar Bridge, one of the few links between mainland Ukraine and Crimea, came two days after Moscow threatened to attack Kyiv's decision-making centres" if western-supplied missiles were used against Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.

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