
Craters on Kherson’s Antonovsky bridge caused by a Ukrainian rocket strike
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Russian forces are continuing to reinforce crossing points over the Dnipro river and have finished building a barge alongside the damaged Antonovskiy bridge in Kherson in Ukraine’s south, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) says.
In its latest intelligence briefing, the MoD said using civilian barges probably provided Russia “additional material and logistics benefits” after losing significant amounts of military bridging equipment and engineering personnel during the war with Ukraine.