Karina Bovsunovskaya13:28, 11.06.26
According to the military man, six hours passed from the moment the decision to launch the strike was made until it was carried out.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region, the Chonharsky Bridge suffered significant damage and is currently completely blocking traffic. Following the attacks, the invaders are forced to change logistics and seek new supply routes through Crimea, but these, too, are under the control of Ukrainian defenders. This was stated by Dmitry (Perun) Filatov, commander of the First Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmitry Kotsyubail, on the air of Suspilne Studio .
He noted that the Chongar Bridge sustained damage that is critical to its structure. Neither trucks nor cars are currently using it. At the same time, the bridge itself requires comprehensive restoration work.
According to Filatov, the Russian army is currently deploying pontoon bridges nearby and has also changed logistics and begun moving through Armyansk, but Ukrainian troops are monitoring this.
“Today, this traffic was completely stopped. We carried out another operation. We’ll report on how it went later. Because the Chongar Bridge was damaged, the enemy concentrated a large number of trucks carrying military supplies, which were moving through Armyansk. Consequently, during the strike, we managed to hit trucks carrying fuel and ammunition. There were approximately 50 vehicles, and some of them were destroyed,” Filatov assured.
He noted that these operations were possible thanks to the joint command post that the First Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmitry Kotsyubail established together with the 475th Assault Regiment. It was dubbed the “Epicenter of Multi-Domain Operations.”
Perun added that it includes a cyber intelligence department that conducts in-depth enemy research, giving the Ukrainian Armed Forces the ability to obtain inside information and make the right decisions.
“Regarding the Chongar Bridge, the decision was made because we had information that the enemy would be delivering fuel through it. Six hours passed from the moment the decision was made until its execution. We planned the operation on the Armenian Bridge in advance, as we assumed that this route would also be used. Therefore, we acted more preparedly,” the soldier said.
According to him, such actions produce both immediate and long-term results. Russia currently cannot adequately supply its units, and in the future, it will have to spend significant resources restoring these routes. Filatov emphasized that frontline commanders are now focusing more on supply, specifically, finding ways to ensure it.
“This operation would have been impossible if other units hadn’t launched strikes on Mariupol and the road to Berdyansk. This is precisely what led to the units stationed in the Hulyai-Polye direction being supplied not through the Mariupol roads, but through Crimea. That is, they began using pontoons to transport trucks to Crimea, and then from Crimea back here. We realized this, quickly blocked these routes, and are continuing to weaken the enemy,” the commander said.
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Earlier, military expert Pavlo Narozhny commented on the strikes on the bridge in Chongar . He stated that the Defense Forces attacked the bridge in Chongar using Begemot drones, which are armed with thermobaric warheads.
“What is a thermobaric munition? It’s a special benzene-based liquid sprayed into the air. A secondary explosion is created in this liquid. The power of this explosion is approximately 10 times greater than that of trinitrotoluene. So, if it carried 50 kg of this liquid, it would be equivalent to the explosion of a 500-kilogram aerial bomb or even more. And this explosion is directed in all directions,” Narozhny explained.
At the same time, military expert Vladislav Seleznev spoke about the consequences of the strikes on the Chongar Bridge . He urged everyone to remember that the Russians built a pontoon bridge nearby in 2023–2024, which could be used to transport military cargo.
“At least three highways enter Crimea from the north: one is the Chonhar Bridge, the second is through the Kalanchak checkpoint, and the third is through the Chaplinka checkpoint. The enemy could use these three roads to supply its forces operating in both the southern Kherson Oblast and the southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Therefore, it would be premature to delude ourselves that strikes on the Chonhar Bridge will completely block enemy logistics,” Seleznev emphasized.
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