The Antonovsky Bridge, which connects the Russian-occupied city of Kherson, has frequently come under attack from Ukraine.
"There was an attempt to shell, a couple of holes were added, but the bridge was intact, the air defense worked. HIMARS again," Stremousov told the TASS news agency.targeted in a missile strike in late July,The U.K.'s Ministry of Defence said that the July 27 attack from Ukraine likely left the Antonovsky bridge"unusable.
In an August 23 update, the MoD said that Russia has started relying on ferry crossings to reach Kherson and have also begun to replace the damaged or destroyed bridges into the city. The MoD said any new bridge would be be"vulnerable" to military action from Ukraine.A picture taken on July 21, 2022 shows a car moving past a crater on Kherson's Antonovsky bridge across the Dnipro river caused by a Ukrainian rocket strike, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine.