• About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Saturday, July 12, 2025
  • Login
  • Register
thehopper.news
  • Home
    • Home
    • About
  • Video
    • Discussion
  • Geopolitics
  • Intel & Security
  • Foreign Affairs
  • News
    • All
    • Politics
    • World
    Kiev needs ceasefire by the end of 2025 –  Ukrainian spy chief

    Kiev needs ceasefire by the end of 2025 – Ukrainian spy chief

    Putin inks new policy to fight Russian language discrimination

    Putin inks new policy to fight Russian language discrimination

    Iran sets terms for resuming nuclear talks

    Iran sets terms for resuming nuclear talks

    Assassinated Ukrainian officer ran secret ‘gray units’ – NYT (VIDEO)

    Assassinated Ukrainian officer ran secret ‘gray units’ – NYT (VIDEO)

    Dmitry Trenin: Why the next world order will be armed with nukes

    Dmitry Trenin: Why the next world order will be armed with nukes

    Relations with US will never be the same – von der Leyen

    Relations with US will never be the same – von der Leyen

    EU could fine Meta $22 million per day – Reuters

    EU could fine Meta $22 million per day – Reuters

    Western European leaders dragging continent toward war with Russia – Lavrov

    Western European leaders dragging continent toward war with Russia – Lavrov

    US State Department to begin mass layoffs within days – media

    US State Department to begin mass layoffs within days – media

    Dozens of Ukrainian drones and vehicles destroyed – MOD (VIDEO)

    Dozens of Ukrainian drones and vehicles destroyed – MOD (VIDEO)

No Result
View All Result
thehopper.news
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Crimean Bridge damage hasn’t affected Russian military potential – White House

by Admin
July 18, 2023
in News, Politics, World
0
Crimean Bridge damage hasn’t affected Russian military potential – White House
27
SHARES
108
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Published: July 18, 2023 2:27 pm
Author: RT

NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby has pointed out that Moscow has many alternative routes to supply its troops

The attack on the Crimean Bridge in the early hours of Monday does not appear to have disrupted Russian military supply routes in Ukraine, according to the White House. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow had already stopped using the bridge to move military cargo.

During a press briefing on Monday, the US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, John Kirby, said that officials in Washington “haven’t seen any impact of the strike on the bridge to Russia’s defensive posture and their military capabilities in Crimea or in Southern Ukraine.”

He noted that Russian forces continued to actively engage the Ukrainian military, “trying to push back elements of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.”

According to Kirby, while it is still too early to predict if and how the attack will affect Moscow’s military capabilities in the long run, it still has “many, many, many other ways of providing logistics and sustainment to their troops in Ukraine.”

Read more

A view through a train window shows the damaged section of the Crimean Bridge, July 17, 2023
Crimean Bridge partially reopened after attack (VIDEOS)

“So, my hunch would be that this won’t have a dramatic effect on – on them,” he said.

Kirby went on to mention that the US was not prepared to attribute the incident to any party. He added, however, that even if Ukraine was behind the blast, it had every right to attack the bridge as “Crimea is Ukraine.”

Speaking that same day, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated Washington’s position that the Ukrainian military has carte blanche in terms of choosing its targets.

Russian authorities say two seaborne drones were used in the attack which took out one span of the road section of the bridge.

President Putin denounced the incident as “yet another terrorist attack by the Kiev regime,” and stated that the “Crimean Bridge has long not been used for military transport.”

While Ukrainian officials have not claimed responsibility for the attack, they have welcomed it. Several Ukrainian media outlets have reported that the bridge was damaged as the result of a “special operation” by the country’s security services and naval forces.

The structure, which was built in 2018 to connect Crimea to the Russian mainland, was targeted by a truck bombing last October.

Full Article

Tags: Russia Today
Share11Tweet7
Previous Post

Sudan militia claims victory over army in South Darfur

Next Post

US believes Western warplanes won’t help Ukraine – WaPo

Admin

Admin

Next Post
US believes Western warplanes won’t help Ukraine – WaPo

US believes Western warplanes won’t help Ukraine – WaPo

thehopper.news

Copyright © 2023 The Hopper New

Navigate Site

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

*By registering into our website, you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.
All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • Home
    • About
  • Video
    • Discussion
  • Geopolitics
  • Intel & Security
  • Foreign Affairs
  • News

Copyright © 2023 The Hopper New

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.