The Crimean Bridge symbolically important to Russian President Putin

On Sunday, Ukraine’s security service SBU performed what is described as the most extensive drone attack so far against bombers in several Russian regions. The night of Sunday, two bridges were also blasted in Brjansk and a railway bridge outside Kursk. The operation, which was named « Spider Network », had been planned for over a year and a half, according to Ukraine.

Two days later SBU states that another well -planned attack has been carried out against Russian -controlled territory. Early on Tuesday morning, one of the bronze big foundation was blown up – an operation that has been going on for several months, according to the security service.

Russia has not commented on the Ukrainian data, but confirms that traffic was suspended across the bridge for several hours on Tuesday. The two attacks take place in the light of the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, which resumed on Monday.

But the long preparations mean that the attacks should not necessarily be linked to the meeting between the two countries’ delegations, according to Johan Norberg, military analyst at FOI.

Most important is perhaps So not the time of the attacks, but instead what it is you turn on from the Ukrainian side, he points out.

– It is for the parties to add proper pain, where it really hurts and affects the ability to fight. It is in the light I see these attacks, says Johan Norberg.

– The railway is absolutely crucial to Russia. And the flight works worse because you do not have spare parts.

It 18 kilometers Long bridge to Crimea is important for the penetration of peninsula, both civil and military. In addition, it is symbolically significant, since it was built after the illegal annexation of the 2014 peninsula, Johan Norberg emphasizes.

– I also think Putin has invested a lot of personal prestige in Crimea. I imagine he wants to go to history as a Russian leader who got Crimea back to Russia.