Ukrainian strike on Crimea bridges

Kyiv used Western-supplied Storm Shadow missiles to strike two road bridges connecting Russian-occupied Crimea to the rest of Ukraine 

Russian control as of Aug 6, 2023
Annexed by Russia in 2014 

RUSSIA
Kyiv
UKRAINE
300km 185 miles

Dnipro
DONETSK
OBLAST
Mykolaiv
Odesa
50km 30 miles
BLACK SEA

Aug 6: Bridge attacks force traffic to be temporarily rerouted through Armyansk

Zaporizhya NPP
UKRAINE 
KHERSON OBLAST
Zaporizhya
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
Melitopol 
Berdyansk
Kherson Armyansk
Yevpatoria 
Sevastopol
Henichesk
Bridge
Sea of Azov 
Chonhar
Bridge
Kerch 
CRIMEA
Kerch Bridge 
Feodosia
Yalta
RUSSIA






STORM SHADOW / SCALP
Wings
Guidance system
Warhead
3m
5.1m
TRI 60-30 turbojet engine, 5.4kN thrust
Weight: 1,300kg
Speed: Mach 0.95
Range: Over 250km

 Anglo-French venture built by  European missile-  maker MBDA


Sources: Global Security, Institute for the Study of War, New York Times
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