Ukraine reportedly strikes military targets, hit several bridges in large-scale attack across Russian-occupied Crimea

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Ukraine struck military targets in Russian-occupied Crimea, hitting several bridges as multiple explosions were reported across the peninsula overnight on June 11, according to local authorities and monitoring channels.

Mikhail Razvozhayev, Sevastopol's Russian-installed proxy head, said that Russian air defenses intercepted 33 Ukrainian drones, allegedly repelling "two large-scale Ukrainian attacks."

One woman was injured as a result of the strike, and residential buildings and vehicles were damaged, Razvozhayev said. Yet the Russian-installed official did not report any damage to critical infrastructure.

Residents previously reported missile launches from Cape Fiolent and multiple explosions across Sevastopol, the pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Crimean Wind said.

According to the channel, two impacts were reported near Komyshova and Kozacha bays, followed by an additional four to five strikes. Another reported impact struck a military facility in Striletska Bay. Witnesses also reported smoke rising over Omega Bay and a large fire in the Striletska Bay area.

The Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported thar air defense systems are deployed on the grounds of a local cadet school and naval academy near the bay. The eastern shore of the bay also hosts facilities for Russia's Black Sea Fleet. The channel suggested these military facilities may have been among the intended targets.

Several bridges along the North Crimean Canal, which connects Crimea with other occupied territories on mainland Ukraine, were also hit in the attack.

Volodymyr Saldo, the Russian-installed head of occupied Kherson Oblast, said the strikes hit bridges near the settlements of Preobrazhenka and Myrne, a road bridge on the Perekop–Armiansk route, and a bridge near the village of Stavky.

"According to preliminary information, there is some damage. Specialists are conducting an inspection and assessing the condition of the structures," Saldo said, adding that 45 drones were shot down over the occupied part of the region overnight.

The pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Crimean Wind also reported that a bridge in Armiansk, a town in northern Crimea near mainland Ukraine, was hit following reports of Ukrainian drones in the area and a series of explosions.

A bridge at the entrance to Krasnoperekopsk from the direction of Armiansk was also reportedly struck.

"It appears there are no intact bridges left on the overland approaches to the peninsula," the channel wrote.

Explosions were also reported in Simferopol though details on damage or targets were not immediately available.

The Kyiv Independent could not verify the reports at the time of publication.

Recent attacks on bridges in Crimea are part of an evolving Ukrainian campaign aimed at disrupting Russian logistics, which are used to transport fuel, weapons, and other supplies to Russian forces in the occupied territories.

Ukrainian forces struck the Chonhar Bridge in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast on June 9 and June 7, which also connects mainland Ukraine with the Crimean peninsula.

Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation, said the latest strikes destroyed the bridge, with satellite imagery showing that a pontoon crossing has since been installed in its place.