Russian forces deploy pontoon crossing near damaged Chonhar bridge as lorry queues form – photos

Traffic between Russian-occupied Crimea and Kherson Oblast near the damaged bridge in the Chonhar area is moving across a pontoon crossing, with a queue of lorries forming in front of it. This is shown in the satellite images taken on 12 June.

Source: Radio Liberty's Russian Service

Details: An image made on the morning of 12 June shows lorries moving across the pontoon bridge towards temporarily occupied territories of Kherson Oblast.

The main bridge had earlier been damaged and closed.

The image also shows two clusters of lorries heading towards mainland Ukraine: 17 lorries and several cars are waiting before the pontoon bridge, while another 15 lorries are slightly further south, before the Dzhankoi checkpoint.

No cars or lorries travelling towards Russian-occupied Crimea are visible in the satellite image, although the peninsula continues to face shortages of fuel and some everyday goods.

Background:

• On 9 June, Volodymyr Saldo, the Russian-installed governor of the occupied part of Kherson Oblast, claimed that a bridge near the village of Chonhar was damaged again following an overnight drone attack conducted by Ukrainian forces.
• The bridge near Chonhar is one of two road routes leading from mainland Ukraine to temporarily occupied Crimea.
• Satellite images of the Chonhar Bridge show dark marks left by Ukrainian strikes on the structure.

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