Now the Kremlin is breaking its silence — what they just said raised eyebrows.
Ukraine has intensified its campaign to disrupt Russia’s military logistics, launching two high-impact strikes in three days — first targeting major airbases deep behind enemy lines, then hitting the strategic Kerch Bridge linking Russia to occupied Crimea on Tuesday.
According to Ukrainian intelligence sources, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) carried out a successful underwater demolition operation on the Kerch Bridge (planned in part as retribution for recent Russian missile attacks on civilians, including children). The bridge, built by Russia after its 2014 illegal annexation of Crimea, spans roughly 12 miles and is a critical supply line for Russian forces operating in southern Ukraine. (RELATED: Russia’s Catastrophic Loss May Reshape Future US Warfare)
Roughly 1,100 kilograms of explosives were reportedly planted beneath the Kerch Bridge’s underwater supports and detonated, causing structural damage. Russian authorities temporarily shut down traffic, though they later claimed to have reopened the bridge. While Moscow insists the damage was minor, questions remain about the bridge’s safety and long-term operational capacity.
Newsweek has more on the Kremlin’s response to the bridge attack:
The SBU said it had “badly damaged” those supports with the explosives, which had the blast equivalent of 1,100 kilograms of TNT. “In fact, the bridge is in disrepair,” the SBU said.
“There was indeed an explosion.” Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said at a press briefing on June 4, Meduza reported, adding “nothing was damaged. The bridge is operational.”
“The Kyiv regime continues its attempts to attack civilian infrastructure. The Russian side is taking appropriate precautionary measures, based on the well-known and obvious nature of the Kyiv regime.”
This marks the third major Ukrainian strike on the bridge since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. An earlier truck bombing in October 2022 collapsed part of the bridge and killed three people.
The Kerch Bridge holds both military and political importance for the Kremlin. Beyond serving as a key logistics artery, it has become a symbol of Russia’s hold on Crimea and a heavily promoted route for Russian tourism to the peninsula.
The bridge attack came just days after Ukraine launched a precision drone strike on Russian airbases, in what military observers are calling a prime example of modern asymmetric warfare. Ukrainian drones reportedly damaged over 40 strategic bombers such as the Tu-95 Bear, Tu-22M Backfire, and the A-50 airborne early warning aircraft. The estimated cost of the damage exceeds $6.85 billion. (RELATED: Secret War Plans: Did Retired US Generals Keep Trump In The Dark?)
On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the covert drone strike, known as Operation Spider’s Web, as “an absolutely brilliant” success carried out “solely by Ukraine.”
Taken together, the twin operations appear to be a calculated effort by Ukraine to degrade Russia’s war-fighting capacity by hitting high-value infrastructure and long-range strike assets.
They underscore Kyiv’s resolve to reclaim occupied territory and sustain pressure on Moscow’s war machine — even as Ukraine remains the smaller force in a grinding war of attrition.
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