Ukraine's mid-range drones damage key bridges from Crimea to southern front

Footage released by the 1st Separate Assault Regiment shows heavy damage to several bridges linking Crimea with Ukraine's southern front. The unit said it struck crossings in the Armyansk, Henichesk, and Chonhar areas over the last week; those three chokepoints, 50 to 75 miles from the front, have been vital to Kremlin logistics into the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

The regiment said it used two mid-range drone types: the FirePoint FP-2, with an 18-foot wingspan and a 220-pound explosive payload, and the Hippo, a 7.5-foot-winged drone carrying a 77-pound thermobaric charge plus 88 pounds of explosives. First-person-view clips shared by the unit show uncrewed systems repeatedly flown into bridge surfaces, and some strikes were coordinated with the 475th Assault Regiment and the Security Service of Ukraine's Alpha unit.

"The only way of delivery of Russian soldiers, ammunition, and fuel from the temporarily occupied Crimea was attacked," the brigade wrote.

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