Is Ukraine preparing to destroy the Kerch bridge with ATACMS missiles? Russia’s reaction came immediately: “They are barking like crazy, but they will regret all the wrong steps”

War in Ukraine. Linas Linkevicius, Lithuania’s ambassador to Sweden and former Lithuanian foreign minister, has suggested that a Ukrainian attack on the Kerch bridge in Crimea is imminent. He published a photo collage on the X platform in which the Kerchi bridge appears, the launch of a missile (ed. most likely ATACMS) and a photo of a pensive Vladimir Putin.

By the Observator editorial team on 28.04.2024, 21:01

“If someone didn’t have time to take a picture of the Kerchi bridge, there’s still time,” was the message that accompanied the post. Dmitri Polyansky, the first deputy of the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, responded immediately. “They are barking like crazy now, but they will cry pitifully later when the day of judgment comes and they will regret all the wrong steps,” said Polyansky.

Several Ukrainian Telegram channels have speculated that Kiev’s secret services will launch a new large-scale attack in early May to destroy or damage the Kerch bridge linking Russia to the occupied Crimean peninsula. The United States secretly sent long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine in April, capable of reaching a distance of up to 300 kilometers. Before the United States, France and the United Kingdom supplied Kiev with long-range Scalp and Storm Shadow missiles, which can reach a distance of up to about 250 kilometers.

On May 7, the inauguration ceremony of Vladimir Putin as president for a fifth six-year term is scheduled. And on May 9, Russia celebrates the victory against Nazi Germany and the traditional military parade will take place in Moscow’s Red Square. This year, the Russians are reportedly planning to parade Western armored vehicles, the so-called trophies captured from the Ukrainian front. According to the images captured and published by the Russians, a German Leopard tank was also brought to Moscow.

Russia forced Ukraine to move the front line

The post of the official from Lithuania comes in the context of a major strategic failure of the Ukrainian army. During today’s day, April 28, the Russian army unleashed an attack along the entire length of the front and pushed the Ukrainians far back, in the east. Basically, the army of Ukraine was forced to completely move the front line.

The movements on the front were confirmed even by Oleksandr Sîrski, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Army. “The most difficult situation is in the directions of Pokrovske and Kurakhove, where fierce fighting continues. The enemy has deployed up to four brigades in these areas and is trying to develop an offensive west of Avdiivka and Maryinka, making its way to Pokrovsk and Kurakhove. The units The Defense Forces moved to the new alignments. In general, the enemy achieved some tactical successes in these areas, but failed to gain an operational advantage. Ukrainian troops inflicted maximum losses on the enemy, both soldiers and military equipment “, said Oleksandr Sîrski.