A video of the moment when two rockets hit the Chongar bridge connecting the Russian-controlled parts of the Kherson region with the Crimean peninsula appeared on social networks, which caused the indignation of Russian officials.

Russian occupation authorities in both regions of southern Ukraine announced early Thursday that Ukrainians had fired missiles at the Chongar bridge, known as the “gateway to Crimea,” diverting traffic. Volodymyr Saldo, the so-called governor appointed by the Russians to manage the territories they control in the Kherson region, said that the road was damaged, but there were no casualties.

According to him, it is likely that Storm Shadow missiles were used during the attack.

Judging by the shape of the missiles and the speed at which they are moving, video footage that appeared on social media late Thursday appears to confirm that the bridge was indeed hit by the Storm Shadow missiles that Ukraine received from Britain last month.

By the way, a separate video also appeared on social networks late Thursday evening, showing how the Russian military short-range Pantsir air defense system does not shoot down the Storm Shadow missile, despite the fact that the system “locked” the missile into its collimators and immediately launched. interceptor missile.

However, it is not clear whether this footage actually captures an attempt to shoot down one of the missiles that hit the Chongar Bridge, a freeze frame on the frame just before impact shows that at least two were involved in the attack:

Russia’s threats after the attack on the “gates of Crimea”

“Governor” Volodymyr Saldo, who arrived on Thursday to inspect the damage to the “Gate of Crimea” after the attack, said on Thursday that the strike did not affect the development of Russia’s “special military operation”.

However, he continued with the threats, according to a video posted online, sending a “fiery greeting” that said “coordinates of bridges in Odesa region, in Moldavian Giurgiulesti, which were part of Ukraine, on the Danube.” , but retreated by Yushchenko’s regime.”

He mentioned the small exchange of territories between the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in 1999.

“His coordinates are known. Therefore, there will be a very serious response soon,” he threatened.

“Such statements are absolutely unacceptable. We will not tolerate such statements directed against the Republic of Moldova,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova said on Thursday afternoon.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration in Chisinau reported that “it will urgently summon the head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Chisinau with a request to provide relevant explanations.”

Romania, in turn, condemned the “unacceptable” statements of Moscow’s puppets

Shortly after the communiqué sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest qualified as “unacceptable” the statements of the so-called governor appointed by the Russians in the occupied areas of the Ukrainian Kherson region.

“Romania strongly condemns the statements of the so-called “representative” of Russia in the Kherson region illegally occupied by Russia. Such statements addressed to the Republic of Moldova, also aimed at part of the territory of Romania, which is a member of NATO, are unacceptable,” the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Twitter.

“At the same time, strikes on civilian infrastructure are a war crime,” he added. The message was also published on Twitter by Prime Minister Marcel Čolaku.

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