Invaders force public utility companies to repair Antonivskyi bridge – Kherson Oblast State Administration

MONDAY, 25 JULY 2022, 17:31

Russians in Kherson oblast are trying to repair the damaged Antonivskyi Bridge, but road specialists refused to repair it, so the invaders forced the public utility companies. 

Source: Kherson Oblast State Administration on Facebook 

Quote: "The invaders are trying to patch up Antonivskyi bridge and the bridge near the Kakhovska hydroelectric power station, which were damaged by accurate strikes of the Ukrainian armed forces. Road specialists refused to repair the bridges, so the invaders forced ordinary employees of KPs (municipal enterprises – ed.) to do it." 

Details: According to the oblast administration, in Kherson, the invaders have also organised a hunt for those who are drawing patriotic graffiti and distributing pro-Ukrainian leaflets. 

In addition, in the occupied territories of Kherson oblast, Russians have stepped up inspections, stopped people on the streets and conducted searches in their homes. 

Background: 

•         On the morning of 19 July, it became known that in occupied Kherson, a rocket had landed in the area of Antonivskyi bridge. 
•         The strategically important bridge was damaged but remained usable.
•         On 20 July, Russian media reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had, for the second time in two days, hit the Antonivskyi bridge in Kherson, after which the invaders said that it should be closed.
•         On 22 July, it became known that the invaders plan to build a pontoon crossing near Kherson after the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strikes on the Antonivskyi bridge.