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Crimea Bridge 'Must Be Neutralized,' Zelenskiy Says


A train moves along the Crimea bridge, a section of which was damaged by an alleged attack the night before, on July 17.
A train moves along the Crimea bridge, a section of which was damaged by an alleged attack the night before, on July 17.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on July 21 that the Crimea bridge connecting Russia with occupied Crimea must be "neutralized." The bridge over the Kerch Strait is "used to supply ammunition for war, and this is done every day," Zelenskiy said, speaking virtually to the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. Zelenskiy considers the bridge a continuation of the Russian occupation of Crimea, calling the structure "an enemy object built outside the law, outside international laws and all applicable norms." The bridge was damaged on July 16 in an attack that Russia said Ukraine carried out using seaborne drones. To read the original story on RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, click here.

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