““This year, Ukraine also faced new challenges in the form of an environmental disaster arranged by the Russians in the Ukrainian Black Sea””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“There are quite expected changes in fact regarding these barrier systems that they have been building there so inspired, in fact, the entire warm period of this year. And it is quite expected that, as a result of the storms, even this year, a large number of them have failed and do not perform their functions… As of now, probably a large number of these barriers are not functional. But in fact, the information here still needs verification in any case,” Pletenchuk said.
Separately, he noted that “Ukraine faced new challenges this year in the form of an environmental disaster arranged by the Russians in the Ukrainian Black Sea.”
“I think we will be able to analyze the results of this disaster only in the future. As of now, obtaining this information is complicated by the fact that this territory is under the control of the Russians,” the spokesman noted.
In mid-November, the Central Bureau of Investigation reported that the line of metal “hedgehogs” in the Kerch bridge area had doubled in a month and reached 1.5 kilometers.
Russia is trying to prevent naval drone attacks and protect the bridge across the Kerch Strait. In the summer of 2024, barges began to be placed on the southern side of the bridge, later floating boom structures appeared, running parallel to the bridge. Satellite images showed a significant increase in the number of barges protecting the bridge.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in an interview with the British publication The Guardian, published on July 24, refused to name the terms of the possible destruction of the Kerch bridge connecting the occupied peninsula with Russia, but emphasized that Kyiv plans to return Crimea. “It’s real. Of course, this is a big military secret,” said the general.