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Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister includes Crimean Bridge explosion in list of military victories. Kyiv previously denied involvement in the attack.

Source: Meduza

Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar posted a timeline of Ukraine’s Armed Forces victories in the 500 days since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

The list included the attack on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022. “273 days ago, [we] carried out the first strike on the Crimean Bridge, in order to disrupt Russian logistics,” reads the post, which Maliar published on June 8, the 500th day of the war.

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