The Russian Federation no longer uses the Crimean bridge to transport weapons and troops - the media

According to analysts, in March and April 2024 the bridge did not move Russian military equipment, and the Armed Forces should focus on the new railway tracks, which are built near Melitopol and Berdyansk. After repeated attacks of Ukraine on the Crimean bridge, Russian troops rely on land routes through annexed territories in eastern Ukraine for the supply of weapons and troops to the front. Satellite images show that Russia no longer uses this bridge to supply troops to Ukraine.

The Independent writes about it. The publication has received and analyzed satellite images that show that there is almost no movement on the Crimean bridge. "For more than three months, almost no military freight train has been operating by the railway line. During this period, only one Russian freight train, which transported about 55 fuel tanks, crossed the bridge on February 29," the material reads.

As the analysts of the largest private intelligence agency of Ukraine "Molfar" said in the commentary of the Independent, the Crimean bridge may no longer be an effective military target for Ukrainian troops, as the Armed Forces are not experiencing ammunition. According to analysts, Russian military equipment did not move in March and April.

Russia is much less used by the Crimean bridge after Ukraine attacked it on July 17, 2023 with the help of drones and undermined the area of ​​the roadway and the railway track. Satellite images show that in July and August 2023 there was no significant train movement.

The decision to stop the use of the Crimean bridge to provide Russian troops coincided with a splash of freight transportation through Taman in the Rostov region, said in an interview with The Independent CEO of Molfar Artem Starosek. According to Starosek, Kiev should focus on Melitopol, Berdyansk and Mariupol, where Russia lays new rail lines that connect these occupied Ukrainian regions with Crimea and mainland.

The new railway line, which runs from Melitopol Akimivka to Berdyansk and Mariupol, and then to Rostov in Russia, will probably be used by Russian troops for the new offensive, which is expected to begin this year. Mr. Starosek suggested that Ukraine could benefit from these land routes, not spending its resources on the Crimean bridge. "It is these paths that are currently a more serious threat than the non -working railway path of the Crimean bridge . . .

Western assistance should also be provided in such a way that it can cover Ukraine's needs for the fight against these active points in the accumulation of Russian ammunition," Staroseek said. We will remind, on April 23 the Crimean Bridge was temporarily blocked, and the local head of the occupying power called not to take pictures of future arrivals that are expected "until the day of May 9".