KYIV. “Dismantle” the Kerch Bridge, built at great expense Moscow connect her Crimea With RussiaKyiv threatened yesterday. “This bridge is illegal. OUR Ukraine never gave a building permit. It damages the ecosystem of the peninsula and must be dismantled. We are not interested in how, voluntarily or not,” said Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to President Zelensky. The 19 km long bridge was opened in 2018 by the President of Russia. Insert.

Meanwhile, yesterday the President of Russia appointed a new commander of the Black Sea Fleet. The removal of the previous commander, Igor Osipov, marks the removal of the highest-ranking Russian military official in six months of operations in Ukraine. Viktor Sokolov became the new commander of the fleet based in Sevastopol.

The Black Sea Fleet faced serious problems and public humiliation during the war in Ukraine.

“This is illegal and should be dismantled,” Ukraine says of the Kerch Bridge that connects Crimea to Russia.

In April, Ukrainian Neptune missiles hit the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the cruiser Moskva, causing it to sink.

Last week, the Saki military airfield in southwestern Crimea, near the fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, was hit hard by a series of explosions that destroyed eight warplanes, according to satellite imagery. On Tuesday, an explosion occurred at an ammunition depot in the north of the peninsula.